[at-l] Clothing the repels insects

[spiriteagle99 at hotmail.com (Jim and/or Ginny Owen)]

Y'know - some of you should pay more attention.  We've been telling you for 
5 years that Supplex does exactly the same thing.  It doesn't "repel" them 
but flies, black flies, mosquitos and no-see-ums  just won't (or maybe 
can't) bite through it.  It's worked for us on the PCT, the CDT - and all 
over the East Coast.  Among others, REI sells Supplex pants - and Supplex 
shirts are available from a whole gaggle of outlets.  I've got a Supplex 
shirt that I bought on sale for $12 in 1997 and it still works just fine - 
and it's been through 2 thruhikes and been washed a whole lot more than 24 
times. It'll go with me on the CDT again in 2 years.  OTOH, I wear out at 
least one pair of Supplex pants every year.

Of course, you're welcome to pay the extra - but keep in mind that the 
clothing still won't protect the parts of your body that aren't covered 
unless it's emitting chemicals that are at least as hazardous to your heath 
as Deet.

Have a good night anyway,
Jim