In reply to Post #61
Normally i would agree with Oldgeezer about Incognito it did seem to be the best repellant against mozzies ...but this year down here in Murcia Spain it seems like they like it !!!!! 
we have had a really wet cold spring so it was ok but now boom summer has arrived and the Asian tiger mozzies have hatched in biblical proportions in the last few days normally when going out i just spray myself and only get the odd bite ...but this morning i was spraying myself and the little buggers were just landing on my sprayed / wet ankles without a care in the world almost like it was an attractant not a repelant !!!
most people here seemed to like Avon skin so soft but last yr i think they changed the formula and it not as effective so i wonder has Incognito done the same ?
Or i have become less bitter and twisted during lockdown and they now like me
who knows ...but this could be a bad yr here for the tiger mozzies ? just got to wait for the council to come around in July doing there spraying
we have had a really wet cold spring so it was ok but now boom summer has arrived and the Asian tiger mozzies have hatched in biblical proportions in the last few days normally when going out i just spray myself and only get the odd bite ...but this morning i was spraying myself and the little buggers were just landing on my sprayed / wet ankles without a care in the world almost like it was an attractant not a repelant !!!
most people here seemed to like Avon skin so soft but last yr i think they changed the formula and it not as effective so i wonder has Incognito done the same ?
Or i have become less bitter and twisted during lockdown and they now like me
who knows ...but this could be a bad yr here for the tiger mozzies ? just got to wait for the council to come around in July doing there spraying
In reply to Post #63
I've moved to the Alsace, France. I was at the lake at 0445 this morning keen as mustard and covered in Incognito. I was back in the van heading home at 0600, mozzie torture. I've been recommended Autan by our neighbour.
I've moved to the Alsace, France. I was at the lake at 0445 this morning keen as mustard and covered in Incognito. I was back in the van heading home at 0600, mozzie torture. I've been recommended Autan by our neighbour.
How quick do the thermacells go through a gas canister?
In reply to Post #1
I had mozzies around the bivvy in May, colder nights, but days were quite bright, even if a little chilly with the north quarter based winds.
Last week my bivvy and car were absolutely covered in hatch cases of various insects, from mosquitoes to damsel flies.
I think if this weather keeps up it is going to be a heavy mozzie year.
For the past few years I have been on Avon Skin So Soft original, and not had any major problems. Previous to that I used Lifesystems Mozzie repellant 50%, but it could give me a headache, although it worked.
Some people find Skin so Soft works, others need more.
I had mozzies around the bivvy in May, colder nights, but days were quite bright, even if a little chilly with the north quarter based winds.
Last week my bivvy and car were absolutely covered in hatch cases of various insects, from mosquitoes to damsel flies.
I think if this weather keeps up it is going to be a heavy mozzie year.
For the past few years I have been on Avon Skin So Soft original, and not had any major problems. Previous to that I used Lifesystems Mozzie repellant 50%, but it could give me a headache, although it worked.
Some people find Skin so Soft works, others need more.
In reply to Post #66
BUMP
BUMP
Mate i fish with a lot has never been bitten. He is quite partial to the old jamaican old holborn so maybe there is something in that the mozzies dont like?
In reply to Post #65
A standard size gas cannister literally last months for me, and that's fishing all through the summer, it's a tiny little flame that heats a metal plate (the fragrance pad sits on the plate)
I fish down in the Colne Valley and the mozzies are absolutely awful, the thermacell is the only thing which really works well.
A standard size gas cannister literally last months for me, and that's fishing all through the summer, it's a tiny little flame that heats a metal plate (the fragrance pad sits on the plate)
I fish down in the Colne Valley and the mozzies are absolutely awful, the thermacell is the only thing which really works well.
In reply to Post #69
Used mine for the first time over the weekend, where the mozzies are equally ferocious. Bloody brilliant!!
Used mine for the first time over the weekend, where the mozzies are equally ferocious. Bloody brilliant!!
In reply to Post #69
Thermacell is essential for me. I'd choose it over insect repellent but both is brilliant as then you deal with all the biting buzzing b******s
Thermacell is essential for me. I'd choose it over insect repellent but both is brilliant as then you deal with all the biting buzzing b******s
In reply to Post #30
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In reply to Post #72
Avon “skin so soft”, + sorts your complexion out......
Avon “skin so soft”, + sorts your complexion out......
Anyone tried or know of these from Flextail, I think shipped from the US ?
https://www.flextail.com/products/tiny-repel
https://www.flextail.com/products/tiny-repel
In reply to Post #73
only any good for midges not been any good for mozzies since they changed the formula a while ago sadly ( I used it for around 6 years )
only any good for midges not been any good for mozzies since they changed the formula a while ago sadly ( I used it for around 6 years )
I went fishing with my mate Sunday until this afternoon,we both used Smidge after recommendation on here.I never got touched at all,my mate woke up with 23 bites this morning