Customer Reviews for Trapper T-Rex Rat Trap

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4.4 of 5 stars
(179 customer reviews)
Trapper T-Rex Rat Trap
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    rat trap hat for squirrels

    By David on 03/14/2012

    I purchased 4 of these to catch rats that have started to appear in the yard. I set the trap which is easy to use, and was curious how well they wouils work. It took about 4 hours, and SNAP. I go look outside and there is a squirrel rolling around with the trap stuck on his head. Not Good, he was able to get free, and I was trying to decide what to do, when 2 more snapped and this time the traps were stuck on the squirrels heads and the squirrels ran up the tree with traps on their heads. traps gone. Tie them down.

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    18 of 26 people found this review helpful

  • 1 of 5 Stars

    Not very durable but works ok until the plastic breaks

    By Kma on 06/16/2012

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    Great design which is effective, but after one or two snaps, the plastic breaks. I thought this type of plastic composite material would be weather proof and virtually indestructable compared to the old fashioned wooden traps. I was wrong and about $30 for the 4 traps and 2 of the smaller T rex traps I found these arent a good long term solution. I still have functioning wooden traps from the 1970s that still work fine. These plastic traps are about as disposable as you can get. Sure they might catch up to 4-5 rats before they break, but I was expecting years and years of use before the spring would wear out or the metal rust.

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    12 of 13 people found this review helpful

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    disappointed

    By Fred on 09/12/2011

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    I am very disappointed in the T-Rex rat traps. Since I bought them the traps have frequently been sprung, but none of them has caught a rat.

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    9 of 9 people found this review helpful

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    T-Rex Rat Trap

    By Jerry on 02/20/2013

    Verified Purchase

    They work fine for small to medium rats, but the first large rat encountered, destroyed the trap. There does not seem to be enough "meat" around the shaft where the spring is to hold much of a strain. That is the area that broke, rendering the trap useless, and it was thrown in the trash.

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    8 of 9 people found this review helpful

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    dont work

    By Jim on 03/15/2016

    I caught 8 rats with this trap, but only 4 were dead. Of the 4 alive, 2 were caught only by their arms and I released them. The other 2 were caught by their heads, the trap was clamped on their necks, and they still were running around (luckily I tied the trap to a stake). I drowned those 2 rats in a bucket of water. This trap does not have enough spring force and I think it is inhumane, plus it is no fun to deal with a half dead rat.

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    5 of 5 people found this review helpful

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    Inhumane

    By Tammy on 04/13/2016

    It worked - CAUGHT the rat, but didn't kill it. The rat was trapped by its head, then ran around my garage dragging the tap with it for 24 hours, until I could get a neighbor to come and put it out of it's misery.

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    5 of 5 people found this review helpful

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    It didn't work

    By Bernie on 05/22/2012

    Verified Purchase

    The Rat broke two of the traps,still no Rat....These Rats are roof Rats...

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    3 of 4 people found this review helpful

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    Things run off

    By Rose on 07/01/2016

    So, we set this, tied it down as others recommended. The T Rex chomps down on the critter, and they are able to pull themselves free because the critters use the tie down as traction to keep pulling themselves out. Not good.

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    3 of 3 people found this review helpful

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    Need stronger spring

    By Rick on 11/17/2017

    I am disappointed with the T-Rex Rat Trap. I baited mine with cheese and put it in a bait box that is made for it and that I also purchased on DoMyOwn. After a couple days the trap was sprung, and there was ample evidence it had been visited. I found dirt from outside the trap, and some small scratch marks inside the bait box. Evidently the trap was not strong enough to kill or for that matter even hold its victim. Its either that or I have super rats. Not likely. My regular old fashion (old platform and metal trap parts) rat trap got a kill.

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    2 of 2 people found this review helpful

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    Trapper T Rex Rat Trap

    By Nancy on 07/09/2016

    The rats love the bait,but have yet to trip the trap. Guess I have smart rats in the brook behind my house.

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    1 of 1 people found this review helpful

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    Disapointed

    By Bernard on 07/29/2017

    Bought 2 for attic squirrels.Both have gone off many times with no kills.Had one in the trap but got out.Need something larger I think,maybe a live trap.

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    1 of 2 people found this review helpful

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    T-rex rat trap

    By Frank on 01/08/2021

    Tried numerous baits and have not trapped one rat. Did catch one bird though.

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    1 of 1 people found this review helpful

  • 1 of 5 Stars

    Trap

    By Joe on 03/31/2021

    Do not work very well! Buy a traditional trap that works!

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    1 of 1 people found this review helpful

  • 1 of 5 Stars

    T Rex

    By Peter on 09/07/2023

    Haven't caught a rat yet. Almost once but it escaped. Lots of droppings though. I'm searching for a better rat trap.

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