Mossy Repellent

stu_the_blank · May 5, 2011

Just got a Chapmans catalogue through.

They are advertising ThermaCELL Mosquito and Midge repellent. Anybody know anything about them or if they actually work? Claim to provide a 4.5 x 4.5M flying insect free zone. Quite a claim.

Stu

Andrew Macfarlane · May 5, 2011

Dunno but I swear by Neem Tree Oil spray. Smells like tea-tree and doesn't attack mono like DEET.

barbelboi · May 5, 2011

Had two tiger fishing trips to the upper reaches of the Gambia river in the early 80’s not bitten once.
Only got to get the lawnmower out back home – bitten alive!!!

PaSC (failed)

Steve Ruff · May 5, 2011

Re: Mossy Repellent ....

I got a lot of grief from my mates when I went to France for a weeks fishing but apparently Avon Skin So Soft is good stuff .......

Skin So Soft. Avon. Alternative insect and mosquito repellent.

and ...

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/staying-healthy-on-the-road/avon-skin-so-soft-anti-40852

Fred Bonney · May 5, 2011

Skin so Soft works for me

sagalout · May 6, 2011

Used to use 5-% deet based repellents but I did think it might not be to good for the skin long term so I now use avon skin so soft. Buy it from ebay, 5 bottles at a time.

Downside is I smell like a brown hatters handbag when I go fishing

chav professor · May 6, 2011

Fred Bonney said:
Skin so Soft works for me

because your worth it?

Fred Bonney · May 6, 2011

Indeed!

The bad one · May 6, 2011

Only one for me now..... Jungle Formula. Last year I spent 9 days in the Forests and Marshes of Poland. Forest has 23 species of mossies, marshes 26.
After the first night, which was in the forest, I looked like the Elephant Man the next morning. Over here in Blity I rarely get bitten by mossies.
My mate using JF hadn't been touched

And he says he gets eaten everywhere he goes.

So it was.... err G ? Gives a can of that JF. Never got bitten again after that.

geggsnick · May 6, 2011

Skin so Soft does the job, army guys use it when out on excersize. makes you smell pretty too

little oik · May 6, 2011

Eat plenty of garlic .Its a good for you and its a very good deterant .I found that in the tropics I was getting bitten to death until I had a good amount of garlic in the bloodstream.Its totally amazing on what gives you the big swerve after downing a few cloves a day

Wobbly Face (As Per Ed) · May 6, 2011

Why is it you only remember the mossy spray after you've been eaten alive?
Skin So Soft.
Tried others, Crocodile Mossy repelent, not good.
Some type of Horse and Jocket stuff with deet, melted everything.
Jungle Formula, worked some of the time. Mainly when I remembered to put it on.
Avon Sun Lotion with Insect repelent, works quite well but ot as good a SOS.
With all this Mossy Off and Sun screan, hats with peeks, mesh and neck flaps, no room for tackle in the bag and look and smell like a plonker.

sagalout · May 7, 2011

Wobbly Face (As Per Ed) said:
stuff with deet, melted everything

Yeah, I put some deet based stuff on one morning, by the time I got to me swim it had melted a layr of me barrow handles into me hands. Took a couple of days before it had all washed of.

stu_the_blank · May 7, 2011

Cheers guys,

Didn't know so many of you were in touch with their feminine sides!

A new book, 'beauty tips from the bivvy'?

Will join you and get some Skin so soft! Not for the mossies though

This Chapmans thing must either be an audible or smell based area repellent. As I said they claim a flying insect free zone 4.5x4.5M!

That would keep most swims clear and might even protect the patio for evening BBQ's!

Stu

noknot · May 7, 2011

Hi Stu, have a look at Autan, this stuff is awesome, not for kids!!! And keep away from your eyes and lips!

noknot · May 7, 2011

This is the stuff!

stu_the_blank · May 7, 2011

Cheers noknot, I'll check it out.

Stu

Andrew Macfarlane · May 10, 2011

Having experience of proper hard Highland midges and mozzies, I've tried DEET, Autan, Citronella, Skin So Soft (which ain't that bad), Jungle Formula, taking Vitamin B1 for weeks, drinking beer the night before, chanting at the Sun and several other ideas and I can conclusively say that Neem Tree Oil is the Daddy. It's all I'll use now. It's not that cheap but it's safe on the mono, skin and it smells good and believe me, the bugs do not like it at all. The Neem tree is from India and it was noted that bugs don't eat it, set up shop or generally go anywhere near it and the locals use the leaves to rub on the skin. It was brought to Scotland and tested in Milngavie by the SAS I'm led to believe. Several sources online and I've tried several brands and they all work well.

If you have to know about midge/mozzy/cleg bites...ask a Scottish piker.

That's me by the way.

dezza · May 10, 2011

Best I ever found in SA was DEET.

In Oz, you are best consulting the locals for a good mossie deterent. Some believe in calling on entities from the "Dream Time" to sort things out. The "Mossie Dance" was demonstrated to me by Boonabbawabee of the Wemba Wemba tribe of Southern NSW. He is in contact with a number of bunyips who inhabit a series of billabongs along upper reaches of the Hawksbury River.

No worries mate.

barbelboi · May 10, 2011

Ron The Hat Clay said:
Some believe in calling on entities from the "Dream Time" to sort things out. The "Mossie Dance" was demonstrated to me by Boonabbawabee of the Wemba Wemba tribe of Southern NSW. He is in contact with a number of bunyips who inhabit a series of billabongs along upper reaches of the Hawksbury River
No worries mate.

Is that their equivalent of the X-Factor?

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