Pack of 4 Classic Metal Rat Traps Fully Burnished - Powerful Snap Trap for Rats, Chipmunks, Humane, Durable, Reusable and Effective

Easy to set although it depends on how strong you are but I did not feel like it took much force. I do take caution to make sure my fingers are never in the way where if it should go off it would strike my fingers but that is just common sense. Once set it doe not go off so easily that moving it would set it off. Anything caught is in big trouble but like any trap it depends on how they set it off. If it hits their limb well they are not going to die but if it hits their head or bday they either are dead or will be shortly. They stand up to being outside but I chose the brass traps by accident. So not sure if they will get some rust if out side for a long time. I am not planning to keep these out for a long time and will be using a cover to keep it out of direct rain not to protect the trap but from videos it is a good way to catch voles. I suppose I will get a few field mice along the way as well. So let the voles be aware my yard is not a good place to set up housekeeping.

This item works quite well with the Heddel mouse trap alert system. I have a Heddel mouse trap alert system that I normally use with my mouse trap. It keep the killed rodent from decomposing and stinking up the whole place. But the Heddel mouse trap alert system does not fit a regular wooden rat trap due to the thickness of the base. This item have a thin enough base that the Heddel mouse trap alert system fit this rat trap, even thought it was design for mouse trap, and alert me of a killed rat before it decomposed. In addition, the saw tooth base keep any rat from escaping the trap, unlike the regular wooden rat trap that let the last rat that was caught escape from the trap. And the color black hopefully will make it so inconspicuous that the rats will not be alert by it's appearance and it will fall for the baits without being alert by the trap itself. Update: 6/6/2020 It appears that even this trap can not hold the giant rat I have. The rat just lift himself out of the trap like he did with the Victor rat trap, even though he left a trail of blood behind. I thought he died elsewhere but the Wyze camera show the rat coming back and was wary of the area where the trap was at. I now use the Duke 110 conibear trap that is so strong that I could not set it without a special tool that compress the spring. So if I can not compress the spring, not even the giant rat can lift the spring to get out. I can not find the Duke 110 hear on Amazon any more, even I purchase it from Amazon a couple of week ago, so I purchase 2 more from Ebay instead. So look else where if you have a giant rat and not this Made2catch rat trap. Update: 10/8/2020 I was able to cat the big rat that got away last time. The trick is when you screw down the trap to the board, do not screw it down so tight but to let at least 1/8" gap so the trap have free play to twist around when the rat struggle. This way the rat can twist and turn all it want but will not be able to lift the trap arm to get out. See the picture of the rat caught in this made2catch rat trap.

The quality of these traps is obvious, and they are easy to use. The serrated edge around the base is a good idea, so that the rodent can't back out easily once the trap closes. We bought these traps after watching a Youtube video about how to catch voles using this kind of trap. Unfortunately, we did not capture any of them, although we tried peanut butter as bait and some fresh green produce, since voles usually eat plant material. I do not doubt that these traps would work well with a larger rodent, as voles are small and lightweight and did not trigger the trap, if they even went on them. Good product and a good price.

I live in Florida with a canal in the back yard so roof and fruit rats are always around and an issue especially this year for some reason. I tried all kinds of traps, these little menaces are smart af and they will get out of the wood traps and some of the other ones like the bucket one I have (that one only works on the small ones for me and they have gotten out a few times even with the water). Glue traps work sometimes but I don’t like them and you can’t reuse them. The thing about these is the teeth, it holds them in there if they don’t die on the snap. Most of the time they die instantly as these are VERY strong! Be very careful of your fingers when setting them. I have bought so many of these, they really do the job. I’ve used peanut butter, slimjims, lunch meat, nuts all kinds of things. These traps WORK! If you are unsure, get them. I just wish you got more for the money but hey, they get rid of the rats so that’s what is most important. If you can, screw them into some wood to keep them stable in one spot. These are the go to traps for sure.

These are best for indoor use since they rust as others have noted. In my case I deployed 3 of these and caught 3 birds--no rats. The birds seem to be attracted to the shiny metal. It would be best to get the black version of this trap and/or spray-paint the trap with a flat beige (like dirt) to lessen bird traffic. To be fair, I employed two other types of snap trap and a trap of each type caught a bird. So if you want to use snap traps outdoors, I suggest you try an enclosed version, or build your own enclosure to lessen the chance of getting birds. The thing I liked about these traps is that they seem to be unlikely of making a 'partial kill' given their 'teeth' near the kill bar. The trigger mechanism is also as sensitive as you can get, much more so than for plastic traps. The question is whether these traps are particularly attractive to indoor (e.g. attic) rats.

Rats cat eat the bait without triggering

I guess it’s all about patience, it’s a strong make, very dangerous to set up be cautious. Apply peanut butter in a good quantity and wash them after every kill. Using gloved is highly recommended. 2 pieces are enough for a family of rats

Its tunable so u can set the bait table height lower and you can tweak the trigger to a hair trigger with a little filing and polishing.