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    EndoftheTrail
    BPL Member

    @ben2world-2

    DEET and Permethrin together do a great job keeping mosquitos, ticks, and many other insects away — but not big, mean and ugly biting flies!

    REI sells Jungle Juice Plus — a DEET repellant with R-326. Any user care to comment on its effectiveness against biting flies?

    #1441814
    Brett .
    Member

    @brett1234

    Locale: CA

    Ben,
    Just last weekend I was swarmed with hundreds of small files on a day trip. They did not bite; I think they wanted salt or something.. and they landed in eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, anywhere they could get what they wanted. It was miserable. I am NEVER going out again without my $1 bug hood and gloves. Or better yet a ringed version. My bug spray did nothing to deter them.

    #1441836
    John S.
    BPL Member

    @jshann

    Brett, where did you get a 1 buck hood and gloves?

    #1441980
    EndoftheTrail
    BPL Member

    @ben2world-2

    Thanks, Brett — wearing noseeum hoods and gloves is one good option.

    Anybody else? Anyone with experience with R-326 / Jungle Juice Plus or other repellants?

    #1442073
    chris Mcfarland
    Member

    @pecos

    Locale: baba yaga's porch

    last fall i got caught without my head net in the cascades. by the second day i was completely insane from hitting my self in the head so many times. i was covered in jungle juice.

    #1442077
    EndoftheTrail
    BPL Member

    @ben2world-2

    Chris:

    Yeah, those flies are vicious! I too use REI Jungle Juice — but it's the Jungle Juice Plus with the added R 326 ingredient that I am curious about.

    Anyone?

    #1451672
    chris Mcfarland
    Member

    @pecos

    Locale: baba yaga's porch

    wanted to bump this. has anyone used this stuff this season?? inquiring minds want to know.

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