OWLTRA OW-1 Indoor Electric Rat Trap, Instant Kill Rodent Zapper with Pet Safe Trigger, Black, Large

I was over run with mice, and I think I saw a couple rats as well. I couldn't be sure, because I read that rats and mice don't mix. But, I do think that a couple of rats got in there. This caused me to order the rat sized trap, because, what if Mama Rat showed up? It was like a horror show. In the past, I have tried snap traps. These will get you one or two, until the rest learn how to steal bait without getting caught. This time, I didn't start with snaps. I just jumped to glue traps. Glue traps work for the most part, if you buy ones with the strongest glue. But if any part of the mouse can catch a solid edge, then they can pull out of it. In addition to this draw back, they don't die right away, but linger for a couple of days. You have to bash them inside of a bag to avoid this grisly detail. And that is just as bad as having them sitting there suffering for days. I moved on to electric mouse traps. Yes, this is a successful solution. The trap I bought is only meant for indoors. I was very careful with it, not wanting to get zapped myself. The directions are well written and easy to understand, except it is not clear which way to push the slide button to turn it on. Slide the toggle toward the back door to turn it off, and towards the opening to turn it on. The green light signaling it is on only flashes once for about 5 seconds. If you don't see it, just repeat the steps. Turn it off, then back on. The back door is vented. I once saw a mouse attempt to open this door, but he couldn't. Don't waste your time thinking that you add the bait here. I think that's what it's for, because the bait tray is right there. But, I didn't use peanut butter, and my bait wouldn't fit through the opening. It was much easier to add bait through the top. I do not think human scent ever deterred those guys from going for the bait. Let's say you're all set up. This trap takes 4 C batteries. 1. You turn off the trap. 2. You take the battery door off. 3. You take out one or two of the batteries (I always took out two.) 4. You take the trap top off. It comes apart using two hands, but so easy! 5. You put the bait in the bin. 6. You put the top back on. This can be done with one hand. This trap is well made and the plastic parts are thick and sturdy. 7. You put the two batteries back in. Put the battery compartment door back on. 8. Turn on the trap and watch for the green light to flash. Bingo, you're ready to go. You can do all these steps very quickly. I use a green pellet poison bait, the kind you buy in a bag. They love this stuff. I have one pellet in the trap. For some reason, this trap worked better when the pellet was not in the middle but on the left of the bin. I don't know why. Maybe they could smell it better. I always put another pellet right in front of the open entry way. The height of my trap kept me from seeing the alert flashing light, so whenever I saw this green pellet was gone, then I looked for the flashing light, which meant that one of them had entered the trap and tripped the circuit. I caught 12 of them in a row, one by one. The first one I ever caught scared me really bad. The trap set off with a sizzling sound, and the terrible smell of burning fur. It scared me so bad that I brought a fire blanket out to keep near the trap. I didn't need it except for peace of mind. I don't always hear the sizzle, but you can. The mice don't make any noise, because they are dead. When you go to dispose of them, all you have to do is go through the steps above and take the top off. The body can be dumped into a bag without any mess. If you smelled burning fur, you might see that left over, but no body mess at all. I had one incident of the trap being tripped without a mouse in there. Then again I saw this once: A mouse came flying out of the entrance, hit the side of the phone sitting there, and fell off the bookcase all the way to the floor. He disappeared somewhere, not dead. He did learn to fly. So, I think there's something about the mechanism that scared them so bad that they jumped out, avoiding getting fried. That only happened twice. I dunno. I'm not sticking my fingers in there! The bodies are always near the bait bin. The bodies are bloated immediately, like kernals of corn popping. But, they are intact. The difference, I think, between the mouse-sized trap and the rat-sized trap, except for size, is the length of time the circuit remains on. Mice get one-half the amount that rats get. I can't remember how long the rats get zapped for, except I remember that it's twice as long as for mice, which is 90 seconds?. This could account for the burning fur. There were no flames or char marks or anything like that. Nor was the mouse stuck to the floor. So, although it is disconcerting, I think it is safe. It also could be that the batteries were new, and now they are worn down a bit, although still working well. Less sizzling, but effective. I was surprised this trap worked so well. I think I got them all, but I'm keeping the trap ready to work just in case. Always wash your hands well, although you never have to touch the rodent. I'd buy this again. It's us against them, and I am not living with mice in my kitchen and walls. This is my home, and I'm protecting it.

