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What Customers Are Saying
Customers report widespread dissatisfaction with this rat trap, citing a trigger mechanism that fails to activate even when bait is consumed, allowing rats to steal food without setting it off. Many describe the trap as extremely difficult and dangerous to set, requiring 10 to 15 minutes and risking finger injuries from the heavy spring. Reviewers frequently compare it unfavorably to competitor brands, calling it unreliable and poor quality. A small number report successful catches and praise the sturdy construction, but these positive experiences are vastly outnumbered by complaints of ineffectiveness and poor design.
Customer review summary generated by AI, including incentivized reviews.traditional mouse trap
Would Recommend[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] good size for large mice or rats, trap easy to set and effective
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great job
Would Recommend[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] had been seeing large rat by my back door had tried to catch him before never did ..got him first night great trap
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Sturdy Trap for Rats
Would Recommend[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Although it looks a little scary when first seen it is fairly easy to load and use.
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Great Chipmonk trap
Would Recommend[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I received my Tomcat Rat Trap a few weeks ago. I do not have any Rats however I do have a bunch of Chipmonks. They are cute little creatures but are very destructive. These traps work very well for eliminating the chipmonks. I use peanut butter and bird seed. It didn't take long to decrease my chipmonk population.
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This rat trap is so easy to use.
Would Recommend[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Setting up this trap is just as easy to set up as the much smaller mouse trap. I have not caught any rats yet and I hope that there are none around in my garage.
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A basic quality design trap
Would Recommend[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] No frills...just works as expected. Take it out of the package...bait and wait
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Product worked
Would Recommend[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Product performed as it was designed to do & quality was good
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this product is great for all plantings
Would Recommend[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] i used this product right after i got it and it worked great. used it several times and always fast to get whatever you are after.
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Old Fashioned Trap but Reliable
Would Recommend[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] The saying here "the early bird gets the worm, but the second rat gets the cheese" applies here.
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practical pest removal
Would Recommend[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] quite simply a well built killing machine that has the ability to take down a cat
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Great Product
Would Recommend[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Really works well. Plastic off brand didn't trip all the time. This trap had eliminated 4 in 4 days. Well done! Will get several more.
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Tomcat Rat Traps are a necessity!
Would Recommend[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] In my area we get large Norwegian rats that can cause a lot of damage. The Tomcat Rat Traps are simple but very efficient in keeping my garage rat free!
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Best Trap
Would Recommend[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] We prefer the wooden traps and this one is excellent. We live in an area that has lots of wooded areas and a little outside of town. We do have issues at times with rats outside only.. These traps are great to put out in the yard in areas that the dog does not get into.
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Great Rat trap
Would Recommend[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Got it, put it out and got a rat in an hour.. Daughter is not happy that it kills them but I love it.
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Great basic affordable mousetrap
Would Recommend[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This is a no nonsense basic mousetrap which is very reliable and easy to use. It is very affordable and gets the job done. If you are worried about seeing the end results, then this product may not be for you. If you don't want to spend much, and you want something that is tried and tested, this is your trap.
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A rat trap is a rat trap
Would Recommend[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] The quality is pretty good, i use the mouse traps and they are decent. Watch your fingers loading this trap. Its loaded and ready... I just have to wait.
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Did not work for us
Would Not RecommendOur cat brought home a "present" the other night. I set out a Tomcat Secure-Kill and bought several Tomcat wooden Rat Traps. The rat licked the triggers clean of all the sticky peanut butter on the wooden traps. Fortunately the Secure-Kill worked. Don't waste your money on the wooden traps.
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Kills rats but not the usual way
Would RecommendFirst rat crawled out of the trap squealing and got away because only the tail got stuck in it. The next time it killed two rats at the same time but neither rat was stuck in the trap (both rats lay dead next to it). The same thing happened again, the trap killed another rat and it was laying very dead next to the trap. Although the traps did not catch the rats the way they were supposed to, (perhaps my rats were too big for the traps) they are very effective rat killers.
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this product could be better
Would Not Recommendi bought 4 of these and was only able to set 2 of them and the 2 that i was able to set went off about 45 minutes later and nothing had touched them....no marks in the peanut butter. i tried for 15 minutes to set these traps and no luck. should have stayed with the traps i normally use. probably why the store was out of stock.
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We are sorry to hear of your experience with our Tomcat Wooden Rat Trap. The trap should be placed on a flat surface while attempting to set it. The s...
Never gets triggered..
Would Not RecommendTerrible product. Peanut butter gets licked clean every time and trap never gets triggered. Yes, it's set correctly. Will never buy this Tom cat brand again.. garbage.
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We are sorry that the Tomcat Wooden Rat Trap did not capture the rodent as expected. We are not sure why the bait is gone but the trap is not being tr...

We are sorry that our Tomcat Wooden Rat Traps did not work for you. We are unsure of why the trap is not being triggered but sometimes rats are smarte...