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Exactly, one that'll fit a 55 gallon drum, and send those rats on a one way trip to Disneyland in California. That would be great if porch pirates would steal them, and maybe put Mojave green rattlesnakes in the packages, to liven up the experience.
Yup, the only thing it is missing for large rats is enough length to get the legs. The door could also use some sort of damper at the end of travel so it doesn't slap around so much.
Shawn you’re always great to watch! You’re so informative on wether it’s a local species or not. It’s easy to see you genuinely care about animals and the environment.
Years ago I went to Hong Kong. One evening while walking down a sidewalk I saw a mouse run into a sewer. I said look, a mouse just ran into the sewer. Someone said, that wasn't a mouse, it was a cockroach. That was the biggest cockroach I've ever seen. I don't mind rats, mice, spiders, snakes or almost any creatures, except cockroaches. I can't stand them. Mosquitoes and flies are irritating, but I don't hate them like I hate cockroaches. One of my favorite commercials was years ago. A couple were dancing with lots of foot movement, someone came out and said STOP, that's no way to kill roaches.
Definitely need a bigger trap for the large full grown rats . However this is a great idea and concept. The invention is very cleaver. And seems to work very well for mice .
Even before watching it in action I was thinking the rat sensor should be just as far back as the mouse sensor because the rat would not go far enough in. Maybe make the tunnel an inch longer and put the food tray an inch further past the sensors
The trap does not actually trigger on the rat height sensor. When the forward sensor is triggered, it simply checks the rat height sensor to see if it is also blocked. if it is, then it considers the it to be a rat. They are definitely BIG rats!
Hi Shawn, neat trap!!!! I might suggest to the inventor that the trap door have an attached vertical side wall inside the tunnel on the side opposite the solenoid. This way the dropping door pulls the side wall down and pushes the rat down. That solenoid is quite powerful and should easily force the rat down. redrok
@@duanecjohnson An interesting idea, I considered something like a raising drawbridge that could come up and push it into the trap. I have already made changes for rev 2 to deal with the larger rats that might be enough. I have lengthened the trap by an inch, raised the ceiling by an inch and widened it by .5 inch. This may be enough because if the rat does not need to stretch out to get into the tunnel, its feet will be closer together so even a larger rat may fit inside the trap. Also, if their butt doesn't hit the top of the trap I think they would fall in even if their feet were still outside of the trap. I expected the rats to be really skittish but was really surprised by the rat that triggered the trap four times in a row.
The way that one baby pack rat rolled over on his back when Shawn poked him with a stick lmao "If I let these guys go in the wild a hawk would get them, they'd be goners"
This trap is AWESOME. Having the door snap open is a key feature. I'd suggest to Bob to have a mouse only version with a smaller tunnel. That way the rat / squirrel playing with the door issue wouldn't happen.
I built a similar trap what uses a blender. The rodent climbs in and has to stand on or over the blade to reach the bait. The sensor trips the motor relay for 10 sec.
Not having read all the comments, so I would suggest to the inventor of "you got mail(mice) that a metal plate be on the board. So when a rat comes along and the bottom falls out, a shock to his rear feet and he'll go into the bucket.
A solid base instilling a large sense of security is the key... And, I'm still convinced the Thunder Dome is top dog for powered traps since it will work with any size critter capable of getting into the Dome.
1. The food ledge could be set further back, or maybe a small cup for peanut butter set inside the back wall, you only need 1 tsp of the stuff. "sniff sniff!!" 2. The length, width and height of tunnel need slight enlargement for those mama rats. 3. The tunnel entrance needs a smooth curved transition like a funnel so that mama pack rat can't anchor her hind legs on the walls edge. Otherwise a GREAT prototype... Like, REALLY great! While I like the idea of electronic self setting traps, from a mechanical perspective I do prefer the independence of a mechanical self setting trap, no batteries or glitches from mouse pee or rain to damage the circuits. Lucky rats! non evasive, in a remote shed. Not getting relocated, killed or eaten. quite possibly the luckiest caught rodents I've seen on this channel to date! =D Another great video by rodent catching legend... Shawn Woods. ^_^
I'd say try greasing the outer edge so if a rat tries to hold on after triggering the trap it might slip in, along with moving the rat sensor another centimeter or two further in or use two sensors that have to be simultaneously triggered for the rat in the event that placing a sensor further in might trigger off a mouse standing while eating.
