Victor M250S 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.

This is the best mouse trap I've tried. Before this I was experimenting with the block baits which supposedly attract mice, but we did not have any luck at all. The blocks remained untouched. So I was looking for a way to kill mice in a very effective way without all the mess and voila! This rats effectiveness is 100% Once the mice go inside they don't go out. I can only give a few piece of advice: -Peanut butter did not work for us as many bait blocks smell like that and I guess mice learned to stay away from such odor. -I had to one day observe one mouse's movements to find the best spot to place the trap. At first I was bummed because no mice were getting caught, but once I found the correct bait and sport, I am getting results almost every day! We are currently using palmiers as bait (which are made from puff pastry and sugar, and mice seem to love that) with highly effective results. I once found two little mice inside, trapped. Getting rid of a mouse if pretty easy, you just open the lid, dispose of it, reload it, and done! No mess, no fluids, and very easy. I am considering on getting the multikill bigger model, but this one I like because its very small and very concealable. This just won't work on rats as they are bigger.

Victor claims that this upgraded design of their electronic mouse trap can kill up to 100 mice. Perhaps by “kill” the company means to kill off the mouse’s vibe temporarily and give it a bad day - not the kind of kill you’re probably after if you’re buying this mouse trap. We had used the prior design of the Victor electronic traps for years and were extremely impressed with them. If we saw any signs of mice in our home, we would bait one, set it out, and in less than 24 hours it would catch the mouse: Problem solved. This year when we saw signs of mice it had been a few years since we had needed to use the Victor traps, and they needed replacing, so we purchased two of this new upgraded design. This time it took a few days before we had a kill which we noted was a longer time frame than usual. Well, that was the only kill that those two traps have accomplished though we have continued to see signs of mice. The “kill light” comes on and we’ve found the trap moved a bit, but no dead mouse inside. One of the traps, the one that had actually resulted in one kill, has since had all of the bait eaten while the trap is set - clearly nothing too awful is happening if you enter the trap. The previous electronic trap design had advertised that four AA batteries would result in 50 kills. The new design is claiming 100 kills with four AA batteries. Since battery power, to the best of my knowledge, has not advanced that much in the past decade, Victor’s upgraded trap must be delivering less of a shock than the one before that had actually done the job. Fed up with the Victor traps, I purchased an Owltra brand trap and baited it yesterday, sitting it right beside one of the freshly baited and set Victor traps. This morning when I checked, the Owltra trap had had its first kill…the real kind, and still nothing from the Victor. We’ll be switching brands from here on.

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.f Ok. 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.

I think it goes without saying that this is a product that I would have preferred not to have purchased; no one wants to deal with a mouse problem. But when I saw a mouse run into my closet, I knew I was going to have to do something about it. I'm extremely squeamish when it comes to creepy crawlies. Playing hypersonic sounds from my smart speaker was not chasing the mouse out of my closet. The sounds of cats meowing weren't scaring the mouse away. The mouse wasn't deterred by the smell of peppermint, lemongrass, or lavender. This mouse wanted to be in my room making itself cozy in my closet, and was happy to leave little poopies all around my room while I was asleep or at work. So it was time to get a trap, as much as I didn't want to buy a mousetrap. I didn't want to get a sticky trap, even if I'm not a fan of creepy crawlies, I don't want them to suffer or have to "unalive" them myself once they're on the trap. I also wanted a clean option, seeing as the issue was in my CLOSET with all of my clothes. I also preferred something I didn't have to see or touch, so this trap was my best option. So let's get to the point... This trap WORKS, but you do have to put it in the right place. I originally set this trap on the wall next to my closet and didn't catch anything for 4 nights. So I refreshed the bait and moved that trap into my closet, where the mouse (or should I say MICE) were hanging out. Then, not even an hour after I shut my lights out for the night, I noticed a little flash coming from the closet, in about 30-second intervals... so I got out of bed and looked into the closet... and that's when I saw a little tail sticking out of the trap. That was also when, to my dismay, I realized I had more than one mouse, because there was another mouse making some racket in my closet. So in the morning, I had someone braver than me empty the trap, and I set the trap back into the closet, before I even cleaned it properly. A few hours later, I'm sitting at my desk, and I hear a click and some buzzing... so I check the closet, and the green light is flashing AGAIN, and there's another little tail in there. So... needless to say, this thing works with good placement, good batteries, and a little bit of peanut butter. So if you have a mouse and you're considering this trap, don't hesitate on this purchase. It gets the job done.

