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Old 04-18-2019, 10:01 AM   #1
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Mosquitos

We are brand new to the AS experience and will be planning our first local tri[p for Mother's Day weekend. What do ASers do for mosquitos? Recommendations?
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Old 04-18-2019, 11:51 AM   #2
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We are brand new to the AS experience and will be planning our first local tri[p for Mother's Day weekend. What do ASers do for mosquitos? Recommendations?
I usually invite them to join us for dinner :-) what do you usually do for Mosquitos? Seriously though in SoCal they are generally not a problem due to lack of humidity but we still keep the screen door closed as much as possible. No bug lights.
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Old 04-18-2019, 12:12 PM   #3
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Cutter has a very good Natural spray. Contains Lemon grass oil etc. Takes about an hour to really work and lasts about 4-6 hours. Smells good. I usually go up wind and spray (fog) close to ground in area and under the trailer around the door. This seems to be most effective.
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Old 04-18-2019, 12:19 PM   #4
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My go to in the boating days was "Avon, Skin So Soft".
I wonder if there are still Avon ladies?
It smelled great and seemed to work well.
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Old 04-18-2019, 12:22 PM   #5
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Mosquitos

We keep screen door closed, and in bad areas use Deep Woods OFF! on our person.

I use old-fashioned flypaper in a safe location away from dogs and people to collect stray bugs that get inside. It eventually gets gross, but is cheap and effective.

Avon still is in business and as far as I know, still sells the ‘Skin so soft’ product. I’ve never used it, but folks in Alabama swear by it.
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I really like the Thermacell device. It uses replaceable pads with a butane heater. Also, when outside I run a small 12 volt electric fan plugged in to the Zamp outlet by the batteries. Mosquitos don't like the breeze that it creates for the patio area.
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Old 04-18-2019, 01:06 PM   #7
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Another vote for Thermacell, works great for lots of flying things...

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I really like the Thermacell device. It uses replaceable pads with a butane heater. Also, when outside I run a small 12 volt electric fan plugged in to the Zamp outlet by the batteries. Mosquitos don't like the breeze that it creates for the patio area.
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Old 04-18-2019, 01:34 PM   #8
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They make tiny little tiki torches if you have a picnic table or something those are great at night. Also make citronella candles , the smoke seems to mask your tasty scent to the bugs.

Along with bug spray.

Recently I've seen little solar UV bug lamps that are for outdoors on amazon.

Little whack it bug zapper racket - good for annoying friends too with electric current.
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To get rid of skeeters that have already come in, close the door, open a screened window, remove the screen from your ceiling exhaust fan, and run the fan at high speed. The skeeters will be sucked out through the exhaust fan because they will fly downwind rather than trying to buck a headwind. Once the bugs are gone, put the screen back in the exhaust fan (after turning it off, of course!).
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Old 04-19-2019, 12:41 PM   #10
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Take a look at Sawyer products

This is a big topic at our house right now as we prepare to leave for the upper midwest in the next few weeks. I think it was The Greatley's who introduced me to Sawyer's repellent. You spray it on clothes, shoes, tents, screens etc to repel those little monsters. Seems to work. Survives multiple washings. Repels ticks too.



Sawyer has a lotion that's specific to Black flies as well. I sure hope it works.



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Old 04-19-2019, 12:51 PM   #11
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We are brand new to the AS experience and will be planning our first local tri[p for Mother's Day weekend. What do ASers do for mosquitos? Recommendations?
I heard if you put up a sign that says "No Mosquitos Welcome Here", you will end up being harassed, receive threats, and generally the environmental folks won't talk to you, so best just to use Off Backwoods and stay covered up where you can!
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Thermocell

We are new to AS as well but know the mosquitoes very well being from Florida. The thermocell absolutely works like a champ and we own several.
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Avon Skin So Soft works.

Or you can try this: Mosey over to your neighbor with a bottle of Aqua Velva and strike up a conversation about mosquitos. Tell his this stuff works great. After he slathers himself with Aqua Velva all the mosquitos will hang out with him and leave you alone.
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For what it's worth, OFF makes a portable unit that's battery powered. You turn it on and put it on. In our area, it seems to work really well.
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Old 04-19-2019, 04:43 PM   #15
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mosquito solution

Get a thermacell works great unless windy I live and fish texas coastal marsh this thing does the job!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 04-19-2019, 04:58 PM   #16
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Get a thermacell works great unless windy I live and fish texas coastal marsh this thing does the job!!!!!!!!!!


I was looking at these. A few questions....

1) looks like they have battery and rechargeable versions. But the rechargeable versions apparently use a different system. Do you know anything about that? I suppose I could use rechargeable batteries in the battery version...

2) lots of the reviews say it works great - but - expensive to run as the butane canister may last say 12 hours and 4 pads at 3 hours each - so like $30 a weekend - that can add up over several months. Is that your experience?

3) and particular tips and tricks for maximizing the effectiveness?

I’m a skeeter magnet - would love something for the campsite that works great. Thanks!
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Old 04-19-2019, 05:26 PM   #17
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I've found that it's a good idea to take along a skene of thick yarn to use in closing the areas around window levers, fan vents and other spots where seemingly tiny gaps allow mosquitoes to enter.


I've also found that a fan that allows you to draw air into the Airstream through the fan vent is useful when going in and out through the screen door. The positive pressure in the AS helps keep critters outside.


But nothing is perfect. Surrender to the fact that you'll wake in the night with the whine of the mosquito in your ear and end up slapping yourself in the head trying to catch the damn thing.
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Old 04-19-2019, 05:37 PM   #18
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Thermacell inside

I was interested and did a quick Amazon look. Looks like the manufacturer doesn't recommend using indoors. Those that use the product care to weigh in on real-world usage?
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We got the real big ones up here!! OFF just doesn't seem to work on them. A 12 guage in season is the best!!
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What kind of chemicals does the Thermocell give off? Or is it some sort of smell that masks the carbon dioxide that humans give off? Curious about this... we have always used a spray, and often just go inside the minute we see a mosquito! Thanks!
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