Victor Electronic Mouse Trap, 2-Pack, Indoor Electric Mouse Traps for Home

No one wants to learn from a vacation that your house had squatters when returning. I've never dealt with such problems in adulthood, so naturally I went to my expert friend Google, and compared options. From childhood, I remember being woke up by snapping traps, once hearing a poor trapped thing clatter about when it's tail was caught, but not it's head. Worse was my dad smacking the ground and missing the scrambling thing with his shoe...until he didn't. So these traps sounded like an option that wouldn't keep me up at night or traumatize anyone with bad shoe aim. It did, in fact, keep me up at night (Though thankfully, no whacking with shoes needed) The box arrived around 5:45pm. Do be prepared these take 4 AA batteries each. Luckily, my wife is a hoarder of such goods. The light flicked green, then the thing went dormant. So dormant, I wondered if it was working. But I figured I had nothing to lose leaving them down, and I could always send them back if they didn't work. Of course, like any impulsive purchase made after one raving review, I found some less-than-savory ones, so I began to worry. You also need peanut butter. For full disclosure, I found some old "Jif" in my pantry which we used. I had no need to worry. We camped in the living room, owing to our sheets and bed needing cleaning from our squatter problem. I was up late, listening to the patter of tiny squatters, and finally forced myself to sleep. I hit that right state of sleep that it's rude to wake someone during, when a loud buzz woke me. No squeak, no squeal, just a clear electric buzz for almost 10 seconds. I turned to my nearest trap, and when the buzz stopped, a green light went off. So I drug myself off the couch at 12:30am, found some gloves, and went for the trap. Sure enough, when I got to my outside dumpster, I dumped the cartridge to a satisfying *thump*. I hadn't check earlier if there was indeed a corpse, not wanting to actually see my victim's remains. But that's not all. I go back inside, checked the batteries in the device (still strong), and put the trap back where I had ensnared a squatter. That's when I saw it. The second trap had a green light. My wife then says, "I have work tomorrow, turn the light of and go to bed." Like any husband, I was so focused on one task I hadn't processed her words yet, and I stared to see the green light blink again. I sigh, luckily not having removed the gloves yet, and went for the second device. I go outside, and I'm met with a neighborhood stray cat. He looks at me, and I at him. He seemed to know what I carried, and I made a questionable choice. I dumped the cartridge toward him, and the cat ran off with it's prize. I only realized later, I probably shouldn't have paid it for my de-mousing the neighborhood. So I returned, ready for some sleep. I reset the second trap, took off the gloves, washed my hands, and sat down. Figuring the drama over, I rolled to the side and saw a flashing green light by my door. The first trap was already full again. It was at this point my wife was getting mad, as the lights went on again while I dealt with this. No stray got this prize, as the thump joined it's friend in the dumpster. When I came back and reset the trap again, both traps sat dormant. So I went back to dreamland. I'll have you know, I was woken twice more. No buzz was ever as obnoxious as the first. Indeed one I thought was my phone vibrating, and the other was my dog bolting up and barking (The second thoroughly irritating my already irritable wife, who had work in 2 hours and had only small sleep thanks to this purchase). All told, I write this 12 hours from the delivery of the box, and 7 of my squatters have had a shocking end of life experience. I hazarded a glance in my trash can this morning, finding 6 varying mouse bodies when I just made the last dump a few minutes ago. I can confirm what was trapped was indeed the vermin who thought our vacation would be theirs as well. Let me pause to say I think the number just went to 8 as I write this, as that was not my phone vibrating. So I shall conclude with this as I need to don more gloves and check another device. After finding our home alarmingly invaded, these devices kept us from sleeping, made my wife cranky, and helped reclaim our home from squatters. While I feel sorry for my wife's co-workers who must deal with her on minimal sleep after a vacation, I do not feel bad for my purchase. All 8 batteries spent (4 per trap) are still going strong, and if you're squeamish there's no need to look. Simply pick up the device, power it down, and open the hatch when only over a trashcan. I would probably bag the bodies if you don't have outside receptacles, as these things can carry nasty diseases. The only way these could be better is if they would scrub my house free of the squatter's trash and feces, as I've been told is my job today by a very cranky and sleep deprived wife.

