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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The website was helpful on our tour of Scotland on how to keep those pesky midges from spoiling our holiday. Smidge spray was excellent repellant. Fortunately we did not have to use head nets.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Delivered quickly, no problems, and the products definitely work. I had everyone else on my Scottish camping trip borrowing my midge repellant and getting the name of the company off me. I applied it... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Advised to buy this by a nurse after having a very nasty reaction to a bite which resulted in hospital treatment. Easy to apply with no greasiness or horrible smell. A holiday abroad and no bites at a... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

ordered 2 weeks ago and still no email to confirm delivery or whether underway; quite some service But if indeed per their response, then I will be impressed and change to 5*, now 3* already as the... See more

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4.2

Great

TrustScore 4 out of 5

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Not sure it works in more exotic parts of the world

A friend recommend this particular product to me and me wanting something natural and effective I purchased this for my trip to Jamaica. However, don't find this being effective at all as currently being bitten each night. Appreciate may not be suitable for mosquito in that part of the world.

October 21, 2023
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

This stuff really works! Life saver

Cannot recommend Smidge highly enough. Used to be eaten alive, not only the odd one or two. Wouldn't be without it. And the team at midge are so helpful and knowledgeable. Scientists who really know their stuff.

October 12, 2023
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent product

Quick delivery, although delivery charge quite expensive.
We rely on Smidge during the midgie season in Scotland. It works as long as applied morning and evening!!!!

September 1, 2023
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

9 quid a bottle and of no use…

9 quid a bottle and of no use whatsoever. It doesn't work.
The profit margins must be huge for Smidge, pretty shabby exploiting people like that.

August 12, 2023
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Hi Roger. I’m sorry to see that Smidge didn’t work for you. As you can see from other reviews, it works extremely well on the vast majority of people. Repellent failure can be for many reasons but Smidge is scientifically proven to work.

To suggest we exploit people is hugely disingenuous and the pricing is in line with other top brand repellents.

Thanks for trying it anyway!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

APPLY PROPERLY and you’re midge free

It is an amazing god send of a product but beware you do have to rub it in as if you were applying suncream you can’t just mist yourself. I was geologically mapping in north west Scotland for three weeks and the midges were so bad sometimes you couldn’t see and they were going in your eyes, ears etc. one of the nights I slept in my car as my tent wasn’t midge proof and sprayed this stuff on the entrances where they could get in and I swear to god not a single one got in my car after that but it was a bit grim having a graveyard of midges on my windows. A few nights later I brought a midge net for my head (smidge stops them biting but they will still land on you). I decided to brave it on the tent. I sprayed it on the tent nets and all over myself except my upper back where I can’t reach myself and I wore long trousers a jumper and my midge net off I go to sleep. I woke up in the morning to again a graveyard of midges on the tent and of course bites only on my back where I could not apply it. I would 100% recommend buying a couple of bottles of this stuff and a midge net and you’ll be grand. Just remember APPLY EVERYWHERE.

August 24, 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great Stuff!

Great stuff, it even deterred the mosquitoes on Crete from having a nibble at my usually very tasty skin. It smells much nicer than any other repellent I've tried.

July 28, 2023
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I was a blood meal

Ive been chewed, chased and gnawed by our resident evil midges and tried everything, much to my dismay and cost, to stop the little blighters from dining on my blood to no avail and then to my adoration a friend they recommended SMIDGE. I ordered a couple of cans and a midege net and eureka i found the golden ticket, thank you so much for allowing me to gleefully parade my flesh in the evening sun and not been nibbled..... Yet 👍👍

July 26, 2023
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Make sure it’s “midge proof” …

Plenty of cheap “midge” nets available cheaper but many are not midge proof. Bought genuine even though more expensive but not disappointed . Looking forward , or NOT , to using with confidence .

July 28, 2023
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Perfection !

Website great to use. Quick delivery and a product that works brilliantly and stops me getting bitten by midges! Perfect.

July 25, 2023

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