Midges

Kat1170

Feckin' midges are a nightmare up the Glen at the moment, could be an answer to everyone's prayers Borrowed from the Forestry forum, and it keeps your skin silky soft. Time to raid the other half's beauty treatments. :D

Conmaicne Mara

Kat1170 wrote: »

Feckin' midges are a nightmare up the Glen at the moment, could be an answer to everyone's prayers Borrowed from the Forestry forum, and it keeps your skin silky soft. Time to raid the other half's beauty treatments. :D

Better hope "the enemy" has a cold, will smell ya for miles It works OK, certainly better for you than DEET, but when the midges are at their height in my part of the world there's nothing will save you from them.

miss charity

After 6 years being eaten alive by the little devils I have found the perfect thing that stops them dead in their tracks, it smells great is good for your skin and costs very little. Avon's Skin so soft Dry oil spray!!! now being used by troops in the jungle, it totally works.

BigDuffman

Must give it a bash. I've been in the jungles of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. But have never been as miserable as I have been with midges in Hollywood co. Wicklow on a 3 day ex. If you didn't have a mozzie net you were essentially U/s. Sure it can't hurt..unlike when you get deet on your lips.

miss charity

Give it a go, you won't be disappointed. Let me know how you get on. I think it costs about €4 or €5. If yo have any problem contacting an Avon agent, now that they are no longer operating in Ireland, let me Know and I will post a contact number you can call.

OzCam

SSS appears to work by trapping midges in the oily film, rather than repelling or killing them.

There was some good reseach done on SSS v DEET, which didn't show good results for SSS. IIRC, it only lasted for 10 minutes.

http://mosquito.ifas.ufl.edu/Mosquito_Repellents.htm

If anyone knows about mossies, it's got to be the Foridians. And here's the official advice from the CDC

http://www.cdc.gov/westnile/faq/repellent.html


Here are some other test results which you can read. Note that DEET only needs to be 30% solution to be effective, stronger formulations are no better, and have a tendency to burn through any plastics you might contact (eg headsets).

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2045813

http://cfpub.epa.gov/oppref/insect/search_results.cfm?Rangetime=&hidSelected=1&ProductName=&Ingredient=IR3535&Company=null&Registration=&Submit=Search

All the research shows that DEET is effective, but if you are allergic/intolerant to DEET, then SSS is worth a try. It's cheap and if it works for you, great.

Conmaicne Mara

I thought there was citronella oil in the SSS and that was what the midges didn't like? Could be just a rumour.