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Top positive review
ZAP DEAD!
September 20, 2017
Originally bought the large sticky traps and the rat just ate the food and left footprints in them. I have electronic mouse traps but this one turned out to be a rat so big that he just pushed them around trying to get the food in the back. But the smaller ones work great for field mice ZAP! So I decided to go with what I know and buy a large electric trap. This guy was making a home in my $120,000 Corvette engine and was peeing on the supercharger, dragging the dogs toys into the engine to nest and stockpiling food so obviously he was a must kill first time. This morning (conveniently trash day) I came out to beeping and the LED on the cord (very nice touch) was flashing. ZAP, DEAD! Great product for large rodents. Pretty overkill if you just have field mice.
60 people found this helpful
Top critical review
No Customer Support
November 14, 2017
No customer support! In all fairness it did kill two rodents in the 10 days I had it set up but it kept beeping even when there wasn't a rodent inside. We would go outside and check the trap and it would be empty so we would turn it off and on and put it back. After day three of this I looked for contact information on the box or on the instructions but there was none. I spent over an hour trying to find contact information on line but nothing. What I did find were people with the same beeping issue. The general idea is great and it can be an effective kill chamber but before I order a different one I am going to make sure whichever one I order has contact information for customer questions. These people didn't even respond to Amazon's request.
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September 20, 2017
Originally bought the large sticky traps and the rat just ate the food and left footprints in them. I have electronic mouse traps but this one turned out to be a rat so big that he just pushed them around trying to get the food in the back. But the smaller ones work great for field mice ZAP! So I decided to go with what I know and buy a large electric trap. This guy was making a home in my $120,000 Corvette engine and was peeing on the supercharger, dragging the dogs toys into the engine to nest and stockpiling food so obviously he was a must kill first time. This morning (conveniently trash day) I came out to beeping and the LED on the cord (very nice touch) was flashing. ZAP, DEAD! Great product for large rodents. Pretty overkill if you just have field mice.
April 17, 2017
It is wonderful to encouter a product that shows the engineers were THINKING! I have been SO frustrated with comapnies like TOMCAT who waste my time with crappy, poorly designed, STUPID products!
I bought this as a last resort to catch one final mouse (#7) in a sudden infestation of my house. The door is BIG and INVITING. The product photo here on Amazon does not give the right impression...there seems to be some kind of falp in the photo at the entrance. There is no flap. Just a flat metal floor divided in the middle so there are two plates. At the end odf the tunnel there is a place for the bait. I put a big chunk of peanut butter to generate the most odor...then I sprinkle a line of sunflower seeds along the metal panels even a few outside the trap....I had an "amusement park" of different traps in the room where the mouse was....different kinds, even the paper towel roll core trap...but the mouse did not fall for any...
this mouse was taunting me, even scaring me for days with his noisy boldness...he even ate the bait of the old fashioned victor snap traps without even triggering them! But this genius met his quick and decisive end....about 3am I heard a beeping noise...that is good news...this beeps when the kill is done. Then just take it out to the trash and dump him! Then you are ready for the next one. When its time to clean, they designed the top section to slide right off and the bottom part with the metal panels is free to immerse and clean. Expensive, yes...but this is the most humane kill trap out there...no chance for "bear trap" situations where you have a tortured animal dying a slow death...instant ZAP.....
I bought this as a last resort to catch one final mouse (#7) in a sudden infestation of my house. The door is BIG and INVITING. The product photo here on Amazon does not give the right impression...there seems to be some kind of falp in the photo at the entrance. There is no flap. Just a flat metal floor divided in the middle so there are two plates. At the end odf the tunnel there is a place for the bait. I put a big chunk of peanut butter to generate the most odor...then I sprinkle a line of sunflower seeds along the metal panels even a few outside the trap....I had an "amusement park" of different traps in the room where the mouse was....different kinds, even the paper towel roll core trap...but the mouse did not fall for any...
this mouse was taunting me, even scaring me for days with his noisy boldness...he even ate the bait of the old fashioned victor snap traps without even triggering them! But this genius met his quick and decisive end....about 3am I heard a beeping noise...that is good news...this beeps when the kill is done. Then just take it out to the trash and dump him! Then you are ready for the next one. When its time to clean, they designed the top section to slide right off and the bottom part with the metal panels is free to immerse and clean. Expensive, yes...but this is the most humane kill trap out there...no chance for "bear trap" situations where you have a tortured animal dying a slow death...instant ZAP.....
November 28, 2017
I have a straw bale garden, and rats were eating my broccoli and started making holes in straw. They HAD to be gone!!! Poison worked, but too slowly. So I ordered this trap and it already killed 5 rats over a month! I am very pleased with the result. It's pricey, but I invested in my piece of mind.
I use peanuts for bait, not peanut butter, because ants eat peanut butter faster than rats. No-yuck disposal actually works great, but I send my husband to dump the rats anyway :)
I use peanuts for bait, not peanut butter, because ants eat peanut butter faster than rats. No-yuck disposal actually works great, but I send my husband to dump the rats anyway :)
November 13, 2017
We had a mouse problem and were using the regular mouse traps that snaps. At first, those were effective but the mice were getting smarter. They figured a way to eat the bait without triggering the trap. We were getting frustrated so we decided to try this. It worked! The beeping sound to let you know that it caught something is just loud enough to alert you but not annoying. Easy to dispose the mouse (and definitely no blood trail compared to the snaps) and easy to clean the trap itself.
