Victor® Electronic Rat Trap

No where NEAR as good as the earlier model. Redesigning that into this was a colossal mistake.. 1) much much harder to clean 2) much more difficult to bait without a bait door 3) using smaller batteries instead of the original c cells means it won’t run as long. I’m now looking at other models (by companies that copied the earlier model which was way better) and I will never buy nor recommend a victor electronic trap again.

Designed by rats for rats Don't waste your money Nothing makes sense. Glorified toy.

The redesigned electronic trap is absolute garbage. It’s as if the the so-called engineers at Victor didn’t even test the product or try to actually use it before they sent it off to production. Why it is a useless waste of your money: 1) No bait door anymore - makes it much more difficult to load effective liquid baits, peanut butter or others compared to the superior older model. 2) Smaller battery capacity: AA’s are now required instead of larger C batteries (like the previous model) you’ll have to change batteries out more often 3) The worst: you can longer slide the top off for easy cleaning. Makes it much more difficult to clean effectively. Clearly, this was a solution looking for a problem as the previous model was a far better design. Luckily, there are other manufacturers out there that make a similar design to the old Victor style (which I still have two of) and that’s what I will be buying after I throw the two newer victor traps in the trash.

Picked one of these up for an active infestation in my garage. Took a few days, as expected, for them to get comfortable around it, but each morning has been punctuated with the discovery of a fresh kill. The local ravens appear to be rather thankful for the free, undamaged meals in the morning, as disposal for me is simply asking nature to do its thing--and finding accord. I didn't skimp on batteries or gamble with any laying around my home. I figure this thing uses some capacitors and circuits that need solid performance and strong voltage maintenance over time, so I went with the pricier electronics-oriented battery formulations. How much longer the device may last could revise my sentiment, but not this review; it's proven capable and effective while making removal an effortless and clean process in short order; precisely when and where I needed it to.

This design is not as nice as the previous design. Previously the top could come off for easy access to the inside (i.e. for cleaning). I can’t easily get my hand inside the front hole on this design and I hate it. And this design no longer has the bait door.

I agree 100% with another review. The redesigned model is total crap compared to the older model. All the videos say to remove the top to clean, but you can't remove the top because of the redesign. The videos say open the bait door, but there is no bait door because of the redesign. The peanut butter doesn't stay stuck to the hexagonal fitting. The redesigned ruined a great product and Victor can't even change the directions. I tried to remove the bottom to try to clean the tray and broke it. Just another example of a corporation trying to make more profit by reducing the quality of the product. Hope your owners are happy.

After reading your reviews, it seems your products either work or they don’t. My rat trap has never worked. Most likely because the switch doesn’t. I am a manufacturing engineer and I believe, like another reviewer, that it was cheaply designed for production, not for dependable operation or to be maintained easily. I’m sorry Victor, but you didn’t build a better mouse trap this time…

Absolutely a 5 star product … period I spend $100’s if not $1000’s from trap, baits to pest control… nothing!!! Then I bought this $48 gem and BOOM! Problem addressed in an extremely efficient and humane way.

You want something that works? THIS IS IT! After construction and demo of a nearby structure by our home, and our neighborhood being overrun with rats, sticky traps were not doing the job. So I got this. I put this out and by the morning it has done its job. Check out the pictures of the latest...this thing will take out 2 rats at the same time! Go out and get this! It's worth every penny!

All the videos say to remove the top to clean. You can't remove the top. The videos say open the bait door. There is no bait door. The peanut butter doesn't stay stuck to the hexagonal fitting. You've redesigned to reduce your cost and ruined a great product. Hope your engineering group is proud.