A Low-Tech Mosquito Deterrent
Spend a summer up in the Yukon or Alaska if you want to see solid walls of ravenous mosquitoes.I get bitten while riding my bike, bitten while my arm is out of the car window driving at 30km/h, and bitten through jeans. 100% DEET (you can get it in Alaska) does the trick for about 30 minutes before you have to re-apply - and it's nasty stuff.This past weekend I was camping at a music festival and slapped my arm casually, and killed 14 mosquitoes with the one slap.....A fan? That will do nothing.The mosquitoes will mostly be gone in another month, then it's No CM and black fly season, until it gets below freezing in ~September.