Amazon carries Crystal Body Stick Deodorant

Usually in places like Whole Foods or Sprouts, the larger type healthy grocery store set ups that have hygiene products. I actually get/got mine at a super high end foofoo grocery store, every city has these ridiculously high end grocery stores we avoid because you need a Range Rover or BMW to park in the lot. These stores usually sell a whole range of bath and body products you don't find in the normal grocers.

I actually started using them because my pit sticks would melt in the heat of my car, sitting in my bag all day. The crystal is just a rock sized...well crystal rock looking object you get a little wet and apply like you normally would. No scent but you don't have a scent either.

Russ,that is the stuff I use. I get it at Meijer's grocery store here in Michigan.They carry it in Health and Beauty.....

BOATMAN
John

I get mine at Sprouts, but having no idea where picard120 is located, I went with a retailer available to most anyone on the WWW.

I usually use a little hand sanitizer for water-free clean ups. This tones down the goat-like scent that descends after a few days. It also makes DW a much more amicable tent-mate, especially when used on my feet before bed (geez, what died in here?).

Even rinsing with water is a good idea, to remove the salts that can cause a lot of skin irritation, usually in places where you'll suffer the most on an extended trip.

EDIT: Please don't use methanol for cleanup. It's quite toxic, and can be absorbed through the skin.

I you have a GNC in your area they carry stick type.

Lee

"how do you fix the issue smelly armpit in the wilderness?"

Hike alone :-)

Pete2

Another vote for mineral salts (aka. deodorant crystal). The spray is easier IMO. I think people have been using it for a couple thousand years. And it doesn't stain your shirt pits like most deodorants do.

where do I get mineral salt spray?

Donning my contrarian hat:

Is it a good idea to defeat natural thermoregulation systems for aesthetic reasons? (That's what antiperspirants do, including mineral salts.)

At the mall, sure. But out in the wild? Hmm.