Article: Incognito: Insect Repellent

[shelly]

You can view the page at http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/content.php?r=632-Incognito-Insect-Repellent

 

[Mike_B]

But does it work against the Scottish midge? The testimonials are all for places foreign, and the only ref to midges is one from Dorset.

 

[John Fenna]

It works against the Welsh midge....

 

[Tiley]

I tried the spray in the Cairngorms in late June where even the staff at the Glenmore campsite said that the midges were awful and I went pretty much unscathed. I did find that the joss sticks were very useful. Stuck in the ground around my bivvy bag under my tarp, their smoke acted as a very effective midge repellent and did not have a choking, chemical smell. As with all these things, there is no perfect solution but this stuff seems to be pretty good.

 

[Kiwi Tim]

Has it been tried against the West Coast sand fly. Down under cousin of the Scots and Welsh ?

 

[CLEM]

Will definitely give this a whirl next summer.

 

[wheelnut]

thanks for posting this, I've been looking for a decent repellent, can't even go in my own back garden without getting savaged

 

[Jonathan M]

I used their shower gel / shampoo this summer for a month off the coast of New England, where the mosquitos are viscous, and found it worked really well. The scent is fine and I was bitten far less than normal - it didn't protect 100% - in conditions which were just as mosquito'ish as previous years. It also worked well in terms of getting me clean! I'll definitely be using it again next summer.

 

[Alan 13~7]

I know this is an old thread but for anybody like myself who comes late, can I just add my 2 pennys worth, I have read several posts on a similar subject, I have read that Listerine mouth wash is an effective bug repellent & supposedly works against the all the Scottish midges... also this product has stuck in mind because of its clever catchy name "Bug~Geroff" apparently an actual product... available as body spray & also as a soap bar.

I've not tried either of these products yet so I can't confirm that they are effective, F.Y.I. read this apparently little read review right here on bushcraft UK

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/content.php?r=401-Bug-Geroff-Natural-Insect-Repellent

Alan