I've been buying Victor electronic mouse traps for around two decades. They sure do work! There are some differences between the older model 250S and the newer model 250B. The older model would blink green and buzz when you turned it on. It also blinked green and buzzed when a mouse was in the trap. The newer one does not have a buzzer; it does blink green 3 times when you turn it on, and blinks every ten seconds when there's a mouse. But no buzzer. Probably an improvement, since the buzzer can scare away other mice. Also, the older model was loaded with batteries from the back of the unit, while the newer one loads on the bottom of the unit. It's actually much easier to load batteries with the newer model, BUT unless you're using peanut better, any seeds or pellets will fall out of place unless you load the batteries before you load the food. You will get mice very quickly, usually overnight the first night. Don’t put them out in the open. Mice like walls. Every once in awhile there's a false flag and the mouse somehow is able to jump back in time, but not very often. When there's a green light blinking, the likelihood that a mouse is in there is around 95%. Peanut butter works real good. I use a butter knife to scoop up a teeny bit, pea size or smaller, and shove it off the knife using a spoon or another knife. It's okay to get some on the back wall of the unit, because mice will go there first and lick it, and then have to explore and find the door to get more, and then, zap. You don't have to clean the peanut butter off every time. If there's still peanut butter, just leave it and re-set the trap. You need to be careful to clean any peanut butter off the metal plates. I use a paper towel and Q-tips. AND here's the important thing - a dead mouse will stay in there for months until you collect it, but it's likely to leave dead smell and debris in the chamber. So the thing to do is make sure you check for the green light every day and empty it. If you leave it too long, you might wind up with a mess in the compartment that can't be cleaned, and then you'd have to ditch the trap. Oh yeah, be sure to wear disposable gloves whenever you deal with the trap, because if you touch it with your hands, then you sent will be on the trap, and the smart mice won’t come near it. If there were one thing I'd improve with the trap is the mouse compartment door doesn't open quite wide enough to carefully put the peanut butter in there. It’s a little awkward to get a knife in there and deposit the peanut butter carefully in the designated spot at the back. You want to avoid getting anything on the metal plate or it might not zap. Use a Q-tip if you get anything on the metal plate. The door does open wide enough to discard the mouse; just turn it over inside a bag, and you won't have to look too closely at the mouse. I am still using the older 250S model, although the "refills" for the mouse compartment are not longer available through Victor or third-party vendors. The newer 250B model does not have a "refill" for the mouse compartment but it zaps mice just as well, except you have to get rid of the mouse the next day; you can't just throw a refill away like with the older model.

This is the absolute best mouse trap I have ever tried; bar-none period (it's even your better than your beloved pussy cat) in every way that I can think of besides the fact that it does cost money. The trap is easy to bait, easy to set, and easy to dispose of the dead mice (which will be every single one you need to eliminate)! They will be caught/killed 99.9% of the time without much of mess besides a drop or two of mouse pee every now and then, which can be rinsed out easily. It will even kill those little pesky bastards that repeatively out-smart your conventional spring-type traps. I have been having 100% success using pretzel sticks and peanut butter. I first use one pretzel stick to scoop out a pea-sized bit of peanut butter. Next I break that part off and put it in the bait cup instead of using only peanut butter like the instructions say. Next, I use the remainder of that one pretzel stick (broken into pieces) to make a little bait trail leading to the trap with one piece placed in the trap entryway just before it is totally out of sight. After he/she has devoured the my free offerings, they will start to smell the irresistible aroma of peanut butter. As they chomp on my final tasty gift and go a little bit further past a partition wall inside the trap, they will finally see that the food that is creating such a delicious the smell does exist just ahead. At this precise moment in this process, I bet every would-be victim is overcome with a sudden, uncontrollable desire to greedily start gorging themselves on this unbelievable bounty presented before them. However upon taking the small step in order to reach this fabulous feast, the victim has unknowingly stepped on the second metal pad (closing an electrical circuit) which leads to an instantaneous deadly flow of electricity through their body. The electrocution process is silent and happens at speed of light without any lengthy wait on death row or even having any chance of a last minute pardon (unless you forget to turn the trap on or have weak batteries! But all jokes aside, it sounds pretty violent but the tiny mouse is dead instantaneously and he/she probably never knew what the hell happened, but YOU WILL....no more filthly, disease carrying mouse! Only thing left to do now is empty or replace (at a cost) the death chamber, re-bait, and get ready to give many more heartfelt goodbyes to the rest of the mouse's family!! However, my experience has been that re-baiting is usually unnecessary; as long as your first offering is still good and fresh. Needless to say, but as a reminder, the trail of pretzels I suggested will ALWAYS need to be replaced but by no means necessary in order to have success. The main reason that I like to put the extra bit of luring bait to see if it's there later thus reporting to me whether or not all the mice have been eradicated, since hungry mice absolutely cannot resist the fragrant temptation of pretzels and peanut butter. There are only 2 reasons that I can think of why mice wouldn't want to endulge themselves with this irresistible bait combination is because either they're not hungry at the time or they are not in house anymore (which is preferred IMO)! The extra baiting around the trap is really more of a mouse presence indicator for me and not required to rid your home of pests. I honestly cannot say enough positive things about this trap. It's worth every stinking penny and I don't brag on many products or leave a lot of positive reviews unless I feel it will be beneficial to others. Boy, I really wish I was the one that invented this or that I could buy stock in this (either way, I would be wealthy)!!! All of my life I've heard people say that you can't build a better mouse trap! After using this one, I would have to respond by saying, "YES you absolutely CAN and Victor has done it even better with their second attempt some 100+ years later!! Now even you will be able to confidently say, "Death to all you nasty, scurrying,##@@@, $$##@@, mice!!! I WILL get you _______ now!" Or whichever descriptive words work for you. Haha

