Victor M9015 Easy-to-Set Deadset Mole Trap and Killer , Black

Having used conventional traps with varying success I purchased one of these traps. It was delivered, I set it up following the online advice from other users and the next morning the trap had gone off and I had caught the culprit. The trap is effective as you don’t have to disturb the mole’s run to set it up.

I have been trying to get rid of this shovel foot for over a year. It has wrecked my lawn and I have tried all the various devices to try and catch it without any luck. This device nailed the little perisher within a week. It's easy to set and works a treat although it only works on surface runways. The main problem with the device is that the foot pegs are easily broken. If the device has triggered then my advice is to withdraw the trap from the ground and then dig down to see if you have speared a mole. If you try to dig the device out complete with mole you stand a very good chance of breaking off the foot pegs with your spade.

Well, as it says on the packet, it is easy to set but I think the mole would have to wallop it with a sledgehammer to set it off! Have had no luck - maybe it isn’t effective in soft ground?

Received on Saturday, afternoon and within a few hours got my mole. Paid for itself very quickly!!!

This product lacks the expected quality. And then when I asked for a refund I was asked to pay shipping myself and would only receive a portion of what I paid for the item back. Item is sitting brand new in its packaging still but is useless for me to use or return at this point.

Le piège, placé au-dessus du trou de la taupe n'a pas empêché cette dernière de faire une belle taupinière sous le piège. Ce piège ne serait-il pas plutôt un piège pour l'acheteur ???

I bought two last year for my mole problem and used them for weeks with no results. I ended up having to sit outside with a spade waiting for the ground to move like a complete weirdo. I’m sure my neighbors thought I had lost my mind. But this had become a true Caddyshack moment between me and this mole. It was personal. Totally destroyed my entire front lawn and my garden beds. Ended up getting it with my shovel. This year another mole showed up and in five days almost completely ruined all of my annuals and started in on my lawn again. I bought two more traps. I identified where they were coming out from underneath the porch and their main tunnels that fed the secondary tunnels. About two hours after setting all four traps, one had tripped and my cat was standing over it staring intently. I could hear the spring twitching. I dug it up with a shovel and there it was, clinging to life. These things are solid pieces of equipment, well designed. Don’t get cheap knock offs, you get what you pay for. It comes down to this; if you only have a couple traps, you better know where they are coming from otherwise they will just make more tunnels and go around them. I hate to sound like a salesman, but you need to have multiple traps to catch the moles in the act. They work too quickly for single or few traps. But if you compare this to the hundreds of dollars I spent on annuals this year, and the hundreds of dollars it took me to repair my lawn last year, these traps are the best money I’ve ever spent. Also, make sure to set them deep enough or the moles just sneak out under them. These traps work perfectly if you know what you’re doing but you have to find the tunnels they use.

Tried to set it but the mechanism wouldn't work. Even had an exterminator try it and he couldn't get it to arm it. I don't recommend this Victor M9015 Deadset Mole Trap, Black. If I could have left no star I would have.

I have had nothing but trouble with these traps. I bought one a few weeks ago when my yard started to fill up with tunnels and mole hills. When it arrived, I went to set the trap. I followed the directions on the box. I pulled up on the handle, and discovered that the trap wouldn't set. Every time, I tried, I could get the spring to completely compress, and it would just slide back down. I returned the product and got a new one in return. I flattened the ground again. That night it rained, and I had new tunnels appearing. I placed the trap, and set it. I came out the next day, and found the moles were just taunting me now. Overnight, I found a mole hill had developed with a hole at the top right next to the trap which had not sprung. I moved the trap and found that it was still not releasing the nails when there was new activity all around the trap. I took the trap out and got a long stick. I repeatedly hit the trigger hard with the stick, and after about 6 hits, it finally triggered. I'm done. This thing is worthless.