OWLTRA OW-7 in-/Outdoor Electric Rodent Trap, Instant Kill Mouse & Rat Zapper with Waterproof Cover, Sound & Light Alarm, and Batteries or USB Power Source, Waterproof Grade IPX4, Black

It was the middle of the night when we heard the telltale signs of a mouse in our room. Crackle here, scurry there, crinkle over there…a shadow sliding down a computer cable…the shuffling of papers on the desk. We have a mouse. It’s the dead of winter so catch and release would’ve just been cruel…we have pest control and they set up traps baited with poison that apparently weren’t doing anything…I wanted a humane option and didn’t want them going off to die somewhere in our room or closet, so this seemed like the best bet. I placed the order that night and by the next evening we had these locked and loaded. Maybe it was our choice of bait because night one using beef jerky and a piece of milk bone did nothing. For night two, we dumped the traps and set them with crumbs from ultimate peanut butter monster cookies from Costco. I woke up late that night and was sitting on the edge of the couch when I heard a very quiet but obviously electric buzzing sound…then nothing. I looked over and saw the flashing green light and within a few minutes the smell of singed flesh filled my nose. Bingo. I curled up and went back to sleep, satisfied. I woke up hours later just before sunup and to my surprise, heard that same sound, followed by a sudden flashing green light. Crap…there’s two…I’m hoping there aren’t more but we’ll be keeping these traps in place to be sure. All it takes is 4 AA batteries, a little bait, and the flip of a switch and you’re good to go. A little more expensive than other traps but they’re humane, easy to set and clean, sturdy, durable, and most importantly, they catch mice!

I bought the 2 pack of these bad boys. They take 4 AA batteries a piece. I placed 4 little pieces of cat kibble and the first night caught 2 mice. Woke up and each one had the blinking green light indicating that a mouse had been caught and “euthanized”. Please be careful, turn the unit off before you attempt to open, it could accidentally zap you. All you have to do is open the top and dump the mouse out. No need to physically touch the vermin. Re-bait the trap while it’s off, place it on the floor and turn the unit on. It’s so easy. The quality of the unit is great, no flimsy plastic, it’s got a good weight to them, very sturdy. These will kill the mouse instantly with no mess. Just remember to turn the unit off when opening the trap and only turn on when it’s safely on the floor.

We heard noises in a partition wall of our kitchen the weekend after Thanksgiving. I ignored it for a couple of days until I actually saw the mouse. I called our pest control company - no results (quite frustrating). I bought about 3 different kinds of glue traps - no results. There is actually one kind of glue trap sold on Amazon that I placed to only watch the mouse crawl over it like a bridge. I bought 3 different kinds of snap traps - no results. I bought the spin traps - no result. I tried the old ¨bucket trick¨ - no results. At this point I am about 3 weeks into the frustrating situation of having a mouse in my house with a concerned wife, a 3 year-old, and a newborn. I finally got my son to leave the traps alone, but explaining why they were there just concerned him. I finally came across the Owltra electric traps. Humane, reusable, effective - at this point I've filtered through many products and I've heard it all. I am about $200 into a never-ending battle - why not try Owltra? The product is well made but is low profile. I was able to fit it behind a couch that seemed to be the mouses favorite tunnel (even through no glue trap or snap trap in that location had produced results). A week goes by and I am still frustrated. I happened to glance over behind the couch and I finally saw the green light! No mess, no agonizing mouse, no problem. These traps might be reusable, but I just took the batteries out and tossed the whole thing into the garbage can outside. These traps aren't exactly cheap, but I was not willing to clean up after a dead mouse and reuse the trap. The mouse was actually larger than expected and this trap still got the job done. A week went by and my wife wakes me up last night. She heard scratching in the wall when she went to the kitchen for a mid-night drink of water. Great! Here we go again. I had left the second of the two Owltra traps in place behind the couch. I figured it could just live behind the couch. I went and walked the kitchen after my wife woke up and heard nothing. Went to lay back down with the thought of having to deal with another rodent in my house with small children. I woke up about an hour ago to do my morning computer work before my children wake up. I came out to my living room and saw the green light of success flashing nice and bright before I could turn the lights on. Now I'm not excited that I have had 2 mice in my house in the last month when I had only had a mouse in my house one other time in the last 8 years, but I am quite excited about this product. I do not typically write reviews, but this product has worked great. It is not the cheapest solution, but I believe it is money well spent.

This is very effective and I highly recommend it to anyone! Having recently gone through a mouse infestation of our garage (they found my stash of bird food!!), we needed to quickly control the situation. I originally bought one of these devices and was so impressed that a second one was purchased a few days later. We caught around 20 mice in a week and all were killed effectively. I’ll be honest, I was concerned that they wouldn’t be dead when the trap was emptied, but all were so it was certainly effective. Sometimes it was catching mice within 10 minutes of being put down! We set up a camera so we could monitor on our phone and be able to see the light which indicated that a kill had been made. So that was a great feature and really useful. The size of the trap is good, not too big and intrusive, but large enough for a large mouse. All in all, very impressed and well worth the money. Mouse problem solved!!

After many failure attempts to catch a very smart big rat roaming around the house, I finally got him with this electric shock trap.

We put this in a couple places in the house and one day my wife decided to put it in the babys crib (no baby inside) where she found some droppings. In the middle of the night I was confused as there seemed to be a flashing light in the room. I finally came to my senses and realized it was the TRAP! Oh man, there was 3-4" of tail sticking out of it. I didn't have the heart to open the trap so I held on to the whole trap and launched the rat into the forest. 2024-August Update: we have caught like 6-7 rats in this and each time we set the trap it probably takes a few days to catch one. We put it on the car seat inside the car as a rat got in my wife's brand new subaru and was chewing the kids seat. BAM! Another dead rat. We have never even changed the batteries in this thing either. Such a good product. In fact I only changed the bait today after a year+ of use.

I have been using this trap in a chicken coop on my property for the last few days. It was very easy to set up and fine if it gets wet. I am catching mice every single day. Ican't remember the last time I set traps and caught them this consistently. Plus if the chickens got at the mice or anything else I don't have to worry that they are consuming bait. Will be buying more.

It is straightforward to use and is effective.