100% DEET (deet 98% active)

We have discontinued this product:

 Buggspray 100
 

 100% DEET

 Unscented
 

Lasts up to 10 hours - serious use: for areas heavily infested with mosquitoes and where protection is needed for an extended period of time.

 

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  • Sprays upside down (to apply to lower legs)
  • Convenient size - 1 oz. pump spray bottle will fit easily in golf bag, tackle box or pocket
  • Strong plastic cap - won't break & holds in that last little dribble

You maybe saw Consumer Reports June 2006 report on insect repellents where they named OFF DEEP WOODS For Sportsmen I the most effective. Well, that is in a lab test not a field test (the real world). Note: while CR does good things, they are not bug experts or entomologists - the pictures they have in that article show MALE mosquitoes, identified by fuzzy antennae, and they don't bite! Only the females bite so they get the protein they need to lay eggs.

We've found that 100% DEET is overkill for mosquitoes in most situations - you don't need it for 12 or 13 hours. In concentrations over approximately 25%, DEET does not work better, it just lasts longer (there's a deeper puddle or film which takes longer to evaporate). If you're working in the yard, hiking, sweating, etc., it will dissipate much faster than in an air-conditioned lab and you'll end up reapplying anyway. Plus it's greasy and has a rather undesirable odor.

For those reasons, we no longer make the 100% because you can always re-apply if you're in the jungle. For most situations when mosquitoes bite (a few hours in the morning or evening), 25% is just fine.

Plain DEET also does not work to repel biting flies which is why we have a great formula for that. Plus, our vanilla scented product smells good and works great on biting gnats!

 

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