Originally Posted by Tourist in MSN

Repellents with Deet are generally effective. I have switched to repellent that uses Picaridin, that is not supposed to damage equipment if the repellent gets on the equipment like Deet can.
https://www.rei.com/b/sawyer/c/deet-...sect-repellent

That said, there was one campsite in Nova Scotia where the bugs were REALLY bad where I dug into my bag and found my tiny little bottle of 100 percent Deet.

The photo was from PEI, the mosquitoes were gathering outside my tent door waiting for me to open it.



After my Maritimes trip I invested in a bottle of Permetherin. I wished I had sprayed my bike jersey and some of my other clothes before I went there.
https://www.rei.com/product/768970/s...mp-spray-24-oz