DEET insect repellant on flights
Feb 7, 2019, 9:56 am
#17
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Flatland
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Next time, stick something over the flammable warning, like a price label.
Feb 7, 2019, 10:36 am
#18
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 140
Look for products using Picaridin (also known as and Icaridin or saltidin) at minimum 20% concentration rather than Deet, it is as effective as Deet but does not melt plastics, is less toxic and non-greasy. Plenty of choice on amazon.
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Feb 7, 2019, 2:35 pm
#19
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Join Date: Feb 2019
Posts: 3
Thanks for the very warm welcomes and advice from you all. It seems that the overall consensus is that its ok to take wipes or 100ml liquid pump-action in hand baggage and its ok to take over 100ml aerosols in the hold suitcase. I guess my query should have said DEET is ok per se but will an aerosol explode/burst and ignite etc as it says on the can 'extremely flammable' - is that maybe why BA lady said NO??
I must admit that I wish I had not bothered to read the rules - as I have packed DEET aerosols in my suitcase in the hold when I went to Costa Rica, Panama and Sri Lanka before and have never been stopped about it ! - first time to Africa I started to read the rules, plus I have not flown with BA for years...
I must admit that I wish I had not bothered to read the rules - as I have packed DEET aerosols in my suitcase in the hold when I went to Costa Rica, Panama and Sri Lanka before and have never been stopped about it ! - first time to Africa I started to read the rules, plus I have not flown with BA for years...