We have always used a high concentration of Deet (80%) while on Anegada. The melting of plastic and what it may be doing to our skin a huge concern. For Picaridin, do I look for the same percentage? Or what percentage of Picaridin are you finding to be sufficient? Since we will be sailing soon I assume we should be looking at wipes instead of spray?
We get the lotion (not spray or wipes and easy to travel with) through Amazon. In fact I just got my bottles today for our trip in November. The brand we get is Sawyer and it is a 20% combination of Picaridin, Methylpropl and Piperidine Carboxylate. I'm sure none of those are good for you either but it does stop the bugs. At least we are using reef safe sunscreen and we do try to wash off the bug spray before going into the ocean, although on the boat the wash water eventually ends up in the ocean anyway.
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