Insect Repellent

Insect Repellent Clothing

Don't let mosquitoes and other biting insects spoil your fishing trips, camping trips, hiking expeditions and other outdoor adventures. Cover yourself from head to toe with insect repellent clothing, especially if you are in an area where you may be bitten by disease-carrying insects.

Craghoppers Nosilife Mens Long Sleeved Insect Repellent Shirt
Craghoppers Nosilife Mens Long Sleeved Insect Repellent Shirt
Mens shirt with five pocket design, permanent moisture control, insect repellent and antibacterial treatment. Solardry fabric, UPF 40+, ideal for travelling in hot weather.
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A wide range of insect repellent clothing is available for both men and women, in a variety of sizes and colours. Choose from long and short-sleeved shirts, shorts, trousers, skirts, hats, socks, bandanas and neck scarves to protect you against insect bites.

Insect repellent clothing has insect repellent permanently bound to its fabric, giving long-term protection against biting insects. Insect repellent clothing allows you to enjoy the outdoors without worrying about being bitten or the inconvenience of having to apply greasy insect repellent.

Craghoppers Nosilife, Exofficio Bugsaway, Columbia Bug Shield – Shirts, Socks and Hats

Insect repellent clothing from brands such as Craghoppers Nosilife, Exofficio Bugsaway and Columbia Bug Shield helps protect against biting insects including mosquitoes and midges, even in the most infested conditions.

Craghoppers NosilifeCraghoppers Nosilife clothing uses a fabric impregnation treatment, which gives clothes permanent insect repellent properties. The active ingredients in Nosilife are proven to reduce the risk of mosquito bites by 80 to 90 percent. Nosilife gives protection against all biting insects including mosquitoes, midges and sand flies, and lasts for the duration of your clothes lifetime.

Exofficio Bugsaway – Exofficio Bugsaway clothing uses advanced Insect Shield technology, which involves impregnating permethrin to the fabric's fibres. Permethrin is the synthetic equivalent of naturally occurring insect repellent found in some chrysanthemum plants and repels mosquitoes, midges, flies, ticks, chiggers and ants. Insect Shield is permanently bound to the fabric, odourless, lasts for at least 70 washes and is registered by the US Environmental Protection Agency. It also protects against sunburn.

Columbia Bug ShieldColumbia Bug Shield clothing uses revolutionary Insect Blocker technology to effectively keep bugs at bay. Insect Blocker is an odourless, durable, synthetic version of natural insect repellent found in some types of chrysanthemum flowers, which is integrated into clothing. As insect blocker is tightly bound to the fabric, the clothing’s insect repellent effects last for up to 70 washes, repelling mosquitoes, ticks, ants and other biting insects.

Permethrin Clothing Treatment

Permethrin is a type of pyrethroid pesticide, which repels and kills mosquitoes, ticks and other biting insects on contact before they have a chance to bite. In addition to buying clothes already treated with permethrin, you can buy permethrin clothing treatment to treat clothes and other outdoor gear such as tents and bags. Permethrin clothing treatment remains effective and bound to fabric for several washes.

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