For someone who really can't functionally set a wooden trap, the difference isn't of degree but is a 1-or-0 situation. There are different manufacturers, the Time's Up or Snap-E have performed well:
The one weakness I've discovered (recently, as it happens) is that if the target is trapped in such a way that it survives and has freedom of movement to gnaw at the trap, it will chew the plastic shell off the bar, and other exposed plastic parts (much of the trip-lever in the case I have in mind).
I present my experience as an option. The wood-and-wire traps are less expensive and quite effective as well IME. They're harder to set, however.
I've seen bait thefts with both versions. One learns to be creative in how and where the bait is applied, and sets multiple traps for redundency. The trapper only has to be lucky once, the mouse, every time.
https://www.mitre10.co.nz/shop/times-up-plastic-mouse-trap/p...
https://www.grainger.com/product/SNAP-E-Plastic-Mouse-Trap-3...
The one weakness I've discovered (recently, as it happens) is that if the target is trapped in such a way that it survives and has freedom of movement to gnaw at the trap, it will chew the plastic shell off the bar, and other exposed plastic parts (much of the trip-lever in the case I have in mind).
I present my experience as an option. The wood-and-wire traps are less expensive and quite effective as well IME. They're harder to set, however.
I've seen bait thefts with both versions. One learns to be creative in how and where the bait is applied, and sets multiple traps for redundency. The trapper only has to be lucky once, the mouse, every time.
No experience with rats, fortunately.
A wat trap must be quite large:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wat