Simms Bugstopper Clothing line

[peterp63]

Gimmick or real deal?

From their website:
Insect Shield[emoji2400] repellent apparel provides long-lasting, effective and convenient personal insect protection to help battle insects some of which may carry diseases such as West Nile virus and Lyme disease. Insect Shield Repellent Apparel has been registered to repel mosquitoes, ticks, ants, flies, chiggers, and midges (no-see-ums). The active ingredient in Insect Shield is so tightly bonded to the fabric fibers that it retains effective repellency throughout the lifetime of the product.

[rbsears]

I fly fish in em all the time in NM and CO. Never had an issue.

[BlackHogDown]

Buy a HECS suit while youre at it

Totally joking as I've never even heard of it. Interesting.

[hooligan]

I have some of their shirts and really like em

Simms makes top quality stuff

[peterp63]

I have some of their shirts and really like em

Simms makes top quality stuff

Agreed. Great company, but they’re proud of their products for sure $$

That said, are you familiar with this material? Would be nice to not have to douse my clothes in DEET each visit.

[hooligan]

Agreed. Great company, but they’re proud of their products for sure $$

That said, are you familiar with this material? Would be nice to not have to douse my clothes in DEET each visit.

Their stuff is premium priced but the last pair of waders I had from them lasted 12 years


I’m not sure what they treat it with but it works pretty well. I’ve fished the sierras in Ca and nv and northern nv where I usually get tore up with bugs and had good results with the bug stopper stuff

It’s way better than the line that Cabela’s came out with a couple years ago. Those shirts were no different than the regular fishing shirts to me at 2x the price.

[Texans42]

It’s called Permethrin, it’s what ever company with a insect repellent shirt uses. You can apply it yourself to any clothing piece.

Academy carries Swayers spray bottles

[Clay C]

Agreed. Great company, but they’re proud of their products for sure $$

That said, are you familiar with this material? Would be nice to not have to douse my clothes in DEET each visit.

Without a doubt, but their stuff lasts and lasts and they're customer service is the best there is.

[HunterDan2006]

It’s called Permethrin, it’s what ever company with a insect repellent shirt uses. You can apply it yourself to any clothing piece.

Academy carries Swayers spray bottles

I would bet Simms clothing works great. But, I have used Permethrin for years with excellent results. I spray my clothes and boots with it in the spring and summer and it works great. I walked around the tick-infested woods and in tall grass and weeds all last weekend and didn't pick up a tick or a chigger.

[peterp63]

It’s called Permethrin, it’s what ever company with a insect repellent shirt uses. You can apply it yourself to any clothing piece.

Academy carries Swayers spray bottles

They say their repellant works for the life of the shirts. Permethrin lasts about 5-7 washes... And just FYI I do use permethrin and it doesn’t workin Victoria skeeters!