I suspect Tickless type product will prove as devisive as the collective 'we' seem to be able to make just about any subject!
We were offered Tickless by a rep early last year and from previous experience with electronic gizmo's I was pretty disinterested. Having both the pet and human units available to trial here's what I found -
Human - switchable on and off. Needs to be in a position where it can be 'heard' - bury it in a pocket wrapped in a hanky, gloves, Werthers originals etc and you do it and you no favours.
Found placed on lanyard round neck quite effective.
Normally getting 5-6 attached ticks per year, I had one whilst using the unit.
Lent out to some others, reports varied from it works to its pants. Closer questionning suggests ( not certain ) that how you use it matters. Its a repeller, a tick may still land on you, but is going to tend to want to move off/ away rather than attach. So seeing a tick on you isn't neccessarily a 'failure'. Also if the unit is in your jacket, you get back to the motor, shove jacket in the boot and drive two hours home wearing everything else you had on in the field - there's every chance a carried tick will attach.
Water gets in. Whilst soaked they dont work, but drain/ dry pretty fast and as soon as not flooded, they seem to work - highly scientific test of trying it on three ticks on a bit of paper with a glass of water to hand.
Pets - you pull the tab and its permanently on. Lasts circa a full year - depending on age of stock and whether you got a genuine one or a knock off. Instructions say no serviceable - and thats probably sensible - as other bits will wear out. BUT in the interest of in depth investigation I pulled the first one once it stop flashing on the test button - inside is a slip in/ slip out CR 2032 button battery.
I've two dogs. Each gets 4-7 ticks a month May - Sept ish. Scooby got Tickless, Tara didn't. Scooby had 3 ticks across May-Sept 2016 and Tara averaged 4 a month.
Some ticks were embedded right next to the unit on his collar - no idea as to how that works to be honest. But the numbers were own overall - with zero chemicals.
This year Tara had 5 ticks attached by mid May and got her own Tickless - had one tick since.
Water soaking for pet model seems on par with human one.
Is it a garlic riddled, silver cored, holy watered, jewelled Eye of Blind Io defence against all comers? No. Does it have a demonstrable effect - sufficient for me to keep using it and us to carry it as a stock item - yes.
