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Yes. Something tells me the world will not be beating a path to his door.]]>Dec 15th 2009 7:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/And a flamethrower.]]>Dec 15th 2009 6:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/
Then you'd just have a mess, and I sure don't want to clean up after a filthy rodent that I've been trying to kill. ]]>Dec 15th 2009 6:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/Dec 15th 2009 6:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/Dec 15th 2009 7:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/Dec 15th 2009 7:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/Dec 15th 2009 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/
Anyone know what's a good way to deter them or just kill them? I tied a rodent deterrent spray from HomeDepot... doesn't work that well.
Are consumers allowed to buy rat poison?

]]>Dec 15th 2009 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/Just use a cage trap. Havahart makes some. Throw peanut butter or whatever on the pan.]]>Dec 15th 2009 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/
I used to have hamsters :(]]>Dec 15th 2009 6:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/Dec 15th 2009 6:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/
I'll stick with night vision goggles and a bb gun...]]>Dec 15th 2009 9:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/]]>Dec 15th 2009 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/
The object of the game was to throw the mice and rats the farthest without getting any guts on your clothes.

We didn't have computer games.]]>Dec 15th 2009 6:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/Dec 15th 2009 8:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/Dec 15th 2009 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/Dec 15th 2009 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/Dec 15th 2009 6:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/Dec 15th 2009 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/
Good show-and-tell style device, not very practical though. Who'd substitute a nice and simple (and free) bit of spring based snapping power with something which requires a compressor?
Mind you if this thing can spring with enough force to kill the mouse humanely - very quickly, I'm all for it, as I do wonder how long the poor things survive for in a weaker spring based trap. :-(
Just think if it were you trapped there, ribs and spine crushed, chest compressed to extremes, Organs nearly destroyed, and you're still barely breathing in maximum agony. Doesn't bare thinking about.
]]>Dec 15th 2009 6:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/Agreed, I thought the appeal of cheap mouse traps are that they're disposable. Not many people enjoy cleaning up mouse guts.]]>Dec 15th 2009 8:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/they should just go back to using real lasers to burn up a mouse. (btw any laser that is wider than a dime can potentially blow up a creature the size of a mouse)]]>Dec 15th 2009 7:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/Dec 15th 2009 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/

There will be blood


- everywhere]]>Dec 15th 2009 7:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/
Yeah, the regular spring-loaded traps make for blood splatter, which needs to be cleaned up or else the mice/rats will look elsewhere for food.

]]>Dec 15th 2009 7:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/
The awesomest mousetrap I've ever witnessed was my father. He used to catch unsuspecting mice entering our house with his bare hands, subsequently releasing them outside in a safe spot. Of course they returned later, but that was part of the attraction.]]>Dec 15th 2009 7:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/
http://www.mcmaster.com/#7499t61/=4xw8s6]]>Dec 15th 2009 7:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/
McMaster really DOES sell EVERYTHING!

I love that catalog...all 40 pounds of it.]]>Dec 15th 2009 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/Dec 15th 2009 9:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/Dec 16th 2009 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/HOLY SHIT, THESE GUYS HAVE FUCKING EVERYTHING! FUCKING SAVED!!!!!!!!!!1111111!!!!!!!!!11111111]]>Dec 18th 2009 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/Dec 15th 2009 7:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/Dec 15th 2009 7:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/
Add cat, and lid (because the little bugger might get one lucky leap and jump off the cat out of the bucket.)]]>Dec 15th 2009 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/
Or one of those aliens from V]]>Dec 15th 2009 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/Dec 15th 2009 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/Dec 15th 2009 7:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg3W-vVX1kc]]>Dec 15th 2009 7:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/Dec 15th 2009 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/How would you like 102 pounds in the face?!]]>Dec 15th 2009 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/Are you vegan?]]>Dec 15th 2009 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/Dec 15th 2009 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/
Yeah, better to let them starve to death over days in a trap than have instant death where it's too fast for them to actually feel the pain before they die. I don't like death traps because of the mess, but your logic is kinda flawed here.]]>Dec 15th 2009 9:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/And how do you think the meat you eat is killed? Humanely, or cheaply?]]>Dec 15th 2009 9:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/
@AaronX I dont eat meat I am vegetarian. Can I ask you if you kill all the animals you eat yourself?]]>Dec 15th 2009 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/My mistake then. No, I don't, but I know the animals used for food have worse lives than this yet many people don't care.]]>Dec 15th 2009 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/
And you wonder how Skynet could happen?]]>Dec 15th 2009 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/jake-eastons-better-mousetrap-leaves-no-country-for-old-mice/Dec 15th 2009 12:51PM