The best rat traps, compared.
Top pick: VeftBltrem electric trap Best value: Cleaneaty snap trap (6) – Lowest price per trap among the multipacks with several hundred reviews, at about £10.59 for six, with a small-rat limit. Updated October 2026.
A rat trap on amazon.co.uk is a device that kills or holds a brown rat. It is not a glue board, not a poison block, and not an empty bait station. You are usually choosing an open break-back snap, a snap in a box or tunnel, an electric plate trap, or a live cage, for a house, loft, shed, or garage. You tell a usable trap by a mechanism sized for an adult rat, a set that does not put a finger on the bar, and a body that survives more than one catch. Setting a glue trap for a rodent is an offence in England, Wales, and Scotland, under different statutes and dates. Northern Ireland is not covered by those three texts. The trade-off between snap, covered, electric, and cage is in the [rat trap buying guide](/hub/traps/rat-trap/sub/rat-trap-buying-guide). An empty bait station and a rodenticide box were left out of the set.
A rat trap on amazon.co.uk is a device that kills or holds a brown rat. It is not a glue board, not a poison block, and not an empty bait station.
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Who else uses that floor?
The VeftBltrem is an enclosed electric trap, 11.2 cm by 11.2 cm by 26.5 cm, at £25.99, with an LED and a beep. The amazon.co.uk line is 5.0 from 2 ratings, both UK reviews from June 2026. Those two reviews like a loft catch you can empty without handling the animal, and they disagree on batteries versus a plug. That matches a listing which says no batteries are required and, in one of the reviews, talks about battery life. The bullets limit it to indoor use and claim 6 V / 700 mA, which is not a measured voltage. Two reviews cannot show misses, damp, pets, or a large rat.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You want to try an indoor electric unit, and you will read the power label on the trap in front of you.
Less suitable: You are choosing because of the 5.0, or you need outdoor use or a review sample that shows what fails.
Specifications
Common questions
Is this VeftBltrem trap for outdoor use?
No. The bullets say it is engineered exclusively for indoor use, including kitchens, garages, and warehouses.
Does the listing agree on batteries?
No. One bullet says no batteries are required. One of the two UK reviews talks about battery life and the other says to plug it in.
How many UK reviews are in the file?
Two, both from June 2026. The listing score is 5.0 from 2 ratings.
The Anyhall UK-2RMB is two iron live cages, 31.5 cm by 14.5 cm by 11.5 cm, at £25.49. It is 4.4 from 541 amazon.co.uk ratings, the highest star line in this set among listings with hundreds of reviews. The pedal shuts a door and a lock holds it; the animal stays alive. Reviewers describe sturdy cages and garden catches with peanut butter, sometimes on the first night. They also note that there is no handle, that stronger animals chew the wire, and that squirrels turn up on the same run. The bullets exclude large squirrels and opossums. The table’s electric flag does not match the mesh description. You still have to check the cage and deal with whatever is inside.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You want a live hold in a garden, and you will check often and already have a plan for the animal.
Less suitable: You want a kill trap, or grey squirrels use the same run and you have not checked the release rule.
Specifications
Common questions
Does this Anyhall cage kill the rat?
No. The bullets describe a live cage: the pedal shuts the door and a lock holds it. You still have to deal with the animal.
Will it hold a large squirrel?
The bullets say no. Large squirrels and opossums can chew the wire or break the trigger. The squirrel question on the listing has no other answer.
Is the electric flag on this cage correct?
The table says electric. The bullets describe iron mesh and a door, not a shock. The description is a live cage.
The yellow Kwaiyole pack is four ABS snaps, 15 cm by 8 cm by 10 cm, with a stainless spring and a detachable bait cover, at £12.99. It is 4.3 from 516 amazon.co.uk ratings. Reviewers in the first 50 UK reviews like the sensitivity and the wash, and some report large rats. They also report animals left injured, a locking catch that will not stay shut, and blood when the strike is poor. The title says indoors and outdoors; the listing question has no separate answer. The bullets claim a kill without breaking the skin, which those injury reviews do not support.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You want a four-pack with a bait cover for indoor runs, and you will check soon after it fires.
Less suitable: You need a covered mechanism, or you are treating the no-injury bullet as a promise.
Specifications
Common questions
What size is the yellow Kwaiyole trap?
The table says 15 cm long, 8 cm wide, and 10 cm high. The bullets call that a large plate.
Does Kwaiyole say indoors or outdoors?
The title says both. The listing question about outdoors has no separate answer.
Is a bait cover part of the trap?
Yes. The bullets describe a detachable bait cover so you can bait before the trap is set.
