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Astro_D 10 years, 3 months ago.
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A while back I read someone on here talking about permethrin so I started looking for it. I found “Repel” brand at fleet farm. Made for use on clothes and gear. I also picked up “Repel” tick defense. To repel ticks and mosquitoes. I guess this is my product review on these items.
I treated a pair of pants, socks, and a jacket with the permethrin. You have to let it dry completely before touching skin.
I used to go out and come back with 5 – 10 ticks on me and mosquitoes bite. I have been out now 3 times with treated clothes combine with the bug spray. With all the rain the last couple of week I expected a ton of bugs. I have been doing a lot of bushwhacking. I have counted 3 ticks. 2 on my pants and they looked like they were late for something, trying to get off my pants as quick as possible. The third was on skin I didn’t spray with “Repel”. I haven’t even noticed mosquitoes or any other bugs for that matter.
I guess what I’m saying is I give these products 2 thumbs up! (so far)
On Mr. Greenthumb’s suggestion, I started using Cedarcide. It’s cedar oil and it works pretty well. I’ve been using it and it has cut way back on the ticks, many times no ticks at all.
Not all who wander are lost. -J.R.R. Tolkien
I bought the cedarcide also. I use that on the dogs mostly. I use the Repel and other chemicals on myself. They aren’t going to hurt a mutant like me.
I may have to start looking into some of these solutions. I hate being freaked out when I’m driving home from the woods and suddenly, there’s a tick crawling on my neck.
I agree with the REPEL. Wabeno a week ago 12 ticks. This weekend in Mole Lake in knee high or taller weeds, 0 ticks with treated pants, socks and shirt.
Now I wonder if I need to wash these separately?
Following the signals from space.
I use the Repel, Permanone, I think is how it is spelled. I can’t be the highest endorsement since I don’t typically cache in high-tick areas or at the time of year they are the worst. But anytime I have worn it, no ticks. Once one tried to crawl on my jeans but it didn’t get too far. I wash treated clothes with the rest of my laundry. I have never seen the Cedarcide. A check of their website shows a retailer in my area (Neenah), but it is a pet place; not sure if they have a human version of the product.
To be honest, I rarely, if ever, use repellent of any sort.
I dislike any sort of chemicals on me or my clothes. So I don’t use much repellant, if any, at all. I MIGHT spray a little Off on me and even then, just a little to deter a few skeeters. I’m more than willing to put up with skeeters and ticks just so I don’t have to deal with the chemicals from repellant as they actually make me a little sick.
Ticks crawling on me do not bother me anymore. I flick it off on me and then step on it and dispose of it like thing. If I find one embedded in me, I know how to remove it. And in my 6 years of geocaching, I’ve actually only found two embedded ticks with only one of them leaving a bullseye rash on my leg.
First thing I do when I get home is go to my basement, strip naked, throw my clothes in the washer, and then take a shower. I check my whole body for ticks and I’m good. It’s a ritual I’ve gotten very efficient at.
I know there are natural recipes floating around the internet where someone can make his own repellent from natural ingredients. One of these days, I’ll have to do that.
I was backpacking up near Eagle River two weeks ago. Prior to the trip, I treated all my clothes (as well s my son’s and hubby’s) with Sawyer Premium Insect Repellent Clothing (Permethrin). Well, after a weekend of trudging along a trail deep in the woods, we each had one tick – on our shoes which were not treated. My poor nephew who went along and did not have treated clothes – he was a tick magnet. He was pulling them off his clothes, they were crawling around where he was sitting in the van, and after he got home, he showered and was still pulling ticks off.
I wore the same clothes (after washing them) this past weekend into the woods, not one tick on me. Hubby who wore non-treated clothes – pulled three ticks off his clothes. I’ll stick with my permethrin treated clothes with an extra shot of 100% deet – just to be sure!
Here’s one for those who have a place up north or in any other tick area. Read about a study at UW Madison a while back about how they were filling PVC tubes with cotton treated with permethrin. Mice gather the cotton for nesting material and the permethrin kills the ticks that attach to the mice on contact when they return to the nest. I thought at the time what a great idea! I hear now that these tubes are available commercially.
So for those of you who do your own plumbing and have scrap PVC or toss the cardboard tubes and cotton packing in bottles, save it and start creating your own cottage zone killing traps. Word of caution to Astro D Team and other cat owners, permethrin is toxic to cats.
permethrin is toxic to cats.
I don’t suppose we’d be so lucky that it would be toxic to the mice!
It’s not known to “rapidly” harm most mammals and birds (except for it toxicity to cats).
Beside, aren’t those little deer mice cute with those big eyes? Maybe they might grow three… Imagine how much more endearing they would be…
Hence clothes get sprayed outdoors and kept separate from our other clothes so as to not expose the cats. And when worn, we do not go near our cats. We love our fur babies (probably more than people). LOL.
Definitely a good heads up to those who own pets.
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