Katcha Battery Operated Vacuum Spider Catcher with free quality 9v battery

I haven't tried any other battery type spider catchers so I can't compare this one to others bùt it's been one of the best things I've purchased in the past year. It's saved me from having to get near ANY spiders large or small as well as bees, wasps and flies which have arrived uninvited into my home. It's especially useful for ceiling spiders or ones which are generally too scarey or out of reach. I think I'll buy another so I have one upstairs and one downstairs at all times.. Nown'again the battery compartment falls apart but it's easy to put it back together again. Suction could possibly be a little stronger but then again its meant to save critters for relocation not mince them as a vacuum cleaner might. Some spiders just fight against being sucked into a tube and require a full battery's worth of suction. Definitely a worthwhile investment however.

Fantastic little gadget. It picks up even the biggest female house spider who can then be safely relocated away from our spider chewing dog.

This is a very power-hungry beast. Don't bother trying to run it off of rechargeable 9V batteries (all the ones currently on the British market put out less than 9V, including the EBL ones Amazon sells which promise more than they deliver... they're not powerful enough to even get the fan turning). If you're using this to catch the occasional wee beastie, then this doesn't matter, you probably wouldn't have the vacuum on for more than 30 seconds at a time. (It comes with a cap so you can trap the creepy-crawly and turn off the vacuum while you make your way leisurely to the bottom of your garden.) Install a quality alkaline 9V battery and replace it every few years, as needed. I bought this to deal with the ridiculous number of little black flies we have in our house this year (each a couple of millimetres long). There's some sort of minor plague in the garden, and if we have the patio doors open you can find 50 or more in our house at a time. (Ugh.) Our attempts to lure the flies into no-kill homemade traps, baited with fruit and a dash of vinegar, failed. If they can get into the trap, and you don't deliberately drown them (no thanks!) then they can find their way back out again once they've enjoyed the buffet. Our flies are big enough that they don't get sucked through the fine 1mm mesh, but get held against it like they're in suspended animation. You can catch quite a few at once if you're unlucky enough to need to. As soon as you turn the fan off, they dust themselves off, ask each other what just happened, and make their way out of the tube. If you have any that aren't leaving promptly you can give it a bit of a shake, and you can also tug the clear tube off the blue handle and shake both bits out separately. DO NOT flick the blue handle unit really hard from your patio door at night. If you do you may give the unsecured 9V battery in the handle sufficient momentum to knock the end cap off, detach itself from the wiring and go sailing off into the dark garden and the lush planting, never to be seen again. Don't ask how I know this. You may rummage in the undergrowth with a torch, disturbing countless flies, and getting gently rained on. You may even find the black end cap lodged in the stalks of your anenome japonica. But not the fresh 9V Energiser battery you paid good money for in your local Spar. If you're going to use this for extended fly catching expeditions, then I highly recommend doing what I did and cobbling together a bit more power. I bought a battery holder for 8 AA batteries (cost about £1) which had a 9V-battery-style (snap or PP3) fastener. I'm using rechargeable AA batteries which provide around 1.2V each, so the pack of 8 gets me something like 10 or 11V of sucking power. The pack doesn't fit into the handle so I'm going to secure it with duct tape, or a load of velcro, or something. I don't care if it looks a bit naff as it works. With the extra power the whole device is a godsend! The "turbo" refers to the inclusion of a narrow nozzle you can add to the end of the tube to concentrate the suction. The mesh that traps the wee beasties is at the top of the blue handle, quite close to your hand, but safely separated by plastic. I haven't used this on a house spider yet so I can't comment on the feeling of something I'm afraid of hurtling towards me at speed. Yes the box does have a really realistic drawing of a big brown house spider on it. Nominate your lest arachnophobid household member to open the Amazon packaging and immediately get rid of the box inside. When using a fresh alkeline 9V battery, this device may remind you of your long-forgotten toy hairdryer. It only has a suction mode, but the air does flow out the vents by your hand, and it sounds just the same. Since I'm tall I haven't yet bothered with using both tubes together. It will help with reaching nooks and crannies though. I found that on many surfaces it helps to tap the end of the tube against the wall/ceiling/window when you try to suck up your prey. Anything to help loosen their hold. This works on uneven surfaces, like artex, better than a cup and a bit of card, especially for small creatures, but switching to 10-11V was also really helpful for this. If your target animal is perched on something very narrow or rounded, it is harder to catch them as most of the suction power is completely squandered. That's where it's especially useful if you can nudge/jostle them into letting go with some/all of their legs. It is a bit like a lightsaber and quite fun.

Brilliant - you can even put out the long-leggedy spiders without hurting them.

Arrived on time and easy to put together. It works well

Good for hatchling spiders and Cellar spiders of all sizes but not good on a chunky spider, not even a mid size spider - I tried to get a half-dead mid size black house spider the other day and it was able to climb out of the end of the tube while the vacuum was turned on. I do find it useful for picking up crumbs but suspect they will get in the mechanism and cause it to fail eventually. We get a lot of Cellar spiders during the summer so it's meeting my needs in that respect. I'll stick with the hoover for anything chunkier.