i like to think after the 4th or 5th mouse got caught, they were all having a campfire while they awaited the arrival of more mics. "welcome to hell brother, have a seat near the fire"
This is a great trap, excellent design. You could probably even incorporate a zapper into the flap so the rat gets zapped for 30 sec or so when triggered, and then disposed by way of the flap. I wonder what the battery life is like if the electromagnet is being powered continually?
The trap door is held shut by a rare earth magnet. The electromagnet is only powered for about 1/100th of a second. Since it is the opposite polarity of the magnet, they repel and that is what launches the trap door open. I am expecting the battery life to be somewhere in the four months on a charge range.
@@paulh71 I am working on the next revision right now. I think I have sorted out the issues highlighted in these videos already. There are some additional features that were planned from the start that will take some time. Cost will be one of the challenges.
I think for the rats the door needs to be longer or the infrared sensor needs to be closer to the bait so that way they have to be fully on the door before it's activated
Loved that trap. Even with the electronics, that's not much of an issue nowadays. There's a lot of room for development there to be explored. Nice video, Shawn.
4:44: I told you in the last video --- the "You've got mail" trap has to be proportionally as big for rats as it is for mice or else it won't work for rats.
I think that woulda worked perfect for the rat if it had just been a little longer. I love this channel, really interesting to see all the ingenuity people bring
I think it'd be cool if it attached to your wifi and you could configure it to send you an email or a text message each time the trap activated. And maybe let you know if it was a mouse or a rat.
Not everybody checks every rodent trap on a daily basis. Replace the microcontroller with an inexpensive ESP32 and it could send an alert, including the "mouse" vs "rat" mode.
Hey Shawn and community. I was thinking about using essential oils to deter rats and mice, especially rats and a person did it and it worked, but I'm wondering if they're already hanging out/living in the crawl space and attic and I were to spray their only exit with a rather continue to stay in the attic and crawl space to avoid the essential oil exit or would they go through the essential oil exit? PS I'm using Shawn's comment section because the website won't let me submit a message to Shawn.
I *just* built a very similar trap! Same solenoid setup and sideways trap door! It's actually shaped more like a traditional mailbox (because I wanted it to be seamless on top), but lacks the flag. I built my trap on top of a cage rather than a bucket (I wanted it to only be a humane trap), which gave me more room to work with and visibility as to what I caught. (There's also a camera watching and recording everything.) It currently uses a low-power capacitive touch sensor as the trigger rather than an IR beam. I am only concerned with rats (including babies), so didn't consider trying to distinguish between rats and mice, but I once built a very similar dual-beam device to distinguish between cats and dogs at my parents' place. (They allowed their cats into their living room, but not their dogs, so if a dog tried to enter, it sounded an annoying beeper (that I intended to replace with something inaudible to humans once it was working reliably). I ran into problems, though, with cats' tails sometimes fooling the device into thinking it was a dog. I also suspect the dogs would have eventually figured out how evade being detected.
There should really be a setting for mice and rats. My buckets are filled with saltwater, so I can't see why I'd care if the mice and rats intermingle. It's not like they are coming out alive anyway.
Why would ANYONE want to kill mice and yet leave the Rats to live? Or Visa-versa? There is no need for silly settings, just trap them all. They are vermin, remember.
I'm in the burbs. For mice or rats, I'll use the same principle of the rolling log? I won't differentiate between either vermin. If they are native species, they will continue to multiply.
