Victor EZ Set Mouse Trap (Pack of 24)

Looks like a new design. It has a big “V” on the cheese plate (I use peanut butter) instead of the old Swiss cheese simulation. I like the old design more as the big V is a bit harder to work with than the Swiss cheese plate, BUT the new V plate moves more freely than the old Swiss plate. I suspect the old design dies were out of spec and they took the opportunity to redesign the plate.

Effective, (used without bait), for the use of placing into created narrow tunnel to catch garden bed rodents coming out of holes. The wide yellow bait area of the trap made sure they could not bypass the trap. The population in and around my garden was bringing in predators putting my animals at risk and the rodents were killing the garden plants. Expensive organic deterrents were ineffective. Plus, I leave the dead ones at a safe area for predators to utilize... and they do.

NYC has permitted unlimited sidewalk dining which has expanded out onto the street where drivers can no longer park their cars... All of these "al fresco" platforms/sheds provide harborage for rats, and plenty of open garbage. As I live in a ground floor apartment, my rodent problem has increased. I plug the holes as I find them, and trap the pests that get through.These "mouse sized" Victor traps with the yellow treadle are superior to the ones with the copper footplate. The yellow plastic is slipperier, and the spring is strong. Rarely do they miss. However if the trap is slightly twisted you may not be able to "set" it; the twisting may cause the trap to spring spontaneously (this does not happen often). Traps are cheap enough to discard after single use, although my building Super finds them robust enough and re-uses them in the cellar (no one allowed down there).

I bought these to use for a teambuilding/trust-building activity with a group of teenagers.I only snapped myself once setting over a dozen of them to test that each worked. They were nice and jumpy, which worked well for our activity.No clue if they trap mice though.

We purchase a pack of these every couple of years and they never disappoint. The quality and functionality is consistent and from our experiences these have worked much better than the 'fancy' traps. Removing the dead mouse can be messy depending on how it was caught in the trap, but they are cheap enough that I don't mind throwing away the whole trap out when that happens. If we have to place them where a cat, dog or kid could come into contact with it, we place it in a box, tall enough for the trap to function in, cut a small 1" hole in one end and set it against the wall with the hole facing a corner. The only thing we use to load these traps is about 1/8 tsp of peanut butter.

Another reviewer complained that the traps were impossible to set because the bar kept slipping out of the bait pad. About half of the traps I set also had this problem. I found that bending the far end of the bar up slightly with a pair of pliers solved that problem without making the traps any noticeably less sensitive. My problem is that most -- about 70%, I would estimate -- of the mice caught are still alive and quite frisky (doesn't matter if the trap has a bent bar or not). Which raises the question of what to do with them? I've always thought mice were cute. If they would use a litter box and refrain from eating my dish towels, I would be happy to peacefully coexist. Although I'd be fine with a trap that brings a quick, relatively painless death, leaving them suffer in the trap until they succumb to internal injuries or starvation doesn't sit well with me. I tried releasing them outside, but the traumatized critters often try to bite when I open the trap. One even went all YOLO and leaped from the end of the trap to my shoulder then down my side and into my jacket pocket. That was ... interesting. Also, my neighbor caught me letting mice go and was not pleased. Anyway, if you're just looking for a trap that will catch mice and are willing to -- I don't know, shoot them, stab them, bop them on the head with a hammer? I personally don't really have it in me to hasten their demise with such direct methods -- these would work fine. If you want a trap that is instantly, or at least quickly, fatal, you probably want to look elsewhere.

I hate mice. I live in a rural area surrounded by fields. I’ve tried several traps including the no see/no touch type and they were not effective. I won’t use poisons because I have dogs and to protect other wildlife. I thought I had 1 mouse terrorizing me in my living room but these traps caught 3. I bought enough traps so my son could dispose of the mouse and trap without having to remove it from the trap. I have a few traps hidden throughout my house that I check daily in case any more decide to enter. I have no idea how these disgusting suckers get in. I can set these with peanut butter but I make someone else dispose of them.

Either the springs are too strong or the plastic triggers are too slippery, but so far I've succeeded in only one out of five attempts to set one of these b*ds, move it to where I want it, and put it down without triggering it. To be sure, I nailed a culprit that time in less than an hour. Snap! Dead. No lengthy struggle; no dragging the trap about for minutes while expiring in a mutilated condition. But there has to be a better way to set these things.