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Suggested ScentLok 2018 garments and accessories for new users
In the past few years ScentLok has been offering a lot of exterior jackets and pants with windproof and or waterproof polyurethane membranes (check ScentLok’s website or hang tags for confirmation of membranes or not) in them and they have to be cared for slightly differently than their permeable (allow air flow from body through exterior fabric and vise-versa) garments.
All ScentLok polyurethane membrane garments have their carbon liner on the body side (inside) of the membrane. Because these polyurethane membranes have a lack of air flow through them (why there windproof and waterproof) they don’t allow the interior Carbon Alloy liner to do its job in adsorbing odor molecules from the exterior fabric of the garment.
For all ScentLok jackets and pants with membranes, it's imperative to care for them a bit differently to make certain that the exterior fabric doesn’t get odors on it that the interior Carbon Alloy liner can’t adsorb.
When ScentLok membrane garments are de-adsorbed in the dryer the exterior fabric will be become pristine again. Once out of the dryer the membrane garments need to go in air tight containers or bags just as all other ScentLok Carbon Alloy lined garments do and they can be stored together with permeable garments. During use however the hunter should be extra cautious not to wear a membrane garment while driving or around areas with foul foreign odors to the deer woods.
While ScentLok's permeable exterior garments (any garment without a membrane) will adsorb odor molecules from the exterior fabric because the molecules will be attracted through the permeable fabric and be adsorbed into the Carbon Alloy liner, the membrane in ScentLok’s membrane garments will block the molecules from passing through and from being adsorbed into the liner.
Through the 1400 degree and under pressure heating procedure to make activated carbon, the surface and pores of the activated carbon becomes charged, meaning it has electrons that readily interact and suck in molecules from its immediate surroundings. So with a permeable suit
there is a little less worry about the exterior fabric having and holding odors.
The membrane garments play a huge roll however as they are phenomenal at blocking the wind and or rain. During cold windy hunts, no matter how many under layers you wear, if one of them doesn’t have a membrane to block the wind, the cold winds will eventually pass through all the garments and you will get cold. A membrane garment will also aid dramatically in containing your body heat within the garment for cold weather situations.
Something else of importance is that the more permeable the garment, the more chance there is for odor molecules to pass through it before the activated carbon can do its entire job of adsorption. The Savanna garments for instance are the most permeable due to their light and very permeable exterior fabric and in high wind situations there may be some odor molecules that pass through the Carbon Alloy liner without being adsorbed due to its high permeability (pass through) rate and the wind blowing air through it. In still or light wind situations, having odor molecules pass through a Savanna garment is not an issue at all.
All of ScentLok’s other permeable garments have exterior fabrics that are dense enough to contain the odor molecules long enough for adsorption under any wind conditions.
A few years back ScentLok used the exact same carbon liner in their BaseLayers undergarments that they did in their exterior garments. In still conditions a hunter could have worn the lightest weight BaseLayer garment and been fine hunting even though he or she would have looked like a ballerina in the tree because they fit like tights. I did it a few times.
However ScentLok never advertised that the BaseLayers had the same carbon liner as they didn't want hunters in warm weather climates to wear it only while hunting because the lightweight Baselayer was extremely permeable and in windy situations would allow too much odor to pass through before the carbon could adsorb it.
ScentLok (owns the US Patent on using activated carbon in hunting garments and that's why other brands use inferior technologies) is an amazing and incredible product and once a hunter learns how to properly care for and store it, what to use in conjunction with it, and how to use it in the field, sightings and kill opportunities will go up, BIG TIME!
ScentLok and its function for hunting can't be argued to me so to those that don't believe in it, please save your verbiage, energy and lack of knowledge of technology for something you can defend with factual feedback. I've hunted for over 50 seasons and have taken 50 record book bucks. I hunted 35 seasons before properly using ScentLok and 18 seasons since and definitely without question or hesitation can testify to its effectiveness.
1. For Midwest (where I hunt) hunters my go to suit is the Full Season Taktix. It’s a permeable suit that’s extremely comfortable with a soft and dead quiet micro-fleece exterior and interior.
It’s a midweight suit and with a couple undergarments it’s good for temps down to 35 degrees and with only a T-shirt as an undergarment it’s comfortable up to 65 degrees. If you’re only going to own one suit, this is the one to buy and you can layer beneath it on an as need bases for colder weather. Make sure to buy the next size up (especially the jacket) if you plan on using several layering garments for temperatures into the 20’s.
I wear the Full Season midweight head cover with drop down facemask (must have a drop down facemask for full protection) in conjunction with the Full Season Tactix suit and Savanna gloves. ScentLok also offers a Full Season bow release glove.
