If it doesn't work, I guess I'm off th the market. Probably no better off now that the virus -carrying flyboys are here in CA now

I always love it when folks who don't know me tell me about myself. It's like I wasn't even there.

https://youtu.be/z5hFxhr-1QA

Mark Twain Quipped it Best...

Sorry. No contest. It's my OPINION that the weakest least offensive chemical that will do the job is the best choice. People are different. But unlike some, when locals speak, I listen. I tried white cream OFF and an hour later renamed it, "ON." Once when I had forgotten to bring bug repellent in Patzcuaro I purchased a bottle of Autan in a farmacia. Cost was = to seven dollars USA. At midnight I was glistening wet with Autan and covered with bites.

So when someone says confidently "Don't bother! Excellent repellents can be had here" I have to give pause.

If those "excellent repellents" tun out to be woefully inadequate, you are SCREWED PAL. Because you can go to Mexico, Zapopan, or Monterrey and not find one single thing stronger. Zancudo y jejene bites have RUINED many a vacation and misplaced advice was the cause.

Bringing down more-potent repellents is one of the nicest gifts you can give nice Mexicanos. Even though DEET lasts longer I personally prefer pennyroyal oil because it is natural.

Ever have DENGUE mister webmaster? It is not fun. It hurts and it makes a person feel like they have a bad case of the flu combined with a thermonuclear hangover. Sitting beside a 5-year old granddaughter with Dengue is worse. City folk do not experience uncontrolled Dengue outbreaks. You live in a different world.

So yeah, sorry but I'm a little touchy about casually offered information that has consequences.

Well, since I just got here like everyone I hang out with you must be right. Like many of my family and friends, I've only had dengue once or twice, maybe three times. And of course my only experience with Autan besides using it myself is only a few hundred locals and a few hundred tourists and several dozen restaurants and lodgings from Papanoa to Las Saladitas. But you're on a roll and I certainly wouldn't want my casual information to interfere with your authentic rural expertise. Yee haw, bubbaroo! ¡Ajúaaaa!

So when someone says confidently "Don't bother! Excellent repellents can be had here" I have to give pause.

If those "excellent repellents" tun out to be woefully inadequate, you are SCREWED PAL. Because you can go to Mexico, Zapopan, or Monterrey and not find one single thing stronger. Zancudo y jejene bites have RUINED many a vacation and misplaced advice was the cause.

Bringing down more-potent repellents is one of the nicest gifts you can give nice Mexicanos. Even though DEET lasts longer I personally prefer pennyroyal oil because it is natural.

Ever have DENGUE mister webmaster? It is not fun. It hurts and it makes a person feel like they have a bad case of the flu combined with a thermonuclear hangover. Sitting beside a 5-year old granddaughter with Dengue is worse. City folk do not experience uncontrolled Dengue outbreaks. You live in a different world.

So yeah, sorry but I'm a little touchy about casually offered information that has consequences.

I believe that OFF bought out Autun. This spring all I could find was OFF which contained Autun. Worked effectively!

Both Autan and Off brands are owned by the SC Johnson Company (Johnson's Wax). I suppose they could combine formulas in any way they chose.

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, we really like Off Deep Woods Towlettes. They come in individual foil packets. They are easy to pack. No questions at security. You have them immediately when you arrive. No need to shop. One Towlettes works for two (or more) people. Easy to carry a few wherever you go. Much neater and more pleasant to use than sprays or liquid. Cost is pretty modest. And they work.

I also have had problems finding Autan the last couple of years, both at Bodega Aurrera and Comercial Mexicana. (Autan always worked for me, even at Playa Larga, which has the most voracious jejenes around, in a 10 meter-wide strip of beach between the palapas and the surf.)

Comercial Mexicana also has spray cans of H24, with 20% DEET. It works fine too. I find OFF a rip-off, pricewise, and no better than H24.

I'm bringing down a half dozen Walmart pump sprays, (30% DEET) and their spray repellent, (25% DEET). Someone mentioned Perethrin and I've done a bit of I'net research. It looks promising, but the variety sold here in Canada is only 0.2% (I think - apparently Health Canada has some concerns), while a 0.5% is available in the US, so.....we'll stop at Walmart USA on the way down.

Here's the label, in case you want to check it out: http://labeling.bayercare.com/omr/online/flintstones-sour-gummies.pdf

Worth a try if you are still a mont away...

Good luck!
BL

My kid laughs when somone smears it on and 8 hours later looks like a pincushion.

Rio Chuta I slathered on Autan. A human oil slick. A tabano came in for a landing on my knee slid sideways an inch or two then CHOMP right through the shiny oil coating.

¡Basta Ya!

Next trip to gringolandia went to Wal-Mart and bought 100% DEET. One single solitary DROP in the palms and rub rub rub all over exposed skin. No drop #2 just one drop.

For crisis conditions when jejenes hatch after high waves leave puddles on the beach PENNYROYAL OIL atop the DEET stops them, pulgas y garropatas cold. One single droplet of Pennyroyal Oil used exactly the same way as 100% DEET.

Friends and neighbors (Mexicanos) beg to buy this stuff from me when I return. Some of them are also mosquito antojitos. Never heard of Jungle Juice sounds interesting. But DEET and pennyroyal oil means zero picas. Amparo told me last spring ot was the first Mayo in her life she had no bites. Not even at the enramadas at dusk after a major jejene hatch. It seems some people can apply ditch water and not get bit - I wish I was that lucky.

But tell Brenda or Andrea they're nut - they only need Autan and you stand a good chance of getting bonked over the head with a 2kg sarten. Both own enramadas.

If you don't need 100% DEET or pennyroyal oil don't use either.

After applying wash the palms of your hands off with a "wet nap", just so you don't get it in your eyes.

I suggest you buy Autan and OFF.