Our recommendations for the best summer camp repellents? Having both picaridin and permethrin insect repellents can provide the ultimate protection for summer camp. 

Ranger Ready’s Clothing-Worn Permethrin 0.5% Insect Repellent is the perfect solution for clothing and gear, and once dry, will repel and kill insects for 40 days or 5 washes. Spray all of your children’s clothing before they depart for camp, especially their sneakers, socks, and shorts. Remember, ticks often crawl upwards so spraying clothing with Ranger Ready Permethrin 0.5% will kill ticks upon contact, even if they attach to your children’s shoes or clothing.  

Make sure your child knows to wear insect repellent daily, and that it should be applied after their sunscreen. Ranger Ready’s Body-Worn Picaridin 20% Insect Repellent, provides perfect long-lasting protection for summer camp. Picaridin 20% is safe for kids over one year, and provides 12 hours of protection from ticks and mosquitoes and 8 hours from gnats, chiggers, no-see-ums and other biting insects.

Remind your children to always do a tick check every evening, and to seek out a camp counselor or camp nurse if they find one on themselves or clothing.  It is also worth asking the camp how they protect kids from ticks and mosquitoes and what their protocols are for bites, especially if the camp has animals onsite, which can be a magnet for biting insects.