Something fishy is going on with the reviews. Amazon shows "no reviews" but then there ARE a few reviews. I think they've deleted all of the unfavorable reviews and put up a few of their own, or some old ones from when this product worked at some previous time. I bought both the mouse and rat version of this-- small and large. Baited with peanut butter and turned on. Mice and rats have helped themselves to the peanut butter, licking up every last bit and going on their merry way. I contacted support, and they told me to perform a test to see if the trap makes a buzzing noise when I put a piece of damp paper towel inside (pushing it in with a dry piece). It does start buzzing-- and keeps buzzing even after taking out the towel, until I manually turn it off. Support agent told me sometimes the mice have dusty feet, so I should put a damp cloth in front of the entrance to clean their feet as they go in (I joked that I'll put a little sign that says "Please wipe your feet"). I have not tried this, but it should not be necessary to add this step. I've used other electric traps, even in my dusty dry chicken coop, and BAM they always killed mice and rats instantly. It's strange that both traps I bought seem to have the same defect. Despite the noise it makes, I don't think it's shocking the rodents at all-- otherwise they wouldn't stay in there and eat every bit of the bait.

I just got two of these Rat Traps a few days ago. Just tonight I bought the C batteries and set them out when I got home. Well, the units have killed three mice already this evening. I have big rats too (which is why I bought the Rat version) and I hope the rats also start going in these devices. So I recommend getting the larger Rat version - it will kill both mice and rats. Even if you dont have rats now - you might later so get the larger rat version. So easy to dispose of the rodents too - just turn the unit off, lift off the top cover and dump in the trash. I used peanut butter in the bait area. Since I bought two of these units I needed an 8 pack of C batteries - and when I got home one of the units was flashing a red light indicating the 4 batteries I installed might be low - the other unit indicated green (OK). So I switched the batteries between the units and then both units indicated a green light - they were both now ready to go! SO....if one unit says those 4 batteries are run down switch the set of 4 batteries between the units - not sure why there was a freak anomoly like that - but I'm glad both units are working and killing! I also recommend facing the vented bait area against the wall to try to prevent a rodent from chewing it and tearing it up to get to the bait (as I saw in another review). These work! Yes I saw some reviews where theirs didn't work - maybe I got lucky. But all I can say is buy and try - if yours happens to not work then exchange for different unit(s). If these go kaput too early I will update this review but for now very pleased and so easy. UPDATE: It is now July and both units do not kill rodents any more. And I'm sure the batteries aren't run down as no blinking red light. I switch on and the green light comes on for a second and then off as normal - but now the rodents are just eating the peanut butter with no shock at all. Very dissapointed!! These worked so great - WHEN they worked. Wish a company could make a product that lasted. Will not be buying any more. Have been trying Rat X poison (safe for pets and other wildlife) but that the rodents are not even eatint it!! The story of my life.

