VictorM250S Indoor Electronic Humane Mouse Trap - No Touch, No See Electric Mouse Trap

Listen. Before recently ( last year, as of the time I am writing this review, ) I have had no experience dealing with mice, or using any kinds of mouse traps. I did however, know that the traditional snap mouse traps almost always cause a very unsightly mess upon successfully making a catch. It was something I definitely did not want to have to see if I could avoid it. I also would not like to have been cleaning it up. So I looked for alternative traps that do the job in a different way. Glue traps are cruel and inhumane to a very extreme degree, causing much pain and suffering, and a slow agonizing death to any mouse that happens to fall into one And as much as I dislike mice, I don't want to put the creatures through such horrific torture. They feel things, just like we humans do. I came across these Victor battery mouse traps, and they check off all the boxes. Quick, clean and deadly. I have counted 4 mice so far, and have also managed to eliminate that many. One of those four mice managed to get in and back out of the traps successfully one time only. This may have been because it was a smaller one, or because the batteries were not fully charged. It would later be caught and face the same demise of the other 3 however. With 4 out of 5 entries into these traps being "successful", I would rate the traps as having approximately an 80% success rate ( which is very good in my opinion, especially considering the clean-up it spares you, as well sparing you the need to look at the eliminated prey after the job is done.)... If used correctly, the most you will see is a tail sticking out of the entrance of the trap where the mouse went in. If you have a bag ready, turn the trap upside down before opening it, drop the mouse into the bag, and then tie the bag without aiming your eyes at whats inside, you will not have to see the mouse at all. You will feel its weight in the bag though as you carry it to wherever you are going to dispose of it.I'm very satisfied with these traps, which is why I have purchased a total of 3. Whenever I get a catch, I take the batteries out, recharge them ( Yes, I use rechargeable batteries ), and then set the trap back up again, using chocolate as bait.If you are squeamish, have a mouse problem, and want to address it in an effective manner, do not delay... These are the traps you are looking for.

OK, these things work -- probably faster than any other mousetrap I've used. They are incredibly easy to bait and place. The kill is apparently instant and 100% certain. No more searching for a spring trap that's caught a mouse's foot and then is being dragged around by the still-alive and suffering little critter.They are very easy to empty. Unless you are really squeamish, you don't need kill chamber refills. Just popping the lid and inverting the trap will usually let the dead mouse just fall out wherever you want to dispose of the corpse. The kill appears to be so fast that I've had no instances of the mouse soiling the chamber as it died.The traps appear to be fairly pet-safe; something that may not be obvious is that the trap has a couple of internal baffles before the shock area, so pets can't just stick a paw into the trap. We have a pair of very inquisitive Huskies and a pair of even more inquisitive kittens in the same house as 6 of these traps, and nobody has been injured. HOWEVER, the traps probably are NOT child-safe because it doesn't take a lot of strength for anyone with opposable thumbs to pop the kill chamber open and be exposed to a shock hazard.The one vaguely annoying bit, which may not be obvious, is that when a kill happens the green light blinks briefly and infrequently. I realize that this is by design so as to not deplete the batteries, but it's kinda annoying having to watch each trap ~20 seconds to know whether a mouse has been killed.Overall, this is the best way I've found to kill mice.

I purchased three of these for different areas (open back porch, garage and open front porch). Arrived in 4 hours (amazing!). Easy to set up and intuitive. Also easy to empty (if there was a mouse....). I like the design. No poison and the deceased mouse is enclosed, so my dog won't start to use it like a stuffed toy. Perfect!So far the trap worked very fast. First mouse encounter within 3 hours. Set it against a wall, just as recommended. Green light flash. BINGO! First rodent casualty. Took the electrocution chamber off, went to the disposal area, opened the door...and what did I find? Bait gone...and a pile of mouse poop. No mouse.I think that I created a Franken-mouse. A few hundred volts didn't phase my little rodent...except to blow the poop out of him. I swear that when I went to dump the chamber there was a high pitched laugh from the corner of the patio. Maybe it's just my imagination.Oh well. It was easy to clean out. Reload and replace.Watch out critter. I haven't given up yet.Will update this review in the future. Gotta run. Quasimodo-mouse is knocking at the door.Update - about 5 days. Frankenmouse:2 Me: 0 It's not looking good for this product.fOk. Update #2. It's now Frankenmouse 2, Me:1 Seemed pretty effective. Let's see how it performs with a re-loaded bait chamber. (Easy to empty and reload). Because of the updated score, I bumped this up to 4 stars!Final update #3: These traps seem to have "hit a rhythm" and I have been successful in getting a number of mice. I didn't keep count, but it's more than 6 or 7. In fact, on our porch, I once got TWO mice at the same time.Overall, I really like these traps. Easy to set and ignore...until the light goes on. Then they are easy to empty, and I put them where a local hawk can get the critter....better than tossing them away. (and there is no poison that I need to worry about). Overall I bumped these up to 5 stars! With that, I will end my review of this product.Update.....Ok, I am a full believer. With three traps strategically placed on our porches, I have caught probably a dozen or more mice. I give the full contraption a 5 Star rating.HOWEVER, I had to buy some refills for the trap chamber. (I won't tell you why...), and I saw both after market versions and the more expensive "original" chambers. Based on reviews, I went with the far more expensive "original" replacement chambers.Well, they seem to work ok, but don't fit quite as well as the original chambers of the full trap. Plus....the traps do NOT have the "vector" image in the plastic top. I suspect that these are NOT original vector trap chamber replacements and are aftermarket products.Given that, I would probably try the less expensive aftermarket versions (they are a lot less expensive).But overall, I still think this is a great trap.