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Welcome to Bug-Spray Info, your number one source for comprehensive information on the insect repellent products available online. Through painstaking research and testing, we have arranged all of our data from our research in one easy-to-use format based upon variables that we feel best capture each products overall capability. Taking a product's safety in addition its effectiveness along with a myriad of other factors may seem a daunting task when deciding upon the right repellent product for your family, but rest assured, Bug Repellent Info is here to put your mind at ease. Want to know which is the Best Product? Which ranks the best for Overall Safety? How about whether the product is going to leave a greasy residue through its Ease of Use or Application? What about Price? It is extremely important to remember that these results are based on our research and ARE ONLY OUR OPINION (please see disclaimer).

Here are our results, in alphabetical order:

 

0=Worst
100=Best
Overall Score out of 400

% Deet

Price 1

Safety 1

10-Hour Insect Repellent

Pump Spray (90)

Liquid (60)

100%

2oz. bottle

(86)

(43)

(279)

Acqua d'Alfresco

Spray Pump (90)

Liquid (60)

Deet Free

$35.00

(20)

(80)

(250)

Bee-Tour

T-Sack (80)

Solid Formula (50)

Not Specified

$57.00, 1 doz.t-sacks

(65)

(81)

(276)

Ben's 30% Wilderness Eco-Spray On

Aerosol (85)

Alcohol-based Liquid (45)

30%

$5.25, 4oz. bottle

(79)

(79)

(288)

Botanical Insect Repellent

Pump Spray (90)

Water-based Liquid (90)

Deet Free

$3.75 8oz. bottle

(38)

(75)

(293)

Bug Block

Pump Spray (90)

Oil-based Liquid (55)

Deet Free

$7.95

(24)

(76)

(245)

Bug Button

Wearable Device (70)

Solid Formula (50)

Deet Free

$59.95, 48 individually wrapped buttons

(15)

(80)

(215)

Bug-Ban

Wearable Device (70)

Solid Formula (50)

Deet Free

$37.80, 12 pack

(17)

(80)

(275)

Buggins Vanilla Mint Scent

Spray Pump (90)

Liquid (60)

Deet Free

$16.00, two 4oz. bottles

(35)

(80)

(265)

Buggspray™ Vanilla Scent

Spray Pump(90)

Liquid (60)

25%

$11.00, two 1oz. bottles

(79)

(76)

(305)

Burt's Bees Farmer's Friend Lemongrass Insect Lotion

Pump Spray (90)

Oil-based Liquid (55)

Deet Free

$3.99, 4oz. bottle

(34)

(75)

(254)

Bugs-B-Wear™ Insect Repellent

Dropper Bottle, to be used with jewelry sold separately (65)

Oil-based Liquid (55)

Deet Free

$5.00 per bottle

(28)

(81)

(229)

Cactus Juice™

Spray Pump (90)

Liquid (60)

Deet Free

$5.99, 6oz. bottle

(23)

(80)

(253)

ChiggAway®

Squeeze Bottle (65)

Lotion (55)

Deet Free

$5.50, 4oz. bottle

(40)

(76)

(236)

Cutter® All Family

Spray Pump, also available in Aerosol and Towelettes. (90)

Water-based Liquid (90)

7%

6oz. bottle

(65)

(81)

(326)

Finally Insect Repellent

Pump Spray (90)

Liquid (60)

Deet Free

$9.95, 8 oz. bottle

(45)

(80)

(275)

Fite Bite 30

Pump Spray (90)

Water-based Liquid (90)

30%

$5.95, 4oz. bottle

(80)

(79)

(339)

Garlic Barrier Ag®

Pint or Gallon bottle (55)

99.3% Garlic Juice (60)

Deet Free

$84.95 per gallon, $6.95 per pint

(42)

(80)

(237)

Green Head Fly, Insect, and Tick Repellent

Spray Pump (90)

Water-based Liquid (90)

30%

$9.95, 4oz. bottle

(85)

(80)

(345)

Herbal Armor™ by All Terrain

Spray Pump, also available in lotion (90)

Liquid (60)

Deet Free

$7.49, 4oz. pump spray

(23)

(79)

(252)

Hinoki Insect Repellent

Pump Spray (90)

Oil-based Liquid (55)

Deet Free

$5.99, 4oz. bottle

(35)

(75)

(255)

Muskol®

Pump Spray, also available in Aerosol (90)

Liquid (60)

33%

50ml bottle

(82)

(73)

(305)

Natrapel

Pump Spray (90)

Liquid (60)

Deet Free

$13.50, three 4oz. bottles

(32)

(80)

(262)

No-Spook by White Mountain

Squeeze Bottle (65)

Lotion (60)

Not Specified

$10.00, 1.25oz. bottle

(20)

(68)

(213)

Off!® Deep Woods

Aerosol (85)

Alcohol-based Liquid (45)

24%

$4.99, 6oz. can

(72)

(71)

(273)

Perma-Kill Permethrin Solution

Bottle (55)

Liquid (60)

13.3% Permethrin

$29.95, 8oz. bottle

(68)

(58)

(241)

PowerDEET 25®

Pump Spray (90)

Oil-based Liquid (55)

25%

2oz. bottle

(78)

(79)

(302)

Repel Citro-Guard

Pump Spray (90)

Oil-based solution (55)

Deet Free

$6.95, 3.5oz. bottle

(29)

(76)

(250)

Repel Family Aerosol

Aerosol, also available in pump spray (85)

Alcohol-based Liquid (45)

15%

$5.75, 6.5oz. can

(64)

(71)

(265)

Repel Lemon Eucalyptus Repellent Lotion

Squeeze Bottle (65)

Lotion (60)

Deet Free

$6.95, 4oz. bottle

(19)

(74)

(218)

Sawyer Gold Broad Spectrum Aerosol

Aerosol, also available in Pump Spray (85)

Liquid (60)

24%

$5.50, 4oz. can

(79)

(78)

(302)

Sawyer Maxi Deet

Pump Spray (90)

Liquid (60)

100%

$5.28, 2oz. bottle

(86)

(46)

(282)

Shoo!

Squeeze Bottle (65)

Lotion (60)

Deet Free

30ml bottle

(24)

(78)

(227)

Sportsmen Spray Pump Repellent by Repel

Pump Spray, also available in aerosol (90)

Liquid (60)

18%

$6.95, 4oz. bottle

(68)

(69)

(287)

1Our opinion only, not based on statistical analysis of study results supplied by manufacturer or other source.
2Based on our opinion only, calculated by considering its ease of use or application, solution type, price, safety, efficacy, or a combination of the five.

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