Repellents$
Sawyer 20% Picaridin Insect Repellent
The repellent for people who hate repellent. DEET-grade protection, no grease, no melted sunglasses.
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Thermacell E90 Rechargeable Repeller
A 20-foot no-spray force field for your stoop or patio. Charge it, click it, sit in peace.
Best for: Stoops, patios, and decks on still summer evenings · Price: $$
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Why it made the arsenal.
Spatial repellents are the one gadget category with real evidence, and Thermacell owns it. The E90 heats a repellent cartridge that pushes mosquitoes out of a ~20-foot zone — no smoke, no citronella theater, no spraying your ankles. It's rechargeable, lasts about 9 hours per charge, and it's the difference between 'eaten alive on the stoop by 7pm' and actually finishing your drink outside. Wind is its natural enemy, so it shines on calm evenings.
+ Power-ups
- Creates a genuine protection zone (~20 ft) without applying anything to skin
- Rechargeable — ~9 hours per charge, no butane cartridges
- EPA-registered repellent cartridge; unscented
− Drawbacks
- Breeze degrades the protection zone fast
- Refill cartridges are an ongoing cost
- Protects the zone, not the yard — it repels, it doesn't reduce
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OFF! Deep Woods (25% DEET)
The classic. DEET has 70 years of receipts, and Deep Woods is the drugstore-anywhere version.
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Traps$$
Ovi-Catch AGO Mosquito Trap
The CDC-designed autocidal gravid ovitrap. Egg-laying mosquitoes check in; nobody checks out.
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Gear is level 2. Level 1 is free: the Prevention Playbook. And if you're in Bed-Stuy, the pilot will hand you a trap.