My history: ( please scroll down if you would just like to read just the review...I fear I may have waffled) My other half is not afraid of spiders. As the 7th child of a poorish family spiders had been one of his favourite past times, and nothing would delight him more than to see a spider crawling up his wall. He would pick it up, and force it to crawl from one of his hands to the other in an endless frenzy to escape but ending up pretty much where it started somewhat like a  hamster wheel or a treadmill.  Being absolutely terrified of spiders myself I thought this was great.  My husband, My hero, my prince in shining armour, who laughed in the face of ...  Read the complete review

We live in a barn conversion and since we have been here, we have encountered some of the biggest spiders we have ever seen. It has been quite bad towards the end of last year and our visiting son obviously picked up on this having seen us operate our own home-made spider catcher..... of which more later. He bought us this spider catcher for Christmas. It looks a bit naff and it is a bit naff. It comes as a longish plastic pole with a trigger mechanism on one end and a set of bristles on the other. When you have spotted a likely victim that you want to trap and remove from your home, grab your spider catcher from whichever home you have allotted it and ...  Read the complete review

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