Mosquito killer in action : Thermacell TEST in Nature : How effective on a scale 1-10?

The ThermaCell mosquito device in this video was evaluated in the most mosquito-infested place in the entire Scandinavia, Jårkastaka, which is located north of Kiruna on the road to Karesuando and Finland. The review is unbiased and truthful, although it was difficult to estimate the number of mosquitos exactly. A total of 150 to 300 mosquitos were removed from the air in the car within 15 minutes.
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[@intylekt]

Was anyone else thinking “man, hurry up and turn it on!” 🤣🤣🤣 I couldn’t be that calm around mosquitos. Kudos to you and thanks for doing this vid

[@BenNorway]

Thx!

[@MRantzWI]

Oh man....!! I'm only at 4 mins and I'm itching like crazy !!! I'm not sure I can make it further... is there a transcript of the rest of it that I can just read !?!?? LOL... 😅 ... Well, ok.... here goes.... I'm gonna hit play again.... God help me !! (Thanks for the vid !! Much appreciated !!)

[@chkhamis101]

And SHUT THE WINDOWS 😂😂😂

[@Ken_Sweden]

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[@makifaale8325]

Turn it on... I think one of them mosquitoes flew in me headphones.

[@tideofamoleculeweonceknew5935]

Legend has it, he’s in the passenger seat because the mosquitoes drove him there.

[@michaelvandeborne9382]

Am I the only one scratching myself just by watching this?

[@Ledindon78]

"1,2,3,4,5, I have 300 mosquitos in my car". Well that escalated quickly 🤣Great video thanks !

[@BenNorway]

😁

[@Zwiesel66]

I had the same thought 😅

[@ChargedPulsar]

That was the countdown for counting proccess to complete.

[@fliprider78]

This was my 6th video review of the Termacell and I just bought 4 after watching this. Talk about a perfect test, Thermacell should pay this man!!! Two thumbs up dude!!!

[@rolandaz666]

Totally agree with this statement ->🎖

[@nnnickkk]

Dude. You're like one of those lion tamers. You're MUCH calmer than I would be. Respect.

[@ErikS308]

I am an American hunter in the southeast and Thermacells are the best invention for hunters here in the last 35 years.

[@whisperingoutdoors]

I'm a turkey hunter and I will not hunt turkey without my thermacell! Yes they work , I give it a 10!

[@MrSitlia]

Your doing noble work with your product testing here.

[@bobbyfisher6343]

Best demo on this I have seen

[@eric_m_bailey]

Am I the only one who had serious anxiety at the beginning of the video with SO MANY MOSQUITOS flying around?

[@kymberry2079]

I was itchy the whole time!

[@siriosstar4789]

i have a summer property/house /cabin near Arvika on a very remote street surrounded by small lakes . my family and friends were attempting to drink some wine on the front porch but had to wear nets over their faces to prevent being attacked by mosquitos .they would lift the veil take a quick sip and immediately cover their face again . i laughed hysterically at this and went in side .

[@BenNorway]

The lovely truth about Sweden 😂 thanks for comment. I love Värmland!

[@dirtboy123100]

You’re in a car right now Pretty sure you’re supposed to be outside

[@flipadavis]

I put one of these exact Termacell units on the ground right next to my bare foot and ankle. I could see the wispy smoke coming from the insert so I knew it was working. I put my foot right next to it so the wisps were flowing past my ankle. It was maybe 20 seconds and a mosquito landed right on my ankle.

[@CJ-nf5jd]

Thanks for doing a demo. I have been carrying one whenever I go out on walks with my dog or hiking. Didn't really know if it was working I think it does, I don't like using messy liquid repellents. Canada has similar landscape and bugs as Sweden. Some people say our northern mosquitos are big enough you can use a shotgun on them.

[@MGirute]

Get bugasalt gun for home clearing 👌

[@TheFreeBro]

Not sure how effective it is when moving

[@MGirute]

@@TheFreeBro for home clearing

[@JJ79_]

Its not so good if you are moving. But example we use these in 3d archery shooting and works fine, we are in one target like 5-15 mins and move to next etc...

