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Get rid of mice swiftly and humanely with the Victor Electronic Mouse Trap. Using a high-voltage electric charge, mice are killed in seconds, and without any sticky messes, snapped fingers, or poisons. A green indicator light blinks for 24 hours to signal that a mouse has been caught. All you have to do is open the lid and dispose of the dead mouse. Unlike conventional traps, this one is safe to use around children and pets.
Mice are Killed Swiftly and Humanely
The Victor Electronic Mouse Trap kills mice quickly by delivering a high-voltage shock. Smart circuit technology senses when a mouse enters the unit. Once inside, the mouse is held in place over electrified plates by beveled columns, and a tunnel design prevents escape.
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The Victor Electronic Mouse Trap kills mice quickly by delivering a high-voltage shock. Smart circuit technology senses when a mouse enters the unit. Once inside, the mouse is held in place over electrified plates by beveled columns, and a tunnel design prevents escape.
Because this trap kills mice within 10 seconds, it meets international humane kill standards. Never again will you have to face an injured and squirming mouse.
Easy and Safe to Use
Baiting the mouse trap is easy. For added safety, the unit deactivates if the top door is opened. The unique tunnel design makes escape impossible for a mouse, and also protects you against receiving an accidental shock. After a kill, a green indicator light blinks for 24 hours to signal that a mouse has been caught.
Simply open the lid and dispose of the dead mouse; you never even have to see it. No sticky messes, snapped fingers, or poisons. The closed design of the trap and the built-in safety features make the Electronic Mouse Trap completely safe to use around children and pets.
Economical, Battery-Operated Design
Built with a sturdy polymer construction and two-plate design, this trap runs on four AA batteries (not included), enough to exterminate about 50 mice.
When the batteries are low, a red light blinks to alert you that it's time to change them.
What's in the Box
Mouse trap.
Product Description
Hot and cold running rodents? Try Victor Electronic Traps! Easier than conventional traps. You simply bait the Trap with peanut butter, rodents wander in for a snack and go nighty-night, for good. A green blinking light alerts you that the trap has worked and there's something inside. Clean up is a breeze... simply shake out the catch into the trash. Indicator light blinks red when new batteries are needed. Polymer construction. Act ONLINE Now! AVAILABLE SEPARATELY: Victor Electronic Rat Trap - word search in our Store for 'Victor Traps'. Victor Electronic Mouse Trap... Uses 4 AA batteries (not included). 5-10 sec. shock. Kills up to 50 mice on single set of batteries.
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1,179 of 1,186 people found the following review helpful
By CF
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), i always turn the unit off and then on again after the door has been shut.
7. Once a mouse has been zapped and is inside, the light will flash on and off to let you know. BIG NOTE! The light only flashes about every 7 seconds. This is probably to conserve battery but just know that a quick glance at it is not enough. There could be a dead mouse inside and you could miss the cycle of light flashing. So look at it for 7 seconds.
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, they are still live animals and 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 during the 5 seconds (claimed to be, and I hope it's that or less), I'd imagine they are rendered unconscious pretty quickly.
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. A pretty fine grade is best because it can be molded easier and tighter than coarse grade. Use silicone caulking in addition, or put it in cracks. Bigger holes or gaps can be very easily sealed with squirt foam from the hardware store, it expands. Also know thine enemy. A mouse can climb anything and it can squeeze through a hole the size of a pencil. Their whole skeletal structure is virtually collapsible so they can flatten out and squeeze through teensy spaces. While they can chew through wood and write it off to overhead, so would probably have no problems with 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 or minimize them from sensing heat. It probably also reduces 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 well over 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. Good size litters and they start going at it at 3 weeks old. So if you see signs, get on it quickly.
You now know everything I know about mice. And about these e-traps.
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), i always turn the unit off and then on again after the door has been shut.
7. Once a mouse has been zapped and is inside, the light will flash on and off to let you know. BIG NOTE! The light only flashes about every 7 seconds. This is probably to conserve battery but just know that a quick glance at it is not enough. There could be a dead mouse inside and you could miss the cycle of light flashing. So look at it for 7 seconds.
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, they are still live animals and 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 during the 5 seconds (claimed to be, and I hope it's that or less), I'd imagine they are rendered unconscious pretty quickly.
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. A pretty fine grade is best because it can be molded easier and tighter than coarse grade. Use silicone caulking in addition, or put it in cracks. Bigger holes or gaps can be very easily sealed with squirt foam from the hardware store, it expands. Also know thine enemy. A mouse can climb anything and it can squeeze through a hole the size of a pencil. Their whole skeletal structure is virtually collapsible so they can flatten out and squeeze through teensy spaces. While they can chew through wood and write it off to overhead, so would probably have no problems with 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 or minimize them from sensing heat. It probably also reduces 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 well over 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. Good size litters and they start going at it at 3 weeks old. So if you see signs, get on it quickly.
