Thermacell when still hunting?

[Red Dwarf]

Do any of you guys use Thermacell when still hunting? How effective is it when moving slowly and do you use the holster or is there a better way to carry it when it is on?

Red Dwarf

[rastaman]

i have it in a holster and attach that to my pack.

[Red Beastmaster]

I wear an extra belt with water bottle, small pouch, and my Thermacell holster. I hang it sort of loose because the back gets hot and needs ventilation.

I have used mine all summer stillhunting groundhogs. I only got one mosquito bite in over four months while using my unit.

[tippit]

Yep, They work while walkin' too...Doc

[Kevin L.]

I attach my holster to my backpack and take plenty of refills    

The mosquitoes and blackflies will suck ya dry up here.

[SOS]

Strap the holster to the wide belt of my fanny pack with shoulder straps.  I often have my camera in a quick connect pouch and try to keep my Thermacell flat on top of that for best effect.  Works well chasing piggies in the swamp.

[Red Dwarf]

Thanks guys

I guess I'm going shopping!
Suprised to hear that this thing still works when it's on your back and you're moving forward, albeit slowly.

Red Dwarf

[AllenR]

A lot of the compounders at my club use them when they shoot the field course.  They tend to move on pretty quick since they have so many arrows to shoot.  So if it works there, it would work when you are still hunting.

I use mine for all early season hunting, at least until the cold knocks out the gnats, deer flys and mosquitos.

[Kevin L.]

If you're moving too fast for it be effective, you're moving WAY too fast to stillhunt, IMO.

[Red Dwarf]

Good point Kevin; If you are getting bitten....slooow down!

Red Dwarf

[Big_Al]

Did they change something with the Thermacell?  I thought it said in the instruction manual not to use it in the holster, or while moving.

[Young Buck]

That is what the instructions say but they work great while hiking/hunting.  I just got back from a backpacking trip and it worked great.  It was a little hard to start above 10,000 ft elev...

[Red Beastmaster]

"Did they change something with the Thermacell? I thought it said in the instruction manual not to use it in the holster, or while moving."

Big Al,

I wondered the same thing. Last winter when I first looked at the unit at Gander Mt. the package clearly warned against use in an upright position in the holster. Later, in the spring when I finally purchased one, the warning was no longer on the box.

So far nothing has melted or burned. Works great!

[Marvin M.]

Used one at Ray Hammonds in June for the first time.  When I strapped it on my belt it hung horizontally.  Never had a problem with it.

[George D. Stout]

What do these things burn?  What about the residue from the burn being breathed-in?  I think it may be as bad as just applying Deet to your hide.

[Lewis Brookshire III]

George I have used it still hunting and while sitting still. I dont like the smell of the "Smoke", it actually gives me a headache....so I am sure its not really the best thing to be breathing.

[Red Beastmaster]

Bug repellant bothers me(sneezing, burning eyes) a whole lot more than Thermacell fumes.

Being cooped up with one in a pop up blind might get a bit rough. Don't know.

[Lewis Brookshire III]

I still use them anyway, I cant understand how I used to hunt without them, LOL.

I just use them as little as possible while sitting still.

[GMASIUK]

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[GMASIUK]

They do work great, I use mine in my pop up for a few minutes every hour of so and have no problems. I also take it to the kids soccer games and just set it in the ground. As a matter of fact I'm sitting out on the back patio watching the kids in the swimming pool with it on right now. I will have to get a holster for it and try it walking around. I wonder if its possible to make something up insted of buying one?