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Q: Any reliable mosquito repellent products in China?
Tried using a lotion of some kind last night and woke up with a stuffy nose and my throat feeling like I hadn't had anything to drink in a year. All the stuff I've had so far has been really ineffective.
In your war against mosquitos, which weapon has worked best?
A bed net. Alternatively, I've had good success with a product from Raid. Unfortunately, I can't find a link or picture on the web. But you plug it into an electrical outlet, and it uses a disposable paper/cardboard insecticide cartridge. I usually just load a new one at night before I go to sleep. Should be able to find it easily at any of the larger supermarket chains.
The only thing I have found is to keep the AC on around 27 or less. Mosquitos don't like the colder temps. And mosquito nets are a great defense too. That is certainly one thing I won't miss when I leave.
I bought one of those electrical plug in things too, don't know what make but I got it in Wallmart and it works fine. This one uses a replaceable bottle of clear liquid and not expensive. For when I am out during the day wearing shorts I use a spray on repellent made by Johnsons, I put plenty on and very rarely have I been bitten since using it, prior to that I was the favorite foreign restaurant for mossies, they all ate at my place.
i use OFF here. I can get it on my visa trips to Hong Kong, and it does work.
cooter:
It can be found on the mainland as well. I know I bought some for a friend right before she went on assignment to Africa.
Live in a high building......That's the best thing to do
You can find so many in super market..i cant read Chinese so cant type here...but spray are more useful than coils..
FWIW... The best thing I've found is- believe it or not- catnip. Mosquitos hate the smell even worse than commercial bug spray.
I doubt you'll be able to score any fresh 'nip in China, but if there are pet stores that sell the dried form for pet cats (no entree jokes, please) you can usually find some seeds in it, and grow your own.
Just bruise a few leaves and keep them on your person, and no more mosquitos... (I've never tried using dried catnip for this, so I can't say if it would work that way.)
Barring that, I agree with the bug net idea.
High rise living (and working), insect screens on all windows and keep the air con on low (as mentioned). By doing that apart from while on vacation I haven't been bitten in two years.
If you have to go out at dusk or dawn then get some repellant, they all work although only for an hour or two so take it with you and keep adding to it. You'll smell but....
P.S. In a previous existence I had reason to have to come into contact with some VERY smart military for a short while, they were going on Jungle warfare training, they refused to wear any repellant as a well trained soldier could follow the smell. Instead they ate large quantities of garlic capsules. Apparently when you sweat (so it only works in those temperatures) the smell puts most mosquitos off but is not enough to be detectable by humans, (and in capsule form doesn't taint your breath). I tried it and while it isn't 100% (what is) it does reduce the amount of times you get bitten significantly.
