Skinsations Insect Repellent

I purchased this repellent mainly to use when golfing, but I also use it when setting on my deck at night and the bugs are not real bad. It is not the best bug repellent you can get for sure, but it does not leave you feeling all sticky and smelling like, well...bug repellent. Being a pump sprayer it is not real easy to get some areas with it that required it to be held upside down, but you can spray it on your hands and spread it that way. Which brings me to my main point and the reason I like this stuff so much - it does not leave you feeling all sticky like a lot of other repellents do. So if I am golfing and need to use it and spread some with my hands, I can still grip the club and not feel like I am sticking to the grip or worse yet, not able to get a good grip. It has a very light smell - it is by no means pleasant, but it is not a strong disgusting smell either. It strikes just the right balance in effectiveness, odor and amount of residual residue - for lack of a better phrase. For these same reasons I think it would be good to use with children and pets as well. It's also a good size and shape container so it can be easily handled using my big hands or someone with normal size hands too. If you are looking for a strong bug repellent to use for going into the woods on a hot humid, damp evening, well this is probably not the right product. However, if your needs are similar to how I use it, then I can recommend it without hesitation.

I work outside in our yard a lot, especially lately because I've been working on a floating paver and gravel walkway from our Lifetime® sheds to our Achla® compost tumbler and a platform for our trash cans. It's been a really hot summer in So. Calif so I haven't been working on the project everyday, but when I do, I am virtually eaten alive by ants and/or mosquitos so my husband picked up a couple of cans of Off!® a few weeks ago at the grocery store. I noticed when I tried to spray it, more of the spray went elsewhere than on my legs and arms. It also didn't exactly repel all of the mosquitoes and ants-I still got bit a few times each day I was in the yard. The sprayers also stop working when there's still about 25% left in the can....the propellant runs out before the contents. So I decided to try to find something else on Amazon and came across this Cutter Skinsations Insect Repellent Pump Spray, 6-Ounce non-aerosol set of two bottles.. I've only used it three times this week and so far, I'm already impressed by its effectiveness. It not only goes on exactly where I spray it, but it actually works! I have not been bitten in the areas where I sprayed this Cutter®. The only time I did get bit was in a spot I had not sprayed....the back of my legs. I'm more careful now. I also like the scent! It smells clean and refreshing and not like a bug repellant at all.

What you really want is that 40% deet deep woods stuff sold by OFF (has to be the 40% deet stuff). That is what you want if you live around mosquitos or woods (walmart sells it for cheap if Amazon ain't got it). Anyways the Cutter 8% deet is better than most but is just ok. Cutter smells better and is less oily than the 40% deet, something to consider.

Keeps the mosquitos away.

If you are one of the unfortunate ones that mosquitos are easily attracted to, this is probably not the product for you. It is not heavily laden with DEET like some other products, but it smells a whole letter nicer and works fairly well for the average person. We live in mosquito land, a place that's not on any map but considered home by thousands of mosquitos due to the old junky appliances our neighbors have standing in their yards. I started using the product years ago and have purchased many bottles since.

Smells pretty good, non-greasy, effective and doesn't dry your skin out (although rinsing it off before applying other lotions, make-up, etc. highly recommended. Still, if you are going to be in mosquito "land" especially in early morning or late afternoon, you need this! Don't tell yourself that you don't. WNV hospitalizes and kills people--even if less so that other infections. Don't take a chance.

Some of the best bug juice on the market. I just went through a bottle of this stuff in Alaska where the mosquito is their state bird. Not even a nibble. I’ve been using it since I was a kid and it’s always my go to. No harsh scent, gentle on the skin, and long lasting repellant.

Overall this stuff works good I know from using it in the past. The smell is not overpowering it smells more like a mild sunscreen than the typical chemical bug spray smell, which I can appreciate. I am disappointed in the fact that Amazon did not package this properly and a good amount spilled out during transit. Seems like this was previously sprayed prior to me receiving the product. The way to prevent this product from spilling in the first place is by NOT activating or engaging the sprayer nozzle on the product until it arrives at its permanent destination. With that being said before purchasing this beware that once you spray this bug spray you cannot take this product with you to places that you will most likely need it because unfortunately, the lid will not keep this product from leaking out everywhere.