A question about permethrin

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

Am packing, am packing! And printed out the packing lists for Baitcon and SwingOut New Hampshire*.

And wandered over to the ticks page, and was reminded that the Off people are lying about deet and ticks, and am now staring at the permethrin bit, and wondering, "my plan was to be wearing socks with leggings or tights. Is this insufficient, given that the permethrin bit is talking about spraying said socks if over pants?"

Does the intended strategy, sans permethrin, simply risk bringing ticks back into my tent?

(I'm assuming I can get some at Home Depot, but I'm actually leaving town Wednesday...)

*btw will be briefly in Bostonish between and an unknown amount of time in Bostonish after Labor Day

Comments

[kimberlogic.livejournal.com]

argh. cannot find permethrin anywhere today. (meant to deal with all of this last week but knee-itis happened.)

[deguspice.livejournal.com]

Did you try REI? Their website says it's available at their stores in Boston, Reading, Framingham, and Hingham.

http://www.rei.com/product/768970/sawyer-permethrin-pump-spray-24-oz

That reminds me, I should swing by their store and grab a bottle tomorrow.

[cutieperson]

REI purports to have 24oz pump bottles and I planned on buying one or two tomorrow. Want me to grab more for you?
http://www.rei.com/product/768970/sawyer-permethrin-pump-spray-24-oz

[kimberlogic.livejournal.com]

That would be SO awesome. Thank you!

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

I was hoping to detour to an rei today, but everything went crazy. If applying at the mountain is a thing would love to also buy off you, as I don't know what shopping I can manage tomorrow from where I will be

[cutieperson]

I also failed to get to one today :/

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

Ended up buying a 6 oz for $9 at eastern mountain sports on manhattan. Would still be happy to buy an extra rei off you. Dunno if they had a better choice, but the guy "helping" me kept telling me that permethrin was another word for deet, until I just told him I was looking for stuff one sprays on clothes and he found it for me and then again said it was the same as deet. So further questions seemed pointless. :headdesk: