LoL, no dice. I bought 2 of them after all the reviews. 1 for me and 1 for my hunting partner. We both used them straight out of the box (new pads,butane), thankfully we both tagged out (1st morning/first evening). My buddy asked me what I thought of mine after our morning hunt (diff locations). I told him I wasent even sure if it helped cause I was still getting killed and he said the same thing.

Funny thing is, when we got back to camp and had the bear hung up to dress out. I was holding a thermacell while my guide was cutting it open. There were skeeters everywhere! Not a word of a lie, 1 skeeter landed on my hand while holding out the thermacell, i was trying to get my gf to get a shot of it on my hand with the thermacell.

Trust me, the far north of Ontario the skeeters smell blood and the thermacells were overmatched.