[@nelsonparra3797]

Thermacells work great, I usually set up 4 of them around me so I’m covered no matter which way the wind blows. I like the ones that mount to the top of a camping stove fuel canister. It’s cheaper than buying the small butane cartridges and last a really long time with a 450g canister.

[@BenNorway]

Great tip!

[@rikkosalu]

Thermacell Backpacker is the product you mean, but in europe is seems weirdly expensive. Around 65€ for starting kit and 25€ for 48h worth of repellent sheets/pads. I'm guessing they want their money I will not be giving them via refill fuel cells.

[@zhangyi4647]

I didn't know that there are mosquitoes in Scandinavia, since you can hardly find any in Ireland. Thanks for your review.

[@RidingwithStymie]

I am very impressed, with both your video and the device. Thank you. I need on e of these, since I camp in my vehicle frequently.

[@BenNorway]

Great to hear!

[@funplaymix7710]

Thank you for taking some bites for us, we always wanted to know how well these work

[@BenNorway]

Any time!

[@glenngregorio5968]

The devices work and I count on multiple units to cover large areas. With a quick mod, the butane canisters can even be reloaded.

[@wolw66]

You can recharge the pads too, wet them again with the liquid refills for those supposed to sit in a AC socket.

[@nandvunltdentmt]

the best review of this product

[@-----REDACTED-----]

Prallethrin being a pyrethroid is quite effective against mosquitoes in sufficient concentration and exposure time but unless trapped they rather fly away from the stuff than perish. At usual concentrations pretty much harmless to most mammals like humans thanks to our bodies being able to metabolise the stuff and/or it being comparably not well able to bind to our sodium channels, yet it’s highly dangerous to aquatic wildlife and cats who have been given the middle finger by Mother Nature when it comes to pyrethroids, I guess.

[@DaveEtchells]

Ah, very interesting, thanks for the explanation/details!

[@timderks5960]

Does that mean cats will get hurt from being around a thermacell in use, or should they just not eat/lick the tablets?

[@redzebra6688]

wow let me guess you’re either a biologist or a chemist right 😅

[@thecluelessoutdoorsman916]

@timderks5960 In my experience with it and cats is they cannot physically touch it at all. To be safe I’d keep it sealed away from all pets and children.

[@Jennysexy326]

Bro is the juggernaut of mosquitoebites. He just sits calmly in the car unpacking

[@Schteen23]

Great vid! Super informative and enthusiastic. Appreciate you! Edit: looks like I will be buying one asap, haha.

[@stevencrawford]

No idea why I watched this video just now. But greetings from Oz. I used the one you put on a small gas bottle when going up to Cape York last year. Was awesome. Put it on at dusk and dawn for a few hours. Sorted.

[@BenNorway]

Come by and test our mosquitoes 🦟 next time in Norway!

[@amat5441]

I likes the test....

[@tugwellgibson5461]

Best review ive ever seen

[@BenNorway]

🙏

[@habituallinestepper8839]

Works well enough for me. Nice review

[@unionse7en]

this video was a best case scenario : enclosed space, no wind.

[@BoraHorzaGobuchul]

It's obviously not going to work elsewhere, so no need to test.

[@slayerarrow]

Great real world test

[@danrussell3509]

Usually takes around 10 minutes to start working well and works best if the unit is laying where the treated blue pad is facing up because heat rises and the heat from the butane on the pad is what you want . I swear by these and always put out 3 or 4 of them if we are having company outside in the evenings . They are also fantastic to use while Turkey hunting and early season deer hunting when mosquitos are still out . They will repell mosquitos in a 12 foot diameter per unit for approximately 4 hours on a single pad and last 12 hours per butane cartridge and 3 pads . P.S. They are great for bear hunting too !

[@wolw66]

Yes, 10-15 minutes to work properly. I use them when fishing or outside after fishing. A necessity around rivers and lakes.

[@danrussell3509]

@@wolw66 Absolutely

[@Range-X]

Where I hunt you’re better off bathing in the strongest repellent you can find. There are hundreds following you around at any given time. Unless fully coated in spray, they will find gaps in the protection in those kind of numbers

[@danrussell3509]

@@Range-X If you are hunting turkeys alone then that is all good but don't expect to see many deer or bear cause they will smell you a half mile or more away . Good Luck !!

