Right, the mosquitos can’t get to your skin because you’re covered in cats…
Also a great way to attract pussy.
Take my upvote and get out.
So no mosquito bites but I’m going to get cat bites instead…
The Deet (N,N-Diethyl-meta-toluamide) lotion used for comparison in the trial contains 15% Deet
DEET here is typically 40%
40%? Where do you get that? Deep forest DEET based repellent here is 30% at best.
[Edit] Judging by the server you’re on I guess Australia?I’ve used Ben’s 100% deet before for field exercises. It melted the plastic casing of headlamp, but it works great. 30% does the same job to repel bugs you just have to re apply more often. We had no tents, it was 90F all night, and we were patrolling a lot day and night so having long lasting tick protection was great. If youre just doing yard work for a few hours, 30% deet is great.
Last time I went outside without bushman’s DEET I got a land leech
Makes sense. Here in Canada we don’t need to repel the actual devil like you guys do. Just tons of mosquitoes, so fair game I guess.
the deerflies up here in muskoka think deet is hot sauce
We can get the 40% in the midwest U.S. as well.
You can get lots of mixes, 40% is the stronger stuff.
I can actually find 100% deet as well but I don’t think it works any better than the 40%. It just lasts a little longer and tends to irritate the skin and since you have to hunt for it nobody really buys it.
What do you use to then get the cats to leave you alone?
Dognip
Perhaps she’ll die
Nonsense, the cats serve as a secondary defense against insects
Why would I want that?
You think that until the tigers escape from the zoo.
DEET
How often do you have to reapply the nip extract though? Many of the natural oils don’t last quite as long.
I am slightly allergic to the DEET and often default to picaridin for all day protection.
Turns you into the Pied Piper of all the local cats!
