Thread: Mozzie/Midge Repellents - What do people recommend?

Originally Posted by incisor

a mix of isopropyl alcohol, a few drops of peppermint oil, cinnamon oil, lavender and rosemary oils worked best for me when i was right into fishing etc

Let me know if you try this, Rob. Especially if you have to hold your nose to swallow it!

I use Bushmans and as Trout pointed out, make sure you clean your hands after application. It slowly decomposed a very good set of fishing sunnies of mine.

Originally Posted by Robmacca

Thanks...

Looking more for something that u can use when mobile (ie: walking, etc) Might look a bit dickie carrying a smoking mozzie coil around with me when I walk into shops, cafes, etc

Not if you mount it on your head like an Angel Halo & have a sign on your chest denoting you as The New Messiah. Oh, & wear a bed sheet & if you have some crappy old thongs (footwear) wear those as well.


What could possibly go wrong?

Originally Posted by Robmacca

Thanks...

Looking more for something that u can use when mobile (ie: walking, etc) Might look a bit dickie carrying a smoking mozzie coil around with me when I walk into shops, cafes, etc

Just cover up as much as is comfortable and use bushmans, Mozzie coils are for around camp and on the boat

Best I've come across is an Australian product called "Nature's Botanical". DEET free, rosemary and cedarwood based. Is available as a cream, a spray, a roll-on. It definitely works - very popular and well known on a number of mine sites I have worked on - Don't get it in your eyes though.

This was the only product that would keep the millions of little flies away from your face when I was working up near Coober Pedy last year - and that area of South Australia is well known for the flies - they drive you bloody crazy.

DEET Free Natural Insect Repellent Australia | Nature's Botanical

Another good product that works well in tropical areas where midgies are a problem is another Australian made DEET free product called "Good Riddance".

Natural Mosquito Repellent + Midge Protection | Guaranteed

Bushmans works well, but I haven't used it since I saw what it did to the top of a plastic esky a while back. If it can do that to hard plastic - I've had enough problems with cancers etc on my face without putting that crap on it.

I did some work at Bushmans recently on their filling machines and looked up DEET.
Interesting read, I'll be looking at the DEET free options in future.

DEET tends to dissolve plastics (acts as a plasticiser) so be careful where you use it. Causing problems on their machines as components fail.



Colin

Another good brew is
500ml Metho
125ml Dettol
60ml Baby oil
5ml Citronella oil
Shake her up and put it in a spray bottle
Some say you can replace the citronella with eucalyptus or tea tree oil

Originally Posted by mrb505

Another good brew is
500ml Metho
125ml Dettol
60ml Baby oil
5ml Citronella oil
Shake her up and put it in a spray bottle
Some say you can replace the citronella with eucalyptus or tea tree oil

I have used that concoction in the Gleneagle forrest to keep the bloody tic's away, Worked like a charm

Originally Posted by mrb505

Another good brew is
500ml Metho
125ml Dettol
60ml Baby oil
5ml Citronella oil
Shake her up and put it in a spray bottle
Some say you can replace the citronella with eucalyptus or tea tree oil

Also vouch for this brew, keeps the sand flies off in the Kimberley