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Bruce Lockett
a Cross Country Rider
from Fairfax, CA, USADate Reviewed: June 5, 2010
Strengths: Effective at poison oak oil removal when used promptly after exposure.Weaknesses: Soap and water can accomplish the same results, with a little more effort. I use Technu when I'm unsure how widespread my exposure is. Technu is only for initial oil removal from the skin, before any symptoms of a reaction. New-Skin has worked for me to protect and lessen poison oak effects on small areas of skin already damaged and suffering (I have never applied New-skin copiously and wide spread).Bottom Line: If you need it, you better already have it to use it in time. It's good when you want to clean up after exposure as well as possible.
Favorite Trail: Kirby Cove shortcut
Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Price Paid:
$10.00
Purchased At: Long's
Similar Products Used: Soap with water.
Bike Setup: Mine sometimes sets up on a kickstand, but more often it leans just off vertical on pedal at high point against anything solid.
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Paul
a Weekend Warrior
from Manhattan Beach, CA USADate Reviewed: August 5, 2003
Strengths: IT WORKS!!!Weaknesses: Oil lotion that you have to rub yourself down with. Price is a little expensive.Bottom Line: I have been exposed and rubbed Poison Oak many times and after the ride....use Tecnu. It seems to work really well. I once forgot the bottle and got a little poison Oak on my legs. If you ride trails where there is a lot of Poison Oak...USE IT!!!
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid:
$10.00
Purchased At: Rite Aid
Similar Products Used: Simple Green
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Ed
a Cross Country Rider
from Mountain View, CA, USADate Reviewed: September 7, 2001
Strengths: really worksWeaknesses: cost (they seem to have a monopoly)Bottom Line: Don't even screw around... if you get any kind of reaction to poison oak/ivy (and there's tons of poison oak around the bay area trails), use this stuff. Once the rash sets in it's less effective, but it still does work and beats the hell out of suffering for the two or three weeks while the rash goes away (using this stuff eliminates the rash in 2-3 days, and using it right after riding prevents the rash all together in most cases).
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Similar Products Used: soap
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Matt Grothoff
a Cross Country Rider
from St LouisDate Reviewed: December 21, 2000
Strengths: nice, small bottle, it came free with this anti-itch cream by the same company; seems to have worked to far becasue the few times i have used it nothing really has come up; maybe i got luckyWeaknesses: uh, pretty runny, not really somehting that one can apply with fingerless gloves onBottom Line: i keep it in my camelbak all the time, jsut in case. like i said, it is a small bottle so it doesn't take up a lot of space. i think it is worth it, because poison ivy is like cancer to me; even if i think about the stuff, i probably have it. in fact, just mentioning the term "poison ivy" in this review probably has caused me to aquire it somehow. just so you know how susceptible i am to it. like i said earlier, it is worth it, and has worked so far.
Favorite Trail: Chubb in st louis
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Purchased At: walmart, i think
Similar Products Used: this is the only skin cleasner other than naptha soap, and soap and water in general
Bike Setup: 99 Trek 7000
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Pablo
a Weekend Warrior
from Dayton, OhioDate Reviewed: August 4, 2000
Strengths: Prevents or minimizes the effects of poison ivy.Weaknesses: Cost - YIKES!!!Bottom Line: This product is expensive but does prevent/"cure" the rash which can form after contact with the dreaded ivy oil. After a two week long knock down drag out battle with a rash on my arm (that I was losing) I bought this stuff in desperation. I used it as directed and it cleared the rash right up after a couple of days. Now I wash down my legs and arms after each ride. I will still get the start of a rash now and then... but I hit it once or twice with the Technu as soon as it appears and it is stopped dead. If you ride trails covered in ivy like me and my buddies... I'd say you get the Technu and see if it works for you. I know for a fact that it works for at least three riders in Ohio!
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Similar Products Used: bleach, detergent, peroxide, scratch skin off
Bike Setup: Gary Fisher X-Cal
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Cdale
a Cross-Country Rider
from StucktonDate Reviewed: July 16, 1999
Strengths:
Easy to apply- sense of being bulletproof to poison oak.Weaknesses:
Doesn't work- expensive!Bottom Line: I used to think this stuff was the bees knees, until I realized it wasn't really working. I'd still get oak all the time. Now, I just rinse off with plain ol' water as soon as I can after the ride, and that seems to work just as well. God, this stuff is expensive! And yes, I followed the directions.
Favorite Trail:
Darrington
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Similar Products Used:
Soap & water, water.
Bike Setup:
Yes
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