The Black Cat is a single open snap, 17 cm by 12 cm by 16 cm and 430 g, with a rear release. It is £10.85 and 4.3 from 60 amazon.co.uk ratings; 34 UK reviews in the file were read. Several of those reviews describe a large rat killed on the first night and a spring that feels powerful once you learn the rear trigger. Releasing the body is the repeated complaint: the spring is hard to open, and fingers stay at risk. The bullets’ line about 200 rats is a manufacturer claim, not a counted life. The specification table says mouse while the title says rat, and the outdoor question is unanswered even though the title names a garden, a garage, and a farm.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You want one heavy open snap for a garage or a farm building you can keep clear of children and pets.
Less suitable: You need a large review sample, or a soft smear of bait, because reviewers say the bait has to be a firm piece under the catch.
Specifications
Common questions
How many traps are in the Black Cat listing?
One. The table says one piece and the weight is 430 g.
What bait does Black Cat name?
Coconut, chocolate, cheese, and bacon, placed under the lever.
Does the listing say to keep it away from pets?
Yes. The bullets say it must be stored away and kept away from pets and children when armed, because of the spring.
The Roshield RRT4 is a pack of four open metal-plastic snaps, made in the United Kingdom and described as larger than the mouse version. Across 7,320 amazon.co.uk ratings it sits at 4.2, and the first 50 UK reviews often describe a catch on a run rather than a trap left in the middle of a room. Reviewers credit the welded bar and the spring, and they also say the set is hard and that a trap flips unless you weight it. Some strikes injure instead of killing, so you can be left finishing the job. The outdoor question on the listing is unanswered. At £15.96 this is the deepest review record in the set, not a measured catch rate.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You want several open snaps for a low to medium indoor run, and you will weight them and keep pets off that floor.
Less suitable: You need a covered bar because a dog or a child uses the floor, or you want a listing that has answered the outdoor question.
Specifications
Common questions
Are these Roshield traps a mouse trap?
The bullets say they are made for rats and are larger than the mouse version. The table also lists mouse. Mice can be caught, but the plate is the rat size.
How many traps are in RRT4?
Four. The bullets say that pack is for a low to medium infestation.
Does the listing say they are reusable?
Yes. The title and bullets call them reusable. The outdoor question is not answered.
Mamax sells six black plastic snaps, each stated at 140 mm by 76 mm, plus one pair of gloves, for £13.95. The listing is 4.2 from 277 amazon.co.uk ratings. In the first 50 UK reviews, peanut butter and a bait-before-set routine are praised, and some kills are described as clean. The same sample calls the plastic light: it can crack on a dry snap, and several people say a full-grown rat is a tight fit while mice are caught more readily. The pedal is very sensitive, and fingers get caught while setting. The outdoor question on the listing is unanswered.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You want a glove-included multipack for mice and smaller rats, and you will bait the cup before you set the bar.
Less suitable: You are dealing with large brown rats, or you want a metal bar rather than a plastic body.
Specifications
Common questions
Does the Mamax 6-pack include gloves?
Yes. The listing includes one pair of gloves with the six traps.
What size does Mamax state?
The bullets say each trap is 140 mm by 76 mm, for small to large rats and also mice if they stand on the pedal.
Is outdoor use answered on the listing?
The listing asks whether it can be used outdoors and does not answer. The bullets do not forbid outdoor use.
Cleaneaty’s RT-008 is six snaps at 14 cm by 7.5 cm by 7.3 cm, plus one pair of gloves, for £10.59. The bullets say large mice and small rats. It is 4.1 from 417 amazon.co.uk ratings. Reviewers praise a strong snap, a cup you can load from underneath, and fast catches in a cupboard. They also say the plastic feels flimsy after a few catches and that the plate is not sized for a large brown rat. One review describes a trap taken by a fox outdoors. The spring still needs care even with the no-touch cup.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You want the cheaper six-pack for small rats or large mice, and you can accept the size limit printed on the listing.
Less suitable: You are trapping full-grown brown rats, or you will leave an untethered trap where a fox can carry it off.
Specifications
Common questions
Are the Cleaneaty traps reusable?
The bullets say each of the six traps is reusable. The listing question is not given a separate answer.
What size does Cleaneaty claim?
14 cm by 7.5 cm by 7.3 cm, which the bullets say is for large mice and small rats.
Do they need assembly?
The listing asks and does not answer. The bullets only say to bait the cup and set the clamp.
Rat Reaper is one covered dual-entry tunnel, 15 cm by 11 cm by 20 cm, with three peanut-butter sachets, at £12.99. It is 3.9 from 2,536 amazon.co.uk ratings. Reviewers say the cover is easier to set than an open bar and that the included bait catches rats indoors and in outbuildings. The same sample includes housings that fail within days, rats held alive, and sizes short of a large UK rat. The title says dog and pet safe because the snap is covered; reviews still mention dogs and broken covers, so that line is not confirmed. The material field says paper; the rest of the listing and the reviews describe a plastic tunnel. The bullets say it is not for squirrels.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You want one covered tunnel with bait in the pack, and you will inspect it after every catch.
