Title: Excellent after adjustment
Product review: My first Black Box worked very well, so I bought three more. Some of the new ones didn't work; the gophers filled them with dirt without springing them. I tested the triggers with a postal scale and found that the good traps would trigger with less than two ounces of force, while the bad ones took up to six ounces. I bent the hooks on the trigger wires (the wire the gopher pushes) until I got them all to trigger at under two ounces. I also filed some down a little. Now they all work very well. I am catching a couple of dozen gophers a year. These traps don't work on the moles in my area, because the moles go under them instead of entering. The traps are durable. The wire is either stainless or some rust resistant alloy. As others have said, you have to dig a significant hole to set these. If you are trying not to disturb a lawn, it is best to dig out chunks of sod and keep them cool and damp until the gopher is caught. Then you can replace the chunks in the hole.
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