Interested in your experiences after applying Permethrin to your hammock. Does it work?

I tried putting it on my bug netting did not seem to do much. I was hoping to watch any mosquitoes that got inside drop off it after landing but it didn't happen.

There have been some comments on hammockforums about netting not taking permethrin well. Also, I sprayed it on from the outside. I may try it again, spraying on the inside. I really wanna see skeets drop....

I have not treated my hammock body. I like heavier fabrics plus my UQ design adds a layer. Never been bitten through the body.

I applied it last year to both the inside and outside of my hammock and netting. I never zipped up the hammock all day until I crawled in the evening. I never so much as heard one skeeter. For the record it was the second week in August so the bugs aren't quite as bad either. Having said that, there are always mosquitoes there, but with the Permethrin treated clothes and hammock, they almost completely avoided me.

I put Permethrin on all my clothes but not my Hammock. I have never had a problem to put it on the hammock. Some hammocks have it on when you buy them.

Just posted this in the gear section also.


I’m one of those who dilutes from farm supply stuff. I soak tent, rain tarp, and clothes for about two hours and then hang on the line and dry. Clothes go into a garbage bag until the first morning.

I have never done the rain fly on the tent though. It’s fun to watch a mosquito follow you into the tent as the just do a vanishing act.

Will be doing the same to my hammock this year.

That stuff is pretty aggressive to do what it does. I try not to put too much where I feel it is not needed. If the stuff can kill a tick three weeks after application, then I'm going to use it as sparingly as possible and just enough to do the job at the point of contact I would usually see or pick up a tick. I do, however, spray my suspension lines to the hammock to keep them from coming down onto the hammock. The webbing should be strong enough to take some chemical warfare better than the thin nylon fabric. This is just my own thoughts on this, I could be totally wrong.

I also treat my pack and usually just my hiking pants. It seems to work well.

I've thought about treating my hammock but don't know if I want to have my face next to that and breathe through it all night long...
Maybe if I just treat the area from my chest down I wouldn't breathe in so much of it. I usually treat about half of my clothes, always like 1 pair that is not sprayed with anything.