Vital Technologies, Inc.

It felt just like summer vacation. At noon on Friday, my girlfriend and I hit the road in a vehicle packed to the brim with camping gear, kayaks, and, yes, a few cold ones. Our destination? The Keys. A few hours later we were watching the sunset and listening to the waves and humming Margaritaville. All was perfect. And then came the bugs. (After all, Florida in late May is a bug’s paradise, too.) So we made the mad dash to the bug spray and coated ourselves with the only thing I’ve found that works: DEET. But, of course, DEET is so ridiculously bad for humans, animals, the environment, heck, everything, that I felt like I should put on a bio-chem suit for the rest of the night. On Tuesday, I got back to work at Vital Tech and asked our know-it-all boss if he knew of any green bug spray products that actually worked. He handed me a bottle of Neem Tree Farms “DEET-Free” Botanical Outdoor Gel. Haven’t had a chance to try it yet, but he says it works. Any recommendations on other effective DEET-free insect repellent products?