[at-l] Clothing the repels insects

[shane at theplacewithnoname.com (Shane Steinkamp)]

> 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.

They can't.  The weave is too tight.

> 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.

And Macabi sells supplex skirts.  www.macabi.com  I'm testing one right now
with Backpackgeartest.org.  Here's the URL:

http://tinyurl.com/2qens

Shane