Customer Reviews:
 Electronic Rat Killer September 16, 2007
M. Yiannakou
57 out of 58 found this review helpful
First a little introduction to my story. We had a rat problem. We could hear it, and we could smell it coming up from under the floor boards. It was'nt a dead rat smell, but more like a rotten milk smell.
We could see where the thing had been eating away at parts of the house and found a massive hole under the kitchen sink near the pipe work.
At first, I filled the hole with expanding foam and put a couple of glue traps down with a little peanut butter as bait.
The next day I checked under the sink, and the rat had eaten through the foam and you could see where it had got stuck and panicked, and managed to get away.
I was awoken the following morning again at about 3am and came down with my wife to investigate. Armed with a stick I entered the kitchen looked around and walk cautiously into the downstairs bathroom. My wife at this point had followed me into the kitchen. Then suddenly she screemed and ran upstairs. "What!", said I, "I saw something on the kitchen shelf", said she. I turned around to face the kitchen and there was this enormous f*!king rat on my larder shelf. Just then my heroic instincts kicked in and I jumped as high as I could onto the toilet seat kacking my pants!
The thing ran in towards me and darted down a hole in the floor boards that it had made. Well, that was it! Enough was enough!
The following day at work, I decided to order the Electronic Rat Killer from ebay and got the guy to deliver it for Saturday AM. I was not going to wait another three days for delivery.
Anyway, it arrived bright and early on Saturday morning. I popped out and purchased the four required "C" type batteries it needs to run and set myself a mission to rid my house of this bloody pest.
My first impressions of the product were that it was cheaply made, but I went ahead and installed the batteries. The fitting for the batteries is a little awkward at first but eventually I managed to get them in, or so I thought.
I put a little peanut butter in as bait, as suggested, and turned on the device and placed it under the kitchen sink and went away.
I then had a thought. How could I be sure that is was switched on? I read the outside of the box fully and it mentioned that on switching on, the green LED on the top would briefly turn on and a brief humming noise would be heard. Mmm, I thought, I don't recall that happening. So I went back and turned the unit off and then back on to confirm.
NO HUM, NO LED. Whoops! So I rejigged the batteries and put the lid back on and turned the device on again. Bingo! This time the LED came on briefly, as did a humming noise. Now I knew it was ready for action. I popped it back under the kitchen sink and left it alone.
The next day (Sunday), I opened the door under the sink to take a look (after moving the chair away that was wedged against it), but no dead rat or nothing. Then it occurred to me that if I were a rat and a couple of days ago I tried to eat some peanut butter and nearly got stuck on a pad, would I enter a black box to feed on some more? The answer is obviously NO! So with those thoughts in mind I switched the trap off and cleaned out the peanut butter from the back of the trap with some kitchen towels as I did'nt know if it would be ok to use water on it. Oh and by-the-way I did not get any manual with the thing or cleaning instructions, the setup instructions are printed on the box. I have emailed the company today to ask them how the trap should be cleaned, because it is a little awkward getting my hand to the far inside end of the trap to clean it. Anyway having wiped off all of the peanut butter, I decided to check on a couple of government websites regarding rats, and each of them pretty much repeated the same thing - a rats favourite food is cereal.
So I chucked a good handful of Otaflakes into the back of the trap and this time I also left a small amount (one or two flakes) just outside of the traps entrance (sort of a temptation). I switched the trap back on, making sure I heard the familiar hum and LED flash briefly and then closed the kitched sink door making sure to wedge the chair back up against it.
A couple of hours later that Sunday, I had a quick look under the sink and to my amazement the LED on top was flashing meaning the trap had been activated. I pulled it out and there was the rat that had caused all the trouble, DEAD!!
Opened a plastic bag and slid it in. Tied the bag and dumped it into the outside bin - job done!
