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Victor Electronic Mouse Trap | 
 enlarge | Brand: Victor
Category: Lawn & Patio
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $17.29
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Rating:  69 reviews
Sales Rank: 32
Color: Green,Red
Batteries: 4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 6.3 x 3.3 x 1.8
MPN: M252
Model: M252
UPC: 072868132506
EAN: 0072868132520
ASIN: B000E1RIUU
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Safe to use around pets and children; unit deactivates if top door is accidentally opened | | • | Humane kill: meets International Humane Kill standards | | • | Quick kill: mouse dies within 10 seconds | | • | 4 AA batteries (not included) exterminate about 50 mice | | • | Unique tunnel design prevents mouse escape and decreases risk of shock to humans |
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Product Description
Easy To Use Electronic Mouse Killer Trap, No Spring To Set Or Messy Glue, No Poisons Or Snapped Fingers, No See, No Touch, Uses 4 "AA" Batteries, Will Kill Up To 50 Mice.
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 Questions, Complaints Answered ! November 19, 2008
Okay, I read all these reviews, and expected some problems because of the 1-3 star users. But I really can't deal with the mess and unpredictable results of spring traps, or the unwelcomed surprise of running across a dead mouse somewhere when I least expect it (poison). And I am squeamish! I really wanted this thing to work.
So I called Victor (Woodstream Corp) and talked to someone in their Customer Care department. I asked her my favorite question, "Tell me all the tips that consumers are likely to miss, or misunderstand about how this thing works." And I also asked her tons of questions I had myself. Here is what I learned:
1. First and foremost, people overbait these traps BIGTIME. (See the 2nd photo provided by a customer.) If some of that huge mass of peanut butter falls onto the metal floor-plate, the trap zaps the peanut butter and de-activates! Mice can now come in and dine on the peanut butter. She said to just put a TINY dab of peanut butter on the far wall (opposite the entrance). Use a toothpick. Or spread a very thin smear of it with a knife. Mice have a very acute sense of smell, and that's what draws them in. They don't need any more bait than that.
2. The mouse has to contact BOTH metal plates in order to get zapped. And both plates have to be clean of debris. That means after you catch a mouse, take a Q-tip or whatever, and remove any hair, any little spot of urine, whatever, from the metal plates. This is not a squeamish job at all and they don't come anymore squeamish than I am! (I do shuddering freak-outs at the sight of a mouse, dead OR alive.) There was a teensy smear of liquid (I assume urine) and two hairs that had shed off the mouse.
3. Be aware that "On" means that the LINE icon side of the switch is pressed down. The CIRCLE icon pressed down means "off." People get those confused. Turn it OFF when cleaning or baiting. Turn it ON once the trap is baited, and the top door has been snapped shut.
4. The batteries go in with the flat side of the battery against the springs. And I have had battery connections with other things "not work." I had this problem continuously with a radio. Finally, it dawned on me, give a little pull on the springs. One was coiled into itself just slightly. That fixed it. You need the springs to push against the batteries enough to hold the two tight against each end. And they need to be lined up straight, not crooked.
5. When you bait the trap, close the door FIRMLY, and turn the unit on. You will see a green light BUT!!! it only stays on for 2 seconds! That green light is SUPPOSED to go off. It only goes on for the 2 seconds so that you can confirm that the unit is on, and it's working. Otherwise, if it stayed on all the time, it would eat battery life. So when it goes off, don't think, like I did, that there's an electronic failure.
6. For safety reasons, the unit is designed so that when the door (over the maze and metal plates) is open, the unit will de-activate. I have no idea how the other reviewer shocked himself, but for sure, turn the unit OFF before tinkering around with baiting, cleaning plates, or messing with the batteries. In any event, when you set the trap, bait it, then double check to make sure the door is snapped closed. Then, and only then, turn the unit on. You will see the green light for about 2 seconds, which shows you it's working and ready to go. Then the light goes out. If you open the door again (and she didn't say this but I have a feeling it's the case), turn the unit off and then on again after the door has been shut.
