Victor Power Kill Rat Trap (Pack of 6)

After waking to a kitchen full of rat droppings and devastation it was pretty clear we had taken on a beast of a rat. First course of action was to try the humane trap route. It only seemed to scoff the bait leading to the trap, leaving the contents inside the trap untouched. I decided to set up a camera to try and identify how big this beast actually was. After a night of surveillance it finally appeared, smack bang in the middle of the kitchen floor, completely ignoring the humane traps. Me and the pregnant wife decided it was time to step up the removal measures as it had kept us awake knawing the house structure the previous night. I initially thought glue boards would be the besst solution to our unwanted visitor, but having reviewed several videos it shows that the creatures caught in the glue boards are in so much distress and die a slow death over several hours. This is when I stumbled across the Victor traps. The traps claim to be a quick kill solution and potentially the least painful of the kill-type traps. After receiving the amazon package I set up all 6 with some peanut butter in the bait trough. 4 in the route I know the rat used and 2 in a hidden darker location. After 15 minutes we heard a snap and a loud screech, which lasted about 3 seconds. I checked the camera and straight away saw the limp lifeless body of the fallen solider. These traps are clearly extremely effective even on larger rats, although I feel as though the rat was in quite severe pain for a small amount it time. It looks as though the bar snaped on it's neck and didn't break it instantly potentially strangling the rat until it's final breath. Overall I would highly recommend the Power-Kill traps as a highly effective way of removing a rougue rat from your home.

Watch your fingers, these have a powerful kill bar and the release mechanism seems very light. Removing the dead rodent is pretty straight forward - pull the catch bar back, and let them fall off into a garbage bag. Simple to bait as well. I would recommend buying them.

As disgusting as it is to see dead rats in a trap, it's a lot more quick acting than bait stations. I found that these traps are much less complicated (and therefore safer) to use than other traps I've seen of this type. Although they are a little smaller than other traps, I've been able to snag several very big rats because the bite is pretty powerful. For those brave at heart, you can release the dead rat into your trash. Easy to clean if you like. But I am so horrified about the rats that I use a shovel to scoop up the trap and the dead rat and pitch the whole thing. Not very economical for me, but that's my choice. The only down side for me is that the pressure required to set it is hard on my arthritic hands. But that's what makes it effective and I think someone with more youthful hands would have no trouble. It's surprising how effective such a simple device can be.

Easy to set. It killed the two rats I had in my wall within hours of setting them. I don’t like killing things, honestly but they broke in, chewed up all my avocados and squash and then chewed into my range power cord. NOPE. sorry but you try to kill me by starting a fire, you have to go. Word of advice, keep the food inside the cup. Don’t put a lot. That rat needs to get it’s head in as far as it can. I used avocado from the one they chewed up last night and boom, there they are in the pics. Leaving them set just in case there are more.

This trap is powerful enough to snap those rats immediately! I Setup 3 traps upon arrival and the traps were "Fuĺll" within 10mins past sundown. I am totally satisfied with this prod7uct

Well the rat was able to smatch the food from the first trap without setting it off. The second time it did kill one, not immediately, however. I had to hear the rat fighting for its life for several minutes, while also splattering blood all over my kitchen. Pretty gruesome thing to have to clean up. Effective? Yes. Humane? Not sure about that one. I won't make yall look at a photo of that.