Sounds about right. You get 2-3 pads worth of use out of each fuel container

How do you know when a pad is used up, beside you start get bitten again.

When it turns white.

This ^ they start out blue.

Never in a stand without one. The smell is not nearly as noticeable as me swatting mosquitos.

I agree its the thermacell. I'm sure there's other scents as well that caused it, but when we can smell the thermacell, they definitely can, and it's not a natural smell, so bye bye.

we use ours everywhere...when we remember it and when we don't we wish we had it. this past hunt temps in the 80's and bugs everywhere i laid it down and i guess the fuel cartridge was a little low. after laying horizontal for several minutes it stopped and we could tell, mosquitoes everywhere. Checked it, relit it and kept it upright after that.

Thermacells are the best invention ever made!

I don't know about anyone else, but I tend to use more of the fuel cylinders than the pads so I always end up with lots of extra pads. Sometimes you can find the little fuel cylinders in the Walmart isle with all of the curling irons. They use the same fuel cylinders and they are much cheaper.

I am backwards, I use more pads than fuel. I rarely reuse a pad once it is lit even it it still is light blue.

I thought I read on the packaging that the pads should be good for up to 12 hours of use??? If that is not the case, I probably need to replace my pad before this weekend.

You can also order the propane bottles online. I use more bottles than pads too...but, if the pad is white when the hunt starts, I will replace it. If it turns to white mid-use and I only have an hour or so left on the hunt, in my expeience, it will still do the job.

If I remember correctly, mine says 4-5 hours... ALWAYS bring extra lol!

well ... I used it Sat. 6:00-10:30 am, 3:30-7:30 pm and Sun. 6:00-10:30 am ... and it was still keeping them away on single wafer & fuel cell. I will have to read the package on another wafer cause I sure don't want to run out mid hunt.

I ordered the Earth scent pads when I ordered my Thermacell. I will hopefully have some kind of review within the next week or so.

Standard pads last 4 hours, fuel lasts 12. I got some 12 hour pads on accident. They're just 3X longer than the standard ones. Haven't opened one yet to see how they work. Might just be 3 pads in one package.

I'm a gimmick guy. I bought a knockoff from Walmart for $8.99 that worked as well as my Thermacell (that I forgot to bring). Went back and bought 8 more when I had a major remodel at our home at Lake Travis and the power was down for over a week. The water in the pool was green after several days and infested with larvae but it the breeze and the view was preferable to a hotel so I sucked it up and slept on the deck in a pool chair. Thank the good Loord for insect repellent, make you wonder how the folks could handle it back in the days before AC.

Those thermawallycells worked fine for a couple days until the mosquito control company was able to come out and install their mosquito repellent system in the outdoor living and pool areas. Before, you'd last 5 minutes before the bites and intching became intolerable. Which sucks because it takes a he11 of a lot longer than that just to fire up the grill or the pizza oven. If you weren't in the pool or on the boat or PWC's, being outside was hell.

Now, sex on the trampoline is an option.

If you are buying a thermacell for scent cover you bought it for the wrong reason.
Use it for what it's made for and that's mosquito repellent.
Use the wind direction as your scent control and you'll be fine.

Who says you have to buy it or use it for what it is made for?? If it works as cover scent, more power to the hunter, plus it will repel mosquitoes. We all know to play the wind, but the animals and wind do not always cooperate.

I know some deer hunters that reuse the pads and pour deer estrus scent on them and heat them up to disperse the smell.

But since (pun intended) the topic is using what it is for, Thermacell also makes a scent dispenser kit to go on a Thermacell unit...
https://buckmasters.com/Store/Product-Viewer/ThermaScent-Platform-and-Refill-Kit

I only use earth scent and it works fantastically. I use more pads than bottles -- I put a new pad in every time I go out and my fuel bottles last 4-5 pads. Cheapest I've found it is on Amazon for the value pack.

Also, I highly suggest the holster since it has room for replacements and you don't have to hold it (i.e. you can walk with it on).

Thanks! This thread reminded me I had one of these, still in the box, in my nightstand for maybe...8 years. And your post helped me realize you can double with a scent cover. 'Appreciate it.

So I bought one, first time using it this morning. Going on a long creek bottom stalk, skeeters are bad, very humid out and can make it miserable at times. I clipped it to the back of my pants and I can say that at first i got a couple in the face area but soon after that, 2 hours in the wet brush and not 1 mosquito bite. Pretty cool!

I have had one for about 5 years and haven't ever been busted or bitten! Wouldn't go into the woods without one.

Got to have my thermocell every year. They work!!!!