[@Range-X]

@@danrussell3509 that’s what I used to think. I was more worried about how I smelled than anything. After realizing they’ll smell you no matter what preventative measures you take, I hunt the wind and thermals 100% of the time. I’ve killed some good deer smoking Marlboros and smelling like dryer sheets 😂

[@matthewvoorhies7840]

Verry good review👍👏 well done 👍

[@antoniocapezza2247]

We have these in Venezuela, where you dont want mosquitoes around carrying dengue and other bad infections, and the best so far is ultrasonic repelents. Chemical ones are over in 1 h and then you wake up in the moddle of the night regreting. Thanks a lot for sharing!

[@afet472]

Can you link to one so i can buy it? Thanks!

[@MP_7]

Which ultrasonic repellent please?

[@fryertuck6496]

Ultrasonic repellants are torture for dogs.

[@ErikS308]

These last much longer than 1 hour.

[@nick4088]

It doesn't work if windy. It works great otherwise. I use this inside a mesh tent while cooking. I also it to clear my area of the 200+ mosquitoes between my mesh and tarp before I get out of my hammock in the morning or right after it gets dark. Works great after 10min of turning it on. I have had mine for 6 years already.

[@FlorinArjocu]

If it is windy, mosquitoes have a problem flying, too, so 99.9% of them will stay somewhere safe.

[@blockfifteen]

@@FlorinArjocugenerally how windy does it have to get before that point?

[@Nemomain]

​@@blockfifteenin my home mosquitos are only a problem when its hot, so I sleep with a fan on and they don't bite me + I cool myself

[@nick4088]

@FlorinArjocu I don't mean constant wind. In that case, you wouldn't need to use it. I meant if there is gust here and there because the smoke needs to stay in the area for it to work. Like the inside of my hammock tarp space.

[@DreStyle]

Ahhh so the paper insert is just a pesticide like you plug in the wall,this works on a gas heater !! Nice design!❤

[@BenNorway]

Yes, correct

[@Badhands55]

We use them all the time- I’ve had 2 of them a long time- I just learned how to refill the butane cartridges watching KZbin- saves a lot of $

[@kermit30au]

Iv been using these devices now two years. I seem to attract mosquitoes more than anyone I know. One thing I do is add a few drops of pyrethrin to the pad to kill the mosquito's and not just push them away. To make this product cheaper to run I buy ebay refill insecticide pads and took the one way valve from the gas bottle so it can refilled.

[@beyondEV]

the pads already contain pyrethrin (gas flame is only to disperse it). it's a biozide that kills all living things (lower dose may only cause temporary paralysis). be means of paralysis. this is also why it says you should not use it indoors. lethal dose for humans is very high, but there have been deaths, if kids got their hands on bottle's of the stuff. the good news it's almost certainly only acute toxic, so no long term effect like cancer. the fact that it's unsolvable in water, means it's mostly solved in white petroleum, which is a rather nasty irritant (e.g. in the eyes). important notice: since it also kills bees, it may be illegal to use during season or daytime, when bees are flying.(it strongly depends on jurisdiction). If you go the route of use it in liquid form: it's capable of penetrating through the skin.

[@averageguy1261]

I started to scratch myself watching your video.

[@tdcjonm]

I have a cabin in Northern Minnesota. Before thermacell, I soaked myself in 40% DEET. Now, with thermacell, I can be in my backyard doing whatever I want, like it's the middle of winter without a mosquito in sight in the middle of summer. I was going to hire someone to screen in our deck before so we could enjoy the summers bug free but Thermacell works just as good. I have 4 around our cabin, one by the back door and three around the backyard/ deck/ bonfire area. Works great on a boat too in the middle of the lake where mosquitos can be their absolute worst/thickest you can imagine, talking tens of thousands flying around your immediate area, so thick you could scoop them out of the sky with a net, but with thermacell they keep a good distance. Only drawback is if theirs a slight breeze over 10mph, then the wind nullifies the affects somewhat.

