Pack of 4 made2catch Classic Metal Rat Traps Fully Galvanized - Humane Snap Traps that Work, Durable, Reusable and Effective

I keep rat traps out all the time to keep 'em under control, and I've used many kinds. These traps have some advantages and disadvantages. What I like about them: They are unusual in being all metal. I expect they will hold up well, as the plastic trigger mechanism used in most traps these days warps or breaks after a while. The single spring is very strong, and the serrated teeth around the bait tab are sharp, factors that increase the probability of a quick, humane kill. So far they are working well, every time they have been tripped I have found a cleanly killed rat. Things I don't like about these traps: The single spring puts all the strain on one side of the bail, which tends to make it twist. There is no bait well. I use peanut butter for bait, smearing it on the bait tab works but it dries out. Getting a dead rat out of this trap is not easy or pleasant, the plastic traps like T-Rex are much better in that regard. This trap and the classic Victor traps tend to flip up when triggered, where the T-Rex style do not as they have a much shorter range of motion. Modifications I made: I screwed these traps to a piece of board which gives them more weight and keeps them from flipping up when triggered. I also made a bait well from a 2 liter bottle cap by poking a knife into the center, making a slot. The bait tab has sharp tab in the center which I bent so it pointed up, then pushed the slot in the cap down on it so it poked thru, and bent the point over so the cap was held in place. Now I just fill that cap with peanut butter to bait the trap. The T-Rex traps have a removable bait well- twist and pull it out the bottom, fill and push back in and lock, which I think is an excellent design. I am giving these traps 5 stars because they are taking out a lot of rats and I won't have to keep replacing them. I recommend the T-Rex too, much easier to use but not as durable, and the plastic traps are less likely to result in a clean, humane kill. I tie them to something with a length of string for that reason.

I'm kind of on a quest since rats are a problem in my neighborhood. I and at least two of my neighbors have suffered expensive damage to cars parked out side. I started with the classic wooden rat traps. Rats would trip them, but in the morning the trap would be empty. I work security, so set up some night vision cameras. The trap would snap down on the rat's head and the rat would just push it off and run away. These are really big Norwegian in California. Then I switched to these Kat Sense traps (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MZ19B3O) which are super easy to set and have teeth so they hold tight. I caught eight or ten big rats with them. They don't kill the big rats instantly, so there's a bunch of thrashing around for a minute or so - but the end result is a dead rat. I can recommend the Kat Sense traps. Then my neighbor asked me to deal with what, from the shuffling noises, sounded like big rats in his pool house. They were tripping the Kat Sense traps, but somehow getting away. That's when I found these made2catch steel traps. They are the same size as the wood ones, but much stronger and have teeth to keep the rat from pushing the trap off. I baited them with peanut butter and set them to be very sensitive - adjusting sensitivity with these traps is really easy. For a few nights they got tripped but I got no rat. So I made them a bit more sensitive (set the last straight bit fo the trip wire halfway through the hole rather than way out on the tip. This morning I caught the largest rat I've ever seen in the steel trap - broken neck, just the way rat traps are supposed to work. Honestly, the Kat Sense traps are a bit easier to use if you have normal size rats, but these steel ones are pretty darn easy to use and can handle the Rodents of Unusual Size.

Worked like a champ right away. Bar comes down on rats like the Hammer of Thor while teeth on the base gab 'em like Jaws. No misses. Easy to set - the end of the hold-down bar pokes into a hole in the pedal, which is a simpler/safer job than with designs where the end of the bar slips under a little lip or protrusion. The spring is very strong, though, so watch out - rather than using just thumbs/fingers I used the side of my hand to hold the main striker bar down while setting. Baited them with little pieces of sliced salami, slipped under the hooks on the metal pedal plates and smeared with peanut butter using cotton swabs. Did not need to tie down the bait. Wore gloves to avoid human scent getting on trap. Rats went for them the first night. The galvanized finish looks thin but adequate for outdoor use. The base plate of one out of the four traps was badly warped so that it wouldn't lay flat. Shouldn't have passed QC, hence 4-stars rather than 5. Still worked, though. Waaaaay better than those lousy plastic-pedal traps sold by Victor. Maybe the best of its type currently available.

These things are sturdy. I screwed them into the floor of a wooden box. Four baited stations just waiting for visitors. These get the job done. Nice and big. Easy to use, might take a little hand strength or using a screwdriver as a lever. They’re strong on the snap

Anyone who's dealt with rats knows that the phrase 'trapped like rats' underestimates rats' ability to detect and avoid traps. They're a clever foe, but this trap is up to the task of killing them quickly and humanely. To date, I've managed to kill two rats with these things, even when the rats ignored several other types of trap nearby. The key is setting up the traps so that the targeted animal trips the plate with their neck over where the kill bar strikes. In my case, I placed the traps next to ceiling joists to encourage the rats to approach from directly behind. Others have mounted the the trap on a vertical surface with the bait tray on the lower end so that the targeted animal has to stand up and approach the trap from the bottom. These traps are highly durable: I let mine soak in a bleach solution for a week after their first kills and I saw no signs of corrosion. And the all-metal construction means it survive many firings. The trap is highly lethal against rats when set up right. Both instances where I saw the trap fire resulted in a dead rat, with no signs of a struggle. One has to take care to set up the bait tray on a 'hair trigger'. As such, this trap might not be suitable for areas that can be accessed by kids or pets, or areas subject to lots of vibration and mechanical shock. It also makes setup a bit more difficult than some competing traps.

