Mosquito repellent "necklace"

This is for our dearest Katie who has written previously on how mosquitoes just LOVE to bite her. But no matter how many times she said it before, I wasn't really convinced until the three inky gals went on vacation together in Malaysia. We shared a lovely and, thank god, air conditioned room on the beachy-keen Tioman Island (go! go! go!). Every night Katie would douse herself in Deet and crawl under her carefully installed mosquito net, tucking in ALL THE EDGES. And despite Anne and I have neither net nor Deet, we both woke up relatively bite-free. I had none, Anne had 3 and Katie...well Katie had like 30.

Methinks Katie might appreciate one of these mosquito repelling "necklaces," which work by emitting v. high frequency sounds. (I use quotes to imply how ugly the thang is and how affronted I feel by the makers use of the term "necklace," which implies some level of prettiness. Do we call army dog tags necklaces? What about all those USB pens on shoelaces? or Keys? Anyways. It's around your neck with a lace, so I should shuddup already). Via Popgadget.

Comments

[Katie]

Sadly true. I am a good person to go on holiday with. And that thing about the DEET? That's true too. I felt like such a saddo under my net and it didn't even work. But even though calling this thing a necklace is taking artistic license to the extreme, at $6.99 I'm actually probably going to get one. Heck, I've tried everything else! I'm bored of being eaten.

[MT]

I always relied on mosquito coils in SE Asia--i.e. on top of netting. Please gon't tell me what I was breathing.

[Katie]

Ah mozzie coils. I have a selection of them purchased around the world, with writing in Thai, Greek, Malay... etc etc. One of them had the fantastic brand name FUMAKILLA! Does exactly what it sez on the tin. Because I can't sit in my mozzie net when I'm outside (believe me, I'm tempted), I usually have a coil burning somewhere nearby. If only it was practical I would carry around one of those buzzing blue mozzie murdering devices. But that's just plain antisocial. BTW I've ordered one of these necklaces. Will report back on whether it works...

[MT]

Yes, please report back. I didn't save the coils but I remember the words: "obat anti-nyamuk" is mosquito repellent in Bahasa (literally "medicine anti-mosquito").

[Peter]

seriously - please let us know - I want to know if they work....I probably got the viral meningitis from one of those little buggers last August according to my doctor - trust me you don't want that disease.

[Katie]

Will do. I might have to not use it for a night if it seems to be working to make sure. I shall be my own control in my own little science experiment and then report back.