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    Bug net alternative

    Has anyone here used the off clip-on ? I was wondering it one or two could be used as a replacement for a bug net. The website says that it works for up to 12 hours at a time so one or two nights per disk. Any thoughts?
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    I'm not sure I would want to be the one to test it. I've thought avout trying it with my bug net to see if it keeps the bugs away while opening the net.
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    My first thought is what about spiders and ticks and wasps oh my.... The bug net serves to protect against more than just skeeters.
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    The main reason i would use a bug net would be for the skeeters there arn't any harmful spiders in my area wasps wont bother you unless you bother them and if a tic climbs up a tree across my line and bits me ill probably find him in the morning. I just want to avoid itchy bug bits and maybe the buzzing in my ears. and bugnets are nowhere near perfect. I was camping one time (I was tenting but my friend was hammocking. A fly laid eggs into his net.
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    HYOH what ever floats your boat.
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    I wouldn't trust it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pineapplenewton View Post
    there arn't any harmful spiders in my area
    All spiders are evil. They are spawned from they guy with the pitchfork and must be destroyed!
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    I'm good with acronyms, but don't know this one...

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    HYOH what ever floats your boat.
    I give up, Rev! Is it "hang your own hammock", "have yellow onions handy", "hardly young or handy", "handsome, youthful, occasionally handsome", or.... ???

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    but before we can destroy them we must lure them in with a unprotected hammocker and when they arn't expecting it hit um with a blow torch.
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