I have since then re-set the trap and placed it elsewhere in the house where I have found rat activity, it maybe from the rat that has already been killed, but you never know. I'm not sure how long the batteries will run on stand-by, but I do know the company claim about 10-12 kills.
Overall an excellent product, but could do with including cleaning instructions and a better battery compartment, as well as general tidying up of the wires that connect the internal plates.
Highly recommended, I think I will finally get some sleep tonight.
Mario Yiannakou
Colliers wood, South London, England.
Brilliant for mice! February 20, 2008
Big Mike (Suffolk UK)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Having read in the mouse trap reviews that this unit was far better, I decided to purchase one of them. It arrived promptly on a Thursday.
The batteries are a pain to install, as suggested elsewhere here, and the battery cover is a joke. I found that the best way to get the batteries in is to start with the spring end (-ve) ones first. They have to be pushed firmly to get them through the clips. Then put the base ends of the other batteries in so they rest against the top (+ve) end of the first ones and lever them in so they compress the spings and you can then get the top (+ve) cap down into the compartment!
I baited mine with a lump of bread roll as my mice had been ignoring peanut butter and cheese etc on my conventional traps for weeks! Placed against a wall where I knew they ran and a few crumbs trailed into the entrance to lead them in. Switch on and the green LED flashes briefly to show it's working. This was Thurs evening.
Fri morning, came down, periodic slow green flashing LED (about 10 secs between) 1 dead mouse, zapped against the end wall of it. Was in a rush, so emptied it out and dumped the unbaited unit back on the floor and switched it back on. Fri pm, another dead mouse, with no bait! Re-baited with bread roll, out on the beer! Sat lunchtime - 3 dead mice!! Re-baited, watched 1st Rugby international - another dead mouse! Re-baited again, watched 2nd Rugby international - yet another one! 7 in 2 days!! No more since then but no more signs of them either. The unit has been left switched on since then (now 2 1/2 weeks) and it appears to still be working fine on the same set of batteries. Very impressed!
Best killer for the squeemish March 1, 2008
Gamer and 3D Visualiser (London, UK)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I stumbled across this product on amazon looking for something else, and felt I needed to give my input, given my amazing experience with this product. It is incredibly simple to set up, simply put 2 C-type batteries, wipe on some peanut butter on the perforated end plate, and that's it! I waited a total of 3 hours, just 3 hours!, before that troublesome mouse was 'taken care of.' There's a blinking LED that let's you know when it on, and if killed a pest. When exterminating the mouse, the noise is a bit of a shock, in the you'll probably hear a quick squeak, and a succession of electronic vibrations. I have to say though, way back when, seeing my mother kill mice with a mouse trap, this HAS TO BE much more humane. The rig is setup that once the mouse is in and eating the peanut butter, there's absolutely no way the mouse will exit with pain. The mouse will definitely be dead, and within a matter of seconds (3, 4 seconds?). Standard snapping mice trap on the other hand may not accurately get the mouse by collapsing its vital organs... not cool. Trust me, this device is reusable, fullproof, and very easy to set up.
Oh yeah, and once the mouse is dead, you just need to tilt the device, and out comes the mouse into your rubbish bin. No direct handling.
5 stars all the way.
fantastic! January 25, 2008
a j (london)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
i needed to catch mice not rats and this was much better than the useless mouse trap. within 2 hours i had zapped one, now three days later i have caught seven of the little ***'s. i am of course seeking assistance from pest control and this clearly isn't just one stray mouse that wandered in like i thought. i would definately recommend this product for catching mice. nothing else worked for me. the repellers were useless as was the electronic mouse trap. i recommend this product!
 Rodant inhuman killing machines March 18, 2008
Ms. N. M. Oconnor (UK)
4 out of 32 found this review helpful
I think this product is inhuman and cruel, rat and mice dont ask to be born but they are so treat them with respect, imagin how you would feel to die in pain by such a vile contraption. There are human ways to rid a space from Rodants.... put down 'Cayanne Pepper' they won't return again.
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