Pack rats remind me of docile giant mice, we caught one under a bowl once you n mama's kitchen is n Salt Lake City Utah. It was calm and seemed confused. We took it out of town and let it go.
I think you need less wood landing and more trap floor to catch large rats and maybe make it more smooth that the rat can't grip the floor with their hind feet.
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What a clever invention! Who would have guessed all those mice were still logging in to AOL?
"You Have Mail" Deluxe: not only does the trap door actively open, an overhead paddle slaps that sucker down through it*
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* Not PETA certified...
i thought the mouse trap would play that sound
Definitely need a mega model for good sized rats
Exactly, one that'll fit a 55 gallon drum, and send those rats on a one way trip to Disneyland in California. That would be great if porch pirates would steal them, and maybe put Mojave green rattlesnakes in the packages, to liven up the experience.
I think that all it needs for catching rats is a larger tra door.
@@Riceball01 Same for catching squirrels.
I like that Shawn is a naturalist, too. I'm glad he thinks about the ecosystem and the welfare of the native species he catches in his live traps.
I think if it was bigger than this , then it would be the top trap for rats imo. Awesome,hope it's comes out bigger and affordable.
Yup, the only thing it is missing for large rats is enough length to get the legs. The door could also use some sort of damper at the end of travel so it doesn't slap around so much.
Shawn you’re always great to watch! You’re so informative on wether it’s a local species or not. It’s easy to see you genuinely care about animals and the environment.
Love the mouse resort / playground you created. It's a fun addition when you're making a live catch trap.
I must say you do have the biggest rats I have ever seen. Interesting video.
Years ago I went to Hong Kong. One evening while walking down a sidewalk I saw a mouse run into a sewer. I said look, a mouse just ran into the sewer. Someone said, that wasn't a mouse, it was a cockroach. That was the biggest cockroach I've ever seen. I don't mind rats, mice, spiders, snakes or almost any creatures, except cockroaches. I can't stand them. Mosquitoes and flies are irritating, but I don't hate them like I hate cockroaches. One of my favorite commercials was years ago. A couple were dancing with lots of foot movement, someone came out and said STOP, that's no way to kill roaches.
He feeds them. All for making youtube money
packrats are enormous
Definitely need a bigger trap for the large full grown rats . However this is a great idea and concept. The invention is very cleaver. And seems to work very well for mice .
Even before watching it in action I was thinking the rat sensor should be just as far back as the mouse sensor because the rat would not go far enough in. Maybe make the tunnel an inch longer and put the food tray an inch further past the sensors
The trap does not actually trigger on the rat height sensor. When the forward sensor is triggered, it simply checks the rat height sensor to see if it is also blocked. if it is, then it considers the it to be a rat. They are definitely BIG rats!
@@robertbullock7926 thanks for the clarification
You can contact Bob the inventor of this trap at this email address: worldsbestmousetrap@gmail.com
I bet the Chinese gonna make a copycat trap of this like the other's
I don’t understand the need to move into one or the other mode.
Hi Shawn, neat trap!!!!
I might suggest to the inventor that the trap door have an attached vertical side wall inside the tunnel on the side opposite the solenoid. This way the dropping door pulls the side wall down and pushes the rat down. That solenoid is quite powerful and should easily force the rat down.
redrok
@@Squishy3757 Rats kill an eat mice!
@@duanecjohnson An interesting idea, I considered something like a raising drawbridge that could come up and push it into the trap. I have already made changes for rev 2 to deal with the larger rats that might be enough.
I have lengthened the trap by an inch, raised the ceiling by an inch and widened it by .5 inch. This may be enough because if the rat does not need to stretch out to get into the tunnel, its feet will be closer together so even a larger rat may fit inside the trap. Also, if their butt doesn't hit the top of the trap I think they would fall in even if their feet were still outside of the trap. I expected the rats to be really skittish but was really surprised by the rat that triggered the trap four times in a row.
I rarely see you this excited about a trap, and for good reason. This one is cutting edge.
