ThermaCELL Lantern
Lewis Creek Shooting School 07.13.12
I don’t particularly like mosquitoes. Fortunately, they apparently don’t like me. That is not the case for my wife, Cherie. I admit she’s sweet, but to a mosquito, she must be candy. They buzz around my head, sniff, and fly to her. I tell people they don’t bite me out of respect for my abilities as an outdoorsman.
Most folks don’t know this, but the most dangerous animal in the wild continent of Africa isn’t the crocodile or leopard, it’s the mosquito. More people have died as a result of mosquito bites than any other animal on a continent that’s known for wildlife that will bite you.
ThermaCELL has been repelling mosquitoes since 1999 and protects US troops. Through a contract with the US General Services Administration, the mosquito repellents are being used by US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now you can have light and repel mosquitoes just like them with the ThermaCELL Lantern. In addition to repelling 98% of mosquitoes along with black flies and no-see-ums, the ThermaCELL lantern provides camp light with an eight LED light that uses four AA batteries to provide two levels of low intensity camp light. The lantern operates independently from the insect repellent but the two in one unit makes a great camp lantern.
While the ThermaCELL doesn’t work well in windy conditions, mosquitoes are rarely a problem until wind dies down. In low wind, the system provides a 15 foot circle of protection by heating an element in the top of the lantern. This is perfect for campers to use in tents, under the awning or around the campfire. To use the unit, you slide the repellent wafer into the tray, turn on the fuel valve, and push the striker button. It’s easy and simple. The repellent is almost odorless; there is no strong smell as with citronella candles.
Dick Jones is an award winning outdoor writer and a member of the Southeastern Outdoor Press Association Board of Directors. He writes for four North Carolina Newspapers as well as regional and national magazines. He’s hunted and fished most of his life but shooting has been his passion. He’s a former High Master, Distinguished Rifleman, and AAA class pistol shooter. He holds four Dogs of War Medals for Team Marksmanship as shooter, captain and coach. He ran the North Carolina High Power Rifle Team for six years and the junior team two years after that. Within the last year, he’s competed in shotgun, rifle and pistol events including the National Defense Match and the Bianchi Cup. He’ll be shooting the Bianchi, the NDM, the National High Power Rifle Championship, The Rock Castle AR15.com Three Gun Championship and an undetermined sniper match this shooting season.
He lives in High Point, North Carolina with his wife Cherie who’s also an outdoor writer and the 2006 and 2011 Northeast Side by Side Women’s Shotgun Champion. Both Dick and Cherie are NRA pistol, rifle, and shotgun instructors and own Lewis Creek Shooting School.