I had read literally HUNDREDS of reviews for this product, both good and bad, but leaned more towards the positive when I decided to place my order. We had been finding “evidence” of these little critters for months on our counter, black stove and in kitchen drawers, but nowhere else. We had two cats that usually took care of the problem for us, but one of them moved out this summer with his owner. That’s when we found out that the tuxedo kitty was WORTHLESS and were about ready to borrow the one that had moved out for a few months to show Mr. Tuxedo what a “real” cat is supposed to do!! Enter the Victor M250S Indoor Electronic Humane Mouse Trap. When I was scrubbing the stove one day, awaiting our new kitty replacement, I noticed there was an area that was especially dirty below the digital dials for the temp & time, etc. I thought that was just a regular vent that heat comes out of when in use, but apparently, it’s a super-highway for our vermin friends to gain access to our counter. The few times we didn’t get a chance to do dishes before bedtime, we would awaken to used frying pans on the stove that one could only describe as a community port a potty for these ba&%#rds that had invaded our home. When our Victor trap arrived on 12/28/2022, I did exactly as instructed. Put in fresh batteries, put a tiny piece of peanut butter in the space provided being extra careful not to get any on the electric part using rubber gloves so as not to transfer my scent, then placed it on the counter next to the stove. Day #1 nothing but mouse poop on the spoon rest on the counter. Day #2. Made sure nothing edible was on the counter or stove. Nothing. Day #3, same thing. Day #4 God as my witness, that night my roomie fried up a few pieces of ham in a pan and sat down to eat. I walked past the kitchen to the living room, sat down and saw something out of the corner of my eye in the kitchen. All the lights were still on which made it very easy for me to see that one of our furry enemies was on the stove heading towards that frying pan!! He got up on the ledge of it and it must have still been too hot for his little feet, so he backed off and scurried behind the stovetop but not so much that I wasn’t able to see his paws and nose twitching, just waiting for the pan to cool down. I situated myself so I could see straight into the kitchen to view his little antics and sure enough, about 5 minutes later, there he was….IN THE DAMN FRYING PAN. I got of my chair quickly, walked towards the kitchen and stomped on the floor, thinking that would scare him off, but all he did was jump out the pan, turn around on the stove, and had a stare-down with me!!! OK, GAME ON!!! I took the frying pan, put it in the sink with soap and hot water and proceeded to set him up for his demise. Keep in mind that this whole time, the Victor trap was only inches away from the stove this whole time with peanut butter in it. Apparently OUR mouse had a more discerning pallet and preferred meat protein. I donned rubber gloves and carefully cleaned out the peanut butter and got out my jar of saved bacon grease. He was gonna LOVE this, I just knew it. I smeared a tiny dab of grease in the designated spot and set the trap next to the stove. I then took about a teaspoon of grease in another frying pan, heated it up to melt, then placed the pan on the counter right next to the trap. I knew the smell would be irresistible to him. I swear he was actually watching me as I was using the stove!! It took him maybe 2 minutes once I backed away, to get on the counter. He meandered to the frying pan immediately. It must have still been warm, because he backed off and proceeded to clean his little paws while perched ON TOP OF THE TRAP that was right next to the frying pan!! Bath time completed, he hopped into the frying pan and proceeded to lick off what little grease he could, then scurried back behind the stove. Day #5, nothing. Day #6, nothing. Day #7, the roomie and I both got a touch of the flu and barely went into the kitchen for anything. Day #9, I was more on the mend and went into the kitchen to make a cup of coffee. No green light and I couldn’t even remember if I had re-set the trap because I was so disappointed in the product. Not sure if it’s really the fault of the product or not. OUR mouse was just too smart and apparently a picky eater. Because we had the flu, there wasn’t anything on or near the counter for any “visitors” to eat. I took a look at the trap and no light was flashing and my brief look inside didn’t appear to have one in it so I set it back down on the counter. I was going to return the trap later that day but since I was there, I would slide the on/off switch to make sure it was set. When I did, it smelled funny; kind of an electrical smell and I wondered if, since I hadn’t been feeling well, that I hadn’t been able to smell that when we first got it and that that was what was keeping the critters away from it. I went back to my day and didn’t think about it for a few hours until I mentioned it to my roommate. She asked if I was certain it hadn’t caught something. I double checked, and sure enough, it was full! The bacon grease worked!! An hour later, the roomie was making a piece of toast. She had left a stick of butter on the counter the night before to thaw and this is what she found. Pic attached. It looks they were eating it like a cob of corn. This had never happened before! I don’t know if the mouse the trap caught had eaten the butter before getting on the trap or if he has friends that like meat protein too, but we were totally grossed out! I’ll be re-setting the trap with butter this time to see if any friends are tempted. Be patient and try different kinds of bait. It works!! *** UPDATE *** That next night, the trap caught another big fat one and we haven't seen any new poop on the counter since. I find it hard to believe that we only had 2 total in the whole house, but time will tell. I'm going to put some fresh batteries and fresh butter and keep it on the counter until we are convinced we have them all. Being that it's small enough to not be in our way for cooking, etc., there's no reason not to keep it up and set. VERY happy with our results!!

