Customer Rating: 
Summary: Works Great
Comment: I just purchsed this product yesterday and this morning I found that I had already caught a rat. I followed the instructions and put a small amount of peanut butter in the back of the trap. I tried a live trap because I didn't want to kill the rat but I couldn't continue to let him live in my home so I decided this would be the quickest and most humane way to get rid of him. It works great and I highly recommend it!!!!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great
Comment: I put this outside in a dry place, good news is, it killed 3 rats in 1 week, bad news is, I had 3 rats
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Does not work at all.
Comment: I bought this trap because I saw a rat in my kitchen. I bought a couple of standard spring type traps to use while I waited for the electric trap to ship. I trapped and killed on small rat that night. I baited and placed the electric trap when I got, just in case. Twice I found the bait gone, with no dead rodent. After a few days I started to see another rat running around the house. I set out a few more old fashioned traps and caught a rat that night. Don't waist your money on this fancy pants trap. Go out and get the old faithful snap traps for a buck or so.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Did not work
Comment: I have this rather large mouse, about 4" long w/ 4" tail. He is too quick to catch w/ traditional Victor wooden traps. He is too large to enter d-CON mouse trap. He is too large to enter the Victor Electronic Mouse Trap. I tried all of these without success. So I purchased the Victor Electronic Rat Trap. I baited it a couple times so the large mouse felt comfortable moving all the way to the back of the trap. Then I baited the trap, set it, and nothing--the rodent did eat all the food. I have rather liberally placed water on the 3 plates which are supposed to shock the mouse, but that too was to no avail. I am buying a Havahart trap which should work since this large mouse is very comfortable entering a "cage" for his cheese and peanut butter. It is possible that this trap is not functioning, since I could not detect any voltage across the plates. In any case, it does not work.
Customer Rating:
Summary: rats be gone!
Comment: After the stray cat that used to hang out around my house disappeared, at night I started hearing noises outside and in the trees. After a little investigation I discovered that I had rats feeding on my fruit trees. So I started investigating alternatives for rat extermination. This product seemed to be the most interesting (but expensive!). Rat traps are messy and sometimes they only mame the rat without killing it. Glue boards aren't perfect either. My biggest concern about this contraption is whether it was a gimmick or not. I found another website selling a similar rat zapper and it had dozens of rave reviews from "satisfied customers". Of course, I would never trust what a website claims so I went to Google Groups for further research. There is no information whatsoever in Google. Strange that a product with so many satisfied customers has no information on Google. I was very suspicious, but I didn't have any other alternatives. So I took a chance and bought it. I'm glad I did!
I've had the trap out for three days giving the rats free food with it being turned off. I read that you need to train the rats to trust the trap. So you have to voluntarily feed them for a few days without turning the trap on. I scattered the food all around and in the trap to make sure they new that this was a good place to come and eat.
The first couple of days no rats ate any of the food (I'm using granola mix b/c I don't have any peanut butter in the house). I found out that you have to look for the rat droppings and put the trap where there is evidence that they like to hang out. I found a bunch of droppings in the outdoor laundry room and sure enough the bait was gone the next morning. I would resupply their food source once before work and once after work. They were getting fat and happy.
Today I finally put the batteries in the trap and turned it on. I also put some wet newspaper in front of the trap with some granola on it to make sure their paws were wet when they went inside. The results have been amazing. It's only been out there for a half day and I've already killed three rats. I get rid of the rat, scatter more granola and reset the trap. An hour later there's a new rat inside. Its a rat killing machine! Rats go in but they don't come out.
All in all, this trap rocks. It's pretty pricey compared to the standard traps, but I like that all I do is pick up the trap and the rat slides into the paper bag. No guts or gore and its easy to reset.
Oh yeah - make sure you wear thick gloves when doing anything around rat traps b/c of the diseases. And you should still wash you hands afterwards.
