Upgraded Electronic Mouse Trap

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!

I bought two of these in and placed them upstairs where we'd had several sightings of a mouse. I also set a couple of traditional traps in the garage (where I think the mouse was coming in from). Over the ensuing months, the traps in the garage caught a couple of field mice (definitely not the mouse we'd seen), and our visitor was sighted several times more, until.... he was caught in one of the garage mousetraps. Once I was sure there was no mouse activity, I decided to clean these electronic traps and put them away for future use, and imagine my surprise when I opened them to find no trace of bait. None! Obviously the mouse had helped himself to the bait at some point, with no bad effects. Complete waste of money, and they're not cheap. Very annoyed.

A collection of mice moved into the shed and proceeded to tear into everything like an ageing rock star smashing up a hotel room. The mess was indescribable, although I can try - they basically shredded almost everything and what the couldn't shred they used as a toilet. Cleared all the mess out and wanted a trap that would be fast and humane, but which wouldn't muck about. So, on a friend's advice, we got this ... baited with peanut butter and it works a treat. Light didn't flash when making a kill though so still have to check daily but that's a good habit to get into - the only thing that smells worse than a live mouse's pee is a dead mouse. No mess because it doesn't physically injured the mouse, just electrocutes them. No idea on battery life yet as we've not had it long enough, but it does what it claims to, and to all mice in the area I'd just like to say You Have Been Warned - we're kindly folk but if you smash our shed up we're going to war. Capice?

Have had multiple of these now. Excellent at killing one or two mice, but after that the unit seems to stop functioning. The footplate gets a scorch mark on it, and the trap will no longer kill. Light flashes green but no mouse inside. Replacing batteries doesn't fix it. I think these traps burn themselves out.

Mice in the attic is not something anyone wants to hear. We're kept awake every year in the lead up to winter by gnawing and scratching above our heads. Poison is usually effective but ultimately means that there are mouse corpses rotting away somewhere and not something I want. I bought this, set it up and on the first night caught one of the little buggers. It's simple to use and clearly very effective at doing its thing. Pros - Effective at its job. No more partially murdered rodents dragging their sorry selves around in pain. Zap and done. - No mess. Other traps can leave a real mess, snap traps can basically eviscerate/behead mice. We've had it and I'd rather not have it again. - Easy. Whack in the batteries. Put the bait on the bait spot. Put it in area they run through. Turn it on. - Quick clean/reload, no touching disease/lice ridden bodies. Open the top, empty into bin and repeat above (minus batteries) - Pretty humane. It's sad to have to kill animals but ultimately live catch traps mean one of two things, they're coming back or infesting someone else's house depending on how far away you take them OR they are probably going to be attacked or vulnerable without a nest/knowledge of where food is out in the wild if they were born and raised in your attic in winter. Snap traps can do half a job and it's not pretty. This thing either works or they get a jolt, either way it's over quickly. -The trap isn't going anywhere. With snap traps they can sometimes easily survive long enough to drag themselves and the trap behind kitchen cabinets/under fridges and be lost to rot away somewhere, plus you just lost your trap. With this they are not moving it anywhere. Cons - Even on offer it's kind of pricey. Decent snap traps can be picked up for pennies on the pound and you can have multiple traps going. £20 is not something you're going to double down on too much. This feeds into the next problem. - Lack of repeatability. Once the trap has done its job it's out of action, in fact other mice will quite happily climb over its furry friend to steal the bait he/she was trying to get. This wouldn't be an issue if they were a bit cheaper so you could put multiples down but they are not. Frankly there really isn't any excuse for this price, the electronics inside can be found inside of poundland fly swatters and it doesn't even include batteries. Either make the trap a repeater (like the much more expensive and way overpriced big brother version of this one that costs about £50) or make it reasonable please, your brand name isn't *that* reputable. I hate to say it but mice are rarely alone and can breed like... well mice. Trap many or GTFO unfortunately. Summary/TLDR Would I buy it again? Probably. It works. It's effective. It's easy. It's less messy in multiple senses of the word. However it is over priced and not really a practical option for dealing with an infestation, they will literally breed faster than you could kill and check traps in all but the most convenient locations. If you're not squeemish, have loose morals about killing vermin humanely or are on a budget just get a ton of snap traps/wildlife friendly poison and get the job done. If you

Trap worked fine for the first few months but then stopped working. Tried several change of batteries but it simply stopped charging the metal plate so mice could eat the bait with impunity. Won't buy this model again

Don't be put of by some of the negative reviews, it works perfectly for mice only, to small for rats We have had mice in our attic causing damage to Christmas decs and suitcases etc so I thought I'd give it a try. Very easy to use, I put a bit of peanut butter in the night it arrived, next morning the green light is flashing and bingo, dead mouse in the trap. I have had this a week now and have caught a mouse every night. 7 and counting. Didn't know there we so many living in my attic. My partner calls it the death box she would have preferred a live trap but I remind her they are just rodents. Great product.

We have had this make of trap before and required some more for a winter increase in mice indoors. These suckers never seem to fail. I have read plenty of mixed reviews but I just don't get it. Over a one week period 11 mice shuffled off this mortal coil and went to join their maker. I have now not seen 1 mouse or signs of since then. Think I might have got them! The good thing about these traps is that there is no scraping bits of mice off the traps or off the walls when they've been 'mushed' in a mechanical trap or the smell of decaying mouse when they've made it to a nice out of reach spot to die after being poisoned. The one thing I would say the BEST thing, by far, to bait these traps with is peanut. And I can say that the mice couldn't give a stuff if it's cheap, expensive, nutty, smooth or even organic.