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IPFS News Link • Techno Gadgets

Packable device keeps mosquitoes away in the boonies

• http://www.gizmag.com, C.C. Weiss

The company is preparing to launch a lighter, more compact repeller designed to go deeper into the wilderness. The packable Backpacker Repeller drops Thermacell's mosquito-fighting technology into your pack so you can easily carry it to even the most faraway backcountry destinations.

We've used one of Thermacell's larger repeller lanterns and can say that it's an absolute pleasure. Thermacell claims 96 percent effectiveness against mosquitoes, black flies and other pesky flying insects. Usually we'd like those odds, but four mosquitoes out of 100 will still leave you itching in the morning.

We have yet to meet those four mosquitoes, though. The lantern was so effective that we thought maybe there just weren't any mosquitoes around - right up until a subsequent evening when we didn't bring the lantern out and got eaten alive.


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