How long have you owned your Thermacell?
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Re: How long have you owned your Thermacell?
We have 3 kinds here, one is a table top lantern that has been through storms, left out for weeks at a time and has kept us bug free for about 2 years, the other is the "mini", wife keeps it in her van for unplanned trips to the bush, picnics, and simply just to have.
I go through two a year of the typical looking units, kids bought my first one for fathers day 3 years ago along with the "holster" that holds an extra cell and countless pads. For some reason they stop "clicking" for me, not hard to ignite, just no click of the igniter. I use the heck out of it though, and I wouldn't care if I went through 10 a year, I could not live without one, I absolutly do not miss spreading bug repelants on me, and even then, the Thermacell works worlds better.
I go through two a year of the typical looking units, kids bought my first one for fathers day 3 years ago along with the "holster" that holds an extra cell and countless pads. For some reason they stop "clicking" for me, not hard to ignite, just no click of the igniter. I use the heck out of it though, and I wouldn't care if I went through 10 a year, I could not live without one, I absolutly do not miss spreading bug repelants on me, and even then, the Thermacell works worlds better.
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Re: How long have you owned your Thermacell?
Two Thermacell units and each is 3 years old. So far all is well. We use the Mini and I found them for $14-on sale.
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Re: How long have you owned your Thermacell?
just curious do they work to keep black flies and ticks, horseflies, deerflies
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Just got one.....It is as important as my EXCALIBUR as a tool for hunting! the ability to sit still is its advantage! The last time out turkey hunting...{double bull blinds rule] i was set up 10yrds from a water hole..... i had a great hunt!!!! what a difference a Thermacell makes!!!!! last time there i stayed only 1 hour before bailing out!!! i had 22 bites in that hour... How do the earth scent waffers work?
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Re: How long have you owned your Thermacell?
Warningshot - they work on everything in my experience. No bugs in the immediate area at all. HEAVEN!
We've had ours for 2 years - both the full-size and the mini, so far so good for both models. Both work equally well from what we've experienced. The only caveat would be if there were a strong wind but in that case the wind keeps the bugs down and makes the Thermacell redundant. In moderate wind I place it upwind and it works fine.
We've had ours for 2 years - both the full-size and the mini, so far so good for both models. Both work equally well from what we've experienced. The only caveat would be if there were a strong wind but in that case the wind keeps the bugs down and makes the Thermacell redundant. In moderate wind I place it upwind and it works fine.
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Never used one, but a mosquito did bite me about a week ago. Maybe I should look at them!
That's the first bite I've had in a few years, but I use a secret repellent formula I ingest daily. (high levels of caffeine & nicotine)
That's the first bite I've had in a few years, but I use a secret repellent formula I ingest daily. (high levels of caffeine & nicotine)
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Re: How long have you owned your Thermacell?
i hae had mine for several years now and it is doing the same thing some times it will not light and it will stop clicking after 5 or 6 then i turn it off and start over again it always works in the end .love it but may get a new one this year DUTCH
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I have had mine for about 4-5 years... still working well, takes a couple of clicks to get it going,,, but it still goes
Damn Mike! thats the same "secret" repellent formula I use
wabi wrote:Never used one, but a mosquito did bite me about a week ago. Maybe I should look at them!
That's the first bite I've had in a few years, but I use a secret repellent formula I ingest daily. (high levels of caffeine & nicotine)
Damn Mike! thats the same "secret" repellent formula I use
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I hunt in wisconsin where we get eaten alive by mosquitos.I never leave home without it.My themacell is 2 yrs old and works great.I bought it after getting eaten alive on a early morning bowhunt.I didn't feel the bites until the next day.People were saying WTF happened to your face? I'm lucky i didn't get the west nile virus!
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Re: How long have you owned your Thermacell?
