Mosquito repellent

[Black can man]

Where off to jamaica on friday & i have been reading reveiws about the place we are staying at & nearly every reveiw mentions the mosquito's . If there is one mosquito in jamaica he will find me , they seem to love me . so please can anyone recommend me some good mosquito repellent stuf , i have a feeling that to buy it here would make a lot more sense than to buy it out there .

please help . & many thanks

[sawman]

just get the stuff with the most amount of DEET in it.

You may find it best to get it there, if they have mozzies the locals will be using it too,

[LooneyTunes]

sawman said:

just get the stuff with the most amount of DEET in it.

Watch out though - proper super strong DEET shouldn't be applied to skin and can sometimes knacker your clothes. But yes, DEET is probably what you need.

[snowy]

This works for me, http://www.firstaid4travel.co.uk/shop/Mijex_Insect...

[N Dentressangle]

Out of leftfield, but you could avoid bites and get better skin into the bargain, apparently:

http://www.avoidmosquitobites.com/insect-repellent...

[Black can man]

N Dentressangle said:

Out of leftfield, but you could avoid bites and get better skin into the bargain, apparently:

http://www.avoidmosquitobites.com/insect-repellent...

I have been told that the royal marines use this stuff

But they are probably tougher than a south london wussie like me . I'm going to order some of this & a couple of 50% deet stuff ,

Marmite has also been suggested

[Simon Brooks]

The marmite is so you can sit indoors for 2 weeks in the air con (which mozzies hate) and then apply said marmite to skin as you board the plane, therefore acquiring a 2 week colour tan. Simples

[filski666]

there is some herbal stuff they use in China, not sure what it is called - we call it "Thai Hooker" due to the fragrant smell, it seems to work pretty well - it is a liquid you splash on exposed skin - they have it in all the bars in Shanghai in the summer.

After one night after a few too many, we also found out that if you drink it (mixed with Jim Beam - not neat obvioulsy - that would be weird ) it seeps out of your pores and the mozzies don't come near you for a week......I am guessing that it isn't poisonous by the fact I am still here.....

Edit - After a bit of googling I think it might be citronella

Edited by filski666 on Sunday 9th October 18:06

[Jackleman]

I have had two quite nasty reactions to insect born criters biting me, I advise 50% Deet or above to truly destroy the little buggers!

[Moose.]

I live in Indonesia/Timor atm which is full of mozzies. Tend to use a local (to SE Asia) repellent which has 12-15% DEET. It lasts an evening out without getting bitten. Any more percentage seems an overkill to me.

[5potTurbo]

We had some stuff from Holland that was a gel with 20% Deet content* - and the local mozzies still bit us!

Having spent a few weeks in the wet, humid suburbs of Chicago this August, where there was a local epidemic of mozzie bds this Summer, I can recommend a product called "Off!" which is 15% Deet. I think that would be readily available in Jamaica too.

ETA: *when I leant on my brother's kitchen table having applied this gel, and it had dried when I did, I left a permanent forearm print on the table's varnished surface. Oops!

[Matt Harper]

I live in a sub-tropical climate that makes mosquitos a big problem - not merely being bitten, but the threat of West Nile Virus and Lyme disease.
I've always found DEET laden products to work reasonably well, but mozzie-reps are always greasy, smelly and sticky - as stated above DEET is also a solvent that attacks plastics, painted/polished surfaces and clothing.
Being something of a mozzie-magnet, this product caught my attention:



As a rule, I'm pretty sceptical about 'gadgets' like this - but damn me if it doesn't work a treat!
The little fan in the device creates an invisible, odourless (to humans) cloud of Metofluthrin which is an even more effective repellent than DEET - but really not suitable to be applied to the skin (slightly worrying, perhaps).

I haven't been bitten since using this device - so recommend it wholeheartedly.
Only works on mozzies though - not ticks, mites, chiggers and all the other horrible, nasty blood-sucking fkers.

[fulham911club]

I bought some super deet (Boots own brand - tropical something or other it was called) spray in the summer. Normally my eldest son and me get eaten alive. This year - spray in early evening and could only count the number of bites on the fingers of one hand.

[K77 CTR]

I've just returned from Kenya and only used the Avon stuff. I got bitten three times on my elbow in the airport on way home, when I hadn't used the stuff, highly recommended.

[Ciaran]

These are pretty good:

http://www.roamingfox.co.uk/Insect-Repellent-Wrist...

[MrSpike]

Matt Harper said:

I live in a sub-tropical climate that makes mosquitos a big problem - not merely being bitten, but the threat of West Nile Virus and Lyme disease.
I've always found DEET laden products to work reasonably well, but mozzie-reps are always greasy, smelly and sticky - as stated above DEET is also a solvent that attacks plastics, painted/polished surfaces and clothing.
Being something of a mozzie-magnet, this product caught my attention:



As a rule, I'm pretty sceptical about 'gadgets' like this - but damn me if it doesn't work a treat!
The little fan in the device creates an invisible, odourless (to humans) cloud of Metofluthrin which is an even more effective repellent than DEET - but really not suitable to be applied to the skin (slightly worrying, perhaps).

I haven't been bitten since using this device - so recommend it wholeheartedly.
Only works on mozzies though - not ticks, mites, chiggers and all the other horrible, nasty blood-sucking fkers.

What tropical climate do you live in? I live in Thailand and generally I will use Boots own and some of those blue tabs that you stick in a wall socket, but I'm liking what you've shown there.

Where did you find it?

How does it work, via battery and you just clip it on your shorts or whatever? Living in flipflops, my ankles always seem to be the biggest magnet!

Edited by MrSpike on Wednesday 12th October 11:54

[jonno990]

Worth a try? It is free after all.

http://www.appbrain.com/app/anti-mosquito-sonic-re...

Iphone http://www.qj.net/iphone/apple-iphone-3g/anti-mosq...

[Kneetrembler]

K77 CTR said:

I've just returned from Kenya and only used the Avon stuff. I got bitten three times on my elbow in the airport on way home, when I hadn't used the stuff, highly recommended.

+1

[Matt Harper]

MrSpike said:

What tropical climate do you live in? I live in Thailand and generally I will use Boots own and some of those blue tabs that you stick in a wall socket, but I'm liking what you've shown there.

Where did you find it?

How does it work, via battery and you just clip it on your shorts or whatever? Living in flipflops, my ankles always seem to be the biggest magnet!

Edited by MrSpike on Wednesday 12th October 11:54

Central Florida, USA. I picked it up in a haigh street pharmacy (Walgreens).
It has a AAA battery in it which drives the fan and the active ingredient is impregnated in a mesh screen which sits behind the fan. It has a belt clip, but I find it most effective to put it on the floor wherever I'm seated for any length of time. Mosquitos are stealthy little bds and I too was getting bitten on my feet - this has ended all that. It's very effective - I never seriously thought it would be.
Citronella foggers work well too, but stink the place out.

[Pablo16v]

This stuff gets good feedback from various MTB'ers that I know. I've just bought some myself but the Scottish Midge is gone for the year so it'll be next spring before I get a chance to try it out.

http://2010.midgeforecast.co.uk/index.php/shop