Don't forget your Deet

SMSW · May 30, 2015

I think I read in Consumer Reports a while back that an insect repellent containing a % of DEET was as effective or better than 100% DEET. I forget what they said, but the number of 40% sticks in my mind.

I also think CR was saying that the less exposure to DEET the better - and since some of the diluted formulations worked better than the pure stuff we should be using them.

Anyone recall seeing this? Update me if my number is wrong.

Dinkie Diesel · May 31, 2015

My dad used to tell me a couple of drops of oil in a small pond would spread across the surface of the pond and coat the eggs killing them? Fact or fiction?

Brant · May 31, 2015

SMSW said:
I think I read in Consumer Reports a while back that an insect repellent containing a % of DEET was as effective or better than 100% DEET. I forget what they said, but the number of 40% sticks in my mind.

I also think CR was saying that the less exposure to DEET the better - and since some of the diluted formulations worked better than the pure stuff we should be using them.

Anyone recall seeing this? Update me if my number is wrong.

Avon Skin So Soft IS your 'skeeter' replellant friend.....they also do an arosol specificly for that use

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T_C · May 31, 2015

Brant said:
Avon Skin So Soft IS your 'skeeter' replellant friend....

Tried it a few times.. never worked for me. YMMV (Your Mosquitos May Vary)

st1300r · May 31, 2015

Dinkie Diesel said:
My dad used to tell me a couple of drops of oil in a small pond would spread across the surface of the pond and coat the eggs killing them? Fact or fiction?

Keeps their larval snorkels from getting air suffocating them. Ponds have critters that eat them. Stagnant water like pools of abandoned houses can be taken care of by chucking some guppies in.

Don't forget your Deet

SMSW

Dinkie Diesel

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Brant

T_C

st1300r