Originally posted by Hummer3T:
I take it you guys talking thermacels are sitting while hunting, or are you walking around with your thermacel? If so how are you working it (hanging off back pack, around neck? how is the chemical for breathing in?
Tim
There is a certain amount of ineffeciency that goes along with moving a Thermocell. I only use mine when camping and I leave it at one spot on my campsite. Permethrin sprays and aerosol can be used on bug nets, clothes, tents, every cloth, textile product. Tests show that with enough product on enough material in one area, a barrier actually becomes formed. See University of Rhode Island studies on tickencounter.org I read a study about permethrin and mosquitoes where the participants had to go looking for a new mosquito area because the barrier formed by all of them in permethrin treated clothing had driven the mosquitoes away.
With this mild winter in my part of Ontario there is going to be a larger population of ticks this year because the nymphs were not killed by a good harsh winter.
Permethrin is 2,250 times more toxic to ticks than to humans so only a small amount is needed in the product. In fact there is usually only one gram of permethrin in most bottles of clothing treatment.
(Over the counter pharmaceutical lice products for children have five percent permethrin in them.)
The permethrin products have been studied to the nth degree and have been proved safe and reliable. Like my Thermocell, absolutely swear by permethrin.
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