Blast...DO NOT try the catnip oil thing...

"...Full body shell of vaseline..."

Reminds me of Burt Reynolds in Striptease...

An application technique I use is to spray a DEET product on the back of my hands then wipe/rub the back of my hands on face/neck/etc. Keeps the DEET off the fingers & palmar surfaces when I can't get to a sink to wash up.

Me too. Very effective and it won't eat up your gear.

Repel is decent, but again, not as effective as deet. It depends on what kind of environment you're going to.
Park outing: Repel is usually good (enough).
Swamp: Deet.

Hey, Blast. Has she tried the newer cornstarch-based stuff from OFF!? Their FamilyCare Smooth & Dry stuff definitely feels better once applied than normal insect repellent, and still contains 15% DEET so it is relatively effective. I don’t have extensive experience with it, as I only used it once when I had to borrow some from a friend on an outdoors trip, but it seemed to work well on that occasion.

JCWohlschlag,

Thanks for the tip, I'll check it out.

-Blast

I have a few cans of this stuff, I bought them at Wal-Mart last year for $2.25 a can. I use it in the back yard and also leave it about when camping in a group. People always seem to forget that when you go camping you are going to encounter bugs. They ask to borrow your bug juice. I don’t loan out the $5.00 a can stuff I use, I let them use the $2.00 a can stuff.

It works in the back yard, can’t say how well it works in a bug-rich environment as I use other things that I feel do a better job.

I hate any liquid bug juice (but still use it sometimes), so please let us know how it works...

Northern Michigan gets hit hard by bugs and this stuff is great.
It smells great.
It lasts for many hours.
I have used it for years.

My wife is very sensitive to mosquito bites and ends up scratching them until they bleed when she is bit.
This product does the trick.

You can buy it at any Walgreens and other stores.

Your search is over. Test it in your part of the country and let me know.

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