Extra Large Rat Traps That Kill Instantly, Super Heavy Duty Humane Mouse Traps for Indoors and Outdoors, Squirrel Trap with High Capture Rate Safe for Family and Pets(2PCS)

Got these traps and set them both in place the afternoon I got them. When I checked a few hours later both traps had been triggered with a large dead rat caught in one of them. Did a brilliant job. Quick, clean and efficient. Obviously be vary carefull setting these in place once armed as they are very powerful so be sure to keep them away from any children or pets. Secured in place by a length of wire to ensure the trap cannot be moved or lost if triggered.

Brilliant things. Have now caught several rats. Ignore the negative reviews by people don't know what they are doing. There is a reason why there are holes in the traps that are big enough for screws - they are meant to be screwed down. When the mechanism snaps, the trap will fly up unless screwed down. I haven't personally screwed mine but I made sure they were wedged against the wall. My method for using them: place against a wall where the rats run, use something to wedge it that is taller than the trap - this stops large rats from just stealing the bait from the side. I am using a brick. Use a sticky bait like peanut butter or chocolate spread - anything that can't be snatched and put it in the well.

Product does not work, rat triggered trap but it’s not strong enough to capture it so useless.

Not good that you need. But excellent for the job

Very good

Well, I've waited a while before reviewing because I wanted to see the effectiveness of the product. The products are snappy. If you set it off yourself and get your fingers caught in them then it flipping hurts, so the quality of them are pretty good. But ... I loaded with cheese, pushing the cheese into the recepticle to ensure the rat had to stand on and trigger the trap to get at it. Well, I had to load it several times as the rat would ignore it but after a while when checking it to see if I need to reload it I noticed the cheese had gone. The trap had not triggered but it still took the cheese! So, after all this wait it appears that the trigger is useless. I'll reload and wait but not hopeful.

I like mice as pets, but unfortunately not as unpaying guests. Some time ago, I caught some live in a humane trap - but that's pointless as it's illegal to release them near residental areas (I took them on a freedom outing to the woods instead). So really they have to be killed :( The mice I catch are really small, about 2inches in length, so really don't weigh very much. When I initally set these traps they were easily able to eat their trace peanut butter last supper and vanish without triggering the trap. With my mechanical mindset (which undertood not to get fingers trapped when setting), I just bluetacked a pound coin just past the pivot point of the seesaw sufficiently increasing the sensitivity. Mousey caught had a cute non-stressed expression on his/her face, the bar had come down on the tummy. But no bodily damage, and nothing that would upset the squeamish. Just imagine you've seen someone prepared at the undertakers and not at the morgue (or on TV, since every second programme shown these days is of someone's grizzly death) Anyway, with mousey carried to the back of the garden and dumped over the rear wall, he/she will make a nice meal for the remaining wildlife that frequents this place (magpies, crows, foxes) These traps are sufficiently constructed for the purpose.

Great for the job of catching rats. A good idea is to fasten the traps onto a length of wood to keep them better in place