Less suitable: You are relying on the pet-safe title, or you need a trap reviewers describe as lasting more than a few uses.
Specifications
Common questions
Does Rat Reaper include bait?
Yes. The bullets say three peanut-butter sachets are in the pack.
Is Rat Reaper for squirrels?
No. The bullets say it is not suitable for squirrels and to use a squirrel-specific trap instead.
What does the material field say?
The specification table says paper. The bullets describe a covered tunnel, and reviews call it plastic. The table value is not confirmed by the rest of the listing.
GERAWOO is two open snaps, stated at 14 cm by 7.5 cm, for £7.99. It is 3.9 from 1,952 amazon.co.uk ratings. The bullets describe a spring, a bait cup, and a metal strip; the specification table says electric, which does not match that description, so treat it as a snap. Reviewers report rats and mice when the bar connects, and they also call the trap very sensitive: it fires on a finger, and the latch is fiddly. The title markets it as a squirrel trap as well. The item weight of 50 g is hard to reconcile with two traps. A 30% capture line on the listing is a manufacturer claim, not a result in this file.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You want the cheapest two-pack and you will treat it as a sensitive open snap, not an electric trap.
Less suitable: You need a stable latch, or you are buying it because the title says squirrel.
Specifications
Common questions
Is the GERAWOO trap electric?
The specification table says yes. The bullets describe a spring, a bait cup, and a metal strip. The mechanism in the description is a snap.
What size is stated?
14 cm long and 7.5 cm wide. The pack is two traps at £7.99.
Does the title mention squirrels?
Yes. The title says it is a strong squirrel trap for outdoors as well as a rat trap. The table lists mouse, rat, and squirrel.
The Roshield SOLOKIT is two UK-made boxes with a snap inside, an inspection window, and a cable tie, at £15.66. It is 3.9 from 1,741 amazon.co.uk ratings. Reviewers like setting with the cable tie without opening the lid, and they describe catches in kitchens and garages. The repeated miss is a snap with nothing inside, and some say a large rat is bigger than the box. Mice are a weaker result than rats in that sample. The bullets say the shell is recycled plastic; the table says metal-plastic. The shed question is unanswered, even though the title mentions a shed.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You want a covered snap you can set without opening the box, for a kitchen or garage run.
Less suitable: You already know the rat is very large, or you want the higher star line of the open Roshield four-pack.
Specifications
Common questions
Can the SOLOKIT be set without opening the box?
Yes. The bullets say an integrated cable tie sets the trap and shows if it has fired.
Where does Roshield say to use this box?
Bullets name kitchens, interior rooms, and garages. The title also says shed. The shed question on the listing has no answer.
What is the box made of?
The bullets say the shell is made in the UK from recycled plastic taken from car bumpers and dashboards. The table says metal-plastic.
The Sedilificum is an electric trap at £28.99 that claims 9,000 V, four AA cells or an external DC supply, and a body of 212 mm by 90 mm by 80 mm. The raw file has no customer-review line and no UK review text, so there is no star rating to quote. The entrance is given as 55 mm at the base, 36 mm at the top, and 42 mm high, which the bullets aim at mice and adult rats. Questions on children, pets, battery life, and cleaning have no answers. Whether the four AA cells are in the box is not stated. A 9,000 V figure and a timetable of two to three weeks are manufacturer claims, not results from this file.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You already have another reason to try this unit, and you will not treat the voltage line as a test result.
Less suitable: You want a review record, a verified power method, or a snap you can judge from thousands of ratings.
Specifications
Common questions
What power does the Sedilificum listing state?
Four AA batteries or an external DC supply. The bullets do not say the batteries are in the box.
What entrance size is claimed?
Base 55 mm, top 36 mm, height 42 mm. The body is given as 212 mm by 90 mm by 80 mm.
Are there UK reviews in the raw file?
No. There is no customer-review line and no review text, so the rating is not stated.
Eleven amazon.co.uk listings were scored on a 0–100 scale. Amazon evidence is 30 points from the UK star line, capped when fewer than 10 ratings exist and reduced when fewer than 100 exist. Listing fit is 35 points for a mechanism described for a brown rat, a set you can follow, and a body that matches the bullets. Review outcome is 20 points. Value is 15 points: the GBP shelf price against a trap a UK review can actually use. This is not a laboratory test. A 200-rat line, a 30% line, a 9,000 V line, or a 6 V / 700 mA line is a manufacturer claim and is not scored as a measured result. Weights sum to 100. In sentences this page says top pick and best value.
