OZ - Remove that smell

[USSHornet]

I have been doing a lot of scouting and sweating a lot. All my stuff stinks. Seats in the Truck from my sweaty self, Backpack really bad, saddle....

So I tried a portable OZ hunting generator...uh uh...put it in my tote several times for 3hrs useless...

Bought one for less than $70 and it flat gets the job done. Its not portable it plugs in...but I just put it in my truck with the cord and turn it on for 30 minutes ...with my boots , bow and tote with all my gear, saddle, ropes, backpack...stink free

I wouldn’t recommend using it inside while your home because it is powerful.

Enerzen Commercial version...I know I know seems like overkill but for the price I bought it...

Anyone else found a portable solution that works?

 

[MCDM]

Yes I have!! Scentlok just came out with a line of Ozone products. I have two of them one is the stick in the lighter type version which works okay. The second was a portable one that gives you an hour cycle or three hour cycle of ozone. You can charge it up with a standard household plug or usb. It also serves as a power bank and you can charge phones and other devices. It ran about $100 and the first one ran about $40. They work fairly well to rid odors and both are small and portable.

 

[Allegheny Tom]

I use a small, home unit. I don't use an in-field type.
I'm completely sold on it for deodorizing gear and vehicles. I still launder everything I can, but all the other stuff gets ozone.

I do use totes for containment treating, but I've become a fan of just using large, unscented contractor grade garbage bags. I just stuff the ozone hose in the bag, and give the bag a few twists to hold the O2 in. During a 20 minute treatment, I will fluff the bag a couple times to disperse the O2.
When I deodorize my truck, I start the engine, put the heater on recirc instead of fresh air, and turn the heat and fan on high. I want to circulate the O2 thru all my vehicle.
I also use the treated garbage bags as short term seat covers for my short drive from the shower to the hunt. I think some odors get into to seat padding, and when sat upon, will release those odors onto a freshly showered body.

The best O2 use is for total cleansing of rubber boots, inside and out.
Since I've been using O2 on boots, deer busting my entrance/exit ground scent has become almost zero. I used to avoid crossing deer trails and that would limit stand choices. Now, crossing trails is not a worry.

BTW, O2 is harmful to breathe, keep it contained and air-out vehicles before driving.

 

[Jajtner01]

Do you have any concerns with this Degrading anything rubber you have? How long do you guys treat your gear the night before a hunt? Is 60 min enough to get the stink out of clean cloths stored in an air tight box?

 

[Vthntr]

I use a small, home unit. I don't use an in-field type.
I'm completely sold on it for deodorizing gear and vehicles. I still launder everything I can, but all the other stuff gets ozone.

I do use totes for containment treating, but I've become a fan of just using large, unscented contractor grade garbage bags. I just stuff the ozone hose in the bag, and give the bag a few twists to hold the O2 in. During a 20 minute treatment, I will fluff the bag a couple times to disperse the O2.
When I deodorize my truck, I start the engine, put the heater on recirc instead of fresh air, and turn the heat and fan on high. I want to circulate the O2 thru all my vehicle.
I also use the treated garbage bags as short term seat covers for my short drive from the shower to the hunt. I think some odors get into to seat padding, and when sat upon, will release those odors onto a freshly showered body.

The best O2 use is for total cleansing of rubber boots, inside and out.
Since I've been using O2 on boots, deer busting my entrance/exit ground scent has become almost zero. I used to avoid crossing deer trails and that would limit stand choices. Now, crossing trails is not a worry.

BTW, O2 is harmful to breathe, keep it contained and air-out vehicles before driving.

Tom
Any issue with it degrading your rubber boots?

 

[sdonx]

I have a super powerful one. I put in a grow tent with my gear. It doesn't degrade my Mucks.

 

[Allegheny Tom]

Tom
Any issue with it degrading your rubber boots?

I get about 3 seasons out of brands like Lacrosse. I imagine that I could get a couple more years without the ozone, but I figure its just the cost of doing business. Since I started treating my boots, I get away with almost zero scent trail busts. Deer used to nail my trail, but now, they seldom even put their nose to the ground, and even if they do, they rarely spook. Its allowed me to access trees for stands that I used to rule out because of entrance odor. I now walk places that I used to avoid for fear of leaving ground scent.
I figure that I'll gladly buy boots every few years if the O2 degrades them...its a small price to pay to be more odor stealthy.
I am curious how my Tingley boots will hold up to O2. They are made of a different compound. I don't think they are true rubber.

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[Allegheny Tom]

Do you have any concerns with this Degrading anything rubber you have? How long do you guys treat your gear the night before a hunt? Is 60 min enough to get the stink out of clean cloths stored in an air tight box?

My O2 generator puts out a moderate 600MG/h of ozone and I never run it for more than 20 or 30 min, and often times, I'll only run it for 10 min. I think a lot depends on how large a space is being treated and maybe the level of odor being treated.