We've bought 3 of these. The first one worked very well, so we bought two more. Unfortunately, the next two didn't work as well. One worked perhaps 2 to 3 times and the other basically never worked at all. Still, when they do work, they kill the mouse quickly and efficiently and the mice are easily disposed of. I've dealt with other mouse traps, including the snap and glue types and have had some pretty gruesome results from those where I know the poor things took a long time to die. So, still recommend, but if the light doesn't come on when you turn it on the first time, send it back, it's broken.

This is the absolute best mouse trap I have ever tried; bar-none period (it's even your better than your beloved pussy cat) in every way that I can think of besides the fact that it does cost money. The trap is easy to bait, easy to set, and easy to dispose of the dead mice (which will be every single one you need to eliminate)! They will be caught/killed 99.9% of the time without much of mess besides a drop or two of mouse pee every now and then, which can be rinsed out easily. It will even kill those little pesky bastards that repeatively out-smart your conventional spring-type traps. I have been having 100% success using pretzel sticks and peanut butter. I first use one pretzel stick to scoop out a pea-sized bit of peanut butter. Next I break that part off and put it in the bait cup instead of using only peanut butter like the instructions say. Next, I use the remainder of that one pretzel stick (broken into pieces) to make a little bait trail leading to the trap with one piece placed in the trap entryway just before it is totally out of sight. After he/she has devoured the my free offerings, they will start to smell the irresistible aroma of peanut butter. As they chomp on my final tasty gift and go a little bit further past a partition wall inside the trap, they will finally see that the food that is creating such a delicious the smell does exist just ahead. At this precise moment in this process, I bet every would-be victim is overcome with a sudden, uncontrollable desire to greedily start gorging themselves on this unbelievable bounty presented before them. However upon taking the small step in order to reach this fabulous feast, the victim has unknowingly stepped on the second metal pad (closing an electrical circuit) which leads to an instantaneous deadly flow of electricity through their body. The electrocution process is silent and happens at speed of light without any lengthy wait on death row or even having any chance of a last minute pardon (unless you forget to turn the trap on or have weak batteries! But all jokes aside, it sounds pretty violent but the tiny mouse is dead instantaneously and he/she probably never knew what the hell happened, but YOU WILL....no more filthly, disease carrying mouse! Only thing left to do now is empty or replace (at a cost) the death chamber, re-bait, and get ready to give many more heartfelt goodbyes to the rest of the mouse's family!! However, my experience has been that re-baiting is usually unnecessary; as long as your first offering is still good and fresh. Needless to say, but as a reminder, the trail of pretzels I suggested will ALWAYS need to be replaced but by no means necessary in order to have success. The main reason that I like to put the extra bit of luring bait to see if it's there later thus reporting to me whether or not all the mice have been eradicated, since hungry mice absolutely cannot resist the fragrant temptation of pretzels and peanut butter. There are only 2 reasons that I can think of why mice wouldn't want to endulge themselves with this irresistible bait combination is because either they're not hungry at the time or they are not in house anymore (which is preferred IMO)! The extra baiting around the trap is really more of a mouse presence indicator for me and not required to rid your home of pests. I honestly cannot say enough positive things about this trap. It's worth every stinking penny and I don't brag on many products or leave a lot of positive reviews unless I feel it will be beneficial to others. Boy, I really wish I was the one that invented this or that I could buy stock in this (either way, I would be wealthy)!!! All of my life I've heard people say that you can't build a better mouse trap! After using this one, I would have to respond by saying, "YES you absolutely CAN and Victor has done it even better with their second attempt some 100+ years later!! Now even you will be able to confidently say, "Death to all you nasty, scurrying,##@@@, $$##@@, mice!!! I WILL get you _______ now!" Or whichever descriptive words work for you. Haha

