ThermacellPatio Shield Mosquito Repellent E-Series Rechargeable Repeller; 10’ Mosquito Protection Zone; Includes 12-Hour Repellent Refill; No Spray, Flame or Scent; Bug Spray Alternative

First, I want to say that I am one of those people that attracts mosquitoes like nobody's business. There could be 10 people in a room that don't even notice a mosquito, but it will go straight to me and I'll have a dozen bites while everyone else isn't even bothered... I guess it's my body chemistry or something, probably how much CO2 I breathe out? Lucky me. I have been doing yard projects and even with layers of Deepwoods off Cutter bug spray, they still come for me. I even sprayed insecticide all over the yard and used a bug zapper. It limits the number of mosquitoes, but they are still a problem in the summer. I bought this and I think it works so well if you follow the directions. You have to let it warm up for about 15 minutes to get that full radius effect, and you won't get all the protection if it is a windy day and you are upwind from it. Today, I was painting the deck for about two hours in the evening (because that was the only time I could do it to avoid rain)... dusk is the worst time for mosquitoes. I only got one bite, and that was an exception because I was squatting in the grass as I was painting the side of the deck, and the thermacell was on the other side. Still, only one after two hours… That is amazing for me. Normally, Even when I wear long sleeves and pants, they bite me through the fabric. If I wear bug spray, they still come and bite me in the spots in between or wait for the spray to wear off. This is the only thing that has worked for me. Now, I just want to take this little unit everywhere! I can't believe I went camping without this thing for so many years. I already bought another unit and plenty of refills. Very excited to no longer have to hide indoors just because of these tiny terrorist vampires.PS: There is almost no scent. I know it's advertised as scent free, and it is very close to scent free. It just has a very light burning scent which is not unpleasant. It's similar to a very small citronella candle scent.

I hate the feeling of bug spray on my skin; how is it slimy and tacky at the same time?!? I bought these hoping I could maybe just use less bug-"off" but it's very late June and we're camping on a river-front site at Wisconsin's Merrick State Park on The Mississippi River and I've barely done little more than dab a little bug spray from my finger around my ears and the back of my neck. With temps in the upper 80's and low 90's, the bugs are pretty bad away from our site; it's not just mosquitoes but, biting flies and other annoying flying things; after two evenings and one full day I'm more than satisfied with the effectiveness of these devices. The 12 hr cartridges actually lasted about 15-16 hours and the batteries about 8-9, rather than 6.5; I eventually set each unit atop a 10,000mah battery bank and I'm writing this about 13-14 hours after turning them on this morning. Of you're on the fence because you don't know if they'll do the job; jump down and buy them; you won't be disappointed. Keep in mind, these devices all vaporize insecticide; if you're worried about breathing that don't buy this and, don't expect full effectiveness on a breezy day because wind will blow away the vapors and all their repellency.

So I like that it’s rechargeable and easy to use. But there’s no cap for the refill so it leaks when you are not using it if it gets juggled around.Some of the other thermacells have a 15 ft zone and this is 10 ft so keep that in mind too

I live in Tulsa Oklahoma. I have a large pond bordering my property and three garden ponds in my back yard. My deck was not usable during mosquito season. We have a ton of birds and lightning bugs at night so I always hated spraying my yard.I have had the thermacell radius for about two weeks now. We are going out on the deck every day between 5 and 6 pm and staying a couple of hours. I have not had one mosquito bite. It does not drive away any other kind of bug that I can tell, but I only bought it for mosquitos and I am very happy with the performanceBe sure to turn it on for 15 minutes before going outside. We have been religious about this. It is very easy to operate and the refill price works out to about 50 cents per hour. Very worth it for me.It uses a batter that has to be recharged. It uses the standard 5 volt charger similar to your phone, which means you can also charge it from an auxiliary battery if you forget to charge it. Battery is advertised to work for 6 hours.My only problem now is that it is getting hot and I am going to have to make decisions about whether to use this unit and be hot or turn on the evaporative fan to cool down. I am confident that the thermacell will not be effective in the wind either from nature or a fan. Hopefully, the fan can blow the mosquitos away.I would absolutely recommend this product. I would also suggest that you keep refills on hand because they are sometimes out of stock and they seem to have some shipping restrictions. And one almost gotcha. I had some refills in the amazon cart and when I went back to check out, they had gone from $20 to $45. So watch out for price fluctuations and don't pay more than $20. When that happened I just ordered from Cabala's.