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Carrying Deet with a Bearvault
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Jun 28, 2010 at 3:17 pm #1260622
I'm probably using picardin anyway, but the red label on top of a Bearvault has a warning "No Deet in or on Bearvault." I assume that's b/c it degrades the plastic.
Are animals (those most likely to be attracted to items we carry) attracted to something like Deet?
Just curious . . .
Jun 28, 2010 at 3:44 pm #1624238I've seen black bear claw holes in a plastic DEET bottle, so they are curious about it up until the point that they lick it.
–B.G.–
Jun 28, 2010 at 6:08 pm #1624285BV's are made of polycarbonate so yes it can be degraded.
I really would not worry about animals getting into DEET. It is nasty stuff!
Jun 28, 2010 at 7:59 pm #1624315Not so worried about it, more a hypothetical question. If one has gone through the trouble to bring a food cannister, but doesn't put a bottle of Deet in it, would the bottle of Deet lure an animal to a campsite? Should it be put into some other container like an aloksak?
Just curious b/c I had not read the BearVault label until recently.Edit: it IS pretty nasty, isn't it?
Jun 28, 2010 at 9:11 pm #1624339Lets put it this way…..in the PNW though the bugs can be bad I don't use it. If something eats through fabric and plastic I don't want it on ME ;-)
Jun 28, 2010 at 10:46 pm #1624356Deet does not seem to attract bears. And… I certainly don't want it anywhere near my food storage.
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