Midges

[need_my_wedge]

Heading to Machrihanish in 2 weeks. Mrs wedge suffers badly when bitten by bugs. Have been told Vaporub is a great deterrent, also recommended Skin so Soft from Avon, by my lads landlord. Anyone use either of these for this purpose, or have any better recommendations? Thanks.

 

[tugglesf239]

Heading to Machrihanish in 2 weeks. Mrs wedge suffers badly when bitten by bugs. Have been told Vaporub is a great deterrent, also recommended Skin so Soft from Avon, by my lads landlord. Anyone use either of these for this purpose, or have any better recommendations? Thanks.

Skin so soft is the best imo.

Smells lush too

 

[Dando]

Heading to Machrihanish in 2 weeks. Mrs wedge suffers badly when bitten by bugs. Have been told Vaporub is a great deterrent, also recommended Skin so Soft from Avon, by my lads landlord. Anyone use either of these for this purpose, or have any better recommendations? Thanks.

Leave Mrs W at home?

 

[pendodave]

I use smidge when up north.
If there's a breeze and she stays near the coast (both pretty likely in that neck of the woods) I reckon you might get away with it.
Don't take a day trip to Glencoe...

 

[Backache]

Skin so soft acts as a barrier and makes it more difficult for the wee beasties to get a hold of you and bite.
Smidge acts as a repellant and it puts them off you.
Deet is also effective as a repellant. Personally I'd go for smidge or deet.
Other things that help is minimising skin exposed and if they are really bad buying a midge hood.
Keeping moving so they can't locate you, they are attracted to the expired carbon dioxide keeping in the sun and the breeze as they are not active in bright sunlight and can't fly in a wind.
Nasty blighters though and they can put me off practice as they inhabit our practice area when there's not much breeze.

 

[need_my_wedge]

Leave Mrs W at home?

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She’s an avid golfer too, playing together is the only way I get to play so much golf…..do leave her behind for the annual boys trip though….??

 

[D-S]

Skin so soft acts as a barrier and makes it more difficult for the wee beasties to get a hold of you and bite.
Smidge acts as a repellant and it puts them off you.
Deet is also effective as a repellant. Personally I'd go for smidge or deet.
Other things that help is minimising skin exposed and if they are really bad buying a midge hood.
Keeping moving so they can't locate you, they are attracted to the expired carbon dioxide keeping in the sun and the breeze as they are not active in bright sunlight and can't fly in a wind.
Nasty blighters though and they can put me off practice as they inhabit our practice area when there's not much breeze.

A midge hood ??!!

 

[Backache]

A midge hood ??!!

https://midgie.net/
Genuinely useful if they are bad.

 

[BrianM]

Smidge is the stuff, I’m talking from lots of experience ??

 

[KenL]

I use smidge when up north.
If there's a breeze and she stays near the coast (both pretty likely in that neck of the woods) I reckon you might get away with it.
Don't take a day trip to Glencoe...

Agreed. Have been using Smidge for the last month or so after a recommendation. No midge or horse fly bites.
Have tried skin so soft, urban myth for me.

 

[Oddsocks]

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She’s an avid golfer too, playing together is the only way I get to play so much golf…..do leave her behind for the annual boys trip though….??

Just think of the fun you could have without her. ?

The man with the disability adapted chipper rarely says anything worth acknowledging, but @Dando has finally contributed.

 

[CliveW]

Skin So Soft formula has changed so no longer effective for midges. Smidge is the product of choice nowadays.

 

[Genu9]

Skin So Soft formula has changed so no longer effective for midges. Smidge is the product of choice nowadays.

Note where CliveW is from...... Belive me he'll know.

 

[D-S]

Fairway mats if I absolutely have to but I would draw the line at a midge hood.

 

[patricks148]

Tbh around here it's less of an issue during the day if it's dry, sunny and windy, but if its damp still and or humid you struggle to escape the buggers. Avoid early evening too. I'd tried a few things when out shooting, but none worked.