Mosquitos got terrible here about mid June to the point they have made the news warning about West Nile. I put up with them for a while but finally gave in to bathing in repellant. That crap tasted GAWD AWFUL but if you didn't get it on your lips that is where the mosquitos would feed as well as the deer flies. Finally broke down after Kare nagging on me about getting West Nile and bought a jacket.
I have had my Jacket a week now. I use it every day when walking Lily in the woods and field. Yes it is a bit warmer than just wearing a t shirt and jeans but well worth the heat when I can stick my lounge out at Skeeters and yellow jackets even. Yes I was wearing it when I was stringing electric fence wire thru an area and hit a nest of yellow jackets. NO STING got thru to my body.
I was wearing a bonnie hat under the hood to keep the net away from my face and neck but that hat is not a good one to allow heat to escape from ones head. I changed to a mesh Ball type cap which has brought up what to me is a problem. The head net slides forward so much a couple of seams get in the line of vision. I think it is the weight of the zipper for the head net that causes that. So if you get one with out the zipper you may not have a problem. I plan to solve the problem with a Velcro patch on the hat and the other part on the head net.
I wear it walking lily, stringing electric fence wire and driving post, while trimming dead limbs from trees and splitting some fire wood I was stacking.
Is so nice not to have to take a bath in repellant to keep from getting bit, don't have to endure the smell or get bite on the lips cause they didn't have that crap on them.
One problem is when the sun is low in the sky in the evening the net reflects light in to your eyes but sun glasses fixes that and really you should wear them in the sun any way.
Al
