SOUTH BEND Hurricane F210 Hr Crab Trap Sq 10.5X10.5X10.5, Multi, One Size

good quality, good price, fast shipping

This is the worst product I’ve ever bought! It’s useless. I thought my husband returned it but he didn’t , now I can’t. But we can’t use it at all. It folds up on itself, can’t catch crabs it’s so inferior. Bought a great crab trap at Dicks Sporting Goods. It cost 4,00 more than this piece of crap and works really well. Don’t buy this trap !

Firstly, there are a multitude of crabbing products on the market in varying price ranges; this one is considered a very low end economy product (less than $10 and eligible for Super Saver Free Shipping), so one has to temper opinion on that basis. Having said that, secondly, this one particular crabbing trap is small and lightweight; that, by nature of the milieu, consigns it to a very limited space within the crabbing venue. That is, one can only expect to use it in shallow, calm and relatively clean and clear waters, like that off a marina pier. It cannot survive in anything more than slowly moving waters. The trap itself is a simple thin coated wire, box frame construction with four string pulled, movable doors that open and close when the trap is either dropped or lifted from the water. It additionally requires, but does NOT include a baiting apparatus (such as a bait cage, bag or pin), nor does it come with a rope line to drop and retrieve it from the water. But, once the user supplies such things, the trap works reasonably well given the already mentioned constraints. The instructions are limited to small, barely viewable pictures with simple but vague descriptions on the plastic bag packaging. The up side is, anyone who has ever worked with their hands or mechanical tools would figure everything out in a few minutes. The down side however is, that those who don't have at least some shop class experience would find the instructions to be maddeningly confusing. Any experienced crabber wouldn't have a problem with assembling this trap. My first use with this caught a crab in less than five minutes. The wire mesh spacing is small (about one inch) so this is the right mesh size for east coast Blue Crabs. This trap may be considered a bit small for west coast use. Also, the trap itself can be user modified if one wanted to pursue crabbing more aggressively. Personally, I would change the four pull strings to something stronger, and add weights to the bottom, along with a standing bait cage pillar in the middle to make the whole thing more stable. Obviously, even as a Do It Yourself project, such things cost money; if manufactured and sold that way, it would have taken this out of its economy price range. That's the reason why this deserved four stars; while imperfect, it's nonetheless fully functional (it catches crabs) but costs less than ten bucks.

I have a couple of similar traps. Loved that this one has coated wire and that it is slightly larger than the others I have. What I don't like is that it is flimsy. It is hard to get the doors to shut or open depending on what you want to do. The plastic part that holds the structure falls off. Zip ties work, but it doesn't add a lot of stability.

I was hesitant with this when I saw the price, thinking it was too cheap so it must be a crappy product. Couldn't have been more wrong. Nice heavy duty cage just like you see in sporting good stores but at a fraction of the cost. Its been a while since I dealt with these cages, so assembly was a little tricky but nothing crazy. Would definitely recommend buying the extra line because this has just enough to tie the doors together.

Wouldnt buy again they rusted after 1 use and doors are a pain to open once in the water. Ended up getting 3 uses but primarily due to adding a bunch of zip ties basically crafted them entirely of zip ties to use them thus far.

Sturdy..

Absolute junk. Need to supply your own hog rings for bottom and supports. Poor coating flaked off before taking out of packaging. Cheap wire, not stiff. Better off making your own from chicken wire.

Looks like it might just work, not to difficult to put together just remember to install the 2 long bent wires in x position or it wont work properly.

Perfect for our kid to use as catch and release but that is what we intended it for. Could be used for regular too