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cambajamba Member
Joined: 05 Nov 2011 Posts: 339 | TRs | Pics
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Has anyone had any experience with Picaridin based repellents and ticks? It works like a champ on mosquitos and sooort of well on flies.
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Traildoggie Member
Joined: 30 Mar 2006 Posts: 158 | TRs | Pics Location: Near Arlington |
we spray permethrin on outside of our packs every year. the packs get at least as much exposure to brush as your shirt, sit on the ground, & could bring ticks inside your tent or car.
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Token Civilian Member
Joined: 02 Sep 2010 Posts: 590 | TRs | Pics
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In re Picaridin:
https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/insect-repellent/buying-guide/index.htm
Quote: | Products with any one of these three active ingredients—deet, oil of lemon eucalyptus, and picaridin—generally worked well in our tests. And all are safe, even for pregnant women, when used appropriately. Here’s what you need to know about each |
Quote: | Picaridin
This is a synthetic repellent modeled after a compound that occurs naturally in the black pepper plant. We recommend two 20 percent picaridin products, both sprays.
But concentration matters: Another picaridin product, this one just 5 percent, was one of our lowest-scoring insect repellents. And, at least when it comes to picaridin, form seems to matter, too. We found that the 20 percent lotion we tested did not work as well as the 20 percent picaridin spray. Finally, while picaridin seems safe, even for use on infants, it can irritate your skin and eyes, so you should use it carefully (see below). |
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The Lead Dog Member
Joined: 18 Dec 2006 Posts: 981 | TRs | Pics Location: Kent Wa |
There you go? So if you cover all your clothes with a coating, when you sweat and soak your clothes with it. Does it get absorbed into your skin? Turning into a mixture of repellent and sweat?
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cdestroyer Member
Joined: 14 Sep 2015 Posts: 1251 | TRs | Pics Location: montana |
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texasbb Misplaced Texan
Joined: 30 Mar 2009 Posts: 1153 | TRs | Pics Location: Tri-Cities, WA |
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The Lead Dog wrote: | There you go? So if you cover all your clothes with a coating, when you sweat and soak your clothes with it. Does it get absorbed into your skin? Turning into a mixture of repellent and sweat? |
If you're referring to Permethrin, no. It goes through some kind of chemical change when it dries and bonds to the clothing fibers. The effect survives several washings (a half dozen or so for home-soaked clothes, 10 times that for store-bought no-bug clothes). Or so I've read.
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cambajamba Member
Joined: 05 Nov 2011 Posts: 339 | TRs | Pics
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Yeah none too sure about the Consumer Reports information as I'm pretty sure I've seen lots of studies debunking the ideas of lemon or eucalyptus oil.
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More Cowbell Warrior Princess
Joined: 01 Jul 2006 Posts: 5657 | TRs | Pics Location: Alive on Earth |
Came home with a tick today from an area I've never had a tick before that I go to every spring many times. Grrr. Luckily it crawled onto the towel I was drying my hair with so it's now on it's way to becoming Romaine Lettuce fertilizer from the West Point Sewage Treatment Plant.
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Gimpilator infinity/21M
Joined: 12 Oct 2006 Posts: 1684 | TRs | Pics Location: Edmonds, WA |
Counted 10 ticks on my pant legs during a recent weekend. Not sure if this is unusual in southern Nevada, but it's the most I've ever seen.
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Navy salad Member
Joined: 09 Sep 2008 Posts: 1865 | TRs | Pics Location: Woodinville |
Traildoggie wrote: | we spray permethrin on outside of our packs every year. the packs get at least as much exposure to brush as your shirt, sit on the ground, & could bring ticks inside your tent or car. |
I'd never thought to do that, but good point! I think I will start (especially since I practically have a lifetime supply of Permethrin).
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boot up Old Not Bold Hiker
Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Posts: 4745 | TRs | Pics Location: Bend Oregon |
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Sun May 06, 2018 2:37 pm
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Navy salad wrote: | Traildoggie wrote: | we spray permethrin on outside of our packs every year. the packs get at least as much exposure to brush as your shirt, sit on the ground, & could bring ticks inside your tent or car. |
I'd never thought to do that, but good point! I think I will start (especially since I practically have a lifetime supply of Permethrin). |
Spraying on the packs works well, and is a slight deterrent to the ubiquitous ants that hitchhike on the pack also. Otherwise packs work very well as a carrier for bringing ticks home.
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Dustin Trails Member
Joined: 23 Feb 2015 Posts: 116 | TRs | Pics Location: Ashford, WA |
Found a tick on me after a hike of McDonald Mountain the other day. Feisty little bugger, took a good chunk of skin with it.
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cdestroyer Member
Joined: 14 Sep 2015 Posts: 1251 | TRs | Pics Location: montana |
News article in billings gazette about many ticks being found on dogs after a walk. Article mentions bourbon and heartland virus from ticks.
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cdestroyer Member
Joined: 14 Sep 2015 Posts: 1251 | TRs | Pics Location: montana |
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Sore Feet Member
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 6305 | TRs | Pics Location: Out There, Somewhere |
I just got back from a week on the east coast and they are apparently really bad there this year as well. Picked up two on my leg just outside of Ithaca.
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