Victor M460UC Zapper Max Outdoor Humane Electronic Rat Trap - Instant Kill Rat Electric Trap

I only had two rats when I ordered this. I really didn't want to use this b/c I hate to kill. Anyway, I now have over ten rats. I put this trap out and DID NOT turn it on right away. I put canned cat food inside and near the openings to lure them in. (Use whatever the squirrels won't eat) I did this for about a month. In and out they went. I did turn it on this morning. Since they are so used to going in, they did not hesitate. This morning I got one huge one. I reset it and ten minutes later I got another one. So, have a little patience and let them get used to going in and out. I don't feel so bad now. It's a really a quick kill. I do hope this helps anyone hesitating to use this trap - update one hour later - make that 3 rats so far today. Edit for the next day - one more rat. , four total

I was so hopeful when I dropped $200 on two of these. What a seemingly perfect solution…zap them outside BEFORE they get in. But 100% fail. We live in the country next to fields and crops and mice trying to find their way in is always an issue. I have a plug in electric zapper that works great inside my garage. That one has caught and quickly dispatched numerous mice that have made it in. But I wanted to stop mice BEFORE making it in garage. I baited the little cup with peanut butter (as all my traps are) and have never caught/killed ONE mouse in months of use. I even moved one of these in my rabbit run where scurrying mice are easily visible, and still nothing. I then use snap traps in exact same location and caught mice everyday. Also having to watch for the red blinking light to see if you have a catch is ridiculously slow. If you blink when it happens to flash every 20 seconds, you won’t know and will have to stay bug-eyed staring for signal light even longer. My plug in electric zapper blinks green or red every few seconds and is easy to see if there is a dead mouse inside. But this one sucks. I am sure it’s to save battery life, but it is unreasonably slow & staggered. I just end up picking up the trap and look in, which of course reveals a big ZERO every time. A HUGE waste of $200! I must continue with bucket traps (which freeze outside in the winter, so no drowning…just inhumane starvation), snap traps, and my feral cats. This was a dud.

So good! I bought a number of the cheap ones and they do not work! This one has already caught a few rats we have around. I like it bc the hole is not as big as the other ones ($50) as they have accidentally caught squirrels. I highly recommend spending the money on this one vs buying multiple cheaper ones.

Has not worked out for me despite months of continuous use.

So far, no luck. I did what others suggested. I added the bait and set out the trap without turning it on for several days so the rat could get used to it. Last night, I not only had the usual peanut butter inside and one peanut (in the shell) in the compartment, but I added three small peanuts (in the shell) inside the tunnel but not touching the metal plate. I turned on the trap. This morning, all three peanuts were gone and there was no dead rat (or any other animal). Empty peanut shells were right next to the trap! I used the recommended AA lithium batteries. Help!

I had gotten a rat zapper about 10 years ago from a company that no longer exists that I swore by until it died and I ended up buying this one. The one thing the old one did better was it wasn't such a tight fit for the rodents - I could just pick up the zapper and dump a dead rat into a bag without ever looking at it. This one I have to completely open it and then jiggle them out - these rats are fat but that space is really cramped!I caught two rats within the first 48 hours of having this outdoors. I knew there was a third rat but it took 6 weeks before it ever stepped in this zapper. He must have been in there a full day by the time I found him since he stunk! I had to hose out the inside after I dumped it.It's nice that you can check the battery life by pressing the power button - it flashes for the percentage of battery life left.

We have been using the Zapper Max for about two months. In that time it's worked on numerous small rodents. It has not been successful killing rats. Rats have been eliminated using the old fashioned metal pedal traps so we know they're out there. On several occasions the Zapper has indicated a kill (flashing green) with nothing in the trap. It also uses a lot of batteries. Rechargeable batteries would be much more efficient.8-19-2021 I am updating this review as we had our first rat kill today. So yes, it can kill rats. I added a star.

I had looked long and hard for an electronic rodent trap that would work outside (virtually every other one on the market is for interior use only). The set-up instructions are easy to follow, and the bait area is easily accessible. You can put something like a hard cheese piece in there, so you don't have to later clean out rancid sticky peanut butter etc. We changed locations several times to capture one particulatly persistent rat, always placing it against the house along the line of a known "rat run". One day, the green light on the outside of the trap was flashing green, and Ratty had indeed been humanely dispatched...