Havahart® X-Large 1-Door Trap

This one works when it comes out the box. You should use better clamps on it. Armadillo is had to hold.

Trap does not work!!!!! There is too much play in the trigger arm, pushing the plate all the way down does not spring the trap. I did not take the trap out of the box for 60 days, so your 30 day Satisfaction Guarantee was no help. I read a review from November 12, 2018 that had the same problem. Apparently your product managers are unable to fix the problem. I am getting a replacement trap. Hope it works.

Great trap caught that critter that's been getting into my garbage the first night. Well built should last forever

Perfect trap for humanely catching critters

Very difficult to set when new. I guess the mechanism needs to wear in for a bit. Did ultimately trap 2 raccoons so it did work.

Have had my 1081 XL trap for last 10 years with no problems have got 23 ferrel cats 47 racoons hundreds of squirrels one skunk and to my surprise a Fisher .all caught in my backyard in the suburbs with some bush behind the house .been using havahart traps for 50 years now.only problem I had with these traps is when I was 10 years old and I received my first trap for squirrels Chipmunks etc for my birthday Present .had it set up buy a grocery store trying to catch sparrows etc when I watched to my horrow this lady came out. got in her car and backed over my trap which was on a curb .crushing it like a pop can she looked at me and the trap and drove off .I was devasted .a tip to the wise would be new traps carry Human scent leave new traps outdoors to weather and never clean .also rarely seen animals such as Fishers. Foxes etc are sensitive to electro magnetic fields . Power sources in our homes !! Caught that Fisher when our power was down for five days do to a tornado

I have trapped out 3 large raccoons that backed out of my Havahart 1085 trap. The trapdoor is more secure than the 1085. It is easy to make a mistake and pick the 1085 by the wrong handle and release the animal; I only made that mistake once and then put a wooden dowel in the door to secure it. I'm finished for now at 45 animals. The trapdoor is more secure on ther X-tra Large. I like the differential sensitivity. This X-tra Large was better at not trapping skunks. I did not catch a skunk that visited the bait several nights. It is easily moved or turned over by big raccoons. I weighted it with rocks but they deformed the cage and it did not trigger. The rod that connects the door to the trigger is very long and too flexible, so if it bends at all the trigger does not work. The quality control was poor. There was a missing clip on the door hinge which made it impossible to lock the trap open. I did a work around with a plastic tie. I sprayed it black to make it more invisible in the dark. A good preofessional cage would just be a scale up of the Havahart 1085 with a more secure door.

We have one. The metal clips(4) broke off that hold the catch plate at the top as they are only attached with a small piece of plastic string. For the price, you need to rework these traps.