I had read literally HUNDREDS of reviews for this product, both good and bad, but leaned more towards the positive when I decided to place my order. We had been finding “evidence” of these little critters for months on our counter, black stove and in kitchen drawers, but nowhere else. We had two cats that usually took care of the problem for us, but one of them moved out this summer with his owner. That’s when we found out that the tuxedo kitty was WORTHLESS and were about ready to borrow the one that had moved out for a few months to show Mr. Tuxedo what a “real” cat is supposed to do!! Enter the Victor M250S Indoor Electronic Humane Mouse Trap. When I was scrubbing the stove one day, awaiting our new kitty replacement, I noticed there was an area that was especially dirty below the digital dials for the temp & time, etc. I thought that was just a regular vent that heat comes out of when in use, but apparently, it’s a super-highway for our vermin friends to gain access to our counter. The few times we didn’t get a chance to do dishes before bedtime, we would awaken to used frying pans on the stove that one could only describe as a community port a potty for these ba&%#rds that had invaded our home. When our Victor trap arrived on 12/28/2022, I did exactly as instructed. Put in fresh batteries, put a tiny piece of peanut butter in the space provided being extra careful not to get any on the electric part using rubber gloves so as not to transfer my scent, then placed it on the counter next to the stove. Day #1 nothing but mouse poop on the spoon rest on the counter. Day #2. Made sure nothing edible was on the counter or stove. Nothing. Day #3, same thing. Day #4 God as my witness, that night my roomie fried up a few pieces of ham in a pan and sat down to eat. I walked past the kitchen to the living room, sat down and saw something out of the corner of my eye in the kitchen. All the lights were still on which made it very easy for me to see that one of our furry enemies was on the stove heading towards that frying pan!! He got up on the ledge of it and it must have still been too hot for his little feet, so he backed off and scurried behind the stovetop but not so much that I wasn’t able to see his paws and nose twitching, just waiting for the pan to cool down. I situated myself so I could see straight into the kitchen to view his little antics and sure enough, about 5 minutes later, there he was….IN THE DAMN FRYING PAN. I got of my chair quickly, walked towards the kitchen and stomped on the floor, thinking that would scare him off, but all he did was jump out the pan, turn around on the stove, and had a stare-down with me!!! OK, GAME ON!!! I took the frying pan, put it in the sink with soap and hot water and proceeded to set him up for his demise. Keep in mind that this whole time, the Victor trap was only inches away from the stove this whole time with peanut butter in it. Apparently OUR mouse had a more discerning pallet and preferred meat protein. I donned rubber gloves and carefully cleaned out the peanut butter and got out my jar of saved bacon grease. He was gonna LOVE this, I just knew it. I smeared a tiny dab of grease in the designated spot and set the trap next to the stove. I then took about a teaspoon of grease in another frying pan, heated it up to melt, then placed the pan on the counter right next to the trap. I knew the smell would be irresistible to him. I swear he was actually watching me as I was using the stove!! It took him maybe 2 minutes once I backed away, to get on the counter. He meandered to the frying pan immediately. It must have still been warm, because he backed off and proceeded to clean his little paws while perched ON TOP OF THE TRAP that was right next to the frying pan!! Bath time completed, he hopped into the frying pan and proceeded to lick off what little grease he could, then scurried back behind the stove. Day #5, nothing. Day #6, nothing. Day #7, the roomie and I both got a touch of the flu and barely went into the kitchen for anything. Day #9, I was more on the mend and went into the kitchen to make a cup of coffee. No green light and I couldn’t even remember if I had re-set the trap because I was so disappointed in the product. Not sure if it’s really the fault of the product or not. OUR mouse was just too smart and apparently a picky eater. Because we had the flu, there wasn’t anything on or near the counter for any “visitors” to eat. I took a look at the trap and no light was flashing and my brief look inside didn’t appear to have one in it so I set it back down on the counter. I was going to return the trap later that day but since I was there, I would slide the on/off switch to make sure it was set. When I did, it smelled funny; kind of an electrical smell and I wondered if, since I hadn’t been feeling well, that I hadn’t been able to smell that when we first got it and that that was what was keeping the critters away from it. I went back to my day and didn’t think about it for a few hours until I mentioned it to my roommate. She asked if I was certain it hadn’t caught something. I double checked, and sure enough, it was full! The bacon grease worked!! An hour later, the roomie was making a piece of toast. She had left a stick of butter on the counter the night before to thaw and this is what she found. Pic attached. It looks they were eating it like a cob of corn. This had never happened before! I don’t know if the mouse the trap caught had eaten the butter before getting on the trap or if he has friends that like meat protein too, but we were totally grossed out! I’ll be re-setting the trap with butter this time to see if any friends are tempted. Be patient and try different kinds of bait. It works!! *** UPDATE *** That next night, the trap caught another big fat one and we haven't seen any new poop on the counter since. I find it hard to believe that we only had 2 total in the whole house, but time will tell. I'm going to put some fresh batteries and fresh butter and keep it on the counter until we are convinced we have them all. Being that it's small enough to not be in our way for cooking, etc., there's no reason not to keep it up and set. VERY happy with our results!!