Roshield 4 x Rat Traps – Professional Quality & Heavy Duty
Roshield 4 x Rat Traps – Professional Quality & Heavy Duty Pest Control Traps for Instant Kill – Large Reusable & Easy Set Rodent Solutio
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| Dimensions: | 22.1 x 15.7 x 9.4 cm; 460 Grams |
| Model: | RRT4 |
| Part: | RRT4 |
| Manufacture: | Fort Products Limited |
| Dimensions: | 22.1 x 15.7 x 9.4 cm; 460 Grams |
Used half a rolo in each and got these the 1st night!
Little tip: I’m used to setting traps but hubby trapped his fingers. Don’t touch the part covered with the red rubber, just pull the opposite side to set.
Work great with peanut butter or Nutella. Only downsides I think I’ve found is the little red tube helps the bigger rats wriggle out from the trap as it rolls over their body. I’ve cut it off a couple of them and I feel they work better for it. Also when the weather is cold the plastic must become brittle as I’ve had one snap in half from the power of the trap setting off without catching the rat.
I bought the two trap two station version (SXTRAP2-691a / B00XL3P51C) for which the description said: “This kit includes 2 x powerful rat traps, 2 x tamper-resistant bait stations & 1 x BAIT SYRINGE.”
However when I opened the box I found two stations and trap but no bait!
Now I’ve got to set these with my own bait until I can get hold of customer support which will now be after the festive season.
Also, the instructions promised are pretty limited so thank goodness for the online video. And I still have no clue what the metal rods, zip ties and plastic arches are for.
Fingers crossed the traps are as good as the other reviews.
Update had superb customer service from Fort products and they resolved my questions and addressed the missing bait issue.
Nicely made traps that are powerful and easy to set. Worth putting inside a cardboard box with at least TWO cut-outs for the critters to get in, (but probably not out). Keep the traps on the edge of rooms/sheds/gardens as rodents will rarely cross open spaces. The box has two functions. Firstly you can write with a big red pen “Danger – set Rat Traps”, so that no one accidentally puts their hands on them. (You could accidentally leave them dangerously ‘set’ for years and forget that are there). Secondly, if you do SPLAT a rat, it’s inside a disposable box!
As a pet rat owner, I feel bad about killing these intelligent animals but once the numbers start to go up things quickly gets out of control. Live ‘trap and release’ – which can work with smaller rodents – is not really a viable option, as they are very smart and find their way back!
These traps are very sturdy and the spring is powerful. So much so I was a bit unsure how to lay the traps out whilst not setting them off. Holding the base in one corner seemed to do the trick. They are pretty easy to clean as well, the trickiest bit is getting the peanut butter out from the cup. Considering the price I think these are very good value and the most important thing is they work.
The trap goes off very easily which should be a good thing. A few times I’ve been just putting the box in place with the trap set and the trap went off even though I was being gentle with it. This should be a good thing but I found a trap cleaned of the peanut butter I smeered on the trigger and into the cup but the trap was still set. It did catch a shrew in the trap though. But my traps didn’t come with the two bars pictured with the boxes and traps.
I have the traps out with over a week and I can see rat urine in them but no rat ye
Not really designed for huge rats, but I have caught one in this by building a tunnel to guide it in head first. The trap was screwed down to the tunnel to stop it jumping.
Otherwise, if you know you have really big rats, use a mk4 Fenn trap with a tunnel. It’s even more powerful and more humane.
To stop the traps jumping, I have screwed them to a half inch piece of timber, just to add weight. See photo. It definitely reduces the number of escapes caused by the trap jumping clear of the rat!
The trap will not go off with smaller rats unless you pre-load the trigger, that is to move the pressure plate a little after setting the trap to create a hair trigger. Don’t do that with your fingers! Without doing this, the rat has a few extra milliseconds to react as they feel the plate move before it releases the trap. That has sometimes been the difference between a kill and a miss, or worse, the rat eats all the bait and the trap doesn’t even fire!
I have found that peanut butter attracts them, and also Thai jasmine rice seems to be popular. If the rats are already feeding, remove the food source and use the same food as bait, they are less suspicious of it.
All in all, these are not bad at all, especially for the price. A simple mod with timber makes them even better!