1 Humanitarian Control Zap Trap High-Voltage Electric Switchin, Black

This is a RAT Killing machine,Must be in a target rich environment but this thing has wiped out 25+ rats in just over 2 weeks. As many as 3 a day, most every time I check it there is one less rat in the world. Caught one so big I had to take the top off to get it out.The reason I bought this one over others is that it is both battery and AC powered. Some of the Battery ones are only good for a few kills, I would have gone through $50 in batteries so far. The good thing is that if it is placed where power is not available it will work on batteries. Considering purchasing a second one. Well worth it.

Wow much better than expected. Caught bounces of mice, pack rats and even a squirrel. I’ve noticed the Norway rats have not yet entered and they seem more cautious but hopefully they will soon.I use batteries in mine (works AC or DC).Update:I bought 2. They now seem intermittently effective.Not sure but I still have lots of rats in the barn and an empty trap. The bait continues to disappear but no rats?! How can that be? Seems the lights on but it’s not shocking any longer??

Okay, I waited a few months before writing this review. When I first put this out, I didn't catch anything but face it.....rodents are smart and they avoid anything new. However, leave it out there in the same place for a few weeks and they get complacent. I live on the central coast of California and back up to a wooded area. We have everything in that wooded area; mice, rats, gophers, moles, voles, squirrels, etc. Plenty of hungry owls everynight but apparently, even they can't keep up with the population.So after a few weeks, I went outside and heard the beeping sound. Bingo. A very small mouse. I was a little disappointed because I was expecting a huge catch. My wife has nicknamed me the big game hunter. And then a few days later, I heard the beep and couldn't get there fast enough. Looked inside and what the heck.....a stupid snail.....yes a damn snail decided to go after the peanut butter. It crossed the plates and I had a gooey, sticky mess to clean out. Okay, the big game hunter is a little embarrassed. But then, I hear the beep again one morning. My hopes are not very high until I see one of the biggest rats that I've ever seen. Seems it wasn't a match for 7000 volts. Nice thing is there's no mess. Just tilt the trap into a bag, knot it up and then double the bag over again and knot it. Be sure to do this because I made the mistake of not bagging up the first one. After a few days in the trash bin, my wife empties the trash outside and when she lifted the lid, well.....it was pretty ripe.Long story short (oh, this has been long anyway), the trap has zapped 4 MONSTROUS Rats and 3 mice.....and yes a handful of stupid snails.....what's with them anyway??? I'm including a picture of my latest catch. Note how I stood beside the trap for size reference. My next thought was to install a pinhole camera into the end of this trap and make a youtube video...Can you imagine??? Yes, I don't have anything better to do......Okay, seriously, my friends around here were so impressed, they are ordering their own. I have a number of mechanical traps but this one has caught more in a month than all the others combined over a year. Order it. You'll be glad you did!

First of all, let me state that this is undoubtedly the best mousetrap that I've bought so far. It's clean. It's efficient and it's about as humane as you can get outside of catch, release, repeat as they find their way back in again. I'm sold and suspect I'll get one for the basement too. The issue with it is that the alarm worked once and that was it. That's a nice feature, letting you know that the trap needs emptying and turning the trap off -- but once was all I got. I check the trap weekly now as it's in my garage. It's always still on and registering no kill but inside I've found up to two dead mice.Overall -- well worth the money but I wish the alarm and kill switch were reliable, however, absolutely not a deal killer. It's still the best thing I've found yet.