Pyramid Trek Insect Repellent Spray with 50% DEET Formula - Unscented Mosquito Repellent - Perfect for Tropical Destinations - Up to 6hrs Protection & Suitable for Kids 12+ Years (1 Bottle of 100ml)

Having just been over to Cuba for several weeks, I was determined to not get bitten!!! I have read about the possible Dengue fever out break in the far East regions of Cuba and we were travelling near to there, so i wanted something that works. Myself and my wife are prone to bites - plus I was also reading about the Sand Flies in parts of Varadero where we finished our tour. So, in the first few days during the day we were fine, in the evening after a few hours of Rain (bang on 4pm every day for 2 hours - hurricane season) the Mozzies are out - so after showering and after-sunning ourselves, we applied the 55 Deet repellent. I can say in the first 4 days, we had no bites - on the places we used the spray. I did suffer 2 bites on my upper thigh - now it says to not use the spray underneath clothing and I was wearing long trousers, linen. Still, I applied a small amount around the ankle area - a prone place for being bitten for me. It seemed to work - the upper thigh I did not apply too and it could have been in the evening whilst sleeping that I was bitten here. The rest of the first half of the holiday, we used the 55 and the 100 Deet depending on where we were staying and again, no bites. The second half of out holiday was just chilling out at the Sandals Resort in Varadero. The first day we went to the beech - #amazeballs - the water is so clear and the sand is white. We were in and out of the sea and on the sun loungers all day - we then discovered a few bites, only on our arms. We worked out that laying face down on a lounger with your arms hanging over the edge whilst you read was a great way to get bitten!!! The following day, at the beech, we done 2 things - 1: We didn't lay face down with our arms hanging over the sides, and 2: we used the 55 Deet. ALL GOOD - no more bites, woop woop. We did still receive the most random odd bite during the course of eh night and always in the places where we didn't apply the spray!!! All in all, I think we had about 12 bites between the 2 of us over 3 weeks - im not ashamed to say that was the most bite free holiday we have had!!! The product is great, worked for us - please bear in mind - if you use the 100 Deet this is alot lot stronger, i used some on my neck one night, not knowing i was a bit sun-burnt and it did sting for a long time until I had to wash it off and use the 55 instead - which was fine (I think the 100 Deet had killed all the nerve endings by this time anyway) Great products in my opinion, if your sensitive in nature to things on yr skin stick with the 55, if your going somewhere where you need to NOT GET BITTEN - use this stuff, and go for the 100 would be my advice. It really works.

This stuff does exactly what it says on the bottle! Keeps nasties away, even if your blood is particularly tasty!! Obviously, being deet, you want to watch your eyes, etc but I have travelled around the world and found that there is nothing better to protect yourself from insects.

Brilliant

Good pet repellent

I got this for a trip to the Dominican Republic, I figured there would be a few mosquitoes there and those little buzzy monsters just love me. The first evening I didn't use it and received at least half a dozen bites and my son about the same, so we'd established the level if biting we could expect. The next evening I decided to use this and was in for a real shock. My wife was first to be sprayed and as I applied it she said it was really burning. I thought she was just being soft, or imagining it but when I tried it she was right, it felt like I'd just sprayed myself with Alien blood, I almost expected to see my skin melting off my arm but in a minute or so it had settled down and we were just left feeling greasy and leaving big greasy marks on whatever we happened to bump into. Having said all that it worked fantastically, we only had a couple of bites on untreated areas after that and a week later when we knew we would be indoors and didn't spray we had quite a few bites and regretted not using it. Also, it didn't take long to realise that the burning sensation is far worse if you just spray it on and leave it, but if you rub it on immediately after spraying it's hardly noticeable. Overall it's good, very good and I'll use it again when I go away. But I'm knocking off a star for it not warning me that it can feel like having an allergic reaction when you first spray it on.