The timing of this trap is perfect. They drop down the instant they think they're gonna have some food 😆
I have to admit that's such a cute design for such a deathly trap lol. Imagine a post-mail rat in a costume.
That would be a funny logo for a finished product! Mouse / rat mailman
The stability of the gang-plank is a game changer. About the rats, are those state fair, prize winning rodents?
The way that one baby pack rat rolled over on his back when Shawn poked him with a stick lmao
"If I let these guys go in the wild a hawk would get them, they'd be goners"
7:01 That rat roll was so cute. Seemed a bit slow that one.
Keep up the good work. my daughter and I like watching your videos together. My most effective trap so far is the snap trap and 1.77 pellets.
I like this trap cause it's sudden and fast and the floor looks like it feels Very secure under foot until it isn't anymore. Very efficient. Love it.
Nice work Bob...I am anxious to see the new improved model. Well done!
It is so funny to see all the mice just chilling in the fish tank hanging out like, “It got you too, huh?”.
2:23 Mouse, "Shawn, what's my motivation for this scene? I need direction."
Shawn shows a lot of love for nature, thank you.
This trap is AWESOME. Having the door snap open is a key feature. I'd suggest to Bob to have a mouse only version with a smaller tunnel. That way the rat / squirrel playing with the door issue wouldn't happen.
I built a similar trap what uses a blender.
The rodent climbs in and has to stand on or over the blade to reach the bait.
The sensor trips the motor relay for 10 sec.
10 seconds in a blender... That should do the trick,
Marvellous! There are still some clever inventors out there!
The indicator flag would make a clever addition to any trapdoor-style catch trap.
Just lengthen the trap door and you will get the rats as well. That would be a very easy fix.
Not having read all the comments, so I would suggest to the inventor of "you got mail(mice) that a metal plate be on the board. So when a rat comes along and the bottom falls out, a shock to his rear feet and he'll go into the bucket.
I just want to say that from what I've seen you and your son treat your actual pets so well. Props
A solid base instilling a large sense of security is the key...
And, I'm still convinced the Thunder Dome is top dog for powered traps since it will work with any size critter capable of getting into the Dome.
1. The food ledge could be set further back, or maybe a small cup for peanut butter set inside the back wall, you only need 1 tsp of the stuff. "sniff sniff!!"
2. The length, width and height of tunnel need slight enlargement for those mama rats.
3. The tunnel entrance needs a smooth curved transition like a funnel so that mama pack rat can't anchor her hind legs on the walls edge.
Otherwise a GREAT prototype... Like, REALLY great! While I like the idea of electronic self setting traps, from a mechanical perspective I do prefer the independence of a mechanical self setting trap, no batteries or glitches from mouse pee or rain to damage the circuits.
Lucky rats! non evasive, in a remote shed. Not getting relocated, killed or eaten. quite possibly the luckiest caught rodents I've seen on this channel to date! =D
Another great video by rodent catching legend... Shawn Woods. ^_^
I'd say try greasing the outer edge so if a rat tries to hold on after triggering the trap it might slip in, along with moving the rat sensor another centimeter or two further in or use two sensors that have to be simultaneously triggered for the rat in the event that placing a sensor further in might trigger off a mouse standing while eating.
The baby rats clumsily tumbling out of the tank are so cute
Your pet mice are very hard workers and they deserve some medals and insurance schemes for workplace safety
Shawn.... I was waiting for the on-screen counter for the mice.
The only adjustment it needs is the drop doors to be 2-3 inches longer.
That was a cool piece of tech someone made! Fantastic!
i like to think after the 4th or 5th mouse got caught, they were all having a campfire while they awaited the arrival of more mics. "welcome to hell brother, have a seat near the fire"
Reading the title I was sure that trap would be sending e-mail's 😂
It’s a great invention, but we need one that accommodates Big hulking squirrels. And long body rats.