I got a rat the first day I received these and set all four up in our backyard, where there are rat activities. It is August and we have the windows open. In the middle of night I was wakened up by a quite a commotion outside: the sound of a rat screeching in desperation, and the sound the trap moving on and hitting the concrete patio repeatedly. I was quite certain I caught a rat. It lasted five minutes and I finally decided to get up to kill the rat to end its misery. Using a flashlight, I saw a rat caught by its neck in the trap. His front legs were not caught, which was why he could still struggle quite a bit. His eyes were wide open and he was breathing rapidly with his belly going up and down. The trap does not have the strength to kill the rat. The rat was just trapped, literally. I cannot care less about a rat. Still, I don't want to make an intelligent mammal suffer unnecessarily. So I found a garden pruner with two-foot-long arms, and cut the rat almost by half. There was blood on the pruner, and I saw blood came out of the rat. It thrashed a little more convulsively. I went back into the house, knowing it would be dead soon, but not wanting to see the final moments. I did not fall asleep for the next hour, and did not sleep well for the rest of the night. In fact, the whole family was awakened by the commotion and my going in and out of the house. They did not sleep well either. So here is my assessment of this trap. It is effective in trapping. It seems it will last a long while. It will not poison the rat and then poison other creatures (owl, cat, etc., we have magnificent looking owls around here), which is very important. Nevertheless, it will trap, but not kill a rat in a timely fashion. The rat, once trapped, will struggle quite a while, and may need your intervention to euthanize. I give it four start instead of five because I had to get up in the middle of night, kill the rat with a pruner, see the blood coming out and all other gory details, and could not sleep well afterwards. But, if you care at all about other creatures out there, buy these instead of poison! Update: 8/17/2016 These traps got tripped a couple of times each day in the past few days, but nothing is caught. Out of curiosity, I set up an infrared camera to see what tripped the traps. I suspected raccoons. Nope, it is rats. They trip the trap without being caught, and sometimes they left behind furs pulled off when they wiggle their way free after being caught. They have become very very cautious around the traps. I saw them circling the trap, drawn to the peanut butter there, but eventually leave. They are fast learners. So I'm reducing the rating to three stars. These traps are not powerful enough to kill instantly!! update 8/20/2016 I've given up on using these traps. They consistently trip but not catching anything, and the peanut butter will be all gone. So they have effectively become rat feeding stations, and I refuse to further feed the rats! I really wanted these traps to work, but am disappointed.

This is, obviously, a large version of the tried-and-true Victor mouse traps. It's better than the larger Victor rat version, however, because this one is made of metal, and while wood is fine for the smaller mouse versions, metal is the way to go when these traps scale in size. The biggest complaint people tend to have with these traps is that they aren't humane if a rat doesn't get whacked right on its head or neck. The solution to this is to build a quick open-topped cardboard enclosure for the back half of the trap. This will lead to rats approaching from the front and that'll be that. The same rules apply to these as to their smaller mouse-trap cousins, only more so: 1) Set the trigger mechanism as sensitive as possible 2) Be VERY careful when setting the trigger mechanism -- be sure to cover the snap bar with one hand while gently adjusting the trigger plate so that if you set it too far you won't smash your hand. This trap probably WILL be able to break your finger. 3) Be generous with your use of traps. I cluster them together. 4) Avoid getting your scent on the traps as much as possible. I use nitrile gloves that I rub lightly with peanut butter before handling the traps so that the only scent that gets transferred to the trap is something delicious.

I have rodents (and not the kind that you feed your snake or keep as pets). Given the number of times that I've had to rebait traps without a kill, I've done a lot of research on Youtube to see why the little guys survive. Mice are pretty fragile and rarely escape a trap due to their thin skulls and lack of muscle and weight if the trap bail comes down on a nonvital area, but RATS!! Rats will wrestle loose of the trap and then eat the bait to spite you. The videos are eerie. You should check `em out. Many do-it-yourselfers will tap sharp brads or other spikes into the trap to ensure that the rats can't wriggle loose. But they still do about half the time. Others use short lengths of hacksaw blades wrapped around the business end. This usually does the trick. But why go to all this trouble? Now thanks to made2catch, you don't have to. The traps come with their own sawblade edge to hold the rodent fast to the trap. The killing bar's spring is STRONG. Also, the steel or brass body of the trap is hollow so that the bar comes down all the way, putting even more pressure on the rodent's body and ensuring it won't escape. There is literally negative thickness between the saw edge and where the bar ends up when it it triggered. These things are foolproof, rust-resistant, washable so they won't hold scents--they are GENIUS. Allow me to correct my earlier statement. I have DEAD rodents. Don't hesitate. Buy today.

These are really great traps. Basic traditional mechanism, sturdy and incredibly powerful. I don't disbelieve the reviews that claim the rats survived but I think they're seriously unlucky, these traps are crazy powerful to the point that you really need to handle with care.

Ultra low quality. Rubbish. That says it all