[@texasblaze1016]

This video was a anxiety provoking machine!! I was yelling at him to hurry up and turn on the thermal cell!!!

[@matthewparker4101]

I have used it in Thailand, fast result if you place it so it is still. Less breeze is even better.

[@thejayvodlexperience7856]

The Thermacell repellent is highly effective and I’ve tested in various places and countries. Cheers from Southern California!

[@quanchyplimp]

I have a 240v version of this. The blue tablet emits permethrin which is an insecticide that is said to not be harmful to humans. The emission from the tablet basically makes the mosi lazy, almost stoned, so they land instead of trying to feed. Only the female does the biting.

[@realblakrawb]

Allegedly these work by "blinding" the mosquitos hunting senses so it isnt driving them away, they just dont notice you by scent. Docile parked mosquitos in the car looks like it worked to me.

[@beyondEV]

The one in the test has a biocide in it, which induces paralysis. depending on dose, it's lethal.

[@Felground]

I'm sold. Buying one tonight.

[@FlorinArjocu]

Those "pads" look like standard ones you find in supermarkets/any shop and install in an A/C device or even out them on top of the old filament bulbs. They b4come white or so when they are consumed. Are these different?

[@BenNorway]

Same thing only slightly different size

[@carl_h]

its a deterrent, not a pesticide. it works well when not moving around too much.

[@DiabloVan]

Good review

[@HeinerStorchennest1]

Hello, can you or anybody else tell the difference to model MR450? Are there any other models in the market? What do you think about your personel health when breathing the fume? Heinz, Germany

[@BenNorway]

It’s easier to see if the piece has the flame running on the 450. The rest is pretty much the same. I wouldn’t pay the extra myself for the mr450. Thx !

[@Ronaldopopkings]

Nice test, you can refill those butane cells with some modifications. Using regular cheap lighter gas.

[@BenNorway]

Great point!

[@902384902384]

I'd tune in for more tests. test 1 open window & count mosquitos after 20 minutes repeat test next day with thermacell or ultrasonic & count mosquitos. seemed to work in your car at least. I could see this working well in the wild since instead of following a trail of juicy Co2 they are repulsed by it.

[@fyrchmyrddin1937]

I was gifted one a year ago & wish I'd tried it out sooner; it worked well enough in open air when I used it beneath a tarp which I'd strung a hammock under... I had at least 20 mosquitos just hanging out waiting for me before firing it up. The cost of refills is high, so I might look at the model which uses regular bottled gas and possibly DIY refilling the packets.

[@svinkuk2652]

these things are fantastic, you can sit at your campfire and actually enjoy grilling up a hotdog instead of passing out from exhaustion from slapping all the skeeters 11/10 a must have for the outdoorsman!

[@jamesendsley2611]

Itworks I'm highly allergic to mosquitoes and it works have used it as soon as they started making them cuz I couldn't find what I used to use it works pretty good the kept me from getting eaten up by mosquitoes

[@Selfmade19811]

I have one and it seems to work. I’m a mosquito magnet mostly and every time i use the thermo cell i get zero bites. Had it outside at a cookout once, took it in with me when i was getting ready to leave. Was about 5 minutes everyone else followed and said damn mosquitoes came out of nowhere 😆😆😆

[@unphazd5137]

Hehe your story tickled me 😂

[@richierich4810]

An actual good review thank you :)

[@BenNorway]

Thanks for watching!

[@pliashmuldba]

O i remember fishing Byske river years ago, as a Dane, the amount of mosquitoes was jaw dropping.

[@mrBDeye]

There would be no mosquitoes if they did not have food sources of blood.

[@juanrubio1280]

¿donde están los cadáveres de los mosquitos?; porque por lo que e visto, estabas en interior de un vehículo.. nó me gusta..

[@meltabsolutmelt2522]

It works fine👍.... rekomended!

[@josephpk4878]

To me, a single mosquito bite means big pain and itching for days on end. Watching him in the car like that is like watching a horror movie. The only way to get rid of mosquitos is to hire me to stand 20ft away from you, so they all just swarm me in the distance.

