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Mosquito repellent advice

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FrankieButNotBenny · 30/06/2019 20:58

Posted in travel advice but hoping for a response here...

Does anyone have any fail-safe mosquito repellent tips? Could be gadgets, creams, sprays etc

I am a mosquito magnet 😟 and always get lots of bites despite covering myself in jungle repellent.
Any advice for my European holiday this summer. Thanks!

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HundredMilesAnHour · 01/07/2019 09:56

When they love you, they love you, and shit loads of chemicals are the only way forward.

This!

I've bought repellent in Australia and the U.S. that is 90% DEET and that seems to keep most of the little blighters away. Avon, citronella, eat garlic, natural blah blah.....none of it works if you're a mozzie magnet. Nuking them with chemicals is the only way.

Katinski · 01/07/2019 10:10

But if you're a skeeto magnet, don't forget to apply your Deet to the soles of your feet tooShock
Bastard things!

Freudianslip1 · 01/07/2019 10:36

Boots own brand DEET repellant. I am a mozzie haven and it worked really well. The one night I forgot to put it on i got 6 bites.

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