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Alternative to Mossie insect repellant

Wolfman

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Ok , promise not to snigger or think this is a joke but its nice seeing the sun, not nice getting your arms bit by mossies etc

A useful alternative you can use on your skin is


Avon Skin so Soft !!


This is well known as an excellent insect repellant yet doesnt smell too girly and is not greasy


I thought i would share that with you guys


Oh and it is cheaper than mossie spray as well

Ask your wife / girlfriend etc etc to source some from Avon


Ok you can stop sniggering now but trust me it works !!
 
Ive used it for years, especially when im up at Loch Lomond. It's fantastic, and works better than most repellants you can buy.. If the shops on the West Coast of Scotland recommend it, then it must be good...
 
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the one I use is the Skin so Soft dry oil body spray - original. It doesn't appear to be shown on there, but is available from other outlets, including.. http://www.alternativeinsectrepellent.co.uk/g-shop.php .. It really works. A few years ago, I was up on the banks of Loch Lomond, building a deck on the caravan. At then end of the first week (I had forgotten to take the skin so soft) I counted over 120 mozzie bites on my arms and legs. When the Mrs arrived for the 2nd week, she brought the Skin so Soft, and I managed to last all week with only 2 bites on my ankle.. Since then, I've always used it when travelling in places where Mozzies might be a problem... Strangely enough, It hasn't given me soft skin though...
 
My wife got a a bottle of that stuff a few years ago after one particularly mossie infested round at Grantown on Spey.

Didn't make any difference, in fact i think they liked it as i believe its only the female Mossie that bites;)
 
Used the woodland SSS dry oil for years overseas,

It was far better than any other repellent apart from MOSBAR which is DEET- Permethrin soap, very effective but no good in high humidity.

HTH

Steve...
 
up until last year i thought this was an old wifeys tale.
i take allergic reactions to bits and swell up like the elephant man and take masses of anti histamine when the weather warms

My Wifes cousin told me about this last year and my reaction was Knickers, there no way that will work

She persuaded me to cover one arm and leave the oter free for the mossies, 4 hours later my reaction was one of increduility one arm had 22 bites the other had 2 i couldnt believe it.

Now i wont go near a golf course in the summer without it.

Its the blue one and not the pink one (im a guy and dont know the difference)

If you suffer from bites its a must,

me on a course is like ringing a dinner bell for them (as when i walk there is a cloud of them above my head and my fourball partners get a free pass)

Anyway if you do get bitten always remember to put it on your neck and ears as the wee buggers dont let you off that easy
 
Wolfman said:
Ok , promise not to snigger or think this is a joke but its nice seeing the sun, not nice getting your arms bit by mossies etc

A useful alternative you can use on your skin is


Avon Skin so Soft !!


This is well known as an excellent insect repellant yet doesnt smell too girly and is not greasy


I thought i would share that with you guys


Oh and it is cheaper than mossie spray as well

Ask your wife / girlfriend etc etc to source some from Avon


Ok you can stop sniggering now but trust me it works !!
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As you say in your opening post "This is well known", so much so that one of the biggest buyers of it are the Royal Marines. It isn't as good a repellant for Mossies as for midges, and is on sale at many a pro shop in Scotland.
 
I guess we tend to have more midges than mossies around most UK golf courses, in particular where they have water

I had forgotten i had some from my fishing trips, will start to carry it in the car from now on
 
Wolfman said:
I guess we tend to have more midges than mossies around most UK golf courses, in particular where they have water

I had forgotten i had some from my fishing trips, will start to carry it in the car from now on
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The more North you go the more midges you get. The more south the more moseys you get. Those little wriggly thing you see in water butts etc. Are Mosey larvae.
 
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