May 17, 2012 #41 In God We Trust WKR Joined May 2, 2012 Messages 388 Location Lakewood, Colorado That video is CRAZY!
May 17, 2012 #42 cmeier117 WKR Joined Feb 24, 2012 Messages 1,552 Location Salem, OR I am really itchy now!!
May 18, 2012 #43 S Squatch FNG Joined Feb 24, 2012 Messages 8 That's horrifying. Would love to see a Thermacell fight that.
May 20, 2012 #44 M Madnik Lil-Rokslider Joined Apr 8, 2012 Messages 120 Location Georgia, USA Wow. I half expected the mosquitoes to pick the dog up and carry it away...
May 20, 2012 Thread Starter #45 OP Mckinnon WKR Joined Mar 26, 2012 Messages 712 Location Reno, NV Wow Luke! That makes me happy that I opted to have that bug net sewn into my Ptarmigan bivy! Hope I never have to fight that though....
Wow Luke! That makes me happy that I opted to have that bug net sewn into my Ptarmigan bivy! Hope I never have to fight that though....
May 20, 2012 #46 Backpack Hunter WKR Joined Feb 26, 2012 Messages 3,234 Location Some wilderness area, somewhere Mike7 said: I read somewhere that washing the Tyvek very much causes more rapid failure of water repellancy, even though softening it? Click to expand... I'm sure that the Tyvek you buy that is already soft lasts longer, but I can get the crinkly stuff from Lowes or Home Depot for free and just run it thru the machine a couple of times to take the crinkle out. I generally get a year out of a piece.
Mike7 said: I read somewhere that washing the Tyvek very much causes more rapid failure of water repellancy, even though softening it? Click to expand... I'm sure that the Tyvek you buy that is already soft lasts longer, but I can get the crinkly stuff from Lowes or Home Depot for free and just run it thru the machine a couple of times to take the crinkle out. I generally get a year out of a piece.