Amazon evidence
30%30 points. The amazon.co.uk star rating counts as stars divided by 5, then times 30. No rating scores 0. Fewer than 10 ratings caps this block at 6. Fewer than 100 ratings subtracts 6.
Listing fit
35%35 points. A mechanism described for a brown rat, a set you can follow, and a body that matches the bullets score higher. Points come off for an open bar with no bystander warning, a plate the bullets limit to small rats, a live cage sold as if the job ended at the door, or a table that contradicts the description.
Review outcome
20%20 points. UK reviews that describe a catch score higher than a file dominated by empty snaps, injured animals, cracked plastic, or a sample too small to show a miss.
Value
15%15 points. Shelf price in GBP against a trap a UK review can actually use. The lowest price per trap among multipacks with several hundred reviews scores highest here, after the size limit is already in the fit block.
A rat trap here is a kill snap, a covered snap, an electric plate, or a live cage for a brown rat. Glue boards and poison blocks are a different product. Prices on these eleven amazon.co.uk listings run from about £7.99 to about £28.99. The ranked table is the product choice. This section is the trade-off: mechanism, size, who else is nearby, and the UK limits that take glue traps out of a household shop.
A rat trap in this comparison kills or holds a brown rat. The mechanisms on the page are open break-backs, a snap inside a box or tunnel, an electric plate, and one live cage. Shelf prices run from about £7.99 for the GERAWOO two-pack to about £28.99 for the Sedilificum electric trap. An empty bait station and a rodenticide box were left out of the set. Open break-backs here are Mamax, Kwaiyole, Cleaneaty, the Roshield RRT4, GERAWOO, and Black Cat.
Large often means about 14 cm by 7.5 cm. Cleaneaty’s own bullets then say large mice and small rats. Humane is printed on kill snaps and on cages. It is not a test result, and a covered trap is not confirmed as safe for pets.
Several of these snaps want the bait in the cup before you set the bar. Fingers meet the spring on Roshield, Mamax, Kwaiyole, and GERAWOO when the set is wrong. One trap in the middle of the room is the other repeat miss in the reviews.
Setting a rodent glue trap is an offence in England, Wales, and Scotland, on different dates, and Northern Ireland is not those three texts. A live cage still holds an animal under your control. Twice-daily checks are a rule of thumb, not a promise that the job ended when the door shut.
A rat trap on this page is one of four mechanisms: an open break-back, a snap in a box or tunnel, an electric plate, or a live cage. The open snaps are Mamax, Kwaiyole, Cleaneaty, Roshield RRT4, GERAWOO, and Black Cat. Covered snaps are the Roshield SOLOKIT boxes and the Rat Reaper tunnel. Electric rows are VeftBltrem and Sedilificum. The Anyhall pair is a live cage, and its electric flag does not match the mesh description. Size is the part listings blur.
Stars only help when the sample is large enough to show a miss. Roshield’s open snaps are 4.2 from 7,320 reviews. The boxes are 3.9 from 1,741. Rat Reaper is 3.9 from 2,536 and GERAWOO is 3.9 from 1,952. Anyhall is 4.4 from 541, Kwaiyole 4.3 from 516, Cleaneaty 4.1 from 417, Mamax 4.2 from 277, and Black Cat 4.3 from 60. VeftBltrem is 5.0 from 2. Sedilificum has no review line in the file. A five-star line from two reviews is not scored as the best rat trap in this set.
Three typical situations, each with a recommendation from this comparison.
You want several open snaps for a low to medium indoor run, and you will weight them and keep pets off that floor. The Roshield RRT4 four-pack at about £15.96 is described as made for rats and is 4.2 from 7,320 reviews. The set is hard, and some strikes injure instead of killing.
An open bar is the wrong tool where a dog, a cat, or a child uses the floor. The Roshield SOLOKIT is two UK-made boxes at about £15.66, set with a cable tie. The cover reduces access. It does not make the trap safe, and some reviewers find the box small for a large rat.
You want the cheaper six-pack and you can accept the size printed on the listing. Cleaneaty at about £10.59 is six traps plus gloves, 4.1 from 417 reviews. The bullets say large mice and small rats, not a full-grown brown rat.
The top pick is the Roshield RRT4 four-pack at about £15.96. It is the highest score in this set: UK-made, described as made for rats, and 4.2 from 7,320 amazon.co.uk reviews. The set is hard, traps flip unless you weight them, and some strikes injure instead of killing. The best value is the Cleaneaty six-pack at about £10.59, the lowest price per trap among the multipacks with several hundred reviews, after the listing’s small-rat limit. The other nine have no award. None of these scores is a laboratory catch rate.
Cleaneaty snap trap (6)
Lowest price per trap among the multipacks with several hundred reviews, at about £10.59 for six, with a small-rat limit.
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