Victor Electronic Rat Trap 1-Pack, Indoor Humane Electric Rodent Killer

I have now bought a total of 7 of these units, and will probably purchase more they work so well! We bought 1 to start out with to help curve the winter "mice" problem in our basement that seems to always happen every year. Within 2 weeks that 1 single unit wiped out a solid family of mice. We then ordered 3 more to go in exterior buildings around the house to help combat them from making it in the house and those worked just as well! There are days where these will catch multiple mice in the same day. Fast forward a year, I purchased 3 for my work at a garden center and we've now taken out about 2 dozen mice in about a month with these 3 units! In short... THESE WORK! A Q-tip with some peanut butter is all you need to load these up. Be sure to keep these traps along the wall and/or by doorways and somewhat out in the open so it's an easier find for the rodents. Also, one thing to keep in mind, if you have gravel, or chunks of anything happen to get on the metal middle plate (the plate that senses and zaps the mouse), the plate will malfunction and not sense anything on it. So be sure to keep them clean and debris free! Otherwise, they are very super easy to use, easy to maintain, long lasting for both the unit and battery life (I've yet to change the x4 AA batteries in any of the units), much easier and safer to use than an original or traditional mouse trap, and make it for a speedy and humane kill of the mouse. I'm definitely happy that I went with these over anything else! They are pricey for what they are, but they pay for themselves quickly in the sense of ease of operation and/or if you've had things get damaged by mice/rodents already, the value in damage will out likely out weigh the cost of these quickly!!

The problem with this unit is you can't clean it. You have to stick some peanut butter in through a few small holes on the end of the device. You can't get into it to clean it out and put fresh bait in. The directions in the box say to reach in with A-Tips to clean it out. Well its a vertical surface and you would have to have a Qtip that has a 90 degree bend in it and fiddle with it to even get to it much less clean it good. Seriously, whoever designed this never had to use it! You can't take it apart as when you fight to take the top and bottom apart, the wired connections are soldered and you risk breaking something trying to disassemble it. worst design ever so you peanut butter, as recommended as bait, just spoils in there and you fight with putting a cloth on a foot long stick to try and clean it out. This model is a M421B. Apparently the model M241 has a removable bait door to access the bait and clean out, much better design. DO NOT but this model. It really sucks trying to clean it. It kills the mice, just can't clean out the bait, dumbest design ever.

Works Great!!!!I bought this for my daughter. I didn’t want her using poison. She has other animals. Did want it to be easy to use. Easy Disposal. She set it up. Has caught 4. Works as described. It works AWESOME!!! She is very happy with it.

This purchase started while watching "We're the Millers." Oddly enough, just after the scene where Kenny gets bitten by the spider, I saw something moving across the floor in my basement in a odd pattern. For whatever reason, I though it was a big ol' spider and tried to find it. Whatever it was, it had concealed itself underneath my TV stand, so I grabbed a flashlight and started looking for it. Finally, I discover that, rather than a hairy spider, it was a tiny mouse. After a few minutes, it scooted out and hid under some other furniture in the basement, and I was able to scoop it up into a dog bowl and cover the bowl so it couldn't escape. It was a tiny mouse, probably a baby. As I went to release it out the back door, I discovered another baby mouse by the back door, so I scooted it out the door, too. Once the first two were out the door, I began my research and saw that mice typically have litters of around six, but up to 12 mice. Sure enough, about 30 minutes later, I find a third baby mouse in the basement. Now I"m convinced I have a serious problem, with another 3 baby mice probably around somewhere, plus a mother and maybe a father. It's peculiar, because I haven't seen any signs of mice in the house previously. I get rid of the third mouse (this one gets a flight off the back deck after I offered to show it to my wife, but she wasn't interested.) So I did my research on Amazon for solutions and saw several options - the traditional snap trap and various humane options. I kind of liked the idea of sending mice down the Green Mile, so I settled on these given the positive reviews and quick results that seemed to be reporting. So I ordered two. Well, actually, four because I apparently placed the order twice. The next day, they showed up thanks to Prime shipping. One small issue, I didn't have enough batteries to load up all four, so after getting the Skippy peanut butter (fewer chemicals than the store brand reduced sugar that later gave my wife an allergic reaction), I prepared the traps according to the manual. They were easy to unpack, prepare and deploy. In accordance with the instructions, I placed them around the basement along walls triangulating where I had encountered two of my three little visitors. After putting them out in the evening, I retired for the night and anxiously came back downstairs in the morning, expecting to find another mouse or two had shuffled off this mortal coil. Alas, no flashing LEDs on the traps to tell me I've succeeded in this particular Mouse Hunt. Day after day, I go through the same process each morning, thinking I might find a victim in the traps, but, alas, each day I'm left disappointed. On the positive side, however, I haven't found any signs of mice in the basement, nor have I spotted any. So long story short, they're easy to set up and prepare, they're relatively innocuous, and there's no evidence of mice ignoring the traps. Old Sparky may work, but I haven't been successful yet. Update: December 2024 - after having these out for four months and not having sent any mice to their final reward, I happened to notice one flashing green as I walked by. Sure enough, picked it up and there was the first victim of Old Sparky inside. Moved it outside prior to cleaning and resetting to avoid any stink in the house. Decided to check the other two I had put out. One was unused, as of yet, while the second one was patiently flashing green, telling me yet another mouse had crossed the rainbow bridge or whatever the mouse equivalent is. Mr Jangles will no longer be performing on the Green Mile at any rate. So, it’s now traps two, mice zero.

I didn’t expect this to work but it sure does. Seems more humane to kill the rodent right away and also it doesn’t leave a toxic body. If it doesn’t work for someone perhaps they are not putting the right bait.

Last year trying to be kind I captured and erll released rats which led to a horror show of rats running up my bed at night and learning that's not kind. In fear of being overrun again, a quick kind death seemed the lesser v of evils. After 5 days of nothing, woke up to the rat dead. No more cleaning droppings first thing in the morning. Even with my horror of dread animals, was able to empty this trap into the garbage. Cleaned it with a long handled soft brush and paper towels. Use gloves, but there's absolutely no mess and nothing gory. Batteries last many days making moving it easy. Bait, turn on and that's it. Bait is 3 pieces of dry cat food dropped into trap through openings. Clean, quick, and It Works! Worth every penny. Would recommend it to anyone.

We have had the unit for almost three months and it has caught nothing. Not even a bug. It is in our barn. We've tried changing batteries, different locations, even put it two feet in front of the Old one - nothing. The Old one caught a mouse each night we had the new one close to it. In fact the Old unit catches something almost every night. Very frustrating. It is too late for us to return it but I recommend you don't waste your money or time.

As others have pointed out, this item has serious design issues. Difficult to clean, mainly, because it provides no easy access to the interior (for cleaning or baiting), and specifies indoor-only use, because it's not made for wet conditions. I gave it 3 stars because of that. However, the overall operating principle (store up an electric charge and deliver it in a single killing incident). I have caught/killed 3 rats so far, and all of them outdoors. Here's how: It happens that the reason the rats are attracted to our yard is that we have a backyard bird feeder. Birds are very messy eaters, so there is always seeds and peanuts on the ground under the feeder. This is what attracts the rats. So instead of peanut butter (messy and hard to clean, I put some of the bird seed in the bait area of the trap, and put it in a dark area along the route they take. Outside, with a brick to hold it down, and a large shallow basin to cover it and keep water out. (I put it outside, even though you're not supposed to, and it worked fine, even though it it rained briefly.) I put it out when I spot a rat, and the next day, or the day after, there's a dead rat in there. This is my experience, your mileage may vary.