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Almost got carried away last night #5807988 06/27/15 04:02 PM
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Flying monkey style like Wizard of Oz. Mosquitos were that bad last night, ridiculous. Tried the thermacell, and my son kept saying this stupid thing isn't working...asked him if he put the wafer in the front, and he said what wafer? He was fooling around with it for so long I figured he knew what he was doing. Oh well. Once we got it right and fired it up, it seemed to draw mor squitos in rather than repel them. My hands are a bit swollen today from all the blood sucking. I think we each have a quart last night.

And saw nothing to boot. bummer we didn't see anything.

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LOL, did you put in a mosquito repellent wafer or a deer scent wafer? The latter won't repel skeeters.


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Re: Almost got carried away last night [Re: Texas buckeye] #5808436 06/28/15 01:27 AM
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I've used a thermacell in a ton of places and conditions and I've never seen it not work.

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My thermacell works great. Always one in my backpack

Re: Almost got carried away last night [Re: Texas buckeye] #5808652 06/28/15 08:55 AM
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Did you remember to put in the butane cartridge? roflmao

I hate mosquitos.


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Originally Posted By: jdk1985

I hate mosquitos.

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Re: Almost got carried away last night [Re: Texas buckeye] #5808993 06/28/15 07:02 PM
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Just so everyone knows, butane was in, regular wafer was in, it was glowing from the top showing it was on, and you could easily smell the repellent being "warmed-off", but the squitos were just thick as anything. To thermacell a credit, we didn't give a full 15 minutes to let it get full effect and we were outside not enclosed (but there was no wind at all, which contributed to the swarming not effect we experienced) so it wasn't a great experiment on the effectiveness of the thermacell. It was just annoying there were so many squitos and they were relentless. A slight wind might have helped, and it certainly would have made it more comfortable in the bug hats. My wife thought I had a rash on my back the next morning, but I told her it was just all the bites. rofl

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Okay, were you stationary or were you walking around?


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Re: Almost got carried away last night [Re: Texas buckeye] #5809939 06/29/15 03:41 PM
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Hmmmm... Maybe a bad/old wafer? Thermacell has always done a nice job for me. up

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We were walking, not staying still, and that was our downfall. I was hoping with no wind that it would help a little even if we were walking, but to no avail. We were stationary for the first bit with no wafer, so that wasn't a fair judge. I have used it before while hunting from the blind and it seemed to work well for that, but the squitos are thicker this year due to all the water, and walking around as we have done in years past was just unbearable, even with nets over our heads. I know it wasn't a failure on thermacell's part, they aren't designed to be used while stalking.

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We were walking, not staying still, and that was our downfall.


And there you have it. It can't protect you if you keep walking away from the product it puts out.


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Originally Posted By: Double Naught Spy
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We were walking, not staying still, and that was our downfall.


And there you have it. It can't protect you if you keep walking away from the product it puts out.


For sure... Wouldn't even turn it on... up

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Originally Posted By: dfwroadkill
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We were walking, not staying still, and that was our downfall.


And there you have it. It can't protect you if you keep walking away from the product it puts out.


For sure... Wouldn't even turn it on... up


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Repel or deep woods OFF


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Repel or deep woods OFF
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I have only used my Thermacel in blinds and it has been very effective there. My wife uses it sometimes on the patio by pool and says it helps.

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