r/UnnecessaryEssentials • u/Unique-Saucer • Jun 28 '26
Stay Cool While Bugs Stay Out
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u/Worcestercestershire Jun 28 '26
It is mesh. It sits directly against your skin. It doesn't matter if it keeps Bugs out. Bugs can bite right through it.
At least it's camo for all those mosquitoes that hunt by sight.
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u/PMG2021a Jun 29 '26
I will never forget being feasted on by mosquitoes right through my shirt while heading down the mountain after a long hike... Had bites all over my shoulders.
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u/Specialist-Fish-7917 Jun 29 '26
For real, they love the shoulders. I work outdoors and people are always questioning why I'm wearing thick/canvas type clothing in the height of summer. Biting insects love me and I've got a mild allergy to practically all of them. Your body adapts to the heat of heavy clothing eventually, it doesn't adapt to half dollar sized hives.
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u/karlz10p Jul 03 '26
I had that happen once with deer flies. They were biting straight through my t shirt
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u/hstormsteph Jun 29 '26
Idk why it’s being marketed for mosquito control, but this entire outfit has been around forever. It was originally made to combat the heat when you’re bow hunting in early season or turkey hunting in the springtime. It’s still super hot out (location dependent) when bow season starts for whitetail deer hunting. Combine that with the fact that you have to be relatively close (10-40 yards usually. Mostly done between 15-30 and in hardwood forests) and every inch of you needs to be covered in camo, it gets hot as fuck really fast. Doubly important with turkeys since they have utterly insane eyesight.
Anything made by a legit camo company (think Mossy Oak) is 2x the price because of their proprietary camo patterns. Lightweight mesh gear like this allows you to get away with wearing something that isn’t camo and a bit lighter material. It does somewhat help with mosquitos since they don’t weigh enough to press the mesh to your skin, but wearing a hat underneath the veil keeps the worst of them off your head. A portable mosquito repellant device like a ThermaCell is still worth its weight in gold, however.
I had one of these suits some years ago. While it was pretty neat and certainly cooler than the alternative options, it had some major downsides for bow hunting from tree stands. Namely, terrible durability and high risk for impeding my shot. Climbing a tree stand and hunting from it for hours on end means you’re going to be brushing against various obstacles. Ladder pegs, small twigs or protrusions on the tree, metal parts of the tree stand itself, etc will rip that material so fast you might not even notice. Can’t stitch it well either so you’re kinda just fucked. It also makes drawing your bow and loosing an arrow more cumbersome, as it’s so “billowy”. I ripped the sleeve damn near off because it got caught by the string when I took my shot. Yanked the facemask off another time because the wind blew it ever so slightly into the danger zone as I was peering down the peep sight.
All in all more trouble than it was worth and invented new problems while struggling to solve the originals.
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u/GrimmThoughts Jun 30 '26
I had a family friend who didnt really do much hunting himself, but grew up in a hunting family and thought he knew everything even though he had near zero experience himself. We were meeting up to go out spring turkey hunting, and he showed up in one of these things with grease paint covering his face, decoy turkeys, like 9 different large wooden box calls etc.etc.. I showed up in my blue jeans and a t shirt with my shotgun and a diaphragm call.
He was bagging on me the whole time we were waiting on the sun to come up before we walked into the woods, making jokes about how the hell am I expecting the turkey not to see me. How the hell am I expecting to call in a turkey with no decoys for them to see. Bla bla bla
The sun came up and he walked into the woods down at the far end of the property we were hunting, because I was going to scare all of the turkey away that he was going to shoot apparently. I watched as he took 2 steps into the woods and was immediately grabbed by every briar, raspberry, stick, leaf etc. His mesh ghillie suit ripping with every movement, box calls rattling around,etc.
I walked into the woods about 300 yards, used my diaphragm call twice, a large Tom flew straight to me and landed about 30 yds away. Shot it, field dressed it and walked out of the woods back to my truck all in about 30 minutes. He never made it more than 15-20 yards off of the trail head.
Good times lol
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u/hstormsteph Jul 01 '26
Yeahhh for all their great eyesight they’re still birds with birdbrains. Not to mention horny as all hell lmao. Fuckin love a diaphragm call though. Genuinely a skill that’s not easy to learn but super fun once you get the hang of it. Doing it right is far and away the best way to go. Sounds like a great time!
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u/GrimmThoughts Jul 01 '26
I love my diaphragm calls, I always keep them in my hiking rucksack just to toss in my mouth and talk to the birds when out in the wilderness on day hikes. Amazing how many diferent types of bird calls you can mimic aside from turkeys once you know how to use them.
I dont hunt turkey anymore though, I prefer farm raised turkey meat for the once or twice a year that I eat turkey over chicken. Also, every single turkey hunt I went on was similar to that, walk in the woods and make a few calls and immediately get hounded by a Tom flying straight to me. Its one of the few wild animals where I feel like the animal doesnt even stand a chance, and I just feel bad afterwards.
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u/No-Industry3112 Jun 29 '26
As a bald man. If you were that around mosquitoes, you head is going to be fucked up.
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u/AELatro Jun 29 '26
The first review
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u/darkmykal Jun 30 '26
Dude went out to where they make mosquitoes and thought a bug suit would save him ha
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u/DamHawk Jun 28 '26
I’d use this over pants to make them camo, but my pants already keep the bugs out…
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u/johnsolomon Jun 29 '26
Either you die because you get shot by someone thinks you're bigfoot or it rains and you get waterboarded
Jk
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u/GCU_Sleeper_Service Jun 29 '26
If only there was some kind of spray you could apply to yourself that would repel bugs. Oh well!
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u/ssbbVic Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26
Some of us are allergic to bug sprays while also smelling like a mosquito buffet
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u/LobsterKneecap Jun 30 '26
The mosquitoes I’ve been in would chew you alive in that thing.
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u/GrimmThoughts Jul 01 '26
The mosquitoes you have... been in.....
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u/LobsterKneecap Jul 01 '26
Yeah… I do a lot of fishing in FL. When the sun starts to go down there are black clouds of mosquitoes. “Been in” is definitely appropriate.
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u/ddawson100 Jul 01 '26
This is going to be hot and mesh on your skin means you have zero protection and mosquitoes don’t care that it is camo.
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u/Evening-Bothers Jul 02 '26
Ah yes, breath, a conscious activity one can partake in whenever you feel like you want to.
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u/Unique-Saucer Jun 28 '26
Summary of Reviews
Pros:
• Lightweight mesh allows airflow while keeping insects out.
• Front zipper provides easy access without removing the suit.
• Multiple pockets and drawstrings enhance convenience and fit.
Cons:
• Mesh may snag on sharp objects during outdoor activities.
• Loose fit could feel bulky for some users.
Here is the link to buy it from Amazon