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This is 100% the right answer. I ran my silk liner through a hot drier as often as possible along with my ‘sleep set’ (usually every day) with no issues. With my backpack in a plastic bag and sealed and everything else in closed dry bags the only...
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For this May's Camino i have gone back to my Talon 33 (so much less stuff this time; in fact everything is in the top brain apart from spare clothes and electronics)...
I pulled out an old outdoor blanket that can be dried and will take that on my Camino instead. A little heavier but I guess it's worth the peace of mind that I could dry it if needed.
@darealdeal77 I'll be spraying my stuff with permethrin too...
A professional exterminator tried 4 days at -40 degrees, and the bugs revived after they warmed up. Freezing apparently doesn’t work as well as we would like.
Hello all, I know many people do not like to talk about chemicals, but I stand by the use of Permethrin if one follows its instructions and regulations properly. I have been hiking, and camping for over 30 years, and Permethrin has been the best...
I put my silk liner in the dryer without a problem. I also put my down sleeping bag in the dryer. As @trecile says, the key is to dry it first as that is what kills the bedbugs. You can wash it and hang it on the line after if you feel it needs...
I got bedfbugs on the Norte in 2017 and ran my silk liner and all other gear through a commercial dryer for 90 minutes at the highest heat setting. Killed the bugs without damaging my pack or other items as far as I could see. I'm still using...
Thanks, I was basing 45C on that pinned thread in Equipment about de-bedbugging gear post Camino.
Guess I'm going to find a dry-able quilt now. At least I can use this quilt for backpacking.
I have dried my silk sleep sack on high heat as bed bug treatment. The key is to do it while it's dry. Shrinkage is more likely to occur when you put wet fabric into a hot dryer. To kill bed bugs all you need to do is to dry on high heat for...
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