We HAD a mouse that tripped traps, but seemed uncatchable. I would recommend buying this trap. It got the mouse on the first night. Here is my critique: 1. It requires 4 AA batteries that are not included. This is not a reason not to buy this trap. 2. It is VERY hard to bait. There is a very small spot to put the pea-sized peanut butter glob. Where you place it, is next to a metal plate that shocks the mouse. You cannot get any on the plate. I used a toothpick. It was difficult, but doable. 3. Super easy to throw the mouse away without touching anything but the cover. 4. I'm not sure how to clean it. It recommends using a brush and hydrogen peroxide, but don't get it wet. I guess a damp q-tip could work. 5. It has an on switch that blinks green a few times to show it is active. Then it stops blinking. You know it got a mouse when it blinks green. 6. A red light appears with low battery. Get this trap! It works well. It seems sturdy. If it was easier to bait and clean, I would give it 🌟🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟.

The first one I bought killed a mouse. Then it wouldn’t work. I contacted the company for trouble shooting. They had me send it back to them to figure why it wouldn’t work but sent me a new one first. Doesn’t get much better than that. Bought another and working great. If I wear these out, I’ll definitely buy another from them. Takes very little peanut butter as bait. Easy to use( just don’t forget to take batteries out after each kill to reset the trap). Doesn’t take much space and is clean. Mice seem to like it, I’m killing mice I didn’t know we had!

It did kill two mice and was easy to clean BUT they were made of a plastic and other mice chewed through it and got the bait without having to touch the metal plates inside.

