Tried the (relatively) new picaridin bug spray (gel, actually, in my case, but there’s spray and lotion as well) this season, and I am never ever going back to DEET.

No smell, no grease, no damage to synthetic fabrics, and works just as well as 90%+ DEET formulations if not better. Tested in deep woods crawling with ticks and inundated with mosquitoes. Major success.

Just thought I’d share as a bonus for my fellow federated campers who haven’t heard of this stuff yet. 5/5 stars, A+++++ would slather again!

  • TheBloodFarts@lemmy.caEnglish
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    15 days ago

    Loudly and confidently pushing your opinions means nothing. If you want to make claims like this you’ve got to have research to back it up. These kinds of claims are the basis of anti-vaccine-type arguments

    Feel free to use peppermint oil if you find it works well for you, but there’s a difference between anecdotal and real evidence