What's your best homemade or commercial bug repellant?

[rik_uk3]

Tropical strength DEET.

 

[andybysea]

Permethrin for me does'nt repel but does kill em all!

 

[TomBartlett]

http://dailyinfographic.com/are-you...(Daily+Infographic)&utm_content=Google+Reader Worth a look for various repellents. US-centric mind you.

 

[spiritwalker]

i take the wife she gets bitten to bits for some reason they dont want a piece of me its only horse flies i seem to suffer from

 

[DocDC]

MUD ! ! ! Always works for me.

 

[spandit]

MUD ! ! ! Always works for me.

Also stops you being seen by Predator...

 

[Buckshot]

So which of the Skin So Soft does the business?

Sorry for the late reply
This one
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Avon-skin-s...5K26/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1339054197&sr=8-1
Available from here and other places online - or from your local Avon rep
Of which SWMBO is one.

Mark

 

[Wayland]

I mix my own from roughly equal parts, Citronella oil, Eucalyptus oil, Tea Tree oil and Beck oil.

Works for me.

My gaiters are also soaked with Permethrin to sort out the chiggers and ticks as well.

 

[treefrog]

Sorry for the late reply
This one
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Avon-skin-s...5K26/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1339054197&sr=8-1
Available from here and other places online - or from your local Avon rep
Of which SWMBO is one.

Mark

Skin so soft used to come in either a pink or green container. The green one, I think, used to be marketed as 'woodland fresh' and then 'soft and fresh'

 

[Steve M]

Original Source Lemon

 

[Wayland]

Thanks for the reminder by the way, I've just mixed up some fresh stuff for the season.

 

[Tank]

[video=youtube;UQ3MRkdF9Sk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ3MRkdF9Sk[/video]

 

[Growing Lad]

Lots of chilli and garlic in your food a good few days before, and don't forget to take everyone else a can of fanta

 

[Buckshot]

Skin so soft used to come in either a pink or green container. The green one, I think, used to be marketed as 'woodland fresh' and then 'soft and fresh'

I've seen the skin so soft name on all colours of labels. ASAIK the one that sorts the bugs is the green one - unless you know of one that's better?

 

[treefrog]

the one that sorts the bugs is the green one - unless you know of one that's better?

No, the green one has always worked best

 

[c2518]

I use the Boots own brand REPEL insect repellent roll-on. It is about the best thing we have and handles all the mossies, etc we encounter in the Sierra Leone jungle. Plus it's an absolute doddle to put on

 

[topknot]

Not my idea , but mouthwash water down . Been watching Moonshiners on the box and this is what they use.

 

[Shewie]

Nordic Summer is the best I've used yet

 

[sasquatch]

I saw rednecks down Souh in the States pour listerine into a spray bottle and use that, they reckoned it worked well. Tempted to try it myself.

 

[Your_outdoors]

I have just come back from a week in Scotland, I tested a few methods and for me the Avon Skin so soft worked a treat. In Scotland it's sold everywhere even in pubs!