Re: What Will Be Your Mosquito Avoidance Techniques in 2012?
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:08 am
OK here is the most important piece of anti mosquito clothing.
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Although the Amazon vendor is selling it for $28, Big 5 Sporting Goods often stocks it and recently was on sale for $20 thus one might want to phone your local store.
In my above post the pic shows me wearing that hat. With that hat on fully, there simply is little for squeeters to attack where they want to land. Why is this particular sun hat with a neck drape any better than other such hats? Well the biggest difference is the neck drape is velcro attached so can be removed. OK why would one want to remove the drape? During warmer hiking when there are few mosquitoes and one is sweating. Also drapes covering ears reduce sound a bit that can be somewhat annoying if one is trying to listen quietly to nature. One can also attach the velcro more or less forward so it fully covers one's ears or is in back of the ears. What's the big deal with that? Well the number one thing that squeeters home in on is EARS. Out in the wilderness, a lot of critters have ears that don't have the usual heavy duty fur coat protection and often just bare skin. The other most likely place squeeters land is the back of the neck. There is also velcro at the front tip of the drape that can bring the two tips together in front for even better protection by closing the drape together closer to the ears.
Squeets also are very aware of critter eyes and naturally will go to the other side of a head where a critter cannot see to set up their dinner table. Thus the back of the neck is the next most likely place a squeeter will land. Many sun hats simply have too short of neck drapes so squeets may find a way under the drape to get to a neck. This hat has a sizeable drape.
There is also a cordlock draw cord in front that can be useful for those that take their hat on and off a lot like this photographer. If one does not want to use the draw cord, it may be folded up and tucked away in the back.
The hat bill is rather large as this is primarily a sun jungle hat. The hat material is supplex nylon so dries off quickly. Also the sides of the top are mesh to improve breathability.
http://www.amazon.com/Supplex-Mens-Cool ... ywords=Sun" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Although the Amazon vendor is selling it for $28, Big 5 Sporting Goods often stocks it and recently was on sale for $20 thus one might want to phone your local store.
In my above post the pic shows me wearing that hat. With that hat on fully, there simply is little for squeeters to attack where they want to land. Why is this particular sun hat with a neck drape any better than other such hats? Well the biggest difference is the neck drape is velcro attached so can be removed. OK why would one want to remove the drape? During warmer hiking when there are few mosquitoes and one is sweating. Also drapes covering ears reduce sound a bit that can be somewhat annoying if one is trying to listen quietly to nature. One can also attach the velcro more or less forward so it fully covers one's ears or is in back of the ears. What's the big deal with that? Well the number one thing that squeeters home in on is EARS. Out in the wilderness, a lot of critters have ears that don't have the usual heavy duty fur coat protection and often just bare skin. The other most likely place squeeters land is the back of the neck. There is also velcro at the front tip of the drape that can bring the two tips together in front for even better protection by closing the drape together closer to the ears.
Squeets also are very aware of critter eyes and naturally will go to the other side of a head where a critter cannot see to set up their dinner table. Thus the back of the neck is the next most likely place a squeeter will land. Many sun hats simply have too short of neck drapes so squeets may find a way under the drape to get to a neck. This hat has a sizeable drape.
There is also a cordlock draw cord in front that can be useful for those that take their hat on and off a lot like this photographer. If one does not want to use the draw cord, it may be folded up and tucked away in the back.
The hat bill is rather large as this is primarily a sun jungle hat. The hat material is supplex nylon so dries off quickly. Also the sides of the top are mesh to improve breathability.