DEET damage

frons

Just a friendly reminder what DEET can do to your gear. Had a small can in my flash bag develop a leak and drip onto flashes and quantum modules. I think everything still functions, but it is ugly.

InsuredDisaster

I would make up a good story about how when shooting for Nat Geo you were nearly roasted alive by canibals. As you were being turned slowly on the spit, you could smell the stench of burnning plastic from your flash units, which went off, startling the natives and allowing you the chance to escape. You keep this burned flash as a reminder of that terrifying experience.




DEET? Just going to repel the women. Go with Axe when given the choice.

ian408

One of the reasons I keep the stuff in a separate baggy--it's nasty stuff.

David_S85

frons wrote:

Just a friendly reminder what DEET can do to your gear. Had a small can in my flash bag develop a leak and drip onto flashes and quantum modules. I think everything still functions, but it is ugly.

Eeeeek!!! :yikes

I'd agree with InsuredDisaster and go with a story as suggested in post #2.

On a side note, I have not worn sunscreen on my face, neck or arms for years when carying camera gear after I found out the hard way the oils in it can erase markings on plastic and partially melt the plastic (as on camera bodies and lenses).

SteveF

A guy I chat with occasionally is a sniper. The kind that dresses up in mold and grass and has to sit still for days unseen, often in bug / mosquito / crawly things infested places.

He and his crew are sure that Picardin is better than deet. It also doesn't melt plastic. Seems to me a wise choice for photographers as well.

That being said, as long as your gear still works well it sure has a 'sexier' look now from the wear.

jeffreaux2

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