20% DEET (50g / 150g / 350g)
80% DEET (75g)
40% DEET (60g / 130g / 255g)
80% DEET (75g)
20% DEET (50g / 150g / 350g)
80% DEET (75g)
40% DEET (60g / 130g / 255g)
80% DEET (75g)
ABOVE: Bushman Founder, Tom Bethurem, testing a formulation in the tropical Queensland in the early 90's.
Bushman was founded in 1990 by Tom Bethurem, an industrial chemist with over 35 years experience developing personal insect repellents.
It was developed in the tropics for the tropics and tested in 'the swamps' to ensure it was the best performing repellent in the harshest of conditions.
ABOVE: A Bushman TV advert from 1994
From the beginning Bushman's superior performance began to win a lot of praise and word began to spread of its effectiveness.
Through the 90's and 00's Bushman was the subject of many independent tests where it unanimously proved its performance and gained loyal customers and a strong fan base.
Promotional videos were made encouraging people 'not to feed to mozzies' and even cartoons were drawn making reference to the products' excellent performance.
Since 1990 Bushman has grown to be Australia's 'NUMBER ONE' premium repellent, mostly through word of mouth recommendations.
From the beginning Bushman's superior performance began to win a lot of praise and word began to spread of its effectiveness
Through the 90's and 00's Bushman was the subject of many independent tests where it unanimously proved its performance and gained loyal customers and a strong fan base.
Promotional videos were made encouraging people 'not to feed to mozzies' and even cartoons were drawn making reference to the products' excellent performance.
Since the 1990 Bushman has grown to be Australia's 'NUMBER ONE' premium repellent, mostly through word of mouth recommendations.
ABOVE: A Bushman TV advert from 1994
Largely through word-of-mouth recommendations Bushman has grown to become...
AUSTRALIA'S #1 SELLING PREMIUM INSECT REPELLENT
With a 15 hour protection time for our Bushman Ultra Drygel we can claim to be makers of...
AUSTRALIA'S MOST EFFECTIVE INSECT REPELLENT
In 2016 Bushman was approached by the Australian Olympic Committee to supply repellent to protect the athletes at the Rio games
Since its introduction there has been
HUNDREDS of MILLIONS of applications of Bushman
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Delivery |
Roll On |
Lotion |
Naturals |
|---|---|---|---|
Size |
65g |
175ml |
145ml |
Active % |
20% DEET |
20% DEET |
20% Citriodiol |
Protection time |
7 Hours |
7 Hours |
7 Hours |
Sunscreen |
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Annoying fly repellent |
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Biting fly repellent |
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Delivery |
Pump Spray |
Aerosol |
DryGel |
|---|---|---|---|
Size |
100ml |
50g / 150g / 350g |
75g |
Active % |
20% DEET |
20% DEET |
80% DEET |
Protection time |
7 Hours |
7 Hours |
12 Hours |
Sunscreen |
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Annoying fly repellent |
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Biting fly repellent |
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Delivery |
Aerosol |
DryGel |
|---|---|---|
Size |
60g / 130g / 225g |
75g |
Active % |
40% DEET |
80% DEET |
Protection time |
8 Hours |
15 Hours |
Sunscreen |
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Annoying fly repellent |
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Biting fly repellent |
The higher the DEET%, the longer the
protection time.
Theoretically the effectiveness of a 20%
DEET product is the same as an 80% DEET
product, just not for as long.
Be wary of sub-20% DEET products.
Depending on the other ingredients in the
formulation, the protection time could be
short.
DEET has been proven, over 60 years of
use, to be a highly safe and effective
repellent against mosquitoes and other
biting insects.
Recommendations and advice to get the best
performance from your Bushman
Understand its history and see recommendations
from governments and health organisations
Members of the Ceratopogonidae family are
better known as sandflies, noseeums,
no-see-ums, nicnics, midge, black flies and
black gnats, amongst others.
Unlike the mosquito, that uses a proboscis,
the above have biting, piercing and sucking
mouthparts to 'gnaw' their way to blood.
Of all the insects that bite humans these are
probably the most widespread and definitely
one of the most irritating.
ABOVE: The entire Bushman range is effective at
repelling biting insects, such as Sandflies
As all Bushman products use the active
DEET (Except for Bushman Naturals) all are equally effective at repelling the
Ceratopogonidae family, just for different
durations of time - with the possibility of the
DryGel products being ever so slightly better,
due to their thicker composition.
It's more important to ensure that you have
applied Bushman to all exposed areas of
skin - focus on areas such as your ankles,
back of legs and neck (easy places to miss
and very appealing to them) - and apply in
advanced; don't wait until you suspect you
being bitten, as often, you can't tell.
Certain flies, most commonly bush flies and
blow flies, land on your face and generally
pester you because the female of
the species wants your saliva, mucus and tears;
it's how she gets her protein.
She needs it to breed and this is why she is
so persistent and so 'in your face'. It's this
persistency that makes them so annoying,
and even uncomfortable to be around.
Our PLUS pump spray and aerosol range
(green cans and bottle) have additional
ingredients to repel these type of
annoying flies.
ABOVE:The PLUS pump spray & aerosol range contain
additional repellents for annoying flies such as, Bush
Because of the way these flies behave, the
additional fly repellents successfully prevent
them landing on your face, but you can't always
stop them from flying close to your face.
However, in independent tests we found
using these products made being around
flies much more comfortable than when not
wearing it.
Bushman was founded in 1990 by an industrial chemist with over 35 years' experience
developing personal insect repellents.
His goal was to produce the very best repellent available.
It was developed in the tropics for the tropics and tested in 'the swamps' to ensure it was the best performing repellent in the harshest of conditions.
Since then Bushman has grown to be Australia's 'Number ONE' premium repellent, mostly through word of mouth recommendations.
Through the 1990's and 2000's Bushman products have been the subject of many independent tests where they proved their performance everytime.
All Bushman products use the active DEET (Except for Bushman Naturals) to repel mosquitoes and other biting insects.
Not because we have to, but because DEET has been proven over SIXTY YEARS to be effective, reliable and safe.
