Repell-em Blog

My daughter drove all the way down here today to “borrow” four Repell-em trash bags from me.  (I think I know what I’m getting her for her birthday this summer!)

She’s going to be out of town, and wants to set her trash out the night before instead of the morning of.  She can’t do that with regular trash bags because of all the dogs, cats, raccoons, and possums in her apartment complex.

That’s right; you heard me.  In southern Indiana, there are raccoons and possums  even in the city.  They’re everywhere. There is no escape from them.  And if you don’t play your cards right, they will tear into your garbage and spread it everywhere, causing you great hardship and even harsh fines if you don’t get it cleaned up absolutely right away.

My daughter doesn’t want to save her garbage for a week, and I don’t blame her - I raised her to not like to dwell in the midst of garbage - hence her 30-mile drive to get the Repell-em bags.

Where she’s going, there is a big Cabela’s,  so she plans to buy herself a package of Repell-em bags there.  I always order mine off the website, but Cabela’s does carry them.

(They’re on sale, on the website, right now!)

My mother belongs to a missionary society, and these ladies regularly pack boxes full of necessities and maybe a few luxuries to mail to the members of their church who are currently living overseas, most of them in very hot countries and with very few amenities to make things pleasant.

Mom was telling me about a letter they’d received from one of their missionaries, and in this letter, a lady was describing their never-ending battle with scavenging animals and insects. She told the church ladies that she and her family were always covered with bug bites, always itching, always shaking the sheets to be rid of the spiders and heaven-knows-what else. There is always a bug in everybody’s shoe, always an animal sniffing around the trash, and it was to the point that it was dangerous to let the children play outside. She described the stray dogs and coyotes, the raccoons and other wild and semi-wild and even fairly tame animals who made hash and hay of any trash or garbage. This lady lamented that even though churches sent really nice, expensive trash bags all the time, none of them could stand up to the insects and hungry animals of this area of the planet.

So, I gave Mom one of my boxes of Repell-em trash bags to pack in the missionary box, and I asked the church ladies to ask the missionaries if they would mind reporting back to me on whether or not the Repell-em product did the trick and kept the bugs and stray animals away from the bagged garbage.

When I hear, I’ll let you all know!

One more thank-you to everyone who entered the Repell-em contest; those of you who responded in time with your mailing information should be getting your sample very soon.

There will be another Repell-em contest in the spring, so keep watching this blog for details!

And hey, if you plan on sending a box of whatever to missionaries, friends, etc. who are living in a hot, insect-y country, you might consider putting some Repell-em products in there. I’m betting that Repell-em magic will make a world of difference to someone who is living a world away, trying to make the world a better place.

If you live in southern Indiana, you’ve seen this sight before.

Possums are the only North American marsupial, and they grow to be pretty darn big and extremely strong. A full-grown possum can tear a trash bag to ribbons and scatter its contents over a acre or more in a matter of minutes. Few garbage cans, even with lids that seal tightly, are capable of keeping a determined possum out. Their sense of smell is STRONG, and their sense of entitlement - to your garbage - is stronger.

However, a full-grown possum is no match for a Repell-em trash bag. Most animals can’t see Repell-em bags very well, for starters, because of their color, and most animals won’t come NEAR a Repell-em bag because they are repelled by the smell.

By the way, Repell-em bags smell really good to humans. The all-natural ingredients, completely harmless to people, combine to make a product that doesn’t just smell okay, as in “not stinky;” Repell-em bags smell GOOD. Like a nice candle you’d buy.

Put your garbage out on the deck or out by the street the night before it’s due to be picked up, and chances are that dogs, raccoons, and possums will tear it to pieces within the hour - IF it’s in ordinary trash bags. Put your garbage out on the deck or out by the street the night before it’s due to be picked up, and chances are that dogs, raccoons, and possums won’t even know it’s there - IF it’s in Repell-em trash bags.

Out in the country, we have terrible possum problems. They’re bold, and big, and sometimes they snarl and bite if they’ve honed in on your garbage and intend to have it. Possums carry rabies, too. They’re nocturnal, so if you see one during the day, RUN.

Of course, if you use Repell-em bags, you won’t have that problem at all. The possums will all be at your neighbor’s house, tearing up the turf. YOUR garbage -even the fish heads and leftover sauerkraut and kielbasa - will be safe and unmolested inside your Repell-em trash bags.

You’ve got until February 15th to enter the Repell-em Contest.

Raccoons are searching for your garbage. They can smell it from across the miles, and they’ll find it and they’ll scatter it.

They might be adorably cute, but the truth is, raccoons are the #1 carriers of rabies, and even if they don’t bite YOU, they could easily infect your dog or cat.

Remember, too, that raccoons are nocturnal animals; if ever you see a raccoon in the daytime, DON’T GO NEAR IT.

My point right here, however, is that raccoons love to mess with your garbage. The sight of a big white trash bag is like a dinner invitation to a raccoon. The aroma of your festering garbage is like the sweet perfume of a pizza parlor to a raccoon.

Of course, if you use Repell-em trash bags, no raccoon, dog, cat, squirrel, insect, or spider monkey* will come NEAR your trash. The red coloring is outside their field of vision; they can’t smell the contents, and if they come near for any reason, the ingredients in Repell-em bags will live up to their name: the animals will be REPELLED.

Remember, too, that those same ingredients that are so repulsive to animals and insects are pleasant and harmless to humans.

Don’t forget that we’ve extended the deadline for entering the Repell-em Contest! Everyone who enters will get a free sample! (Remember, we’ll have to ask you for your mailing address in order for you to get the sample.)

*To be perfectly honest, we haven’t tested the product on spider monkeys yet, but it’s my guess that spider monkeys would be repelled, too.

Don’t forget to enter the Repell-em Contest! Everybody who enters gets a free sample, and the winners get big dollar amounts of merchandise! Enter NOW! Click here for the Contest link!

Need a great gift for a Boy/Girl Scout? How about a tent mat that repels insects and animals? I used to camp out a lot when I was in Scouts, and I loved it, all but the bugs. I would wake up in the morning covered with itchy mosquito bites, and that was bad enough, but the occasional spider bites and “mystery bites” were often painful. I hated those bugs. I also hated the raccoons and possums and squirrels, etc, that would sneak into the campsite and even inside my tent in the night and help themselves to my candy bars and marshmallows.

If I’d had a Repell-em tent mat, I could have enjoyed a great night’s sleep out in the great outdoors and I wouldn’t have had to worry about getting bitten and attacked by the wildlife while I slept. It would also have been a lot more comfortable than putting my sleeping bag down on the hard ground.

If you’ve got a child who is a Scout, think about ordering some Repell-em tent mats. If you are a Scout leader, do more than just think about it. Nobody likes to be eaten alive by insects, and nobody likes to toss and turn all night on lumpy ground. With a Repell-em tent mat, both problems are solved!

You can buy most Repell-em products at most large Cabela’s stores, or you can order them online.