How does sticking your arm in a cage filled with hundreds of hungry mosquitoes sound? That's exactly what Consumer Reports has brave volunteers do while testing 53 insect repellents to find which will work best for you.
Summer is almost here, which means vacations, backyard barbecues, beach days, and, unfortunately - bugs.
After 30 minutes, they stick their arms into cages of 200 disease-free mosquitoes for five minutes and testers count every time a mosquito lands on their arm or bites. The process is then repeated until the repellent fails or until eight hours has passed. Mosquitoes and ticks can spread serious bug-borne diseases like Lyme disease and West Nile virus, and using an effective insect repellent is one really good way of reducing your risk of contracting those diseases. Key word there is "effective." CR's tests found that many of the most effective repellents in fighting against mosquitoes and ticks contained 25% to 30% deet as its active ingredient.
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