That coconut at the end is like a clown-car for mice. 🤡🤡🤡
Did like 30 mice come outta there? 🐭🐭🐭🐭🐭🐭🐭🐭🐭🐭🐭🐭🐭🐭🐭🐭🐭
hahaha, i had the same thoughts
This is a great trap, excellent design. You could probably even incorporate a zapper into the flap so the rat gets zapped for 30 sec or so when triggered, and then disposed by way of the flap.
I wonder what the battery life is like if the electromagnet is being powered continually?
The trap door is held shut by a rare earth magnet. The electromagnet is only powered for about 1/100th of a second. Since it is the opposite polarity of the magnet, they repel and that is what launches the trap door open. I am expecting the battery life to be somewhere in the four months on a charge range.
@@robertbullock7926 Perfect! Are you planning on making these available for sale complete or as a diy kit once you’ve ironed out any issues?
@@paulh71 I am working on the next revision right now. I think I have sorted out the issues highlighted in these videos already. There are some additional features that were planned from the start that will take some time. Cost will be one of the challenges.
I think for the rats the door needs to be longer or the infrared sensor needs to be closer to the bait so that way they have to be fully on the door before it's activated
Nice one! Looking forward to the next generation of it.
Loved that trap. Even with the electronics, that's not much of an issue nowadays. There's a lot of room for development there to be explored. Nice video, Shawn.
If only the post office was as efficient.
4:44: I told you in the last video --- the "You've got mail" trap has to be proportionally as big for rats as it is for mice or else it won't work for rats.
Would a larger and longer trap be all it needs to get larger rats?
The last deer mouse never wanted to leave the mouse paradise and wanted to get caught again lol.
I think that woulda worked perfect for the rat if it had just been a little longer. I love this channel, really interesting to see all the ingenuity people bring
It seems to work very well, it just needs a bigger door if it also wants to do rats.
Another great trap . I am surprised no one has made a mouse trap like the game 👍🏼 that would be something 😎
😂last deer mouse was aLL "Ah wurnt thurt purnurt burter!"
I think the baby pack rats loved the tank and didn't want to go. Lol. Deer mouse, too!
Awesome design
Super effective. Wow. And love the deer mice as per usual. Great vid.
Last mouse wanted to go back to the amusement park, so he tried the entrance again, but the gate was closed and Shawn kicked him out.
Good one dude ! Great invention - now to just have a dimensional portal that they fall into - then no need to clean up after the trap !
Lmao imagine that!
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holy crap that thing is quick! I think the coons and hawk would loved to have the rats and mice!
Long time sub.
The use of aquarium is a great addition.
Holy cow, this one is awesome!!
Integrate this trap with a chew-proof wi-fi webcam, and then *who needs netflix?*
People could watch and place bets on the time and number of mice captured.
I think it'd be cool if it attached to your wifi and you could configure it to send you an email or a text message each time the trap activated. And maybe let you know if it was a mouse or a rat.
Why? You want to leave it overnight to capture as many as possible. You'll find out in the morning how many and what kind of critters it caught.
Not everybody checks every rodent trap on a daily basis.
Replace the microcontroller with an inexpensive ESP32 and it could send an alert, including the "mouse" vs "rat" mode.
Hey Shawn and community. I was thinking about using essential oils to deter rats and mice, especially rats and a person did it and it worked, but I'm wondering if they're already hanging out/living in the crawl space and attic and I were to spray their only exit with a rather continue to stay in the attic and crawl space to avoid the essential oil exit or would they go through the essential oil exit?
PS I'm using Shawn's comment section because the website won't let me submit a message to Shawn.
Best electric trap I've seen! The high speed door is a guaranteed catch and the mice never even get to touch the bait.
The little fellas were having a good time in there and didn't want to leave.
I *just* built a very similar trap! Same solenoid setup and sideways trap door! It's actually shaped more like a traditional mailbox (because I wanted it to be seamless on top), but lacks the flag. I built my trap on top of a cage rather than a bucket (I wanted it to only be a humane trap), which gave me more room to work with and visibility as to what I caught. (There's also a camera watching and recording everything.) It currently uses a low-power capacitive touch sensor as the trigger rather than an IR beam.
