Just purchased and used the “socks” with the “pants” in tall grasses, low shrubs & forested areas. Overall, I do like these products but anticipate that I'll need to repurchase these items more frequently than I had hoped. I think if you intend to use these for recreational activities (eg, picnic, playing on a lawn, or hiking where you only occasionally rub against vegetation), they’d work great. But if you intend to use them to work with or among plants, they will be snagged & torn. (I expected this but was hoping I’d be wrong.) So in the latter case, you’d have to be aware of where those tears are each time you use them so you can keep an eye on yourself for ticks approaching the openings. (Still better than having nothing!! And more healthy than dousing yourself or your clothes with deet or permethrin!) The only other downside is that to kill ticks on your clothes, you have to wash them in hot water (recommend strong detergent with a soak cycle) & dry them in a dryer for at least 70-80min on HIGH heat. You can’t wash or dry these products like that. They require a delicate wash cycle and air dry. So, while you can see some ticks, seed & nymph ticks are going to be more difficult to find and remove from the product & therefore, may get on you, your pets or in your house when you handle or store these items. (You could spray these with bug spray but then you can’t wash the spray out as that requires more powerful detergent in a normal wash cycle. In other words, the residue of these chemicals would likely remain on the products so you’d need to be mindful of that when you handle them so you don’t touch kids, pets, food or your eyes afterwards.)
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