Spider Catcher

I bought one of these last year. It was about £7.99 from one of the gadget websites plus a couple of pounds p&p. I'm terrified of spiders but feel bad when I gas them with insecticide, however my terror usually outweighs my compassion. This arrived with a plastic practise spider so you can allegedly perfect your skills before trying it on a real spider. It is a handle with a trigger that when pressed closes the bristles together and supposedly holds the spider in the bristles so you can deposit it outside. It's supposed to be that simple and you are supposed to be able to use it on other insects too. I already have one of the plastic box ...  Read the complete review

I bought this last year from www.iwantoneofthose.co.uk. They cost £8.99 each and, if I remember rightly, the postage and packing was a further £3.99. When the postage is added, it works out to be quite expensive for a gadget but my old spider-catcher had broken and I could not risk the autumn without one. I have vacuumed spiders up as a last resort but a) this is not fair on the spider and b) they can live quite happily inside a vacuum cleaner for three weeks to my personal knowledge, emerging twice the size when the time comes to empty the cleaner! So, there I was with my STV Spider Catcher at the ready and along came the first spider to volunteer. He was way ...  Read the complete review