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Repel 32600 6 oz Mosquito Stop Clothing & Gear Insect Repellent

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I experimented with permethrin coating of my outdoor clothes recently and my findings are that while it is useful for preventing ticks from advancing on your clothes, its of little value with all other insects, especially mosquitoes who will bite through your clothes before the permethrin has a chance to kill them. Remember, this is not a repellent, but a insecticide. So if the insect stays on the clothes long enough to absorb the permethrin, it will die and fall off. This is the case with ticks but not with most flying insects. In addition to its limitations, this product is really expensive. I can only get one or two uses out of one can of spray and the longevity of the effect is questionable beyond 2 weeks of application. See the reviews of insect repellents in a recent issue of Backpacker magazine (summer 07).

I despise ticks. They seem to be getting worse, and it started affecting my desire to spend time in the woods (hunting and hiking, mostly). After looking around, I discovered another brand of permethrin-based product, which seemed to work well. It was marketed at hunting, so that means it's pretty pricey. Then I found Repel's permethrin-based product, and love it. It works as well as the other brand, and is much more reasonably priced. Also, there is no odor after it dries, and it lasts for up to 2 weeks.

I always keep plenty of this stuff around for when I'll be spending some time in the woods. I have never found a tick on me when using a permethrin-based product. It really is the way to go if ticks are a big issue. Just be sure to follow the instructions (basically, treat 2+ hours in advance, and be sure to treat outside). I've also read that permethrin is extremely toxic to cats, so use extra caution if you have any pet cats in the home.

I have a white overall suit I treat with Repel so I can garden without getting covered with ticks. I've had Lyme disease and it is horrible, difficult to diagnose, and with lasting effects. This is a way to go outside and work in the woods and brush without worrying!!(much)

You don't (and shouldn't) treat your anti-tick clothes every time you wear them...it lasts quite awhile.

Only down side is that clothes must be treated before you wear them and allowed to completely dry before coming near your skin. Not a bad trade to avoid tick borne disease though!

I've been spraying all my field clothes with Permanone since it became available about 15 years ago, including boots, socks, and hats. While I haven't been to any tick intensive sites during that period, like the Mkuzi Game Reserve in Zululand, where I brushed off more than 100 ticks, or a ranch in coastal Tamaulipas, Mexico, where I had about 50, it reduces the number of ticks picked up in the northeast US from a few to zero. Since ticks here can carry at least four rickettsial diseases and at least one incurable virus, zero is the number you want crawling on you looking for a place to bite. On a trip to Brazilian Amazonia with two friends who had not sprayed their clothes before the trip, I picked up no ticks, but they were pulling off ticks every day, ticks that may carry undescribed and untreatable diseases.

I have also sprayed my backpack and duffle bag as a deterrent against bed bugs. When possible, I place all my luggage in the hotel bathtub, one place that should be free of bed bugs everywhere.

I haven't been to a place with land leeches since Permanone became available and don't know it helps keep them off. Spreading DEET on all exposed skin and on socks is the best way to avoid leech bites.

Today, Walmart was out of Permanone, so I bought an overpriced bottle of Ben's version of the product from EMS. Using less than the whole bottle, the horrible sprayer on their newly-revised, stylish spray can gave me repetitive stress pain. If the "new improved" Ben's were listed on Amazon, I would give it one star. (Only the old style Ben's, with the same sprayer as Repel, is shown on Amazon.)

This is a banner year for ticks on my property. Despite using Cutters repellent I was finding lots of ticks on me. A guy at my county extension office recommended this product to me. One can is supposed to treat a single outfit and last for a few washings. I use it mainly on my jeans and shoes. Along with my Insectshield socks from LLBean and continued use of Cutters on my legs under the jeans it seems to be helping quite a bit. Expensive though.

We have a cabin in the middle of the woods - Chippewa National Forest in Minnesota AND we're part of a canine search and rescue team in St. Louis, Missouri. We live in the woods and tick months are GROSS. Permanone is the miracle cure that has saved me! :-D This stuff is GREAT. It lasts 2 weeks on clothes. It's the same chemical that you put between dogs' shoulder blades to deal with ticks and fleas. Put it on your clothes a couple of hours before you go outside, DON'T breathe it, don't get it on your skin. But it will kill ticks on shoes, tents, sleeping bags, and keep them from crawling up your clothes. We even have sprayed all of our rugs and the bedskirts and coverlets on our bed. Tick season 2007, we had probably 60 ticks in the house (from us and the dogs, despite FrontLine on the dogs and brushing them before they came into the house). Tick season 2008, we found 2 ticks, Season 2009, only 1. I have come to Amazon to order a case tp give our Search and Rescue team for Easter presents. They'll like them MUCH better than chocolate eggs!

I spend alot of time in the woods of Suffolk County, New York. Ticks are a major problem. In recent years, I have used this spray with great results. Spray it on your clothes and it will kill ticks that climb on you.

Just be aware that the going rate for a can of this stuff is $6-8, not $15 as at Amazon.