What do you use for skeeter dope ?

  • Dave Koonce
    Moderator
    Prairie du Chien Wi.
    Posts: 6946
    June 29, 2003 at 5:05 pm #1243351

    I have been using 3M’s Ultrathon Bug Spray and have found great results.

    So what do you use ?

    Gianni
    Cedar Rapids, IA
    Posts: 2063
    June 29, 2003 at 5:25 pm #269545

    I usually use OFF! and it seems to work pretty well. If it’s after dark I also carry a kerosene lantern filled with citronella oil and burn that nearby.

    steve-demars
    Stillwater, Minnesota
    Posts: 1906
    June 29, 2003 at 11:29 pm #269563

    Last summer I went on a canoe trip down the Bloodvein River in Canada. The bugs were horrendous. I had some Repel 100 which is 95% DEET – I was told the more DEET the better and it works great on the bugs but it will completely destroy anything plastic. I had a fiberglass paddle with a foam rubber grip – the DEET melted the foam rubber grip in about 5 minutes. The DEET even did a number on my watch. Look out for that stuff once you get it on your hands because everything you touch will have some kind of weird reaction.

    If you go on a trip like that, I highly recommend a bug suit. It includes the head net, a bug jacket and bug suit pants. I got one at Gander Mountain before we left, it didn’t cost much at all ($25?), money well spent. I lived in the thing and it worked great. It stores in its own little pouch, weighs next to nothing, and stores away easily. You may never take it off.

    danwi
    westby wi
    Posts: 864
    June 30, 2003 at 2:58 am #269578

    I put gas in my Skeeter an it works well.

    danwi
    westby wi
    Posts: 864
    June 30, 2003 at 3:06 am #269580

    sorry I couldnt help myself wont happen again

    herb
    6ft under
    Posts: 3242
    June 30, 2003 at 11:57 am #269589

    Repel
    Used to use a nicotine fog!

    stillakid2
    Roberts, WI
    Posts: 4603
    June 30, 2003 at 5:20 pm #269621

    Doesn’t do much for us fellas but for the feminine readers of the board, the original Avon “Skin So Soft” is one of the best mosquito repellents I’ve ever witnessed! While I tussled and bothered with the sprays and oils…………..all the ladies went completely unbothered! Can’t explain it………….but seein’ was believin’!

    blue-fleck
    Dresbach, MN
    Posts: 7872
    June 30, 2003 at 5:25 pm #269624

    Avon does have an excellent product. We use it on our 1 yr old and it works fabulous. If there is anyone out there looking for a repellant for the family I would suggest this.

    Dave Koonce
    Moderator
    Prairie du Chien Wi.
    Posts: 6946
    June 30, 2003 at 7:31 pm #269631

    Must only work on the good looking people because my wife had me try that stuff once and it didn’t work at all.

    dustin_stewart
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 1402
    June 30, 2003 at 7:34 pm #269633

    I have heard that ugly people are immune to that stuff

    I usually just pick up what ever is on sale, that stuff gets expensive when you have a skeeter investation like Everts has this year.

    rippinpigs
    Apple Valley, MN
    Posts: 399
    June 30, 2003 at 7:52 pm #269638

    I’m using Ultrathon this year…. works excellent!

    stillakid2
    Roberts, WI
    Posts: 4603
    June 30, 2003 at 7:55 pm #269639

    Quote:

    Must only work on the good looking people because my wife had me try that stuff once and it didn’t work at all.

    Dave, the woman who “started that demonstration” all those years ago told us to make sure we were getting the the “REAL” Avon Skin so Soft. She mentioned that it had been tied into another product or brand under the same name and that it didn’t work for beans. I’m guessing you’d have to get it from an Avon distributor who knows what the “original” stuff is. She said it had to be the original and really stressed it because the other “Skin So Soft” wasn’t worth the bottle it came in.

    Don’t know if this was your experience or not Dave, just sharing the information that was passed on to us……….and I witnessed that stuff working far better than anything I had for 3 days straight.

    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18926
    June 30, 2003 at 8:22 pm #269642

    I just sit somewhere close to but slightly upwind ( ) of Dustin. The flies act like they don’t even know I’m there and just swarm Stewart. Not to mention… oh wait, you wanted to know about mosquitoes. Sorry, I’m of no help in that case.

    stillakid2
    Roberts, WI
    Posts: 4603
    June 30, 2003 at 8:47 pm #269648

    Quote:

    I just sit somewhere close to but slightly upwind ( ) of Dustin. The flies act like they don’t even know I’m there and just swarm Stewart. Not to mention… oh wait, you wanted to know about mosquitoes. Sorry, I’m of no help in that case.

    But can you bottle that??? Sounds like a good thing to have around…………..upwind…………….somewhere……………

    Sorry Dustin…………couldn’t resist!

    Dave Koonce
    Moderator
    Prairie du Chien Wi.
    Posts: 6946
    June 30, 2003 at 10:00 pm #269654

    This was several years ago but I do know that it said Avon…With a house full of girls that little catalog gets hit pretty hard …and when the Avon lady calls it’s like girly christmas around my house..

    Quote:

    Dave, the woman who “started that demonstration” all those years ago told us to make sure we were getting the the “REAL” Avon Skin so Soft. She mentioned that it had been tied into another product or brand under the same name and that it didn’t work for beans. I’m guessing you’d have to get it from an Avon distributor who knows what the “original” stuff is. She said it had to be the original and really stressed it because the other “Skin So Soft” wasn’t worth the bottle it came in.

    dustin_stewart
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 1402
    June 30, 2003 at 10:22 pm #269660

    Hey James I didn’t even know anyone else could see that cloud around me, just thought it was my vision . I guess I’ll have to change my user name to PigPen

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