Comments on: Off Topic: Irony Thy Name Is RatZapper

By: Ricardo Figueiredo

Ricardo Figueiredo — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:22:50 +0000

Well, you can kill a mouse and have some bbq at the same time. Toasty mice anyone?

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:19:49 +0000

A quick/swift death is supposedly more humane than a slow death (ie- glue trap).

By: michaelportent

michaelportent — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:29:40 +0000

“Rat Nuker” would be my pest control device of choice if that existed. Get right on that, makers of “Rat Zapper”.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:09:03 +0000

Bob - yes, thanks, there was a red light lit for a while there (until I stopped adding batteries. Must have gotten a bad unit, since so many people rave about the zapper.

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:07:27 +0000

Bob - yes, there was a red light lit for a while - I eventually stopped adding batteries. Might have gotten a bum model, since some people rave about the device.

By: JC

JC — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:40:15 +0000

Nice one:P

By: Scott Trudeau

Scott Trudeau — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:34:13 +0000

I hear these don’t work so well for rats (neophobia, larger mass) but I have one and it handles well our occasional mouse problem. Much more humane than glue traps and less messy than snap traps. I got some energizer e2 batteries to maximize the number of zaps before having to swap.

By: BOB

BOB — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:15:11 +0000

To Paul - Is there a red light by the entrance???

By: Spandana

Spandana — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 04:37:24 +0000

the indian way: chuck a bit into the neighbors’s backyard. most humane ever.

By: Frank Ch. Eigler

Frank Ch. Eigler — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:13:47 +0000

There is such a thing as “humane killing”. Better meat processors and good hunters do it.

By: David

David — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:21:12 +0000

They work well. Gotta get the highest voltage ones thought to really deal with the little critters. Still, our cat is the best defense (actually, more like offense), he slays and doesn’t eat batteries in the process.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:28:44 +0000

hah…. that is funny.

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:18:52 +0000

The one I bought was so humane it refused to work. Batteries, bait and rats all went in and out regularly for a while, with no sign of the product working as promised.