I'm terrified of spiders and this thing is soo darn good that I bought two - one to keep beside my bed(!) and one in another room. I feel safely at a distance when I catch the spider - the suction is strong yet kind - I pop the lid on it and walk it down to the bottom of the road and shake the spider free - again, nicely at arm's length. I've even bought these as presents for family - highly recommend!!

I was a bit sceptical about this item. It's more on the expensive side of the scale, but I saw a video of a huge spider being sucked in on one of the reviews so had to order one. It looks quite cheaply made. The handle came apart but I managed to put it back together. The suction did not seem overly strong. I tried to suck in a small spider which seemed to be stuck to the ceiling with no luck. Kept it aside thinking I will return it, until I saw 2 huge spiders. Decided to give it a try, and low and behold it worked really well. The suction is still not Really strong, but if you remove the pointy column then basically put the spider into the circle the suction does work. The spider can still move up the tube but just stick the lid on and it really does the job. For the first time in all the years I've been alive (and thats a lot) I have managed to successfully catch spiders. So this is well worth the money. I marked it down 1 star as I felt the suction could be stronger, but maybe this is a good thing. It wont hurt the spider in the process. I'd highly recommend.

zuigkracht is goed

Genialità, aspira bene gli insetti, trovo che sia davvero utile.

Wir sind von dem Insektensauger total begeistert! Ich hatte erst dreimal (zum Glück) Gelegenheit, ihn einzusetzen. Jedeamal hat er perfekt funktioniert. Zweimal konnte ich damit eine kleinere Motte (ich vermute Dörrobstmotten, die man beim Einkauf gern einmal als "Zugabe" mitbekommt) und einmal einen Nachtfalter, der an der Decke übertagt hat, fangen. Dank des langen Saugrohrs können auch nicht so große Insektenjäger, eventuell auf den Zehenspitzen, wenn es sich nicht um einen Altbau mit hohen Decken handelt, Insekten von der Decke saugen. Nach dem Einsaugen waren die Insekten noch heil und konnten entsprechend der Anleitung draußen aus dem Rohr geschüttelt werden. Dies wird Tierfreunde interessieren, für alle anderen bedeutet das, daß keine zerhäckselten Insekten aus dem Luftaustritt geblasen wurden. Nur eines fehlt mir noch an dem Gerät: Eine zuschaltbare grüne oder rote Beleuchtung. Dann könnte man es an Halloween auch als Laserschwert verwenden. ;-) Ergänzung: Mittlerweile hat ich damit Insekten und Spinnen aller Art gefangen. Weberknechte und kräfitgere Hausspinnen, Fruchtfliegen und Lebensmittelmotten, die man manchmal aus dem Supermarkt mit nach Hause bringt, Fliegen, Wespen, Hummeln und sogar Hornissen. Im Flug sind Fliegen u.a. kaum zu erwischen. Wenn sie aber an der Wand sitzen oder vor dem Fenster herumfliegen, insbesondere in der Nähe des Rahmens kann man sie einsaugen. Hornissen, die an der Gardine herumkrabbeln kann man kaum einsaugen, aber das Rohr von hinten über sie schieben. Wenn sie an der Decke oder eine Lampe herumsuchen, muß man eventuell die Booster-Spitze verwenden. Wenn man sie damit am Hinterleib erwischt, hält der Sauger sie fest, bis man sie am offenen Fenster in die Freiheit entlassen kann. Nach dem Fang verschließt man zuerst das Saugrohr mit dem Stopfen. Spinnen und die gelb-schwarz gestreiften Fliegen verlassen das Saugrohr im Freien freiwillig und sind froh dass sie ins Freie gebracht worden sind. Andere Flieger ohne Stachel bugsiert man in die vordere Hälfte indem man das Rohr nach oben oder unten richtet. Am offenen Fenster nimmt man es ab und entfernt den Stopfen. Wenn man dann kräfig hineinpustet bekommen sie einen Katapultstart verpaßt, von dem sie noch lange erzählen können.

ca aspire mais il faut etre tres pres et souvent aider à faire tomber dans le tube! Grosse pile à changer souvent.

L'idée est vraiment bien, mais la réalisation pas aboutie... L'aspiration n'est pas très forte, du coup une petite mouche c'est ok, mais une grosse araignée je pense que ça va juste lui chatouiller les pates... Mais par contre le gros problème c'est quand la bête est dans le tube.. on fait quoi ?? Note pour le fabriquant : il aurait juste fallu ajouter un moteur inversé sur le ventillo, afin de pouvoir "ejecter l'insecte" quand on le remet dehors... Parce que là si il ne bouge pas de lui même (et il bouge rarement de lui même) et bien on ne sait juste rien faire avec.. :-/