And it’s relatively visually appealing, as its simple lantern design blends into any backyard décor. The lantern portion operates separately from the repelling feature, meaning you can just use these as lights as well. You’ll want to put this one on the patio for at least 15 minutes before you use it for maximum efficacy. The repellent pad turns from blue to white once the repellent has run out so it’s easy to see when it needs to be replaced. It does a good job of ridding the yard of mosquitos and also repels gnats as an added bonus.
The top is hot to touch (there are adequate warnings about this) but there is no strong smell or wafting smoke-which was not the case with many of the products I tried. All you do is switch the dial to start the lantern and it auto-kicks on. After a bit of a learning curve for set-up (it requires a small butane tank, batteries for the lantern, and a repellent pad) this device was really easy to use. This lantern was the best overall product I tried for actually repelling mosquitos. Read on for the best mosquito repellents for your yard. We gave a variety of mosquito-repelling products a try-from candles, to coils, to shields. Given my lack of success combating these blood-suckers so far, I was a bit skeptical of what was on the market, but there are actually some decent solutions.