Cat got lazy and I tried all the traps except the old wood ones. Those gross me out and I don't want to see a dead body when the trap is full. I tried the dCon traps that spin that you also don't have to see, but they weren't working. I think it's because it's too dark to see the bait so the mice are hesitant. These actually attract the mouse with the open holes, and the green light flashes when it caught one. It's reusable so I deploy my husband to empty the trap. And as long as there's nothing on the metal plates, you just reset the switch and use it again. Caught 2 mice in the same day. I was ready to give up and use the horrible wood traps when these were suggested to me. They seem safer and easy to use. Highly recommend.

Cumple su función, atrapé al ratón, fue simple y el animal no sufrió

صغير جدا لا يمكن أن يدخله فأر كبير فقطلصغار الفئران والصغيرة جدا كل الجهاز لا يتجاوزحجم كف اليد

Oggetto consigliatissimo!!! In casa avevo notato "tracce" di un topolino che, furbo, schivava le varie tavolette adesive. Ho voluto provare con questa trappola. Per iniziare ho messo semplicemente delle noccioline americane (arachidi) in un piattino di plastica per vedere se l'esca era gradita: spolverate! Poi sono passato ad inserire le noccioline nella trappola, ma tenendola spenta: noccioline spolverate Infine ho messo le noccioline nella trappola accesa: ZAP! Ospite beccato! Il secondo giorno ho provato a spostare la trappola in un altro luogo: altro ospite beccato! Note importanti: 1) maneggiate meno possibile trappola e esca, i topi sono molto diffidenti dall'odore dell'uomo 2) la trappola deve essere con l'ingresso messo lungo un muro 3) lavate accuratamente la parte con l'esca dopo ogni cattura (si lava con acqua e sapone) 4) Stranamente con la seconda cattura lampeggiava la luce rosse (batterie scariche) invece di quella verde, anche se le batterie erano cariche 5) Il led di avvenuta cattura lampeggia MOOOOLTO lentamente (circa 10/15 secondi) 6) Usate batterie con discreto amperaggio (Duracell). Io la uso con ricaricabili NI-Mh da 2500 mAh e non fa una piega! 7) Prima di mettere in funzione la trappola individuate, col metodo di cui sopra, l'esca adatta

Al segundo día cayó el primero. Quería dejar de usar trampas de pegamento ya que es un lío sacrificarlos cuando están pegados tratando de escapar, y lo logré la trampa me está ahorrando dinero al no comprar más trampas de pegamento. Solo un detalle, las cucarachas también llegan a caer😂 Recomiendo tener pilas recargables y cargador, ambas cosas buena calidad y así evitar gastos en pilas alcalinas.

This is a seriously cool mouse trap! This thing makes me feel like I’m living in the future. Not only does it look the business but it’s also super easy to setup and provides a tidy, mess free mouse trapping environment. The problem with standard traps is that they can be messy when successfully activated. The problem with sticky traps is that they are effective but awfully cruel and a nightmare if you stand on one or have pets. The problem with humane traps is that mice (in my experience) just don’t use them and even if they did, they can be cruel too if you’re on holiday somewhere and the poor thing is left to starve to death. This trap, then, is the best of all worlds. It’s super easy to setup. You just separate the two compartments and put 4xAA batteries in the left side. You then open the right side (the mouse catching bit) and put a big dollop of peanut butter on the end panel. This, cleverly, has a plastic wall next to it which is perforated with holes to let the mouse sniff the goodness inside! You then click both pieces back together and switch on. When you do this, a green light shows and there is a satisfying buzz/hum to let you know that the electrification mechanism is armed. You then place the box next to a wall in a troublesome area and wait for a curious mouse to sniff the peanut butter, enter the trap and be immediately electrocuted. It’s quick, effective and there’s no mess. If a mouse enters the trap and actives it, the trap flashes a green light on top to let you know that it’s caught something. You can then safely switch it off, dispose of the mouse and wipe out the container ready for re-arming. This thing is seriously cool and works like a dream. After unsuccessfully attempted to remove mice with the other type of traps, this thing attracted and disposed of them straight away. Yes, it’s more expensive than your standard traps but it’s way more effective, much cleaner and you don’t run the risk of causing immense pain to your fingers when the setup process goes wrong! Snap!!! Highly recommended!