Trave OK

Last week, my spray can of "OFF" was confiscated at the American Airlines
gate as a security threat!
Now, with the linkage of Lariam to depression, suicide and ***, is
anyone aware of the existence of a non-aerosol form of DEET for use  in the
fight against the omnipresent Latin mosquito?

REI has their own brand (Jungle Juice) in plastic bottles, some with pump
sprayers (see http://www.travelOK.net/), but everybody packages it that way these
days.

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As a forester, I strongly suggest you to use the Watkins mosquito repellent.
It's by far the best stuff I've used.  The only downside is that it's a cream,
so you can't spray it on your clothes.  When the mosquitoes and flies are
voracious enough to bite through my thick clothes, I use a bit of Muskol spray,
the kind with a pump sprayer as Bert Hyman mentionned...

Hope this helps,
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Marc from Quebec
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and the Climbing in Qubec Page.

There is a huge selection of non-aerosol DEET available. If your
well-stocked grocery store or decent sized pharmacy doesn't have it,
check a sporting good store. I have purchased non-aerosol DEET at all
of these types of stores.

All aerosol cans are (or are supposed to be) confiscated at the
security gate- women who carry hairspray probably know this first
hand.

OFF makes (or used to make) a sort of waxy roll-on version, much like an
anti-perspirant.  I still have two, though I purchased them about 5
years ago, they work just as well in my opinion.

Kristy

As I know it is possible to carry the aerosol in your checked baguage (not
in your cabin one), you can wait to have your bagage before to ouse it? no?

philT

My travel med clinic strongly recommended Ultrathon.  Its about 30%
DEET, but comes in a specially formulated base which makes it
long-lasting (10 hours, I believe) AND most important, forms a barrier
on the skin so the DEET doesn't penetrate your skin--it stays on the
surface.  (And if you have ever seen what DEET does to plastic, you
definitely don't want it to penetrate your skin!)

Sawyers also made a recommended DEET formulation which has a
controlled release formula-- again recommended to your exposure to
DEET is minimized while providing long-lasting protection.

I have used them both (slightly prefer the Ultrathon) and they worked
well in both Brazil and Africa. BTW, both are lotions-- Sawyers in a
plastic bottle, Ultrathon in a small plastic tube.