[@driftinvideo7347]

Thermacell is amazing. Only issue with it is if it suddenly runs out of bhutane in that little cartridge - the hell gets loose :D

[@Suge212]

Breathing in mosquito repellent sounds healthy.

[@Shorrey]

I grew up with things like that, but stationary. So you mount them into the wall socket. Mosquitos just stop seeing you.

[@oBseSsIoNPC]

I couldn't be bothered with this technology stuff, although it seems to work. It certainly doesn't work well enough when it's windy, so it's mostly useless outside. I have great success with using lemon grass cream with eucalyptus on myself and top it off by spraying my clothes with repellent that uses icaridine, instead of deet. It lasts about 5hrs. Only the most persistent, hungry and desperate mosquitoes still manage to find blind spots on shirts, to poke through and attempt to suck my precious blood. I am from Canada and I live in a high density mosquito area.

[@Shep01]

Save you some time. It works great. I went hunting in some swampy areas. No protection got over 100 bites a limb during my 8 hr in that hell. I came back out with a ThermaCELL and watched the bugs fly in and turn and fly right back off. Always have it now. And ALWAYS got a back up cylinder of gas and spare inserts to the fresh one. It's pricey but 100% the best protection for the worse areas

[@Shep01]

In case anyone is wondering I only itched my legs once over the two weeks it took for the to mostly heal. It was 100% the best scratch of my life... after that once... there was no point in doing it again it wouldn't be close to the same satisfaction.

[@lonnyschellenberg1622]

Good video

[@NikoMoraKamu]

normal fans works very well againsts all flying insects too , you put it close to the window at night and the isects cant fly trough the strong wind i use to do that on summer , but being honest in that car were more mosquitos than in a full summer in Spain i dont know if it will work xD

[@captnkirk6180]

Thank you, I had some good laughs, I know the pain of skeeters very well.

[@Vinlaell]

Do this s*** really does work I live in palatka Florida the humidity and heat is terrible right now in the mosquitoes are unbearable but ever since I got my thermacell I haven't had a single bite I only saw one laying on me for a second and then once he got a whiff of that s*** he disappeared Just takes a little while for it to warm up before it starts to work

[@jsiravo07]

I was itching just watching this

[@DieTabbi]

It is interesseting how a small moskito can make life hard and nature has nothing for human to protect us.

[@VideoJocky1]

Consumer Reports says "Metofluthrin is a pyrethroid insecticide, very effective at repelling mosquitoes, but not friendly to humans"

[@beyondEV]

Really depends on the dose. Good news it unlikely to have any long term effects like cancer. but it also really hurt other insects like bees. so use responsibly.

[@truthseeker5496]

Only works if your in a small closed off area? What about outside. Will it keep them away from you.

[@BenNorway]

It works. I ran down to the boat in the forest, had it with me and suddenly realized I was attacked by 100s of them. When I can back, I found that I had ran out of gas in the cartridge so it had stopped

[@dingdingdingdiiiiing]

What's the gas? Any detrimental effects on humans?

[@Clownmeati8]

Six, seven, eight.. roughly two or three hundred in here 😂😂

[@nathanduckeorth806]

I use mine every summer at my hunting camp works well for mosquitoes but not very well for black flies

[@beyondEV]

Matter of Dose. Black flies are much bigger, so they poison they disperse is insufficient.

[@av8dr]

The question is will it work in an open area. Thanks for the video.

[@BenNorway]

Yes it will!

[@BenNorway]

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[@nilosof]

So basically it's a "myggspiral", as the ones we used in the 80s, packed in a fancy box with handle around. Thanks for showing, I've been curious about those devices.

[@ErikS308]

Unlike the spiral things, these actually work.

[@carloscallau522]

Have you tried how long after turning it off the mosquitos start coming back?

[@BenNorway]

Good point! NeXT video!

[@basidiumequilibrium2373]

What kind of jacket are you wearing?

[@BenNorway]

Goretex SST from Pata, I think 🤔

[@matthewpalmer6827]

Excellent video!