I LOVE these traps! I don't have to even LQQK at the mouse, let alone have my fingers anywhere near where the mouse can brush against them. Also, as much as I detest mice because they are creepy, foul, dirty, slithery little things who dart and crawl around in mucky places, I do not want to torture them! I know for a fact that three mice I caught with a snap trap had to have had pretty horrible deaths. One I heard for a solid hour, banging around, sometimes squeeling. The next morning it was dead, but it had been caught by its little nose, only! Pretty gruesome! This is much more HUMANE. It zaps them and within 5 seconds they are dead. I imagine during the 5 seconds, they are quickly rendered unconscious. This is 8,000 volts that goes into a critter that size. Quick and humane.
Oh, before I close this review? Product Guarantee!!!
If you DO have a trap malfunction after the return period allowed by your retailer, the woman told me that the company itself has a product guarantee of ONE YEAR. Keep your receipt and if anything goes wrong with the trap (obviously excluding your prying up the metal plates or whatever), they will take it back and send you a new one.
So my recommendation is the full 5 stars. I think their box-side instructions are not good enough. It says nothing about bait amount, and it says nothing about keeping the shock plates free of things like hair or droppings. It does explain the green light only stays lit for a short time, but I missed that. I'm sure others could too.
Lastly? My own advice: Get a strong flashlight and plug holes with steel wool inside cabinets, closets, anywhere you find them. Fine grade can be molded easier and tighter than coarse grade. Use silicone caulking in addition, or put it in cracks. Any mouse can crawl through a hole the size of a dime, and smaller mice can flatten out their bodies and get through 1/4" size crack! While they can chew through silicone caulking, one of the things that draws them in is the heat inside your house. (Bingo! Found that on google.) The caulking, or even expandable foam, can at least prevent them from sensing heat. Maybe even reduce their detecting the smell of food. Pay particular attention to holes cut for plumbing pipes. Stuff and caulk those, especially.
For trivia, a mouse can run 6 miles an hour, and sprint faster. It can only see 24" ahead of it, but can detect movement 45 feet away. They breed horrifically fast, I think it's 3 weeks old they can breed.
You now know everything I know about mice. And about these e-traps!
ALREADY caught 3 mice November 18, 2008
This is amazing. We get mice every fall and with pets in the house don't want to use poison so we have always tried MANY different mouse traps and always went back to the snap trap. Not this time. This is fantastic. We can put it behind the toaster on the counter because the mouse is fully contained in the trap. IT's AWESOME.
First house, first mouse! November 14, 2008
I knew the day would come having a dog door and leaving the garage door open while I run in groceries....I figured it's about time we got our first mouse. After finding my tortillas chewed up on the kitchen counter I knew I had a problem. I read reviews on the Home Depot site and decided to get this one. I wanted the mouse to have a quick death. I didn't want the spring traps because I would feel awful if it didn't work right and had to deal with hours of pain...so I followed the directions and this worked great. An hour later, I see the tail poking out the back. Rest in peace little mouse. I placed it in my basement too because I figured where there's one mouse there are probably more.
A mouse with a death wish November 11, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've been battling a very smart mouse in my kitchen for several weeks now. He kept eating the bait off the conventional snap traps and leaving his little pellets behind. He would circle the perimeter of the glue traps but not touch them. Due to having pets, I can't put out the poisons. I watched from a distance early one morning as he climbed into a jaw trap, licked the peanut butter off and then glanced at me as if to say "Nya-nya-nya-nya-nya-nya!". At that point I became enraged and purchased the Victor Electronic Mouse Trap.
This little trap does catch and kill the mice. Unfortunately, the catch indicator light doesn't work on my unit. This is irritating because you don't know if there is a catch or not unless you open it up and look. While this is not a "cure all" I will continue to use this trap until I get all the cracks and crevices sealed up.
Worth the money November 10, 2008
I just got one and put it in an attached garage. Three dead soldiers since sundown. Instead of peanut butter I used a drop of Tomcat Mouse Attractant Gel which cost 2 or 3 [....] for a small bottle.
The only downside to this device is that it kills one at a time. Therefore, if you have a large problem, you will need to purchase two or three of these or have to resort to more draconian means to exterminate them (poison, snap traps, glue traps).
I had glue traps out in the garage but not with the colder weather the glue did not get sticky enough to catch them. I have used the bait blocks before, but I have pets and did not want to risk them finding the poison or a mouse that ate it.
As far as the price, if you get 20 mice for 20 [...], that is more economical than some of the snap traps.
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