Victor Electronic Rat Trap

Price: $46.49
Manufacturer: Victor


The Victor Electronic Rat Trap activates when a rat touches the metal plates inside the plastic housing, completing the circuit. The patent pending three plate design reduces escapes and provides a 90% kill rate. Kills rats in moments. A green indicator light flashes for up to 24 hours to signal that a rat is in the trap. Effective, quick kill. Easy to use, easy to bait with peanut butter. For indoor use. Requires 4 C batteries (not included). Can exterminate approximately 12 rats on one set of 4 "C" batteries (not included). Red light blinks for low battery. Unit size: 8.5" x 4" x 4.5 Caution: Inappropriate use may cause electrical shock or serious injury. Never use product around small children, small household pets, life support devices and combustible materials. See product warning for additional details.

Information

• Amazon Sales Rank: #869 in Lawn & Patio
• Brand: Victor
• Model: M240
• Dimensions: 4.50" h x 3.50" w x 8.50" l, 1.61 pounds

• Electric rat and mouse trap
• 3-plate shock-design reduces escapes for 90-percent kill rate
• Applies 8,500 volts for killing large rats quickly
• Green indicator light flashes for up to 24 hours indicating a kill
• Easy to bait with peanut butter from outside the trap

Product Reviews

Get rid of rats and mice of all sizes quickly without poison with the electronic trap from Victor. The trap detects rodents and instantly releases stored electrical energy to kill them quickly. The trap activates when rodents touch the metal plates inside the plastic housing, completing the circuit. The patent pending three-plate design reduces escapes and provides a 90-percent kill rate, killing rats instantly. A green indicator light flashes for up to 24 hours to signal that a rat is in the trap. Easy to use, easy to bait with peanut butter, the trap is designed specifically for indoor. The unit requires 4 C batteries (not included) and exterminates approximately 12 rats on one battery set. A red light blinks to indicate when the batteries are low. The trap measures 8.5 by 4 by 4.5 inches. Caution is imperative as inappropriate use may cause electrical shock or serious injury. Never use product around small children, small household pets, life support devices and combustible materials.

Rat Trap
We have recently had rats in our basement eating everthing. We tried all kinds of traps with no luck. We bought the Victor Electronic rat trap from our local hardware store. It taked 4 c batteries and will last up to about 12 to 20 rats. In the first 24 hours we had caught 4 rats. Two days later we had a total of 6 rats caught. We paid $40.00 plus $5.00 for batteries and it is worth every penny. No meses to clean up, you just just give a little shake and the rat falls into the trash can. Best rat trap ever.

A sure killer, once you figure out the trick
(1) These traps are greatly superior to the older wooden traps. They are neat, clean, and cool in a gadgety sort of way. I bought 3 of these, 4 of the M144s, and I set 2 of the old fashioned type that my exterminator put in (and the rats cleaned out without getting hurt). Rats were keeping us awake, and we were really anxious to get them.

(2) One website recommended using gloves to handle the traps. It said that human scent could scare off the rats. I followed that advice.

(3) One website recommended putting the traps out unarmed for a couple of days so the rats could become accustomed to eating from it. I did not follow that advice. The rat noises were keeping us awake, and I did not have the patience. It sounded like good advice though.

(4) I did not catch anything the 1st two nights I had this set. Then I started slicing walnuts and putting them around the traps. The first night I did that, I caught a rat. It is useful to note that all of the walnut pieces surrounding the trap had been eaten, all. So the rat ate all of the 'safe' food, and then went for the peanut butter/oat/walnut paste that I put in the trap.

(5) I also used a Victor M144 Power Kill rat trap. Same procedure worked, actually I used the trail of walnuts trick first with the M144.

Score so far: 1 kill for the Electronic trap, 2 kills for the M144, but I used my walnut trail trick with the M144 first. For the squeamish, the Electronic trap is easier to deal with, but check the reviews from some of the other users for comments about getting shocked. I used leather gloves to handle insertion of the batteries. I turned the unit off before attempting to unload the dead rat. I wear gloves to place the unit and turn it on/off, which is probably ridiculous, but why not. I have the gloves anyway.

These Work Well Until They Stop Working
The three-star rating reflects 5 stars for effectiveness when they work and one star for how long they work (about 6-12 mice before failure).

I bought one of these rat traps after having no success with Victor's small-opening electronic mouse traps. (The small opening apparently seemed sus[picious to the mice -- not one ever entered. If I were a mouse *I* wouldn't walk into one of those either!) The large opening in the rat trap made it seem innocuous to the mice, and we started catching mice regularly. Unfortunately after 6-8 mice the unit stopped charging up, even with new batteries. I sent a complaint to Victor, and they were nice enough to take back the non-functioning unit and send me a new one, which killed the remaining few mice. After a hiatus in mouse problems, we started having them again and I brought out the replacement unit again. After catching another half-dozen mice or so, it also stopped working. (It appears to charge up, but mice seem to be able to walk in and eat the bait without being killed.) So basically you have to think about this as being "disposable" after every 6-12 mice, which means that they cost about $5-$8 per mouse killed. I'm now going to look for a different brand that might last longer and cost less per mouse.

Oh, like two other reviewers I also got shocked one time replacing the batteries.