[@GOwBahddaym]

This video made me itchy

[@elscarface1]

Buying one for when i do cookouts

[@BenNorway]

3 make triangular mosquito trap

[@Littlelamb2023]

I was slapping my face watching this!

[@user_PsevdonimyEtoPolnyjOtstoj]

Чувак открыл для себя фумигатор! Поздравляю. )))

[@BenNorway]

Nobel 🏆 thx 🙏

[@Thick_Moist]

This is like when I was visiting my girlfriend's family a week ago on an island and you open the door and that shit leaked mosquitoes like water

[@samibmailful]

Doesn't work outside, I think. Specially if there is any light wind

[@CartoonWeasel]

Thermacell works, it just takes a good 20 minutes. I have to nuclear tower looking one and used it when i was putting up a gazebos. Moskitos where trying to kill me but after 20 minutes i realized there was none around me and had quiet. It definitely works. Just takes a little time

[@traceyevans2757]

They def don’t work

[@beyondEV]

@@traceyevans2757 they do work. but since they create a cloud of toxic mist, they may not work in windy conditions.

[@Rich77UK]

Does it kill them? Or make them leave?

[@BenNorway]

Mostly they fly away, unless they overdo

[@bimini1216]

It makes them quit attacking.

[@somejansmind]

Where i live in poland in rhe summer are loads of mosquitos

[@rick5078]

anti-mosquito incense coils are just as effective as those thermacell things, which is to say not very effective at all, but they are a lot cheaper than thermacell. Costing only $1 here for a pack of 10 coils each of which burns for many hours.

[@ICheat_ILie_ISteal]

Where are you getting 10 coil for $1? Is it made from essential oils?

[@rick5078]

@@ICheat_ILie_ISteal I live in Ecuador and in south america you can get a pack of 10 coils of anti mosquito incense for $1 or less a pack. They aren't made with essential oils, they are made with rich-D-trans allethrin and other pyrethrin variants.

[@BoraHorzaGobuchul]

Right, having a smoldering coil in a car or tent is lots of fun.

[@rick5078]

@@BoraHorzaGobuchul smoldering thermacell or smoldering incense coil, not much difference. If you read my comment in detail you would have noticed I said that it wouldn't be very effective at all. Besides that, they do have these metal trays to place the coils in to reduce the risk of fire etc and they do not put out as much smoke as normal incense does, burns very slowly and emits little smoke. In a tent I wouldn't recommend using unless you place one inside the tent for half an hour before going to bed and removing the coil before you go in and leave the tray with the coil outside of the tent in a safe spot or just extinguish. Something I do think would be a lot more effective to use is permethrin products that you apply to fabrics. (clothing, tents, sleeping bags, car upholstery, etc.) an example would be sawyer SP657.

[@Shadismic]

The tennisbat zapper is king

[@shitsprinkler]

Is it supposed to smoke like that seems unhealthy.

[@techh8662]

lmao i had to adjust my clothes when i watched this video

[@jarikinnunen1718]

My creation instant mosquito killer is spray gun and pine soap water. When it hit, mosquito drop like stone in second. When bite itching, hand cleansing gel help directly.

[@BenNorway]

That’s a great one! But the problem is to run around and chase them.

[@jarikinnunen1718]

​@@BenNorway At .home, it very usable for few.

[@unphazd5137]

5:00 Mosquitos: HELP GET ME THE FUCK OUT!!!

[@minimumwrist3546]

Gonna need this for bill gates gmo mosquitoes

[@cvidal2702]

So it doesn't work. That's what we have learned hear. After 10 or more like 15 minutes the bugs vacated. In an enclosed area. Which your not supposed to use. So if used accordingly to manufacture directions, in an open environment, there will be wind? Tell me how much of the burned elementals do you think are actually going to deter the bugs, versus the burned elementals simply getting blown away by wind? Remember, it took 15 minutes for any effectiveness.

[@spyder5571]

Dude, you have to move. That would drive me crazy!

[@ARI-wc6xd]

It's not test in the nature, it's test in the car. Real test should be sitting outside in the nature and I'm quite sure it does not work with all the wind and for sure not work in 20 square meters.

[@Ken_Sweden]

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[@geemanns4949]

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