Off topic, but in the latest Ont. Out of Doors, there is an ad for a product called Insect Defend Patch. I have seen it in the local Walmart. It is a stick on patch that is supposed to be good for 36 hours of insect protection using Thiamine (B1) and your body's chemistry. Supposed to be waterproof too, and good for ages 1 and up.
http://www.insectdefendpatch.com/
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Re: How long have you owned your Thermacell?
hey VixChix...last month turkey hunting we were getting attacked by ticks and was wondering if they worked on them as well...i have a themacell but have yet to try it next year i will bring em turkey hunting for sure ....nothing worse than trying to be as still as possible and having to swat at flies
[quote="VixChix"]Warningshot - they work on everything in my experience. No bugs in the immediate area at all. HEAVEN!
We've had ours for 2 years - both the full-size and the mini, so far so good for both models. Both work equally well from what we've experienced. The only caveat would be if there were a strong wind but in that case the wind keeps the bugs down and makes the Thermacell redundant. In moderate wind I place it upwind and it works fine.[/quote]
[quote="VixChix"]Warningshot - they work on everything in my experience. No bugs in the immediate area at all. HEAVEN!
We've had ours for 2 years - both the full-size and the mini, so far so good for both models. Both work equally well from what we've experienced. The only caveat would be if there were a strong wind but in that case the wind keeps the bugs down and makes the Thermacell redundant. In moderate wind I place it upwind and it works fine.[/quote]
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I tried the Defend patch last weekend. I had mosquitoes crawling all over me, but didn't get bit. Although they weren't biting they were everywhere. With having so many buzzing around me I couldn't fight the urge to try to wave them away, which wasn't doing much for my ability to sit still so I turned on my ThermaCell.JRS wrote:Off topic, but in the latest Ont. Out of Doors, there is an ad for a product called Insect Defend Patch. I have seen it in the local Walmart. It is a stick on patch that is supposed to be good for 36 hours of insect protection using Thiamine (B1) and your body's chemistry. Supposed to be waterproof too, and good for ages 1 and up.
http://www.insectdefendpatch.com/
My observations on the patch:
I would say the patch worked as advertised. I'm a mosquito magnet. I don't just get bites, I get big WELTS. (Clariton keeps the welts and itching down a bit).
It takes a while to kick in so it's best to put it on a few hours before you need it. It seemed to work for the full 36 hrs that it said it would.
I found that my skin developed a smell that I can only describe as "vitaminy". First just at the patch location, but but then 2nd day it was everywhere. I smelled like a vitamin B supplement - and there is a reason for that since the patch works by infusing vitamin B1 into your system.
I would use it again, but I wouldn't leave my ThermaCell at home if I was planning on trying to sit still.
I imagine it would be handy for sitting out around the campfire in the evenings - would keep you from getting the surprise bites from the stealth mosquitoes.
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I honestly don't know, as I haven't seen a tick in S. Ontario while out hunting. I've checked for them, but so far so good.warningshot wrote:hey VixChix...last month turkey hunting we were getting attacked by ticks and was wondering if they worked on them as well...
Does anyone else know if ThermaCells keep ticks away?
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Re: How long have you owned your Thermacell?
I'd like to hear more from people who have used the Thermacell in STEADY WIND conditions.
Here in the land of "First Flight" , where the wind almost always blows, and where the wind has almost no effect on mosquitos (y'all must have weak, wimpy skeeters if they go away when it's windy! ), I have a hard time believing a Thermacell would make much of a difference.
I depend on my Shannon BugTamer suit for defense ... and they DO work. They were developed in wetlands.
So ... how 'bout it?
Anyone found the Thermacell effective in steady wind? Not breezes!
Here in the land of "First Flight" , where the wind almost always blows, and where the wind has almost no effect on mosquitos (y'all must have weak, wimpy skeeters if they go away when it's windy! ), I have a hard time believing a Thermacell would make much of a difference.
I depend on my Shannon BugTamer suit for defense ... and they DO work. They were developed in wetlands.
So ... how 'bout it?
Anyone found the Thermacell effective in steady wind? Not breezes!
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