You now know everything I know about mice. And about these e-traps.
102 of 104 people found the following review helpful
By K. Dunn
Found some mouse evidence in our garage, so I got this mouse trap.
Set the trap after getting home from work in the evening. Checked before bed and the light was flashing. Sure enough, 1 small dead mouse. I dispose of it and reset the trap. Check again in the morning and light was flashing again, and a tail was hanging out the back. This time it was a much larger field mouse. Dead mouse number 2 in about 12 hours!
No mess, no fuss, great product!
Set the trap after getting home from work in the evening. Checked before bed and the light was flashing. Sure enough, 1 small dead mouse. I dispose of it and reset the trap. Check again in the morning and light was flashing again, and a tail was hanging out the back. This time it was a much larger field mouse. Dead mouse number 2 in about 12 hours!
No mess, no fuss, great product!
142 of 150 people found the following review helpful
WHAT'S GOOD:
Because the trap/bait is enclosed I can put it places I normally can't because of dogs and cats. I never have to touch a mouse, just open the lid and dump. It's safe since when the lid is open the electrodes aren't energized. I have yet to have the bait stolen, without a mouse, and contrary to what other people have said, I was able to catch several mice on one set of batteries (4 months ~10+ mice and still going). Considering the pains of some of the cheaper traps, despite it's cost I think it's worth it.
WHAT TO PAY ATTENTION TO:
Like what one reviewer said, since the LED only blinks the 1st 24 hours after you catch a mouse you need to check the trap, otherwise it rots and sticks to the electrodes and it's just easier to throw away the trap. For some reason it's sensitive to the battery voltage tolerances. For instance putting new batteries in, it won't work, but put another set in it works fine. So if your first set of new batteries don't work, for giggles try another set.
Because the trap/bait is enclosed I can put it places I normally can't because of dogs and cats. I never have to touch a mouse, just open the lid and dump. It's safe since when the lid is open the electrodes aren't energized. I have yet to have the bait stolen, without a mouse, and contrary to what other people have said, I was able to catch several mice on one set of batteries (4 months ~10+ mice and still going). Considering the pains of some of the cheaper traps, despite it's cost I think it's worth it.
WHAT TO PAY ATTENTION TO:
Like what one reviewer said, since the LED only blinks the 1st 24 hours after you catch a mouse you need to check the trap, otherwise it rots and sticks to the electrodes and it's just easier to throw away the trap. For some reason it's sensitive to the battery voltage tolerances. For instance putting new batteries in, it won't work, but put another set in it works fine. So if your first set of new batteries don't work, for giggles try another set.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Victor builds a better mouse trap.
Great trap! Extremely easy to set up, easy disposal of dead mouse.
I've had a mouse scampering around my apartment kitchen for the last few weeks. Read more
I've had a mouse scampering around my apartment kitchen for the last few weeks. Read more
Published 3 days ago by Jennifer M Williams
4.0 out of 5 stars
Works like it should
I have had several of these for a number of years without issue. I use these inside only and regular snap traps in crawl space. Read more
Published 3 days ago by Keith A. Heikkinen
1.0 out of 5 stars
Hit or miss basically
I'm sure if you get a good one they will work..i have ordered 3 of these EVERY SINGLE ONE COMES BROKE. Read more
Published 7 days ago by Richard Brienza
5.0 out of 5 stars
Catch'em
I dislike killing anything, even rodents, but we were under attack. This method seems the most humane, and simple to use with no unpleasant pieces to handle.
Published 8 days ago by James S. Morley
5.0 out of 5 stars
Works great!
I had a bad mice infestation . I tried snap traps and they never worked. Got these traps on a Monday and set 4 out. In 1 hour I caught 3. Read more
Published 9 days ago by Scott and Marla Bell
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love This Trap
I love this mouse trap and have been using it for three years. Had to buy a new one because the old one just wore out. Read more
Published 9 days ago by Sonya Hoffmann
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good trap, but...
This trap does work. We baited it with peanut butter and have caught two mice with it in two days, and didn't have it set out the whole time even. Read more
Published 10 days ago by A. D.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Top of the line !!!
I accidently let a small mouse in the house, when I was bringing a box of grass seed in from the garage. I opened the box and out jumped the mouse, scampering to places unknown. Read more
Published 11 days ago by G. Foster
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very effective product - wished I didn't have to use but it works
I brought this in to our office when our Catch and Release trap was not catching the mouse. I put this in the narrow passageway between the desk and the wall where the Catch and... Read more
Published 11 days ago by Lynn J. Yates
1.0 out of 5 stars
4 months no catch
I have put peanut-butter, added all new batteries 5 times, wiped it clean and added new peanut butter several times, put cheese in the peanut butter. Read more
Published 13 days ago by Eric
