Rat Snap Trap, 1 Rat Size Trap - Reusable - Effectively Kill Rats - Ideal for Home and Farm Use

Typically, I don't write reviews unless it's awful or amazing. This rat trap was amazing. I had been messing with a classic wooden rat trap for weeks with no luck. Rat would eat everything and not set it off or set it off and eat everything with no luck. After setting this out for one night, the was caught and dead in the morning. It happened extremely fast and was real easy to set up. It claps on the rats head for what seems to be a quick death and was easy to dispose of afterwards. I am buying another one now in cae I have more. Can't recommend this over the classic wooden trap.

Works like a charm. No muss, no fuss. Rats took up residence in my garage just before we had a freeze here in FL. High living! Many of my plants were in there…gave them lots to eat. Everything they needed. But now I’m catching them with two traps per night. Four so far. I won’t re-use them…ick factor for me. (What can I say…I’m a female. The fact that I can bring myself to dispose of them is a big deal for me). Thankfully Amazon offers them for half of what they are at local Ace Hardware. One adult fought like heck, wouldn’t die, even with head stuck in trap. Nasty. I put them in large plastic painters’ pail and closed the lid. Out they go. Yeah, some money spent on traps and pails…but a whole lot less than using extermination service. Still need to have them “bomb” garage, though.

This rat trap worked much better than I expected. It was easy to set up, sturdy, and felt well-made compared to others I’ve tried. Within a short time, it successfully did its job, which gave me peace of mind. I also appreciate that it’s reusable and simple to clean. Overall, it’s an effective and reliable solution for dealing with a rodent problem.

This is excellent so far. It was extremely easy to bait and set. The first night I put it out, it caught a big rat. I emptied it and put it out the night after that and woke up in the morning to see another rat. I just set it out again tonight and will see if it snag another one by tomorrow morning. I have had a lot of failures or hit or misses with other traps (some way more expensive and complicated). This is how I expect a product to work. Thanks to whoever designed this thing. Maybe now my kids can get their screened in patio to play on again with rats eating multiple holes in the screen to come poop and pee all over the patio!!

So these rat traps have a lot of advantages over the regular 180-degree kill-bar type. The angle of the opened 'jaw' shortens the distance and time needed for the trap to snap shut, which means higher catch rate. Plus the teeth really do grab and hold even large rats making it harder for them to get away. The semi-closed construction prevents rats from sneaking up from behind and accidentally tripping the trap without getting caught or using nearby objects to disable the threat (yes, that actually happens). Since there's no kill-bar traveling in an arch, you don't have to worry about it hitting an obstacle and getting deflected before reaching the target. It also seems to make the trap safer for birds, which usually aren't that interested when the bait is somewhat obscured. Also, the trigger mechanism usually isn't sensitive enough for an inquisitive pain-in-the-a*s wren to set it off and get itself killed. Although, sadly there have been exceptions. You can unscrew the bait tray and load it with no risk of clipping your fingers. Arming the trap is super easy, a push down & click type of deal, and emptying it does not require handling a gross, dead rat. On top of that, the large size of the trigger plate means rats may, and indeed sometimes do, get caught by a limb, simply by accidentally stepping on it rather than going for the bait. However, my issue with this trap is the relatively weak spring. The short path of the kill-bar makes it even worse as the lightweight, plastic jaw simply doesn't have enough energy/momentum for a quick, ethical kill. I often use my rat traps alongside two trail cameras to better understand the 'enemy' and learn how it all works in practice. Unfortunately, what I've seen is somewhat disturbing. Sure, most rats end up dead but some take a long time to die. The longest struggle I've recorded lasted about three hours, during which the rat, very much alive, wiggled itself out of the camera's field of view and eventually died several feet away from the trap's original position. On at least two occasions, I found a rat still alive in the trap and had to finish the job myself. Not sure how long they'd been struggling before I showed up because there was no camera to record it at the time. To people asking about this trap ability to catch and kill squirrels... It might catch and eventually kill a small species but an Eastern gray squirrel that happened to wander too close to my trap, got captured by one of my trail cams having been whacked right on the noggin, doing a double backflip, shaking the trap off midair and running away as if nothing ever happened. I think a more powerful spring would really help and make this a nearly perfect rat trap.

Somehow I got a rat in my attic. I put a fancy electric rat trap up there to catch him as well as a couple wireless cameras to try and see how he was getting in (because I haven't had any rat trouble for years). A week later, noises in the attic still but nothing in the trap. Camera footage showed the rat going right up to the electronic trap but being to suspicious to go inside. Frustrated, I looked for an alternative - enter, the Tomcat. I placed a couple Tomcats in the attic and within 4 hours that rat was caught. Done! As others suggested, I connected the Tomcats to a little bailing wire and secured to nearby screws so the rat couldn't drag it off, and that worked fine. There's a bit of play on the trap's trigger paddle so if you're careful you can ease that paddle down a bit toward the release point and make a 'hair-trigger' out of it. Hold the trap securely open with your hands while you press the paddle and gauge where the paddle will snap the trap shut, then leave the paddle very close to that point and you have your hair trigger. Nothing fancy, no mods, that's what I did and it worked great - don't get your fingers snapped! its I found this trap to be very effective and would definitely buy again.

Nunca había visto una trampa como esta, pero la verdad es muy efectiva, tuve la visita de dos ratas en mi casa, una la puede matar por cuenta propia, pero la otra era más escurridiza, le dí veneno y una trampa de pegamento pero ninguna funciono (supongo que fueron de mala calidad ) si qué o dacia qué más comprar para matarla hasta que me encontré con esta trampa y me convenció por las reseñas, la compre y en dos días cayo, yo use de cebo un poco de atún ya qué tiene un olor fuerte.

I live in a semi-rural area and have a problem with rats getting in the roof (and gnawing on electrical wiring) and under the house. Hitherto I've used bait stations, which certainly kills the rats, but they die in the roof or in the sub-floor and create a stink for a couple of weeks. After reviewing a couple of cheaper and similar design traps I settled on Tomcat — and they work a treat. I caught this specimen on the second night, adjacent to a hole where they were getting under the house. I'm happy to recommend Tomcat Rat Snap traps — a quality product that works.

I have used snap traps of various types for years with limited success. I have heard that rats can actually eat the bait on some without tripping the mechanism and also know what a trap looks like and actually can trigger the trap without getting caught. I can verify that as absolutely true as I use an infra red wildlife camera to see the routes the rats take and have seen rats "teasing" the trap. having seen the reviews I decided to try the Tomcat trap. In the first 3 nights I caught 4 rats. Unbelievably two rats were killed at the same time. Since then it has proved effective with more kills. I like the removeable bait holder as it can be cleaned easily and recharged. Also I think the matt plastic and more shell like construction makes it less conspicuous. Whatever it is proving to be a great product and worth spending that bit more on. Peanut butter is also the best bait I've used so far. I was told Nutella is good but that never worked very well. I tend to smear some peanut butter on things in the area of the trap which seems to also help entice the rats onto the trap. Thoroughly recommended !

Very powerful trap, snaps necks and kills quickly. Although less so if they get their legs caught, then you have to fetch the spade.

I was very impressed at how easy it was to set and I liked the fact that you could bait it without setting it off overall a very good and well made product, & i would certainly purchase again 😀 👍👍.