DEET Insect Repellents

DEET bug spray for camping is any insect repellent built around N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide, formulated to survive hours of sweat, humidity, and repeated exposure near the tree line and standing water where mosquitoes and black flies breed thickest. It isn’t quite the same purchase as a drugstore bottle grabbed for an evening of weeding the garden — … Read more

Bug spray for canoe trips is any insect repellent formulated to hold up against the specific punishment of paddling and portaging — sweat, sunscreen layering, humid shorelines, and hours of exposed skin near still water where mosquitoes and black flies breed. It’s not the same shopping decision as picking a bottle off the drugstore shelf … Read more