you're going to use this 1-2 times in your lifetime
After that you can swipe it off and use the blade to make your sandwich...Yuk!
This costs 1 USD.(Image removed from quote.)I mean seriously... you're going to use this 1-2 times in your lifetime and you can buy it for 1 USD.Why waste a slot on your edc knife for it?
I mean seriously... you're going to use this 1-2 times in your lifetime and you can buy it for 1 USD.
Anyway I find that all you ever need is some saliva on the tip of your finger and about a minute of rubbing the little smurf with circular motions.
A great idea. But I am not sure if it would really help. Getting ticks out takes a lot of care - you don't want to use too much force or you'll leave half the tick inside the person/dog you're trying to de-tick. Fingertips and fingernails are, in my experience, the only way to do it properly. Everything else seems to be an ineffective novelty for the squeamish.I would like to try one of these just to see if it works.
I agree with several posts above, that seems very cumbersome and imprecise for use. Also, if you screw up, you risk having goo carrying Borrelia attached to your EDC knife. I would very much have preferred something like that as a detachable implement. (Like, you know, the tweezers, which also work for removing ticks.) To me, this seems like a gimmick to feed off of the growing Borrelia scare in many parts of Europe.
Quote from: Corwyn on June 11, 2018, 11:26:49 AMThis costs 1 USD.(Image removed from quote.)I mean seriously... you're going to use this 1-2 times in your lifetime and you can buy it for 1 USD.Why waste a slot on your edc knife for it?1 to 2 times in your lifetime... You should come to my neck of the woods. Anyway I find that all you ever need is some saliva on the tip of your finger and about a minute of rubbing the little smurf with circular motions.
Quote from: Steinar on June 11, 2018, 01:23:52 PMI agree with several posts above, that seems very cumbersome and imprecise for use. Also, if you screw up, you risk having goo carrying Borrelia attached to your EDC knife. I would very much have preferred something like that as a detachable implement. (Like, you know, the tweezers, which also work for removing ticks.) To me, this seems like a gimmick to feed off of the growing Borrelia scare in many parts of Europe.I'm not sure of the epidemiology in Europe, but deer ticks, Lyme Disease and it's associated Borrelia are rampant here in New England. It's not really just a scare here, although, usually if you treat your dog with a quality topical monthly, you should be ok.
Quote from: ThundahBeagle on June 11, 2018, 10:49:09 PMQuote from: Steinar on June 11, 2018, 01:23:52 PMI agree with several posts above, that seems very cumbersome and imprecise for use. Also, if you screw up, you risk having goo carrying Borrelia attached to your EDC knife. I would very much have preferred something like that as a detachable implement. (Like, you know, the tweezers, which also work for removing ticks.) To me, this seems like a gimmick to feed off of the growing Borrelia scare in many parts of Europe.I'm not sure of the epidemiology in Europe, but deer ticks, Lyme Disease and it's associated Borrelia are rampant here in New England. It's not really just a scare here, although, usually if you treat your dog with a quality topical monthly, you should be ok.In Norway, and Northern Europe in general, we are getting a lot more ticks than we used to (partly because of climate change) . Since the risk has increased and the disease is nasty, newspapers love it. The problem is certainly real here as well, but it's regularly blown out of proportion. That's why I called it a scare, complete with B-list celebrities describing symptoms they complain aren't taken seriously enough by their doctor.
Quote from: Corwyn on June 11, 2018, 11:26:49 AMThis costs 1 USD.(Image removed from quote.)I mean seriously... you're going to use this 1-2 times in your lifetime and you can buy it for 1 USD.Why waste a slot on your edc knife for it?Hi Corwin,One or two times in my lifetime is more than I use that dreaded "hook" tool, and that's taking up more space than I care to see.I live in New England, where Lyme disease was first identified. This will be used one or two times per summer by me and my Beagle. He gets into everything. Everything. I use natural and chemical protection products, however, when we return from places well off the beaten path, I have removed as many as 15 from him.
Quote from: ThundahBeagle on June 11, 2018, 10:43:20 PMQuote from: Corwyn on June 11, 2018, 11:26:49 AMThis costs 1 USD.(Image removed from quote.)I mean seriously... you're going to use this 1-2 times in your lifetime and you can buy it for 1 USD.Why waste a slot on your edc knife for it?Hi Corwin,One or two times in my lifetime is more than I use that dreaded "hook" tool, and that's taking up more space than I care to see.I live in New England, where Lyme disease was first identified. This will be used one or two times per summer by me and my Beagle. He gets into everything. Everything. I use natural and chemical protection products, however, when we return from places well off the beaten path, I have removed as many as 15 from him.Wow 15!!! That's friggin scary. Then you definitely need a tool for ticks. I only saw a few on stray dogs here. And I often do outdoorsy stuff and gardening. I guess they don't like the weather here much. Plus city halls sprays anti-tick stuff every few months.However the comparison between the hook and the tick tool is not fair for 2 reasons:The hook is.. a hook. It has multiple uses, carrying parcels, moving thread, pushing stuff, hanging stuff. The tick-thingie has 1 limited, niche use.The hook was an afterthought. We all know it. People like scissors, but no useful implements can be placed at the back of scissors except for the hook so they just added that (the file is an extra second thought). The anti-tick-pick takes the spot of the cap lifter/ screwdriver/ wire stripper/ prybar, arguably the most useful tool in a sak