Victor Easy Set Rat Trap Instructional Video

How to set and use the Victor Easy Set Rat Trap.

[jtudor]

Victor produces the best mouse tips. After my 95 years old father passed away last spring I found his ancient wooden Victor traps on his work bench. Caught a mouse in the old homestead basement on the first snap.

[NSBlack_Stallion]

I’ve not been able to reset these more than twice. The plastic deforms while it’s set. Glad they still market the old metal ones.

[larryrodriguez]

You make the best rat traps!!!! The yellow pedal always works for me and gets the rat - Thank you for your trap brand.

[Beauford-eorw]

I've taken out 3 fingers so far, but no rat. Not as easy as it looks in the video to get the damn thing to stay under that yellow piece.

[jayp.]

Honestly, use vanilla icing as bait. I use the little cans of Betty Crocker
It's WAY better than peanut butter or cheese. Betty don't mess around.

[GoddessFourWinds]

Thank you! I accidentally set it off the first time I set it. I didn't hurt myself but it scared the sh*t out of me. lol It's now waiting for that pesky rodet that has set up camp in my cabinet.

Edit: There are a couple of changes you need to make to your video. The first is that you need to tell people to not touch around the food (?) leaving their smell there *before* telling them how to put the food on the yellow piece.

The other thing involves putting the arm into the paddle. You neglected telling us to *lift the paddle* so we can put the arm into the rectangular hole in the back of it...then move it back and forth to create the kind of sensitivity we want on the paddle.

Again, thank you!
GFW

[fitzwilly]

What would we do if not for such smart people such as you?? I've been stumped forever on how to set up one of these complicated traps! Hope you make more videos like how to use a fork, how to operate a can opener, and maybe even how to use a microwave! I will be waiting anxiously for these videos!!!

[trevorj]

We here at Victor take great pride in making a product with a "metal" latching system work flawlessly for many years. After receiving feedback from our customers on how well our product has been we decided...well screw you guys, we are going to add a dumb plastic pedal that is complete garbage. silly consumers.

[eamoncrosby]

I think I must have faulty ones or fake ones . There no way the arm will stay in place it too short nothing to hook under the plastic bit and it it keeps slipping to left/ right it’s very flimsy won’t hold kill bar . I just purchased 12 😩

[billaveda]

Same here. Locking bar slips off the yellow pedal. You can injure your finger on this design. Do yourself a favor, throw it away.

[Zinniasgo]

You touched the whole thing, your scent is all over it 😂

[richardlaughlin]

I have a rat problem. I found an old Orkin rat trap, huge, that looks exactly like that. Just says Orkin on it. Screwed it to the floor, no carpet in that area, baited with peanut butter around noon. Roommate came home about 5 pm. Told him what I did and showed him the trap. Rat about 9 inches long with tail, dead. I was so happy!!! Baited again after cleaning blood off with hot water and alcohol. I hear if you don't, they avoid trap. I hate poisons. Seen cats dead after getting ahold of one. I strongly suggest this type of trap. Just be careful setting it!! I have also used WD-40 on bar if it sticks and doesn't work well. Good hunting!!!

[jholiday]

Brought thinking would set easier than Tomcat traps, which also have poor setting method. Found out they do not. Can't get spring bar to grab yellow tab. Very disappointed in Victor trap. Tried these after having the peanut butter bait, in five Tomcat snap traps, eaten, the traps snapped but no rats were caught. The snap traps also seemed to lite, three were gone when I checked them.

[Escumbuit]

Hi, nice movie. What are the springs called like?

[merameshi]

I put it on the f side part but it keeps slipping off.

[OddeyeDL]

You just need to get a pair of needle nose plyers and crimp the ends so they latch better

[baitcage]

Use Bait Cage kit for rat traps with these Victor traps and get the rat every time, makes the rat work harder for the bait, no more stolen bait

[mstkpimp]

This newer trap design has a flaw in that it can only trigger if the yellow platform is moved down. I have one I check on daily and while it has caught several mice this time the mouse has been just repeatedly grabbing the food upwards with its head and is able to escape unharmed. I think the previous design was prone to triggering in several directions.

[halabumscadumtious]

I bought three of these and the arm bar does not latch underneath the yellow tab because it is too short. It must be a different model then but y'all don't have a tutorial for it

[thomasnorthen]

Ouch!  I bought 5 and 3 were impossible to set.  The overlapping edge of the spring cut my thumb, fortunately I've had enough experience with their older and wonderfully reliable traps to not have my fingers under the kill bar.  The metal rod holding the kill bar needed to be bent up and forward slightly ( a few hundredths of an inch) to get the trap to set / work.  This was regardless of the Firm / Sensitive setting (not mentioned in on the package that I could find).