In Reply to: DEET and mosquitos posted by Susie on Friday, 10. December 2010 at 18:01 Bali Time:
Hi Susie,
Bushman's repellent has 80% DEET in it so you will be fine with that, just remember that the mosquitos that carry Dengue bite during the day as well which is why I think people have problems because they tend to just use repellent at night. I spray the room with insect spray each time I go out and at night time I put a mossie coil on the verandah and I also roll up a towel and put it up against the front door as most of the rooms have quite a large gap under the door so an open invitation for the little buggers to come in!!!!! I don't really like using all these nasty chemicals but I dislike the thought of getting dengue even more!!!! I must say I try not to use strong repellents, I make up a spray myself with tea-tree oil, lavender oil and eucalyptus oil and it seems to keep them away. I only got bitten once when we were there last month and that was the one day I didn't put my concoction on, maybe just coincidence but it seems to work for me.