A reminder that DEET insect repellant will destroy your Lycra/technical apparel (and other synthetic materials).
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/45283933
If you ride in during the summer (who doesn't???), there may be times when you're putting bug repellent spray on.
DEET-based products harm synthetic fabric, so opt for a DEET-free bug spray if you don't want any surprises.
I've used picaridin-based products, and they seem to work as good, if not better, than DEET.
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/45283933
If you ride in during the summer (who doesn't???), there may be times when you're putting bug repellent spray on.
DEET-based products harm synthetic fabric, so opt for a DEET-free bug spray if you don't want any surprises.
I've used picaridin-based products, and they seem to work as good, if not better, than DEET.
Reminds me of the time I travelled through Asia backpacking and was in need of a bug spray. Found something that said some high amount of DEET was in it, don't remember exactly. I'd say it said 80% but that's probably not possible, not sure.
Anyway, after using it a bit the drips from the spray slowly melted the sticker on the bottle. Somehow the plastic bottle itself was OK. But it got me a bit worried what I was spraying on my skin...
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Reminds me of the time I travelled through Asia backpacking and was in need of a bug spray. Found something that said some high amount of DEET was in it, don't remember exactly. I'd say it said 80% but that's probably not possible, not sure.
Anyway, after using it a bit the drips from the spray slowly melted the sticker on the bottle. Somehow the plastic bottle itself was OK. But it got me a bit worried what I was spraying on my skin...
You can actually get up to (basically) 100% deet.
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/45283933
If you ride in during the summer (who doesn't???), there may be times when you're putting bug repellent spray on.
DEET-based products harm synthetic fabric, so opt for a DEET-free bug spray if you don't want any surprises.
I've used picaridin-based products, and they seem to work as good, if not better, than DEET.
Picaridin is very effective and doesn't do this.
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Picaridin is very effective and doesn't do this.
An Australian army study found it about as effictive as deet.
