Where are you guys buying these? I'm convinced and want to pick a couple up, but the only place I could find them in a online search was Cabelas. $30.00
Is that the only choice?
I haven't bought one yet, but I think Wal_mart carries them. I will prolly get them at Dick's Sporting Goods. I think $30.00 is about what they run.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=thermocell&x=0&y=0
You might give this a try. I got my refills here.
Jerry
Wal-Mart carries them, I have had one for several years and believe me they work, the best skeeter repellent I have ever used, $30.00 bucks is about standard.cc
They definately work! I got mine at Wal-mart too. The worst thing is the cost of the replacement butane cartridges. :rolleye:
About $6. That would come to about $300/gallon or maybe more. :shck:
Wow...Yerry, they have them for under $20 there.
Sweeeeet :yoyo:
I got mine thru sportsmanswarehouse.com a few years ago.
I bought one at Cabelas last week for $21.00
Carl
$21.00?? :confused:
Well I ordered them from the Amazon seller KnifeCo, for 19.95 each.
I guess they made up the difference though, shipping for two of them was $13.00. They must be delivering them with my big ole Edelbrock fed Ford :laf:
Yep, Cabelas in Lacey washington, 21.99 for the machine, 9.99 for the case and 19.95 for the multi refill pack. In my hardback cabelas catalogue, spring 2008 edition, page 638. olive drab color 21.99, camo, 29.99. I went to the store to avoid shipping cost. One of my kids got me a gift cert for my Bday. Got some cool camo pants too.
Carl
also I have seen them in the Bargin Cave at that store.
Ah, I never thought of the bargain cave, but now I have to wonder why their would be any in there. :confused:
Quote from: FinsnFur on May 10, 2008, 04:09:43 PM
Ah, I never thought of the bargain cave, but now I have to wonder why their would be any in there. :confused:
Maybe somebody used it for a weekend of nightfishing or a party then took it back to get their money back. Personally,, mine will be with me in the AM again. Actually I sat along the river watching for a groundhog the other evening & was glad I had mine with me. :biggrin:
http://www.bobleearchery.com/index.php?crn=304&rn=1181&action=show_detail (http://www.bobleearchery.com/index.php?crn=304&rn=1181&action=show_detail) they run 21.99 on this site
Quote from: FinsnFur on May 10, 2008, 04:09:43 PM
Ah, I never thought of the bargain cave, but now I have to wonder why their would be any in there. :confused:
You never know where you can find these things several years ago before these things caught on one of the guys in the Hunt Club was at Home Depot and they were having a closeout on them and he bought all the club members one for $5.00 buck each.cc
Ah man that would be wild Carl :yoyo:
Got my Thermacells yesterday. :highclap:
For the first time that I can recall, in my life, I'm looking forward to the mosquito filled hot summer evenings :doh2:
Jim,
I was just looking at mine and found the disclaimer that they actually ATTRACT mosquitoes in states starting with the letter M or W. Where is it that you live?
Jerry
Hawaii, Jerry :wink:
Hey how hot do these things get?
There a lot bigger then I expected, no wonder the sell a holster for them also. Just wondering how hot they actually get.
I have the holster and usually strap it on my ankle so I don't have to wonder where it is. I don't think I would want to lay it on my bare skin.
Jerry
They are supposed to lay flat during operation. the holster is not for use while it is fired up.
They get pretty hot, but not overly dangerous.
The holster is for when it's not in use?
I wonder how much or what kind of difference it makes though :confused:
Are they just saying that to avoid someone getting burned?
I've attached mine to a back pack and hiked through the woods with it hanging off the pack on my back with no problems, no spontanious combustion and no forest fires.
The HOT question can be answered just by looking at one closely. It's made out of plastic. How hot could it get? I think I have had hand warmers that got hotter.
Al
Yeah I guess that makes sense. All I could find on their website was; transporting in the on position while in a holster shortens the life of the unit.
I can't see where it would hurt anything other then you wouldn't be able to establish your supposedly 225 square ft protection area becasue you would be moving. :shrug:
:confused:it says on the holster package that you can use it in the holster and hang it from something in your camp area like a tent pole. but then to use it it does say to lay it flat???
this is too complicated for me.
Carl
I use the holster, attached to my ankle area, so it is sometimes upright, sometimes sideways, sometimes flat. It doesn't seem to mind and neither do I. I am sure their lawyers would advise using it someway that would keep their liability lowest, but I have not had problems and plan to keep using it this way until there is a problem.
Jerry
Midsouth Shooters Supply had them for $17.99 in a Flyer they sent the other day
Jerry, you should get some screens on your windows if the mosquitos are bothering you with your legs in a horizontal position :roflmao:
Jim,
You should try it in the woods sometime. It is called getting back to nature! :eyebrow:
Jerry
Please Jim, no Video.... :nono: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:
:roflmao: :biggrin:
So does it work for you on those pesky Wisconsin biters?? :biggrin:
I hope these things work like you guys say. I've got a canoe/fishing trip to Canada coming up the first week of July. After reading some of the comments here, I bought one at the NRA convention a couple of weeks ago. I'm going to give it a try on the mosquitoes and black flies in Canada.
Pat
I've only used it once so far. Last weekend I wore it down fishing.
The outcome...well I didnt get bit by a single mosquito.
Now about three days before I actually went down to fish, I stopped in a couple of my favorite holes to check the water temps, clarity etc, and the gnats were so god dang bad I think I scratched my scalp bloody in the 15 minutes I was there. I was so irritated I had to take a crap five minutes after I got there :laf: I mean you could literally feel them crawling on you and in your hair. :mad3:
The Thermocell didn't 100% ward those off when I went back with, but it really did keep them to a minimum. made it so that I could at least shake my haed once in a while and keep fishing. :eyebrownod:
I think it's only fair to say there was a light breeze that day also, which I cannot help but to think would hinder the ability to actually maintain your so called 15x15 protective perimeter. But like I said...I never did get bit by a mosquito.
Sounds like it worked then. :yoyo:
Pat-- I have no idea if it will work on those Canadian black flies or not. My experience with them buggers is body armor is prolly the way to go. :eyebrownod: Or wait til September to go up. :laf: I'm interested in hearing how well it does on them tho. Please give us a report when you get back OK? :wink:
Will do. The Therocell guy said no problem with black flies, I hope he wasn't selling snake oil.
Pat