Victor® Smart-Kill™ Electronic Rat Trap

A rat got under my house a couple of years back and I killed it with a regular trap but it was a pain to get under the house and check the trap. I fixed my screens and bought one of these traps to put under the house in case another rat made it inside. This trap sat under the house for a long time and i had one false alert, I reset the trap and put it back under the house. No activity for a couple of months, then yesterday I got another alert, it was a kill. It is good to know that this trap will stand guard against rats and not have to crawl under the house all the time to see what is going on.

I used the Android App version 1.3.3 and SmartKill Rat Trap Model M2. Getting started step 4. Connect Mobile Device to Trap I can connect to the trap with my Android phone without issues. But when the app should list available SSID's it instead shows a spinner for a long moment and then crashes. Occasionally an error page is shown rather then it crashing completely. I spent hours trying to find a workaround - anything that could get me past this issue. New batteries, signal strength, check for radiowave congestion, made sure I used 2.4 GHz, making sure to "forget" the wifi access point in the trap in between retries. Uninstalled and reinstalled the app. I checked and redid everything. Over and over. I eventually noticed a pattern. It seems like the setup procedure can time out? If you perform step 1, 2 and 3 really fast (Aiming the camera at the QR code and clicking Next without stopping) then it will list available SSIDs most of the times. What is THAT about? Then comes issue number 2 Getting started - 5. Connect Trap to Wi-Fi. I select my router in the list and paste the password. After 1.5 seconds the V symbol on the trap blinks red 10 times - and then the app crashes. I verified that my android other devices can connect to it using the same password. Every other device can connect - but not Smartkill Rat trap M2. Nope. Strong signal, it uses 2.4 GHz. I have been experimenting as I did with step 4 - trying to find differences in behavior. But I'm stuck on step 5. The trap always fails, blinks red 10 times and the app crashes. Summary: This product has not been QA tested enough. Whoever developed the wifi feature has failed. The trap will not reliably connect to routers. It is rare to see these problem. Most things you can connect to your router do so without issues. But this product is the exception. I have worked with IT (hardware, software and cybersecurity) for 25 years. This is the worst product I have come across in this price range.

the ones you sent WORKED..was anxious to try the wifi ones. can you send those I'll send these back give a review. Am clueless why the new ones 3 months old from amazon did not work they always have in the past. Thank you for these 2. These were not the wifi as those need AA batteries also. would love to try and review for you . Again thank you.

I am a handyman and now have these at three customer houses as well as my own. Perfect solution for people who don't want to deal with a messy kill. These electronic traps are already great with their quick obviously painless kill (no blood, no urine, no feces), but now I like them more for the WiFi alert and app. I had some issues with a few draining batteries and keeping their WiFi connections, but somehow those problems dissappeared with fresh batteries, so maybe I used bad batteries with low voltage? Anyway, I've purchase six more since and have had no problems. I rest easy and love seeing the kill count go up and rat population go down.

SO EASY TO CONNECT...FEAR NOT. It took maybe 6 minutes to connect using app on Android and fresh Energizers. Only issue was manually type the 15 alphanumeric QR number. Big deal. Waiting for KILL KILL KILL.

Was using mostly inside a shed and under a covered patio. After two years it still works but batteries are only lasting 2 weeks. It's killed mice, rats and one squirrel. If I didn't just see it for sale on your site, I probably would have just went back to regular traps. Would have liked to have gotten maybe 4 years out of it for the price.

Works great after dusk . Reset easily . Great value .

I just bought this at Home Depot, product was already registered and there is no way to register it. Called their number but closed on weekend!!! badly designed.

Great product! I use these Smart-Kill Rat Traps to take care of chipmunks that ravage our yard. For bait, I use black Rapeseed, and it draws them in like a charm. Then the app on my phone tells me when there is a chipmunk in my trap!

I bought the original rat trap product from you more than 4 years ago and still working to this day killing rats