I know people who've had severe reactions to DEET and I for one hate getting into my sleeping bag covered in any chemical. So a few years ago I switched to using a bug shirt. I have one from The Original Bug Shirt Company (http://www.bugshirt.com/) which is, I believe, far better than any I've seen. There is nothing nicer for avoiding *all* bugs. The quality is great and the egyptian cotton portions are cool in the summer. Bring a pair of light cotton gardening gloves and you've got total protection. A few weeks ago a group of five of us were in Voyageurs National Park (home of one or two mosquito's and black flies) and we all had bug shirts on. We looked like a outdoors loving cult. I am going to Vietnam and Cambodia for a month this coming January and I'll definately be bring the bug shirt. -Patrick On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 08:40:07 -0500, cholst wrote > Everything I've heard says they don't work. DEET is the only tried > and true mosquito repellant, though I read somewhere that there > might be a new repellant under development that is almost as good. > Sorry, I can't remember the name of the chemical, but I think a > search on Google might produce several good hits. > > Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jul 22 2003 - 11:18:56 PDT
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