September 7, 2017
In the late summer and early fall mice seem to trespass in my pool room to stash away nuts and seeds for the winter. Every couple of weeks or so, I find a dead mouse floating in my pool. I hate fishing dead mice out of there, so I decided to be proactive this year and get a big electronic trap. I liked this one because I can plug it in to a regular wall outlet and not have to worry about replacing batteries. After I placed this trap I only had to wait two days for my first catch. I caught not one, but two mice! The trap was easy to empty. Not nearly as gross as dealing with snap traps. Very happy with this trap!
January 15, 2018
THIS Trap is amazing for mice, overkill is not the word I'll use but damn they do give off a burning smell when the mice die, but I had the trap for 2 hours and I kept killing mice, it's been 4 days I haven't changed my peanut butter and cheese puffs bait and have killed 16 mice. Thumbs up, only bad thing is it can kill multiple mice but mainly once it kill one u have to empty it, so be ready for the 4am wake ups. All in all great product for mice
April 13, 2017
I set this trap up yesterday afternoon. It is 24 hours later and I have caught 6 mice so far. I put a lump of peanut butter on the bait spot. The trap has a gentle chime that sounds and a bright led when there is a mouse in it. I feel bad about killing the mice, but they are running all over my barn and pooping everywhere. I like that it is ac powered because the batteries would freeze in the winter. I put a board with a small hole and string around the trap so I don't catch anything else. I think the small hole is enticing for the mice too. They think it is a safe place. Little do they know...I have used the humane traps but if you don't get the mouse out within half a day, they die and that is a worse death. I leave their bodies on the side of the road and something has been eating them so they are not wasted. I even have 2 pet mice named shaggy and velma.
January 13, 2018
After nearly 10 years battling with squirrels invading my roof and spending almost $1,000 in hiring expert rodent catchers and placing metal barriers around my roof, I was about to just give up. Not a single squirrel was caught by the experts. (Only one was caught by mere accident by myself). Also ended up cutting down multiple tress that were used by the squirrels besides my house. Every winter nights and mornings were a nightmare for my family including my children who couldn't get a quiet night of sleep. Later I happened to come across this produce and took a chance and purchased it along with a similar product with batteries included with low expectations in the beginning. After 2-3 days of use, caught my first squirrel in years! Then 2nd squirrel the next day. So, far I have caught about 3-4 squirrels per year. I don't expect to get rid of all of the squirrels living in my backyard, but being able to take care of the ones coming to my roof is a miracle. Without this product, the squirrels would have continued to invade and damaged the electrical wires, causing risk for fire and major damages.
February 17, 2018
I've kept backyard chickens for five years with no problems with mice or rats, but this year is different. I saw three mice, noticed some yucky "signs" in the coop, and knew that could be a sign of a bigger problem, so I started looking into ways to kill mice that would be safe for my chickens. Many chicken owners suggest electronic zappers. I chose this one because of the good reviews and the ability to plug it up or use batteries. I took a few weeks to determine what to get -- big mistake! In that time, the mice problem grew. I am ashamed to admit that I have now caught so many mice in such a short period of time that I don't whether I'm more amazed with the PestZilla or horrified that the mouse problem was so much worse than I thought. I have caught none during the day, but at night my poor husband is getting a workout trekking out to the coop and dumping the trap. I rigged up the handy remote light that comes with the zapper so that we can see from the house if another mouse bit the dust. I positioned the trap pointed toward a wall, only about 2" from the wall. Mice have no trouble getting into that and my chickens are not able to stick their curious heads inside. I have to admit that I did not follow the instructions of cleaning the trap after each kill -- no, I caught 16 mice one after another in 3 days with a single teaspoon of chunky peanut butter before I cleaned and re-baited. There was not a bit of "mess" in the trap even after all those kills. I sprayed it with disinfectant, rinsed and wiped it out, re-baited with peanut butter and we're up to #17 as I type this review. My only critical comment is that after a kill, the machine beeps. I wish there was a way to turn that off because there might be several hours at night when my poor chickens are listening to the beep...it hasn't affected egg production, though. ;-)
January 25, 2018
I had a rat in my apartment that was terrorizing me for days. Each night I went to bed paranoid and afraid he'd force his way under my door. This rat, which was some kind of savant, continually beat snap traps, sticky traps, and a bucket trap. I have to tip my hat to his survival skills, but nevertheless, he needed to die. Upon receiving this trap I baited it with pepperoni, set it in front of the closet in which the rat was known to frequent, and plugged it in. That very night I was awakened by a sound I'll never forget-- the sweet sultry beeping of this trap letting me know it contained the corpse of the terrorist rodent that had been gnawing at every object in my house. He was about 18 inches from nose to tail, and this trap made easy work of him. I'm so glad I bought this trap. It's easy to use and will take care of even the smartest of rats. Totally worth the money!
