I used to have TS 85's. I currently have Bridger #5 coils and No BS Beaver Extremes- The No-BS are by far my favorite!

Actually, me neither….lol. That’s just one of its features. I guess you just orient the loose jaw on the other traps appropriately.

Thank you for all of the reply’s. This gives a very good idea of which direction I’m headed.

Much appreciated

I guess its just one of those things about a specific trap everyone likes... I does make it easy to bed and beds solid as a rock but I don't see it as a major selling point, personally but it sure ain't a bad thing either .. To me the selling points of the 750 is that its very heavy duty, very strong, locks up like its welded..Big jaw spread but compact at the same time.
Some guys love dogless beaver traps, that's never really meant anything to me.. Some folks love PITpans, some love long-springs. Some hate the swivel location on the ts85.. I personally like an end mounted swivel and did a lot of my own traps like that because I set my traps over my knee and a center swivel digs in...
Just a lot of personal preference... Most of them are very good traps and hold beaver just fine if you put it in the right spot..
Another thing, I personally like a smaller pan on my beaver traps like the CDR PIT pan or MB750 has but that's just me..

This ^^^^^^^

I bought some bridger#3s this fall and iam extremely pleased with them.catching by the front or back foot and holding them alive.

I never worried about the loose jaw. Fixed jaw caused more problem for me betting and setting traps. Loose jaw has a lot more uses. Never iwned 750s, used a few from a friend because it was his property and was teacging him how to trap beaver. Sold all my 650s. 759s were slightly easier to set than the 650s.

Just more user friendly traps out there that hold as well or better than 750s.

Never heard this before. Can you name one and tell me why it's more user friendly?

Pretty much every beaver sized foothold outside the bridger #5 coilspring.

For availability...the MB750 is my favorite. Very, very few fired 750s without a beaver in em. Pan is right size.

CDRs are good...right size pans, but availability of the better older stock traps is a negative.

Bridger 5 coilsprings' pans are a bit too big for my liking. Strong springs. Dogless may be better.

NoBS Beaver Extremes are good, with great lockup. Pans are a bit big.

Duke 5 longsprings are OK, with PIT pans, but this size longspring traps for beaver are big and bulky.

TS85s are OK. Pan size is OK as jawspread is larger at 8.5".

These are the beaver traps I have and use.

Yea I agree on the pans. I've never liked a big pan on a beaver trap personally. It not a deal breaker but I don't prefer it either.. My one dig at a stock #5 Bridger is the pan.. Though if you put a PIT pan on it like the CDR has it makes it a whole different trap. It does add expense though...
Now it does not really matter I guess as long as the beaver is there in the morning but over the years Ive noticed that my catches with traps that have smaller pans and a few pounds of pan tension(bedded well) are almost always a real deep catch with almost no snapped traps. Like so few its almost surprising ... That's just me anyway...

How are they more user friendly and how to they hold better than the MB750's?

all of t hem are easier to set, except the bridger 5 coilspring.

You said they hold better too. I can set a mb750 over my knee (though I choose to use setters) much easier than a #5 DLS or a CDR or any of the traps with Newhouse style frames like a 4 1/2 SC . Let’s see the pictures of the tail caught beaver in a stock TS85.

Bridger #5

I am a 750 guy, I have confidence in them. I have never used a Dbl longspring for beaver, but if I had the chance to try them I would

I do not care for 750’s…or any other trap of that style. I don’t like that both jaws are held down and there is no loose jaw. This forces you to work inside the jaws when setting it. I also cannot set them by hand and need to use the setting tool.

I like #5 DLS like the Duke. I can set it by hand without any extra tools. It comes base plated, center swiveled, and PIT pan. You can preset it before getting in the water by flipping the loose jaw under the pan so it cannot fire. When it’s time to set it, the loose jaw allows you to engage the pan while working from under the jaws without any fear of getting pinched.

I used #5 Dukes for several seasons and still like them. Ill tell you what made me like them more. I took that crimp on center swivel off and attached my chain at the end of the baseplate so that cneter swivel would not dig in my leg when setting them over my knee

I'm getting tired of empty traps, hope this helps!

can still get belly fires with a small pan. Pan size isnt the issue.