Victor RZC001-4 Rat Zapper Classic - Humane Electronic Rat Trap for Instant Kill - Rodent Pest Control Trap,Red

Spotted a single mouse, late one night... guessed they not been in our house long as we hadn't spotted any droppings anywhere - we never have food left out, but we do have two young children who always seem to drop food... So we needed a trap, didn't want one that made a mess of the mouse, or one that caught a live mouse - what would I do with it? This seemed perfect. As we have kids we didn't want to place it where they could get at it, thought behind the TV... Before I placed it that evening, I needed to go in our under stairs cupboard for some paint, that's when I spotted the mouse nest, made of shredded tissue paper behind the paint pots - painting job was on hold. Didn't want to disturb them and risk them relocating elsewhere. Decided to put trap in cupboard (we used a little pot of birdseed as bait and gently slid it to the back) The first evening, we caught one at 8pm, great we knew it worked. Was easy to again gently slide out the dead mouse and the pot of bait - dispose of mouse in bin, replace bait and rearm trap. We caught another at 10pm - this time we knew we had caught one without peeking a look in cupboard as the trap was buzzing and when we opened cupboard door there was a burning smell!!! Guess the dead mouse was causing a short across the plates - this made us worry about leaving it on overnight so decided against it. The next evening we rearmed the trap, about 9pm, we peeked a look at the trap, bingo, mouse number 3, no more that evening. We thought we'd continue like this until we failed to catch one. Next evening, bingo again, mouse 4. Next evening - nothing, next evening - nothing again... next day I decided to move some paint pots, see if I spotted movement. Was expecting to find dead babies or something as guess we must have got the female. Luckily no babies, so cleared away shredded paper nest, vacuumed under stairs. All clean. Mouse problem gone. Guess we caught the problem early before they bred. All thanks to this trap. Is now stored in loft for any future infestations. Well happy with results.

OK we had a rat problem and I needed to sort it out quickly - so I bought Victor Rat Traps, Glue Boards and this Victor Rat Zapper. Don't bother with the Victor Rat Zapper!! I caught all of the rats with the traditional snap spring traps and the last one called an "Alpha" on a glue board. Apparently you need to try and catch them all in one go, otherwise they will get trap shy and just avoid them. The last one would not take the bait and so I ordered a glue board and it just ran across it, after I had worked out where his food source was coming from. Also block up any holes, even if you end up blocking them in the house. It took over 4 weeks to get them all and so I can't get a refund on my Rat Zapper, but save your cash and do not bother - it did not work for me and the rats were small enough to have got into it. I put in the most expensive batteries too, they just would not enter it. Buy lots of normal snap rat traps - the Victor ones were good, bait them up unset with either Cheese, Bacon or Peanut Butter to see which they prefer and let them get used to eating off them unset for a couple of days and set them and unleash hell. Hopefully you'll get them all in one night. I took ages for me to get all of this information off of the internet so I hope it helps someone. The Zapper sounds like a great idea, as you can just kill them cleanly and tip them in the bin, without any mucking around with traps and the inherent danger to children and small pets - but its only a great idea if it works! Sorry rats but you were starting to destroy my house!

We had a mouse infestation after a next door neighbours house was cleared *(she was elderly and the conditions were not great), the mice migrated to our house....We tried everything, sticky traps, snap traps, poison, trapping traps! but nothing seemed to be getting rid of the problem effectively and additionally humanely. Sticky traps and snap traps in particular are horrid. The rodents die slow and painful deaths. I want the things gone, but there is no need for slow and painful!My wife came across the Rat Zapper. We baited it with dog food and caught a mouse every night, sometime we would catch 2 - 3 in one 24 hour period. It was so good that we bought a second trap.Between both traps we caught over 40 mice and cleared the infestation. We were mouse free.These traps kill instantly. It is as humane as you get. The mice don't know whats happened, they go in an lights off. No blood no mess, so its easy to dispose of the dead mice. Often I wouldn't even need to re bait the trap as the mice don't even get as far as the food.They are a bit more expensive, but well worth it.I have given 4 stars not 5 because i have to say they do seem to not stand the test of time. My first set of 2 RatZappers lasted about 2 years. After which point I had to buy a brand new trap.