If you don't like putting DEET directly on your skin, one option is to use a bug jacket such as a Shoo Bug. They are OUTRAGEOUSLY expensive, but they work. They are an open mesh jacket with a hood which you store in a plastic zip-lock bag when not in use. You empty a whole bottle of DEET into the bag (I use 75% DEET from the surplus store and save $3 over the cost of a bottle of 100% stuff) and let it thoroughly soak into the mesh. Then you just wear the jacket. You still are somewhat exposed to DEET, but you don't have to slather it repeatedly onto your skin. I got mine after a 3 week canoe trip to Ontario wherein 4 members of the trip had them along and the other 4 of us each bought one as soon as we got home because we saw how well they worked. BTW, Sylvio, my recollection of using citronella (when I was a Boy Scout) is that it also repels people. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jun 03 1998 - 04:41:10 PDT
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