Seen and read: Lifehacks to make summer camp more comfortable. Here are a couple of pictures from Camp Scouthaven in Freedom, NY which is about an hour from Buffalo. Folks coming back to Scouting after 30 years as Scout Leaders say the popup mosquito nets on cots are a gamechanger as they still have flashbacks of […]
Seen and read: You can swat a skeeter but since ALL spiders are supposed to be left alone, having your own spider proof tent may just convince a reluctant kid to actually look forward to attending summer camp at Goshen Scout Reservation! […]
Seen and read… No telling what you’ll find on top of your SansBug when you wake up! And then there are other dragons that take refuge INSIDE a SansBug to protect them from toxic bugs and humans! […]
A few photos from Scout Summer Camp Ransburg in Bloomington, Indiana. Thanks for keeping the boys spider free when they slept. The SansBugs worked great! I loved watching the sunset through the tents. Colleen Martin […]
Even a malaria expert needs protection from mosquitoes in Africa. Dr. Amy Bei, a Harvard-trained, Yale professor who speaks a gazillion languages spends her time between Dakar, Senegal and New Haven, CT. When she’s not fighting malaria, she grows and roasts her own coffee in Senegal, knits and weaves, and is working on her pilot […]
It’s that time of the year when the earth springs into life again… but this year there is expected to be a little more activity. A dozen states from NY to IL and south to GA will see billions of cicadas emerge this month or next after spending 17 years underground. They will mate, lay […]
Seen and Read: We’re thrilled that the SansBug mesh tent is being used as a giant insect terrarium to house monarch butterfly caterpillars. Much larger than butterfly cages specifically made for the purpose, the smallest SansBug bug tent can house more than a dozen milkweed plants. Monarch butterflies with their familiar orange and black pattern […]
Toys for little kids… … and toys for BIG kids! But seriously speaking, there are hordes of sandflies, horseflies, black flies and mosquitoes in the swamps, dense bush and forest up north, so the SansBug screen tent is not a toy… it’s a lifesaver. Oh, and if you’re taller than 6 feet, get the […]
We’re thrilled that the SansBug screen tent has been featured in Ask the Gear Guy section of Boys’ Life magazine under… Stuff we Like! The SansBug has helped thousands of Scouts and their parents brave through summer camp. Feedback such as “first time he came home without bites” and “first year he stayed at […]
Being cooped up inside for 2 months, we now have a taste of what our cats feel like. Walking around the block or spending more time in the yard was a welcome relief from the lockdown-generated back pain. But don’t you feel guilty when the kitties are sitting on the window sill looking outside at […]
