Best mosquito repellent
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The issued stuff they give to the Army isn't too bad tbh. Try Army Surplus store?
Anything with Deet in large concentrations should work but is grim stuff.
Avoid Avon Skin So Soft oil spray; everyone thinks it works - it is a big f
king lie I promise you from the bottom of my midge bitten heart. 250 blokes getting munched alive due to one bod saying it was the bees knees. Its utter wk!
Anything with Deet in large concentrations should work but is grim stuff.
Avoid Avon Skin So Soft oil spray; everyone thinks it works - it is a big f
king lie I promise you from the bottom of my midge bitten heart. 250 blokes getting munched alive due to one bod saying it was the bees knees. Its utter wk!fulham911club said:
I've yet to find something that really works...
Have tried plug-ins, burning ones, all different types of creams and sprays (bought both in UK and France)...
Any suggestions folks?
For a short term holiday - something with a good %age of Deet.Have tried plug-ins, burning ones, all different types of creams and sprays (bought both in UK and France)...
Any suggestions folks?
Personally, I just stick with my girlfriend who seems to attract them all so much they leave me alone.
Don't eat bananas either, apparently.
Eat what the locals eat, is also a good idea, if you're there for a long time, anyway. Whichever country I've lived in, it is always the foreigners that seem to get bitten, whereas the loacls seem to get passed over. I reckon their diet is the key here! You eat things that they probably do not, so you stick out like a sore thumb.
I may also be making this up. It's a bit of a guess.
I may also be making this up. It's a bit of a guess.
ChiChoAndy said:
Eat what the locals eat, is also a good idea, if you're there for a long time, anyway. Whichever country I've lived in, it is always the foreigners that seem to get bitten, whereas the loacls seem to get passed over. I reckon their diet is the key here! You eat things that they probably do not, so you stick out like a sore thumb.
I may also be making this up. It's a bit of a guess.
i'm going to the south of France so I'm not sure it'll work !I may also be making this up. It's a bit of a guess.
fulham911club said:
DeadMeat_UK said:
Personally, I just stick with my girlfriend who seems to attract them all so much they leave me alone.
Can I take her?Taita said:
The issued stuff they give to the Army isn't too bad tbh. Try Army Surplus store?
Anything with Deet in large concentrations should work but is grim stuff.
Avoid Avon Skin So Soft oil spray; everyone thinks it works - it is a big fking lie I promise you from the bottom of my midge bitten heart. 250 blokes getting munched alive due to one bod saying it was the bees knees. Its utter wk!
Avon Skin So Soft is used by the majority of Bikers North of the Border so it has to have something going for it as those Scottish midges are right little bstrds, and I use it and it works.Anything with Deet in large concentrations should work but is grim stuff.
Avoid Avon Skin So Soft oil spray; everyone thinks it works - it is a big f
king lie I promise you from the bottom of my midge bitten heart. 250 blokes getting munched alive due to one bod saying it was the bees knees. Its utter wk!Perhaps they just like the taste of you with the added Avon Cream.
If you're sitting outside keep your feet off the ground if you can....basically Mozzies that carry Malaria generally fly very close to the ground until they fly into something at which point they fly vertically...so if you're feet are on the ground they'll either bite you on the leg or fly upwards and bite you somewhere else. I don't think it's the same for a big standard Mozzie...
A mate of mine is an expert on Malaria control...they discovered this when doing research out in Africa and looking at how Mozzies were getting into the huts/houses the local people were living in.
A mate of mine is an expert on Malaria control...they discovered this when doing research out in Africa and looking at how Mozzies were getting into the huts/houses the local people were living in.
Kneetrembler said:
Avon Skin So Soft is used by the majority of Bikers North of the Border so it has to have something going for it as those Scottish midges are right little bstrds, and I use it and it works.
Perhaps they just like the taste of you with the added Avon Cream.
All 250 of us?!Perhaps they just like the taste of you with the added Avon Cream.
Taita said:
Kneetrembler said:
Avon Skin So Soft is used by the majority of Bikers North of the Border so it has to have something going for it as those Scottish midges are right little bstrds, and I use it and it works.
Perhaps they just like the taste of you with the added Avon Cream.
All 250 of us?!Perhaps they just like the taste of you with the added Avon Cream.
I used SSS with some success in Zanzibar but maybe they wouldn't have bitten me anyway. I seemed to get bitten less taking malaria tablets and the worst I've been bitten is here in the UK by what I assume to be horseflies.
LuS1fer said:
You must all smell like a giant pack of pansies.
I used SSS with some success in Zanzibar but maybe they wouldn't have bitten me anyway. I seemed to get bitten less taking malaria tablets and the worst I've been bitten is here in the UK by what I assume to be horseflies.
Quite likely tbh I used SSS with some success in Zanzibar but maybe they wouldn't have bitten me anyway. I seemed to get bitten less taking malaria tablets and the worst I've been bitten is here in the UK by what I assume to be horseflies.
I have used Mosi-Guard with excellent results and I am a magnet for Mosquitos, Midges, Horse Flies etc. I have ordered it from my local Boots branch but you can buy it online from Amazon. No Deet in this which is great for regular use. It has worked well for me in the UK and Australia.
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