I am only concerned with rats (including babies), so didn't consider trying to distinguish between rats and mice, but I once built a very similar dual-beam device to distinguish between cats and dogs at my parents' place. (They allowed their cats into their living room, but not their dogs, so if a dog tried to enter, it sounded an annoying beeper (that I intended to replace with something inaudible to humans once it was working reliably). I ran into problems, though, with cats' tails sometimes fooling the device into thinking it was a dog. I also suspect the dogs would have eventually figured out how evade being detected.
Is your trap for sale? I’d like to buy it
This trap is fast! It would have been cool to see some slow motion footage of the trap and mouse reactions.
at 4:40 Need one kangaroo size...🤣🤣
There should really be a setting for mice and rats. My buckets are filled with saltwater, so I can't see why I'd care if the mice and rats intermingle. It's not like they are coming out alive anyway.
Yes, quite correct. It does have that setting although it was not mentioned.
Why would ANYONE want to kill mice and yet leave the Rats to live? Or Visa-versa?
There is no need for silly settings, just trap them all. They are vermin, remember.
@@robertbullock7926 Well then it looks like a winner to me!
That looks like a magic trick. The mouse just disappears!
The rat part had me creasing with laughter. 😂
They were having so much fun, they didn't want to leave.
The trap works great it only needs a longer tunnel for the rat to walk through than it would work👍🏻👍🏻😊
I'm in the burbs. For mice or rats, I'll use the same principle of the rolling log? I won't differentiate between either vermin. If they are native species, they will continue to multiply.
Pet mouse..” look out boys, it’s Monday”
Great invention just needs a little fine tuning for the rats, needs to be a bit bigger. But super mousetrap. Keep up the good videos.
Those ratties looked kinda cute! And they almost didn't want to go away!
Darwin's Dear Mice: release them in the wild and they immediately run into the trap that caught them.
... sigh ...
"Dear Mice"! I'm not sure I agree ... deer mice are kinda cute, but 'dear' is going a bit far.
I'll save you Fred as it walks by the tank. Oops fell in too.
Is this clean able for like if you wanna use peanut butter?
Next version has a removeable tray
That worked great. 👍 The squirrel was hungry and bored. Good trap.
Wow!
Trap works fantastic!
Thanks for the video, hope all is going well.
These pet mice are absolute troopers
The pack rat pups appear to have been contemplating staying. Food, clean sheets, toys, add water and give them a chance and they probably would have.
Pack rats remind me of docile giant mice, we caught one under a bowl once you n mama's kitchen is n Salt Lake City Utah. It was calm and seemed confused. We took it out of town and let it go.
Outstanding work, once again.
Now that is a great design for a rat / mousetrap
But I'm not the only one thinking that the mother set up the young ones to be caught?
Were do you buy that mouse trap from you have mail.
Loving this one!
Inf___ingcredible!
I think you need less wood landing and more trap floor to catch large rats and maybe make it more smooth that the rat can't grip the floor with their hind feet.
If it was bigger and long well damn that thing would catch everything
This looks like the best trap ever
Aw, Shawn, you're such a softie 🥰
4:39: Ha ha, the flag broke and flew off.
As always Shawn, gloves Shawn, gloves. Protect yourself and your family.
Don't be a germaphobe spaz.
@@__1201 don't be a wilfully ignorant AH. Maybe try Google to learn what you are posting about. The actual plague has been found in his area.
@@__1201 9 up votes from people who know vs your wilful ignorance
@@__1201 too much of a coward to have a name and only using a line?
@@tpl608 yes, because 8 cases in oregon since 1995 is a real epidemic. Might need to shelter in place lmao.
4:13 ENEMY INCOMMING!!
4:30 ITS TOO BIG!!!!
5:13 TOP 10 RAT BETRAYAL!!
8:37 This mouse wants in... :)