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ExOfficio BugsAway Bandana/Neck Gaiter (2-Pack)
climbrocks
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Apr 13, 2016
Several things: First, I can confirm that InsectiShield or whatever works very well. As noted elsewhere, I lived upcountry in Sierra Leone for 3 months--one of the most malarial infected countries--and swore by my insect proofed clothing. Second, my InsectiShield shirt was blue, and while I agree that I wouldn't get a NON-InsectiShield blue bandana, in my experience, I found that the protection beat out the attraction. Incidentally, I treated pants and another shirt with permethrin spray and found them to be less effective than those articles pre-treated (tho still apparently somewhat effective). Which leads me to third: if the protection offered by permethrin is so powerful as to dissuade a mosquito otherwise attracted to the color of an article of clothing, I seriously question the wisdom of tying that article around my face and/or mouth. Permethrin is some seriously toxic stuff. Would I deal with it in order to avoid getting malaria? Most likely, yes. If I was a woman and feared getting the zica virus? Probably not. Just so I don't get a few bites on a camping trip when some non-DEET Off will do the trick? Hell no. (Look up DEET, that's some toxic stuff too!) Anyhow, my $0.02: get these and tie them around your ankles.
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