Rat ZapperUltra RZU001-4 Indoor Electronic Rat Trap - 4 Traps

This product is amazing! If you are having rodent problems, this is the product that you want to use to catch and eliminate them. To the person that commented that these don't work for rats, you will have to do some research. I own an original Rat Zapper (this is replacing the original after MANY years of excellent service) and it came with instructions on how to catch rats -vs- mice. This product, for some reason, didn't include those instructions. I think it's because the company was sold to a bigger company and they were looking to cut costs? In think that this is misguided cost cutting because leaving those instructions out defeats the purpose of having the trap. If you have mice, just put the batteries in, put bait in the back of the trap (I use dog food), turn it on, and wait. I caught two mice in less than 8 hours. The first one was caught within minutes! With rats you have to put the trap out with nothing in it. Then you put bait in it without turning it on. You let them take the bait a few times. THEN you put the bait in and turn it on. You WILL catch rats - they just aren't as easy as mice. We caught many rats with the old one. I'm glad to be rid of them!

These traps work but the wiring pops out of place causing false alarms. Minus one star.

I ordered 8 of these traps and none of them worked as noted on the instruction. 8 units were returned. After installing the batteries, and turning on the device, the red light should blink once but this never happened. There was no way to determine if the units worked properly, but all 8 failed. This "Ultra" model appears to have a cheaper design than the previous model, of which I have 6 units. The older models have a green light indicator indicating that all is operationally ready as well as a red light indicator for other conditions. I called the manufacturer/distributor, Victor, to inform them of the problem.

Ok, I waited awhile before doing this review, because the previous reviews were mixed. I LOVE THE TRAPS! MY HUSBAND LOVES THE TRAPS! I have one in my shop, against a wall, but visible any time I walk through, and even though it's Summer, I get a mouse every once in awhile. That old chunk of cheese is dried up and hard, no matter, they still go for it. I've YET to have to change batteries in ours, but I've caught at least six mice in mine since I set it out about six months ago, and he's caught way more, since his shop is a metal building and not as sealed.The light blinks red when a mouse is inside, so it's easy to glance at it as I pass by, and even my husband likes that you can just dump the dead mouse out and don't have to pry his squishy dead carcass out from under a spring! He uses a small piece of snickers bar, because he read somewhere that it's like crack for mice, haha. I know they are working, because we see NO evidence of mice droppings or chewed up bedding in either of our shops, and catching mice in the Summer here is unusual. Fall is normally our time to be diligent. We keep a clean house, but living in the country, I don't care HOW clean you are and HOW much you seal up every crack or hole, the little buggers can climb up your brick looking for access. One time, I pulled open a drawer in my shop, to startle a momma who then faced me, laid back over her newborn babies, little arms outstretched, obviously ready to take on the world! Well, we had a massive debate who was going to murder the momma and babies, until we realized neither of us could do the dirty deed, so they took up residence in a plastic breadbox with a clear cover, much to the extreme delight of our three young boys. They had great fun creating a home with tissues, watering lid, etc.....peering at the babies having vittles....I really don't know what the long term plan was.....I'm sure we didn't have one....but lucky? for us, one of the boys accidentally left the door to that room open and they "escaped". I would say that our large cat had a very satisfied look on his face, and it's strange that the mice were able to actually knock that box to the floor?? but we don't discuss the incident in THIS family....the official word is, "they escaped".Anyway, kids are grown and gone, so never want to be in the same position again! I'm confident this will be the case. It's not often that the hubby heavily praises something, as he is the mechanic, machinist, over-achiever type, but he insisted I buy more almost immediately, when he was catching mice in this trap and not in his spring traps. Of course, he HATES the damage mice can do, as we ALL do.

I don’t know what happend. I’ve been using this brand of trap for 20 years. The last couple of years the traps have only worked for a couple of months and then they don’t work anymore. They DO work great but after a few months?! The prior traps would work for years if maintained correctly

did not work for me.

no parts available when the circuit board failed

OMG! We got these on Friday evening. My husband was too impatient to give a free meal to the rats infesting our yard so he set them the first time out, but gave a few bits of dog food at the opening. Zap! We got one the first night. Then another big one last night! They are going into the same one so he is going to place them closer together under his storage building. I'm truly hoping we don't get a squirrel or rabbit but the rats are not welcome! I would recommend this a thousand times based on our initial results. If it can kill a rat as big as we got last night then it's only a matter of time before we get them all.

This 4 pack was an excellent value. Much cheaper than my local farm supply store. Very easy to use. Just bait with a milk jug lid full of peanut butter at one end. Cleanup is as easy as dumping contents into trash when you get your rodent. More humane than a spring trap.

These units are versatile and safe to use in enclosed areas such as an attic, small sheds as well as traditional areas. They are not weather proof and rain and moisture will destroy them. They are simple to use. Cleaning is fairly simple as long as your hands are small or medium sized. Cleaning is also essential to them operational. For the price these are great units as long as the electronics continue to functions. Keep them clean after each kill, dry and they perform well.

Worked well for a few months then just stopped working. Bought a 4 pack of these and last one just quit the other day. Tried soaking bottom pads in hot soapy water to clean them and then blow out water etc. with low pressure air and fresh batteries but nothing. Green light comes on sometimes but no power to the contact pads . Checked with a wire and no spark. If someone can direct me to a really good one of these I would like to know!!!!! If your looking for long term then forget this product.

Yes definitely works it came yesterday afternoon. A week after place order. Stick four "D" batteries stick the bate inside place the trap . Turn on trap and zap the flashing red light yup rat gone to better place this morning.Picked up 4 units at a great price. $70 on sale

I moved to a rural property last year, and accept the fact that rodents live amongst us. However, if they aren't paying rent, they need to get out. We had evidence of rodents in our outbuildings and livestock pens. We had success with another Victor trap and purchased the 4 pack of these to put around the farm. We have caught several rats in the goat pen with the previous traps, as they're attracted to the feed. We put one of these new traps in the pen and with no success. Today, we changed the bait from peanut butter to the goat feed that the rats were getting into. Success! Trap 1, Rat 0. We've had mixed success in the house. I was pretty sure one of the nasty critters had made it into the house and had taken up residence in the wall between my bathroom and kitchen. We set the trap behind the stove and thought we had success with the flashing red light, alas no critter & bait gone. Reset the trap with peanut butter and goat feed. Within the hour the dog started barking at the "zapping" sound and little vermin squeals. I pulled out the oven to see a skitty critter with a long tail disappear into the wall, red light flashing, bait gone......again. We've put in another set of brand new batteries to see if that will prove successful. In the meantime, I believe that the survivable shock therapy administered to the rodent will likely render the trap ineffective in capturing this critter with PTSD.