Our Product Review - Insect Repellent
Brand Name: Druide
Product Name: Citronella Insect Repellent Spray Lotion
Cost: $7.99 for 130 ml / 4.3 oz
Where did we get it? Where have we seen it?: Lilou
Organics, Mountain
Equipment Coop (MEC), Health food Stores
Tester: Patti
Rating (out of 5): 4
Comments: Druid is a Canadian company, so I am assuming
that “it knows of what we speak” when we complain about the bugs.
This product is approved by and registered with Health Canada as an insect
repellant. I have used this spray for the spring bug season and it has worked
fairly well. I spent a day traipsing in the woods with a class of grade
5's and used this a few times and it kept all but one bug away - I should
have sprayed it on more often. It was good for using around neck and back
of head where the bugs were “bugging” us. It accompanied my boys
on a few rounds of golf and they all said it worked OK for them. The real
test is over the 2 week summer camp - I have packed each camper a big bottle
with instruction to spray it on liberally and often during the evening program
activities when the bugs are out in full force. I noticed that this line
makes a citronella body soap bar and shampoo/shower gel that seems like
a good idea when camping. How many times have you had the long awaited shower
only to come back out into nature and have those naughty “no-see-ums”
are all over your freshly washed hair?
| Ingredients:caprylic capric triglyceride, alcohol ethylique, sunflower (helianthus anuus ) oil, citronella (cymbopogon nardus) oil, tea tree (melaleuca alternifolia) oil, ceder oil, patchouli oil, geranium oil, basilic oil, sage oil, vegetable oil (and) beta-carotene |
Brand Name: Beebalm & Basil
Product Name: Bye Bye Bugs
Cost: I can't remember for 120 ml
Where did we get it? Where have we seen it?:
Planet Botanix
Tester: Tamey
Rating (out of 5): 4
Comments: We started using Bye Bye Bugs last year at the cottage,
with very good results. Now to be honest we were at a nice lake not in the
middle of a deep dark forest. But as anyone knows those pesky mosquitoes
are everywhere and Bye Bye Bugs kept them away from the kids and us adults.
My daughter loves the smell and the boys, well they don't!
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Ingredients:distilled water (aqua), catnip (nepeta cataria, lemon scented eucalyptus (eucalyptus citriodora), peppermint (mentha peperita), lavender (lavendula offcinalis), basil (ocimum basilicum), and sage (salvia officinalis), alcohol |
Brand Name: Quantum Research
Product Name: Buzz Away Insect Repellent
Cost: $8.99 for 4 oz
Where did we get it? Where have we seen it?: Natural Health Store
Tester: Patti
Rating (out of 5): not sure yet
Comments: I have only had 1 opportunity to use this product
– sitting on my porch as the evening descended along with all the mosquitos.
This product comes with a good reputation as a study by the Ontario Agricultural
College that Buzz Away beat its natural competitors Natrapel, Jungle Juice
and tied with DEET based Skintastic for effectiveness and it comes in gel,
creme, spray, wipes and other creative dispensing mechanisms.
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Active Ingredients: Citronella
Oil (5%) |
Brand Name: Aroma Borealis
Product Name: Skeet-Addle!
Cost: $14.95 for 125 ml
Where did we get it? Where have we seen it?: Lilou
Organics
Tester: Tamey
Rating (out of 5): not sure yet
Comments: This product was made In the Yukon, so I figure
ft it works up there it should work here. But like Patti I've only tried
it once at a soccer game - it still needs to pass the cottage test.
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Ingredients: yukon wild harvested yarrow and wormwood, organic catnip, flowers and leaves infused in a lotion base, essential oils of eucalyptus, lavender, rosemary, neem, citronella, geranium and lemongrass |
