M2 Smart-Kill Humane Wi-Fi Enabled Electronic Rat Trap Killer - 2 Traps

I bought a two pack. One lost connection while the batteries were supposedly still at 70% the day before. Changed the batteries and it won’t turn on, the red light in the on switch just intermittently flashes, won’t stay on and won’t connect. The other one is supposedly connected and on, and there are rat droppings all around and you can see on the bait where they came in and ate what peanut butter they could get and and no dead rat in the trap and no message from the app that it had been triggered. Go figure, seemed too good to be true and it was. Going back to good old spring loaded rat traps because they actually work. Now I know why they only give a 30 day warranty on these things. I will never buy these again, complete waste of money.

I purchased these 2019 and needed to repurchase them because I thought our issue was over. However, they found a new way into the house. I felt compelled to write a review after seeing all the recent negative reviews. We had tremendous success with these traps. So much so that I reordered the old model over the new, which would have been cheaper. As far as internet connectivity, some older devices have issues connecting to wifi because of 2g and 5g. If it works great if not, then check the traps. If you are within hearing distance of these, you will hear the zap and sometimes you will hear the rat/mouse do a very quick squeal. Next, the secret to these traps is to pre-bait it with peanut butter. When you notice the peanut butter gone for a few consecutive days, arm the trap. We caught 11 in one night after we did this. If you empty the trap quickly enough, you do not have to clean the plate after every catch. If you wait, the best way I found to clean it was hydrogen peroxide and let it air dry. I would imagine rubbing alcohol would work too. You just want the scent of "death" gone. This got rid of our issue. They work fantastic. They are fast and effective. No mess to clean and the humane.

Absolutely worthless! Wifi range is next to nothing, kills batteries within 3-5days and have yet to get a single rodent. I originally bought them to put in the crawl space, but they don’t last more than 1 week before the batteries need to be replaced. And WiFi range was less than 30’ from the router and wouldn’t stay connected. I unfortunately missed the return window and am now stuck with expensive traps that do not work.

The whole idea of an internet connected mouse trap seems kind of ridiculous. Is this an Onion parody turned into a real product? But I got a couple of these anyhow to put down in the garage to prevent a repeat of last winter’s “rodent invasion apocalypse” which cost a LOT of money to fix. They work and it turns out to be amazingly handy to get the alert to remind me to go on down and empty out the trap. I haven’t used them long enough to have a good idea of battery life but they are still over 75% after 3 weeks and 4 rodents zapped. Update - battery life has been fine - multiple months. One did lose connection and need to be completely reset. False trigger notices mean they need cleaning. So, I bought 2 more. The new ones, WR190808GVXXXXX and WR190811GVXXXXX (both on FW 1.3.3) were a royal pain to set up. Setup on an iPhone X running iOS 13.3.1 failed repeatedly. Connection to the trap’s own WiFi network failed multiple times. After successfully connecting to the trap’s WiFi network, set up failed with “there has been a network error” when attempting to retrieve the available WiFi networks so that I could select my home network. This failed 100% of the time on both units after multiple attempts. I was within 10 feet of the WiFi access point and I tried all the usual things - restarting the app, power cycling the traps and my phone. The older traps had been no problem to set up on the same phone a year ago (with an older version of iOS). I *was* able to complete setup of the 2 new traps after only a few retries using an iPhone SE running iOS 13.3. This suggests that there might be an incompatibility with the Victor app and the most recent iOS release. I reported it to Victor, so with luck a fix is coming.

Great idea but falls short in numerous areas such as the unit is built quite cheaply. The battery doors don't work well. One is so loose that so it just sits on the top. Should have had a port for plug in adapter. Should also use indicator lights on unit instead of being totally dependent on the app. Additionally, the app is awkward not working properly needing many tweaks. All that being said, it does work !!! Update: I have now purchased 6 of these units within the last month. They work great at first, then fail for various reasons such as no power, connection losses, and shock plates not working. I have returned 2 and now 2 more today. Called Victor with little further assistance. Not batteries and not a cleaning issue. Now 1 of my last 2 is malfunctioning. If not a design issue, clearly there is a defective batch or parts issue. What a hassle. i wanted to keep and have at least 4 for long term use. Can't recommend at all until Victor notifies and corrects the issue with a detailed explanation and solution. Originally rated three stars now one, zero if it were possible. 2nd UPDATE: After two calls to Victor, the first being unhelpful and useless. The second a complete opposite, offered to send replacements of the non wireless model. He explained that the wireless model has been discontinued due to known electronic/ defect issues. What is out there is left over stock. Do not waste time, effort, an money by buying this model. I am back to 3 stars because of the replacement but should have have never occurred in the first place if they recalled these which should have been done IMO.

