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Whats the best way of stopping flying midges biting and non biting kind, entering tent apart from keeping door shut lol.

Can anyone help ???????

Not having a light inside the tent while the door is open helps, put a light on a table away from the door and only light up the tent when the door is closed

Citronella candles round the doorway help as well

Maybe a "No Entry" sign on ther doorway 

Hi guys

I had my first camping trip last week just with my dog and have bites all over feet and arms!! Consider them to be badges of honour and every time they itch I smile and remember how much fun we had!! But will def take citronella candles next time!!

Have a fantastic time

Daub Citronella Oil around the tent & doorway at the start of the holiday!

Leave cotton balls with Citronella on laying around too!!

Try Lavender Oil also!!!

THIS works best of all the Midge Repellants, especially for covering an enclosed area.

We use one refill and one set of batteries per season.

The smell from it is pleasent compared to the stink of Citronella.

Hi macnewcamper.

                           http://www.superu-sautron.fr/diffuseur-electrique-liquide-the-vert-pyrel-45-nuits-pyrel,53430,3,16,21.htm     The link is to a plug in mossie killer, which plugged into the EHU, it gives 45 nights cover, and you get reffils for it, at around £5 from the French supermarkets we found it to be very effective, although probably not recomended for use in a tent, it kept our tent clear for a full two weeks whilst down in the Ardeche this July, also we use those round flat tins that hold mozzie coils, you light the coil and place it in the tin, it gives of vapour for 8 hours and that keeps them away, especialy when you are having your evening meal outside the tent, which was every night for us, also I found the coils in France branded "CATCH" to be far more effective than the Gelert/Hi-Gear coils that we took out with us, when we went out for the evenings, I would give the tent a good squirt of mozzie aerosol killer, belt and braces effect, although I would not recomend this with small children, just in case, and of course we had the famous Avon mozzie replent that you put on your body, the last thing in my armoury against the mozzies was a device that looks like a squash racket but smaller, it is an electronic zapper, but just like the nuclear detterent we never needed to deploy it, although I think the mozzies new it was there, needles to say neither of us got a single bite, not even so much as a nibble!.

Andy.