Victor M156-20 Metal Pedal Sustainably Sourced FSC Wood Snap Mouse Trap - 20 Traps (Pack of 1)

I get why this is the classic, this works! No need to go fancy, just stick with the classics and it will prove itself. We are a clean household but unfortunately we had a visitor who came and dispute everything we've done to keep it away, the little visitor won't leave! We don't leave any food out. All of our foods are in storage containers but then this one doesn't give a f. We only have a few droppings so we narrowed it down to 1, at most 2. We tried poison, we tried cleaning up their scent trail but nada. We also used the regular Victor baits and this mf just licked the bait off without setting the triggers. So we brought out the yellow snap traps, used salmon dog treat and glued it down. Next day, we woke up to a dead mouse. Definitely far from a pretty sight but it works. This bait is the best because the sensitivity level is HIGH and it gives a clean kill. Mice are smart, but we can outsmart them.

This trap cost me 50 cents. One of the first things you need to try to do is to find out where the mice are coming into your house. My house is over 100 years old, so I'm still trying to find areas they can sneak in. I watched some YouTube videos to figure out the right way to use this trap and what to use for bait, a very small amount of peanut butter, just enough to fit on the end of a tooth pick to the bait peddle is recommended by VICTOR. They say if a mouse is able to take the bait without springing the trap, it is more a result of over baiting, which adversely effects the sensitivity of the trap. They recommend when setting the trap to hold the kill bar down, lift the peddle at 180ﾟ angle and place the rod under the little groove on the bait plate. They also recommend placing the snap-trap perpendicular to a wall or baseboard with the trigger pedal being closest to the wall. The Victor website gives detailed instructions and they offer a one year warranty from the date of purchase. It would probably cost more to mail them back than the price of the traps. You can contact them directly at 1-855- 5-VICTOR. You've got to be careful, I've smacked the kill bar against my knuckles a few times and it hurts. I practiced setting the trap without the peanut butter first until I knew what I was doing. When you read the one star reviews, VICTOR sometimes comments with this helpful information, which I've added to my review. This same model trap has been used for over a 115 years. My grandather used these same traps, and reused them over and over again. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. You don't need anything expensive and fancy, this does the job. The mice die with in 30 seconds, which is much more humane than using glue traps. It took a little bit of practice to set it, you don't want to smack your fingers with the kill bar, so be careful. Once you know what you're doing, it's very simple to set. Since I personally don't want to deal with removing the dead mouse from the trap, this is cheap enough to throw in the trash with the mouse. But it is certainly reusable. I use a long grabber reacher tool to pick up the dead mouse and trap and drop it in the trash can. The metal pedal that you add the bait to stays very close to the wooden base, which makes it much easier for the mouse to set off. You don't want the mouse to get away with the bait, that hasn't happened with this trap. I set up a BLINK camera in my attic to try to figure out where the mice were coming from. They have been messing with mouse poop and pee in my attic for too many years, ruining many of my items. I am fed up with that, it's time to fight. Once I saw them running around in a particular area, I set the traps. They mark their areas with mouse poop and pee. Then I set my Blink camera about 7 feet away. What I've been seeing on my cam is very strange. I've had many dead mice in the traps that are cannibalized, eaten by other mice. I wish I didn't have to kill the mice, I see how the other mice react when they see a dead mouse, part of their family probably. Right now I have too many mice to deal with and the live traps wouldn't work. I'd be a mice taxi service driving 3 miles away from my house daily. Within 24 hours the mice ate most of the dead mice in the traps. They're not finding anymore food to eat in my house. They grabbed the dead mouse including the traps in their mouth and dragged them about 2 feet away under a chair, they're really strong. Certain mice they left alone. They ate almost everything there was nothing at all was left in the trap, except some fur and a tail. If I didn't have my blink camera, I certainly would have thought that the mice were eating the bait and the traps were not working. So if the mice have nothing to eat, they might eat the dead. With my blink camera, I feel like I'm watching a National Geographic special on mice. I know exactly what time of the day, usually nighttime when they're running around and their behavior which is interesting. My Blink takes video clips and has night vision. I move my blinks around the house. Of course you don't need a blink to catch mice, but it certainly makes it more helpful. And I know when I need to reset my traps without having to go up in the cold attic or down to my basement. It is a bit morbid, but you get used to it. And it helps me kill the mice, which is the most important. I think my grown sons and their wives are getting tired of mom sending them text video clips from my blink camera of strange mice behavior and dead mice. But this year being 2020 is a very strange time in all our lives. Now I can start cleaning up my attic without having to deal with more mouse poop and pee, which is disgusting. Mice contaminate food, spread diseases and viruses... The CDC (CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL) lists: HANTAVIRUS, PLAGUE, SALMONELLOSIS, LEPTOSPIROSIS...add they chew on wood and wiring in the walls.

I go through about two traps every week or so in my shed. Those little monsters have a habit of nesting near the engines of my snow blower and lawn mower. I got tired of cleaning out nests every other season, so here we are. Throw a little peanut butter on the traps, set it, and forget it. Well, don't forget it completely. You're gonna have to do something about all the mice you catch. Feel free to empty the trap and reuse, but I prefer to just keep buying new ones.Not sure how Amazon feels about dead mice pics, but if this gets enough likes we'll all find out together.

I used a Victor electric trap years ago for a backyard rat, so I knew it worked as we caught a big one back then. Recently, I saw mouse droppings under the kitchen sink and found my old trap—unfortunately, it didn’t light up anymore. I figured it was just too old and capacitor might have died, so I ordered this one from Amazon right away.While waiting, I also picked up some Victor snap traps and glue traps of another brand from a local store. Here's how everything performed:Snap trap: Caught 2 mice in the garage over 3 nights. On 2nd night, the bait was licked off but the trap didn’t trigger. I guess it depends on individual trap's sensitiveness. I did find some are more easier to snap when installing them. For the 3rd night, I actually placed 4 traps as 2 pairs side by side. Up on close examination, the peanut butter is gone from the rest of the 3 as well, and the one caught the mouse is the most sensitive one indeed.Electric trap: First night, bait was gone and light was blinking, but no catch. Second night, it worked— we got the mouse.Glue traps: I placed 4 (one under sink and three on the kitchen floor) but caught nothing. I hope it's because we only have that one mouse in the cabinet.Ease of use: Some say the bait area is too small—just put peanut butter on the inside of the flip cover (credit to another reviewer’s photo). And yes, emptying the trap is super easy: flip the lid and drop the mouse out. No mess.Overall, effective and easy to use.Update:Caught another one after two nights without activity. Peanut butter is gone, and the mouse’s head is point to the exit. It’s a smaller size one, if it hopped between the two metal plates, it might have escaped. I think that’s what happened on first day, peanut butter was gone, but nothing got caught.Update 2:Caught another one the first night I moved the electric tap to garage. This little mouse licked peanut butter off two snap traps, but it can’t escape the electric one.