Do you have a Thermacell and does it work?
 

After a few negative posts and a bunch of positive posts, I thought I would try an unscientific poll on the subject.

Do you have a Thermacell and does it work or not on keeping away mosquitos and other biting insects?

The second tier of the poll is whether you feel that you have had an animal smell the Thermacell and react negatively (blow and run away). This would be only if you are certain that the animal would have otherwise not smelled you - practicing very good scent elimation, not sweating, etc. - Just because an animalsmelled you doesn't mean you can blame the Thermacell unless that is the only difference in your huntingpractices and you normally wouldn't have been smelled.

Hope that makes sense.

I'm curious if there are folks that don't reply to some of the threads that might reply to a poll on the subject.

Oh well, at least it keeps my mind off the stock market! [&:]

RE: Do you have a Thermacell and does it work?
 

Yes I dont hunt the bottoms without mine.

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Well, I know 1 guy that posted that his didn't repel insects and it scared the deer away. I guess he hasn't voted in the poll yet though! :D

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thermacell = greatest invention ever

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thermacells are amazing...u can tell when your blue mats run out because you start getting swarmed...agreed to being the best invention ever!

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Hunting here in the Swamps of south Louisiana at this time of year, it's next to impossible to be out there without something. Yesterday I was using my ThermaCell and started getting some bites so I looked down and the pad was still blue but found the butane had run out. Switched it out and re-lit and BAM, no more bugs within 5 minutes. I totally agree, one of the best things that's ever come out for hunters. I can smell it though and suspect the deer can as well, just don't know if it'll spook them.

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These things are the greatest thing ever! Complete lifesaver's! Out of all the things I have ever bought for hunting, this, by and far is the greatest return on my investment.

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My hunting buddy bought oneabout 2 weeks ago, andsince then hasn't get biten by one. So I just bought one on saturday. I'm glad Igot one. They work awesome.

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It's the American Express for hunting: Don't leave home without it!

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I'm going to bump this back to see if we can get a few more votes. I would have thought we would have gotten an "it doesn't work" vote by now.

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I have the it doesn't work vote. I talked to a couple of guys at the sporting goods store where I bought mine from just yesterday and low and behold there was a guy in the store returning his. He had the same experience as me. I told him about the earth scented pads and he didn't care. I got mine back from my buddy yesterday. I got some earth scented pads coming from Cabelas in the next day or two so I hope this remedies the situation but the so far the thermacell has to be one of the most overhyped things I have seen yet. My scentlok clothes work better then this thermacell has so far.



Let me add this too. My girlfriend and I grilled out last night and the skeeters were bad so I fired it up and set it on the table outside and the skeeters never went anywhere. I moved it and set it under my chair and they landed right on me and never even paid that thing no mind.

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The thermacell is a must have if you want to repel skeeters or black flies without spooking game. Just last night, I had 5 does about 35- 40 yards down wind of me happily munching on acorns. It was a warm evening and I had no mosquitoes bothering me.

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I was hoping I could get the one person who has posted that their Thermacell doesn't work to post in this thread. With his "no it doesn't work and it scares the animals away" vote it is now 97.5% of those who have used one that say that it works compared to the 1 who says that it doesn't work. It seems to be a pretty convincing majority of folks who say that it works.

I'm wondering if his truly doesn't work somehow or if he has a defective unit or is operating it wrong or what. Mine works even better than spraying myself down with deep woods off. With deep woods off the mosquitos still buzz around and sometimes even land on you and are still a general nusiance, they just generally don't bite. With the thermacell they clear out.

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I have been using one. Killed a doe about two weeks ago on stand while using the THERMOCELL. Deer were never alerted to it. Sure works in keeping the mosquitos off.

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Betterbirddogs, Does your element heat up on your unit? Get very warm to the touch? Are you using a fresh pad that still is nice a blue? Maybe your ignition system isn't working and heating the element up correctly or something.

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Betterbirddogs, Have you tried lighting it?

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I think it's the best thing since a pocket on a shirt! Someone earlier mentioned about the mosquitos buzzing your ears and that' s what I hate the most. Thermocell keeps everything 10-15 feet away. No buzzing at all. It generally takes about 90 seconds after lighting it to repel the bugs for me. I absolutely love it. I just can't find any refill pads. All the WalMart and Academy's around here are totally out.

I had 4 deer within 40 yards of my stand and they never knew I was there. They ate acorns for about 20 minutes and never looked my way.

PS Did I mention I love my Thermocell?

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NP the place I bought it from won't take it back so I can't try another one without buying another one. I think that maybe the unit is defective because everyone elses seems to work great and mine isn't worth a nickel. I think they probably do work as advertised but mine sure doesn't. It heats up and get warms to the touch. The little light deal glows on the top of it to let you know its on. My pads were new in the package. I'm gonna try to earth scent pads and see if they are better. My pads may not be worth a nickel.

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I dont hunt without one it is a must in South Ga. the skeeters are terrible, for the ones who say they dont work you must have gotten a lemon I have bought 3 one for myself my dad and little brother and they work great. I beleive I could hunt in my stand in my underwear it does such a fine job!

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as the misquitoes fly, so will the thermacell crank
no problemswith spooking game.

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ditto

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i had a doe and fawn out in front of me at the begining of the gun season [early sep.] and about 50-75 yards away... skeeters were eating me up so i opened a new refil package.. put it in.. and lit it with the deer sitting in front of me.. never heard me
=D

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I'll bump this one more time and see ifwe can get a few more votes.

Right now based on this poll the Thermacell is 98% effective with 58 votes that it works and doesn't scare the deer away compared to 1 vote that it doesn't work and does scare the deer away.

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i had it out the other day turned it on it worked for ten minutes then stopped. i checked the pad it did not smell much so i changed it worked ten minutes later it stopped hte fuel was out. But it has worked every time i have had it filled right. I got eat alive on the way to the stand the other day then 10 minuted after getting it on there gone.
They work and work great