Reviews for Victor® Electronic Rat Trap

When they work they work, but the quality control is terrible. I bought 7 rat traps recently - 2 would not set properly. The bait station on the non functioning traps is too far from the spring mechanism and it will not hold. Not only frustrating but dangerous- easy to catch a fingertip when repeatedly trying to make it work. I won’t buy any more.

It worked but I broke it trying to open the trap and clean the rot smell to reset it. Apparently the older traps allowed easy access to clean. Now I’m out the money on something advertised for reuse.

I didn’t not work at all. I bought this style so I could work on my rodent problem while having crippling fear and anxiety about them. The idea was I didn’t have to see or touch the animal and I could despise of it without paying a professional hundred of dollars. It didn’t work at all. The rat would just push the trap around trying to get at the bait from the wrong side. Money down the drain since I switch back to the snap traps which caught the animal in one day. But now I have to pay more money to have someone help me dispose of it.

Very bad redesign. The updated rat trap is flimsy, smaller, and you can't open it to clean or bait. I will not buy your electric rat traps again unless you go back to the old design. Shame on you for cheapening a great product to make it so user unfriendly!

Took 3 days, but got my fat rat. The “Tomcat” gel bait didn’t work, but a chunk of soft cheese did the trick. The rat was found just outside of the trap, and the trap was a couple feet away from the fence indicating a struggle. We tried the more traditional traps with no luck. I look forward to killing the remainder of this rat’s family.

Terrible redesign.. I had to replace the older model which I had for years. This one is too small for larger rats and probably okay for mice. Hard to clean and bait. I’ve bought Victor traps for years but not again unless this is fixed.

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.