What's your best homemade or commercial bug repellant?

[Wayland]

Thanks for the reminder by the way, I've just mixed up some fresh stuff for the season.

[Tank]

[Growing Lad]

Lots of chilli and garlic in your food a good few days before, and don't forget to take everyone else a can of fanta

[Buckshot]

Skin so soft used to come in either a pink or green container. The green one, I think, used to be marketed as 'woodland fresh' and then 'soft and fresh'

I've seen the skin so soft name on all colours of labels. ASAIK the one that sorts the bugs is the green one - unless you know of one that's better?

[treefrog]

the one that sorts the bugs is the green one - unless you know of one that's better?

No, the green one has always worked best

[c2518]

I use the Boots own brand REPEL insect repellent roll-on. It is about the best thing we have and handles all the mossies, etc we encounter in the Sierra Leone jungle. Plus it's an absolute doddle to put on

[topknot]

Not my idea , but mouthwash water down . Been watching Moonshiners on the box and this is what they use.

[Shewie]

Nordic Summer is the best I've used yet

[sasquatch]

I saw rednecks down Souh in the States pour listerine into a spray bottle and use that, they reckoned it worked well. Tempted to try it myself.

[Your_outdoors]

I have just come back from a week in Scotland, I tested a few methods and for me the Avon Skin so soft worked a treat. In Scotland it's sold everywhere even in pubs!