Thermacell,

I couldn't beleve that this little contraption accually worked. So a borrowed one from a friend and put it to the test about two weeks ago. Here in GA we not only have mosquitos but we also have the little things called "so-see-ums". They are so small you don't know they are there untill they bite you, and they hurt worse than a mosquito. Anyway, I took this Thermacell, put on my bug suit and went up a tree in one of my favorate stand locations. Unfortunatly it is located on the edge of a 110acre swamp. So I get more than my fair share of bugs that hunt me. As the sun was getting low in the sky the number of bugs around me reached their peak. (I would estimate about 150+ mosquitos.) It sounded like Alaska in the summer. I don't care who you are it is hard to concentrate on hunting with that many bugs arround you, bug suit or not. At this point I turned the Thermacell on and waited. I took about 5 minutes or so to get hot enough to start working and in about 10 minutes I took off my bug suit and had on shorts and a short-sleeved shirt on underneath. I didn't get a single bug on me for the rest of the evening. There was not a single one anywhere around my stand. It was awsome. I bought my own the next day and have used it ever sence. It does have a little odor but I have seen over 20 deer in the last two weeks and haven't had a problem with them smelling it. It is no possible to concentrate on the task at hand. If you haven't tried this "gadget" I would recomend you put it to the test like I did. It is one of those things you will make room for in your bag of tricks.