Mosquito Catches/Repellers

Hiya Scoops

I reckon its been a bad year for the bugger on the Mornington Peninsula..That deet is a bugger when the sweat pulls it into your eyes...

You would'nt honestly spend $160 on that unit ???? Your out in the bush mate i cannot see if theres millions on mosquito's it would make any diff...

Ive been at Aussie Disposals to get me one of these

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Still waiting though...

Have you thought about one of these

T55 or T76

Sides fold down when it rains too..

Goodluck

We got to Straddie at least 4 times a year and in summer the mozzies are really bad there. I plug my zapper in my inverter and move it about 15m away from us and we have no problem. The zapper zaps every 10 seconds or so on a busy night.

I always take it with me and it works a treat

BCF had/has a rechargeable fluro - torch - bug light , works ok if set up round 3-4 metres away , is not that robust however if not transported with the greatest of care. Ours lasted for 5mths out of our 6mth trip , refused to work when needed the most around the channels at Hinchinbrook .

I bought one of those "blue light" things from Bunnings two weeks ago ... battery operated. Works quite well here at home and will consider taking it with me when next on the road. Just need an inverter to recharge it every couple of days.
Jack

I can personally attest to the value of the ThermaCELL Mosquito Repellent - worth every cent of the $50 they charge for them.

The Bugeater really does work, and it works with mozzies which don't seem to be attracted to the blue light wavelength used by others that have light attractors. You will need to use the more expensive tubes made by Bugeater however. I don't think any of the light attractor ones are much good for campsites. They attract everything for miles around, which in the tropics, is an awful lot. On the shadow side of objects, the bugs seem to take shelter. We find you need a couple of them so you don't get shadow areas under tables etc (just where your legs are). ie, the light attracts clouds of insects, then survivors cluster where there are shadow areas. Fine around a pool or at home. Bug eater is also much quieter and uses less juice than the zapper types.

Thanks everyone for your responses. Sounds like it might be best to go with the ThermaCell unit which repels the buggers. Better for a camp site environment.

Cheers