Insect bites.

[sawmonkey]

deet is good but stays in your liver for years and can cause problems (liver damage etc and it eats away plastic:001_huh:) avon skin so soft is the best stuff, nothing nasty in it, i've used it in guatamala and venezula and only been bitten when i've forgot to put it on

[Paulfreebury]

You don't have to put it on your skin it can be used on your clothing ( so I'm led to believe )

[Paulfreebury]

Just got an email advertising this

[Joshua]

get yourself some sandlewood soap and shower in the morning with it, i've never had a bite since i started using it

[Lumberjack Pad]

I seem to attract mozzies, midges etc., and react badly as well. Always have done.

 

I always carry decent repellent, and this normally does the trick, but now and again the little buggers slip through the chemical net, or nail me when I get out the shower etc.

 

Does anyone out there have any tips on how I can improve things?

 

I'm particularly interested to see if anyone has had any luck with diet stuff, B vitamins etc.

 

Thanks.

 

 

Be somewhere where they are not!

[Mark Bolam]

Genius Pad!

 

Use DEET all the time, but it is nasty stuff.

 

Will try the sandalwood and Avon stuff (have heard mixed reports on this).

 

Will be up at Kielder next week, so that will be a fair test.

[Lumberjack Pad]

Kielder will be a good test! Skin so soft for me. Jungle formula works ok for me too.

[BenR]

I have heard white wine vinegar in your diet regularly puts them off.. Could be BS though.

[tommer9]

Well it all seems to have been covered TBH. Maybe a stronger DEET concentration. I used 100% in south america, but over here use 50% when i use it at all. Always try to wash it off before you apply more, because as has been said it does get absorbed.

Less beer in your diet.........

[Jonesie]

When fishing in the Everglades the only thing to stop the bugs was the Avon skin so soft, it it will make you fell as smooth as a baby bum.