This is a fantastic little gizmo and dang sure well worth every penny! It is so very easy to operate and easy to clean and easy to remove the dead critter...mouse, rat, chipmunk etc... in my case , i have been overrun by chipmunks and their poulation over the past few years has increased exponentially in spite of the stray cats and hawks. They wouldnt be an issue if there werent growing holes all in the yard and the sound of them chattering to each other in the walls and worrying about them destroying my old wiring in the house. i tried allllll the traps out there including bucket with water and sunflower seeds and ramp, allll of them but they were eh so-so with fair results but i was losing sleep from their chatter at night so i decided to splurge and try this .. i nean hey, if it didnt work, i could just return it! buuuut you have to give it time and move it different areas and study their movements and travel patterns and you have to be patient and wait them out and even keep applying bait so they will smell it. In about 3 weeks , it has zapped 5 chipmunks but there were days in between with nothing. Make sure you have new batteries . The little flip up door to access where to put bait is easy. it doesn't leave much room but i just use a plastic spoon handle to snear on peanut butter then close the door back . one of the zapped chipmunks was so big and hefty that i thought at first it might be a weasel but it was just a mammoth size chipmunk and i was impressed that the zapper had that much zapping power. It was lots of days in between before zapping another. The indicator light flashes green periodically to let you know it has something in it that needs to be disposed of. the light flases red when the battery is going week it has zapped 5 successfully and the batteries are still going good. Hey listen, i am so impressed with this awesome gizmo that i might buy an extra one for good measure and i might buy a few to give as gifts. This is really worth it and then some. but i repeat....you must be patient and wait several days before moving it somewhere else. i love this thing and i love how im not hearing those pesky rodents in my walls anymore ! Awesome product!!

I bought this after getting too frustrated with trying to set traditional snap traps without injuring myself, only to have the little devils manage to steal the bait and snap the trap while escaping unharmed. My brothe- in-law told me about these electronic ones that he’d had success with. I have managed to trap two rats, and with the first one, I was able to dump out the rodent into a paper bag without really even having to see it. (Win!) When I opened the trap to reset the bait, I did have to wipe out some fur and it was kind of gross, but manageable. However, with the second rat, it zapped it so hard that there was a blowout of fur all over the place outside of the trap, and it appeared to have blown off the tail. I was far too grossed out to be able to deal with it, and had to wait five or six days until a guy friend could come over and take care of it for me. By that point, the trap including the inside of the battery case had apparently been infested with maggots, so I’m out an almost $40 trap because it no longer works (although I get that it’s on me to have not disposed of it immediately). I don’t usually write reviews, but wanted to make people aware that although it is certainly an effective product, it definitely is NOT the non-messy item it claims to be, so if you’re squeamish like me and don’t have someone on hand to dispose of the rodent right away for you, you might want to figure out another option.

Not sure yet. It’s fried a palmetto bug and a dust bunny. Makes a noise when that happens. Kinda forgot about it and didn’t know what the noise was. Hasn’t caught a rodent yet.

I've had this for about 8-9 months and have caught countless mice! The source of our problem: we have those double cellar doors that open outward, with a gap underneath that cannot be sealed and still be functional. I had tried EVERY kind of mousetrap, nothing was ever consistently successful (they're too smart!) I found this, thought it was a little pricey, but would probably pay itself off quickly if it actually worked. It did! At first, I would bait it with pb, cheese or a chocolate chip, place it inside near the top of our basement stairs and would catch them here and there, I wasn't too impressed. Until this one mouse tormented us for about a week, (running around while we were in the room!!) So I moved it around a few times that week, paying attention to where it would hide in between scurrying. I found the "sweet spot" thanks to that mouse bc once I caught that one, I caught several per week for the next couple weeks!! I emptied it so often, I stopped putting bait in it and it was still working! I haven't baited it since and its still working excellently. There are no signs in my home of any mouse activity now. The only signs are the green flashing light and the smell if i forget check it. (It fit under a kitchen counter that someone neglected to put a piece of wood on the front of the base). I would highly recommend this as the only solution to anyone with uninvited house guests! You will save so much money (and stress), not continuously replacing those cheap traps that they steal bait off of or get stuck to but arent always sticky enough to prevent their escape. It is so easy to use and to clean, just turn off, dump mouse/rat out, slide lid off and wipe it down with a paper towel/cleaner or hose it out and dry it. (Dry is important) Then bait it (or not, it's STILL mind blowing, to me, that bait is optional!) Flip the switch on, it will flash to indicate that it is on, then it will not light up til something has wandered into it. Once a mouse/rat enters, there is no escape, it's literally toast! And anyone that isn't having success with this, just try relocating it until you find your "sweet spot"