Bought this two pack and although they both provisioned successfully I noticed the next day that one showed “connection lost” in the app. I caught a rodent in the other one, I reset it and then a day later noticed it went offline as well. Both traps now don’t work and just flash a red light. Replaced batteries but no change. After some googling it sounds like this is a known issue and it looks like I’m unlucky with two that basically were DOA.

These traps have been prolific. I bait with nut butter. Snap traps do not compare. I have the larger rat version. My exclusion work has kept the big fellas out now, but these traps keep racking up mouse kills while I find and plug the tiny holes. The wi-fi feature for me is key. I can set it up in the crawlspace and forget it until it reports a kill...sort of...see below. THE GOOD - Easy wi-fi setup. I've set up a lot of smart devices on my Android. I've set up a few of these a few times. Easiest and most reliable set up of any wi-fi device. Victor did a nice job here where so many others have failed. - Easy rodent disposal. Pick it up, dump the dead critter, set it back, get the next kill. For me, the quickest turnaround has been about 15 minutes. I found the recommended reset post-kill unnecessary. I did it initially, but I think it might have caused problems actually. - Cleaning. I haven't needed to clean it post-kill very often. Since rodents are so scent-sensitive, logic told me that the scent of former...uh...occupants would be better than the recommended hydrogen peroxide. My kill rate seems to be proof of this theory. And, honestly, I would be cleaning them way too frequently. - Easy to bait. I use a tiny cocktail spoon to load the cup with nut butter (almond butter). The rodent rarely reaches it, so I don't have to reload very often. - Exceptional customer service. THE BAD (All this is why it's not five stars.) All the negatives are about the app during operation... - Kill alarms. I've had units miss kill alarms. The first was a disaster because the unit sat for 2-3 weeks in the crawlspace after the kill. The rodent moldered on the contact plates. I cleaned it according to instructions (hydrogen peroxide and a toothbrush...yep, gross as it sounds). After that, it failed to shock and became a feeder. The good news: I told customer support and they offered a one-time courtesy replacement! Very impressed. - Connectivity alarms. I've had a unit with the batteries out, cleaning it, and it still showed connected after a couple hours, with battery life. So I check them once a week no matter what. I also delete the trap and reconnect it like a new unit after battery replacement. - Offline reporting. On the flip-side, false "your trap has been offline for more than 24 hours" alarms happen to me sometimes. I say "false" because the traps show online and they check out ok upon inspection. - Activity reporting. The "last activity" reporting in the app is odd. Traps have activity pretty much every day (despite 24-hour disconnect alarms sometimes), but there's no indication of what the "activity" is. At first, this had me checking traps when I didn't need to. My guess is that it's an "I'm alive" signal? - Multiple traps are hard to manage. No alarm indicates which trap is the originator. So you have to look at each one. Most people will probably have just one, though, so maybe not a big deal. - No apparent way to check shock capability. Because of above issues, and occasional missing bait, I wish there were some way to test the shock capability with a volt meter in addition to wi-fi connectivity. I'm sure there is some way to do this, but I haven't seen instructions online. But I'm not sure how the plate circuits work, and haven't yet experimented. BOTTOM LINE - Spendy, but worth it. Most effective trap out there. Snap traps often have bait gone and no kill even with the most sensitive hair-trigger setup. If you need to control and want fairly reliable kill notifications, get this trap. But know that alarms and notifications are not trustworthy enough to get the full benefit of set and forget.

I have used electric traps before and thought the addition of wifi to not have to check them would be perfect. The wifi would not stay on. It shutoff 30-45 seconds after startup. Could not even get through setup before it shut itself off. I called their troubleshooting line on the off chance their was something outside the instructions to try and registered a callback but they never called me back. Don't waste your time on these wifi models