Tick Repellent

[Cappy]

Well now that I been here for a while, i feel comfortable voicing my openion, so here goes: I would NEVER use something that toxic I dont care how good it is. Down here we sweat alot, and that would be a problem I'm sure. If I can't breath it, and shouldn't get it on my skin what happens when my shirt is plastered to my back and I can wring it out. For Ticks i duct tape my pants to the top of my hiking boots and put a flee collor around both ancles. For mosketo's I usually just deal with em or use deet which is used every day by millions with no major side efffects. Proven anyways. I guess I am way too much a naturalist to dip my clothesw in toxins.

[LinuxRacr]

Thanks for this wonderful info. We just discovered this today when planing our trip to Vermont next month. We are stocking up!!

[LinuxRacr]

Originally Posted by Cappy

Well now that I been here for a while, i feel comfortable voicing my openion, so here goes: I would NEVER use something that toxic I dont care how good it is. Down here we sweat alot, and that would be a problem I'm sure. If I can't breath it, and shouldn't get it on my skin what happens when my shirt is plastered to my back and I can wring it out. For Ticks i duct tape my pants to the top of my hiking boots and put a flee collor around both ancles. For mosketo's I usually just deal with em or use deet which is used every day by millions with no major side efffects. Proven anyways. I guess I am way too much a naturalist to dip my clothesw in toxins.

To tell you the truth, I have the same concerns....

[Pathfinder1]

Hi...


I'd rather use it than use DEET. I've seen DEET remove paint...!! DEET can also damage plastic, such as parts on backpacks.




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[Marshmallow]

We have known several people who had Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and it is not a pretty scene. I'm glad to know about this tick repellent and will look for it before we go camping with the kids this summer.

[mccallum]

I use frontline for flea/tick. I will tell you it kills ticks; we took a hike last year (a long story in itself --- we refer to it as the hike from h$ll!) within a week I found dead (and greenish) ticks on Bear the big black mut; we had removed a nuumber at the lake from Bear and ourselves. I asked the vet the next time if the green dried (yes dried out) ticks was from the flea/tick stuff;her answer was yes and the tick are dead within an hour of biting --- she followed with my thought "wish they made a human use stuff!!!"