Mosquito coils Re: Re: Physical barrier from bugs

You can definitely still find those, but I've never found them to be particularly effective: the slightest wind blows the stuff either away or into your face.  

--- In [email protected], Cara Lin Bridgman <cara.lin@...> wrote:
>
> Can you still find those green mosquito coils in USA stores?  They burn 
> like incense.  Here in Taiwan, stores also sell little perforated tins 
> that are the just right size for one mosquito coil.  I've seen people 
> working in fields and woodlands using these.  They tie the tins to their 
> belts.  These coils put out enough toxins or whatever to keep large 
> outdoor and indoor areas clear of mosquitoes.  Of course, they work best 
> when there's very little wind.
> 
> For me, the problem with mosquito coils is that my respiratory system 
> has the same response to them as it does to wood smoke and cigarette 
> smoke.  When the smoke is thick enough, an exposure of 1-3 hours is 
> enough to give me a week's worth of laryngitis.  Cigarette smoke 
> generates the quickest response, followed by mosquito coils and wood 
> smoke.  Smoke from incense is the main reason why I don't spend much 
> time exploring Taiwan's temples.
> 
> CL
> who now remembers that Taiwan's burning season starts in a little more 
> than a month (most farmers burn rice paddy fields to clear the stubble).
> 
> JonB wrote:
> > My Wife and I use the Clip-on from Off when out RVing and it works great while sitting around the Camp fire, eating at the pinic table, or just sitting in the lawn chair reading beside the creek.
> >
> > We've been using them for a couple years now and I like them.
> >
> > I do not take them backpacking but would probably work well while in camp.
> >
>