Repel Plant Based Insect Repellent By Jennifer Claerr on Feb 13, 2008 - Updated Sep 18, 2011

Repel Plant Based Insect Repellent with lemon eucalyptus is a safe, natural, DEET-free insect repellent. It contains 40% oil of lemon eucalyptus.

Compared with Buzz Away, another similar natural insect repellent made from essential plant oils, this one was effective. However, Buzz Away contained citronella oil, which is a proven mosquito repellent. My husband and I found Repel Plant Based Insect Repellent to be very effective compared to Buzz Away, nonetheless. We absolutely require a DEET free insect repellent, as we will not put DEET on our children. So we felt that this insect repellent met our needs.

The product also repels deer ticks, as well as mosquitos. I recommend this product for anyone needing a natural alternative to DEET.