Another update, 13 months on. It worked really well. I would say -best one. I tried another 2 brands, not even close. BUT - now it always blinks red-green together, when i want to use it. i cleaned it, cleaned connections. no improvement. as it says - self-test failed. and it does not catch anything any more. just dead, like rats it killed. And, as usually with these things - it is just 3 weeks over warranty, so i can do nothing about it. Why things are made to work for so short time these days? I would keep 5 stars, but i have no use for not working one, so - down to 2 stars. Sorry. Update after a month: i gave it 2 stars due to production shortcomings. But after couple of weeks i need to say - IT WORKS! I will skip how i dislike killing any animals, and this seems a more humane way than poisoning rats - which is one factor I like about this. lets go to details of this system. on first couple of nights no rat got caught. i thought it smells plastic and is not familiar enough, not "safe" to enter. i did put around and inside a few rat droppings i found, some fresh peanut butter inside - and bingo. got a big one. And since i had a rat in it, all other rats possibly find the scent convincing that it is ok to go. so i don't clean it, and i catch a rat per night. for two weeks i got 14 rats. wow! this thing works. i heard it at night once - a buzz for some 2-3 seconds. I think it is better than rats suffering for days being poisoned. and also, less damage around the house. instant solution. I am getting another one since i seem to have too many rats to handle... if not for my original issue below, i would give it 5 stars. Easy to empty, easy to change batteries. wow! original review below - still valid: I had no chance to use it yet, so this review will be adjusted later. But - straight off the box - I see it is not properly assembled. Bait door were separate, loose in box and dislodged from the unit. And the way it is designed - I see no way of installing it without breaking flimsy plastic hinge. it broke. So, i have no choice but use without it. It may work, but maybe rats will try to grab bait from the other side as now it will not be as well protected. To me looks like nobody bothered to check it when packing.

فعالة مئة بالمئة خلال ليلة واحدة اصطدت سبعة فئران بها واكثر مايعجبني هي طريقة التخلص من الفئران عندما ارميها دقائق وتأكلها القطط

My house has suddenly been invaded by rats, and I've tried everything to get rid of them, without any success. While I hate the thought of killing any animals, I had to do something drastic because they've been chewing through plumbing and wires and my cupboard doors. I set this trap up and caught a rat the very first night I used it, so it's definitely working well for me! It's just too bad that it only catches one at a time -- but it's a good start!

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This product is incredibly impressive. The build quality is excellent, although the cost is quite high. One potential drawback is the use of C-size cells, which can add to the overall cost. I believe the brand should consider moving to a rechargeable option, as this would likely be well-received by customers.

He seguido las instrucciones al pie de la letra, dice que es muy importante que la carnada no toque las plaquitas de metal para su buen funcionamiento así que solo puse puse una cucharadita de crema de cacahuate. La puse a media noche, hoy antes de las 11 am cayó el primero, así que inmediatamente lo lleve al patio y en menos d media hora cayó el segundo, aun estoy cazando al tercero. Funciona a la perfección, antes que nada pones el interrupción en apagado, colocas 4 baterías tamaño C (recomiendo usar baterías recargables) y cuando lo enciendes prende la luz verde una únicamente vez y se apaga de inmediato, quiere decir que el sistema está activo. Tuve la suerte de presenciarlo, cuando entra el invitado no deseado hay un muy ligero zumbido que no espanta al raton y cuando el sistema detecta que ya entró le da la descarga eléctrica, a continuación vuelve a hacer el zumbido un poco más intenso pero repito no es ruidoso, es lo suficiente para que sepas que esta trabajando el dispositivo, no tarda más de 15 segundos, acto seguido parpadea el led verde aprox cada 8 o 10 segundos hasta que lo apagas, quiere decir que ya no tienes más problemas no deseados. Estoy muy contento con los resultados, 5 estrellas 😁 *Actualizacion* En un día cayeron 3 pequeños más una grande, totalmente satisfecho con mi compra, recomendado al 200%!!!!!