Suggested ScentLok 2018 garments and accessories for new users
In the past few years ScentLok has been offering a lot of exterior jackets and pants with windproof and or waterproof polyurethane membranes (check ScentLok’s website or hang tags for confirmation of membranes or not) in them and they have to be cared for slightly differently than their permeable (allow air flow from body through exterior fabric and vise-versa) garments.
All ScentLok polyurethane membrane garments have their carbon liner on the body side (inside) of the membrane. Because these polyurethane membranes have a lack of air flow through them (why there windproof and waterproof) they don’t allow the interior Carbon Alloy liner to do its job in adsorbing odor molecules from the exterior fabric of the garment.
For all ScentLok jackets and pants with membranes, it's imperative to care for them a bit differently to make certain that the exterior fabric doesn’t get odors on it that the interior Carbon Alloy liner can’t adsorb.
When ScentLok membrane garments are de-adsorbed in the dryer the exterior fabric will be become pristine again. Once out of the dryer the membrane garments need to go in air tight containers or bags just as all other ScentLok Carbon Alloy lined garments do and they can be stored together with permeable garments. During use however the hunter should be extra cautious not to wear a membrane garment while driving or around areas with foul foreign odors to the deer woods.
While ScentLok's permeable exterior garments (any garment without a membrane) will adsorb odor molecules from the exterior fabric because the molecules will be attracted through the permeable fabric and be adsorbed into the Carbon Alloy liner, the membrane in ScentLok’s membrane garments will block the molecules from passing through and from being adsorbed into the liner.
Through the 1400 degree and under pressure heating procedure to make activated carbon, the surface and pores of the activated carbon becomes charged, meaning it has electrons that readily interact and suck in molecules from its immediate surroundings. So with a permeable suit
there is a little less worry about the exterior fabric having and holding odors.
The membrane garments play a huge roll however as they are phenomenal at blocking the wind and or rain. During cold windy hunts, no matter how many under layers you wear, if one of them doesn’t have a membrane to block the wind, the cold winds will eventually pass through all the garments and you will get cold. A membrane garment will also aid dramatically in containing your body heat within the garment for cold weather situations.
Something else of importance is that the more permeable the garment, the more chance there is for odor molecules to pass through it before the activated carbon can do its entire job of adsorption. The Savanna garments for instance are the most permeable due to their light and very permeable exterior fabric and in high wind situations there may be some odor molecules that pass through the Carbon Alloy liner without being adsorbed due to its high permeability (pass through) rate and the wind blowing air through it. In still or light wind situations, having odor molecules pass through a Savanna garment is not an issue at all.
All of ScentLok’s other permeable garments have exterior fabrics that are dense enough to contain the odor molecules long enough for adsorption under any wind conditions.
A few years back ScentLok used the exact same carbon liner in their BaseLayers undergarments that they did in their exterior garments. In still conditions a hunter could have worn the lightest weight BaseLayer garment and been fine hunting even though he or she would have looked like a ballerina in the tree because they fit like tights. I did it a few times.
However ScentLok never advertised that the BaseLayers had the same carbon liner as they didn't want hunters in warm weather climates to wear it only while hunting because the lightweight Baselayer was extremely permeable and in windy situations would allow too much odor to pass through before the carbon could adsorb it.
ScentLok (owns the US Patent on using activated carbon in hunting garments and that's why other brands use inferior technologies) is an amazing and incredible product and once a hunter learns how to properly care for and store it, what to use in conjunction with it, and how to use it in the field, sightings and kill opportunities will go up, BIG TIME!
ScentLok and its function for hunting can't be argued to me so to those that don't believe in it, please save your verbiage, energy and lack of knowledge of technology for something you can defend with factual feedback. I've hunted for over 50 seasons and have taken 50 record book bucks. I hunted 35 seasons before properly using ScentLok and 18 seasons since and definitely without question or hesitation can testify to its effectiveness.
1. For Midwest (where I hunt) hunters my go to suit is the Full Season Taktix. It’s a permeable suit that’s extremely comfortable with a soft and dead quiet micro-fleece exterior and interior.
It’s a midweight suit and with a couple undergarments it’s good for temps down to 35 degrees and with only a T-shirt as an undergarment it’s comfortable up to 65 degrees. If you’re only going to own one suit, this is the one to buy and you can layer beneath it on an as need bases for colder weather. Make sure to buy the next size up (especially the jacket) if you plan on using several layering garments for temperatures into the 20’s.
I wear the Full Season midweight head cover with drop down facemask (must have a drop down facemask for full protection) in conjunction with the Full Season Tactix suit and Savanna gloves. ScentLok also offers a Full Season bow release glove.