We use Sawyer’s (Permethrin) and DEET or something new that’s used in Europe that’s supposed to be safe for nylon and synthetics called Picaridin for the deer ticks here in NH. They’re bad around here and Lyme is a serious threat.
Picaridin vs DEET: Which Is the Best Insect Repellent?
(Appalachian Mountain Club)
https://www.outdoors.org/resources/amc-outdoors/outdoor-resources/picaridin-vs-deet-which-is-the-best-insect-repellent/
The adult ticks are easy enough to see and remove. I take the unattached ones off with a piece of scotch tape right on their back. They get stuck to it and lay there helplessly waving their little legs in the air while I heartlessly with full enjoyment, fold the tape over, seal it around the edges, and toss it in the trash.
For the ones attached, I pull them off and tape them up as well. I just deliberately put the pulled off tick on the tape. It is NOT going back outside to reproduce and spread more disease either.
Shame though that we gotta douse up and run ful, check whenever venturi g outside. Wish they’d hurry up with a tick vaccine- then no worries about attached ticks. (Provided the vaccine works, and hopefully protects against the other conditions/viruses caused by ticks)