I think that in small, sealed containers, you don't really need to run the generator for long periods of time. I think the important thing is making sure the O2 is distributed across all the surfaces to be treated. If we stuff a tote tightly with clothes and apply O2, is the O2 really reaching all the odor molecules? I doubt it, unless we redistribute the clothing a few times. I treat my clothes in garbage bags. I only put enough clothes in the bag that I need for the day, I turn the O2 timer to 20 min or less, and after 10 min or so, I give the bag a good shake to circulate the O2. For my boots, I put them into the transportation tote and then I stick the hose down into the inside of the boots. After about 5 min, I'll stick the hose into the other boot. I figure the insides will be freshened and the O2 that "spills" out of the boots will treat the outside of the boots.
Since I've been doing that, my trail odor busts are almost zero. One important thing though...trail odor busts are not alway from just ground scent. If we are brushing up against weeds and brush with our pants and upper body, we will leave behind odor. Carry pruners and clip anything you can't avoid touching. I try to avoid contact with anything but the ground when I get in the vicinity of my stands.

Does O2 work for reducing odors? Science and industry tells us that it does...at least to the human nose.
Will O2 make all human odors undetectable to a deer's nose? Doubtful. Can O2 reduce our odor enough that deer may accept any odors that they do smell, as either being old or farther away? That's what I'm shooting for.

There's a lot of differing opinions on the effectiveness of O2 treatment on clothing and gear (I'm not talking about in-field O2 use).
Our arm-chair opinions on O2 are usually pretty much just anecdotal. We hear all the time about something that works or doesn't work...calls, lures, O2, you name it...most everyone has an opinion on effectiveness of stuff mostly based on their experiences. Whether something works or not is hard to prove when dealing with wild animals.

There's a lot more to odor reduction than just treating gear with O2. I lean toward the more extreme end of odor reduction practices. I'm not as hard core as some guys, but I am not a "Forget odor control and just hunt the wind" guy, because you can't depend on wind to not screw ya at the moment of truth.
My anecdotal opinion on O2 is that it has done great things for my hunting. Do I still have odor busts? Yes, but not nearly as bad as they were before I started a complete odor regimen. O2 is just one part of that regimen.

 

[Jajtner01]

et about 3 seasons out of brands like Lacrosse. I imagine that I could get a couple more years without the ozone, but I figure its just the cost of doing business. Since I started treating my boots, I get away with almost zero scent trail busts. Deer used to nail my tra

My O2 generator puts out a moderate 600MG/h of ozone and I never run it for more than 20 or 30 min, and often times, I'll only run it for 10 min. I think a lot depends on how large a space is being treated and maybe the level of odor being treated.

I think that in small, sealed containers, you don't really need to run the generator for long periods of time. I think the important thing is making sure the O2 is distributed across all the surfaces to be treated. If we stuff a tote tightly with clothes and apply O2, is the O2 really reaching all the odor molecules? I doubt it, unless we redistribute the clothing a few times. I treat my clothes in garbage bags. I only put enough clothes in the bag that I need for the day, I turn the O2 timer to 20 min or less, and after 10 min or so, I give the bag a good shake to circulate the O2. For my boots, I put them into the transportation tote and then I stick the hose down into the inside of the boots. After about 5 min, I'll stick the hose into the other boot. I figure the insides will be freshened and the O2 that "spills" out of the boots will treat the outside of the boots.
Since I've been doing that, my trail odor busts are almost zero. One important thing though...trail odor busts are not alway from just ground scent. If we are brushing up against weeds and brush with our pants and upper body, we will leave behind odor. Carry pruners and clip anything you can't avoid touching. I try to avoid contact with anything but the ground when I get in the vicinity of my stands.

Does O2 work for reducing odors? Science and industry tells us that it does...at least to the human nose.
Will O2 make all human odors undetectable to a deer's nose? Doubtful. Can O2 reduce our odor enough that deer may accept any odors that they do smell, as either being old or farther away? That's what I'm shooting for.

There's a lot of differing opinions on the effectiveness of O2 treatment on clothing and gear (I'm not talking about in-field O2 use).
Our arm-chair opinions on O2 are usually pretty much just anecdotal. We hear all the time about something that works or doesn't work...calls, lures, O2, you name it...most everyone has an opinion on effectiveness of stuff mostly based on their experiences. Whether something works or not is hard to prove when dealing with wild animals.

There's a lot more to odor reduction than just treating gear with O2. I lean toward the more extreme end of odor reduction practices. I'm not as hard core as some guys, but I am not a "Forget odor control and just hunt the wind" guy, because you can't depend on wind to not screw ya at the moment of truth.
My anecdotal opinion on O2 is that it has done great things for my hunting. Do I still have odor busts? Yes, but not nearly as bad as they were before I started a complete odor regimen. O2 is just one part of that regimen.

Thanks for this. I think the reason I broke my boots down so quickly was when I started using O2 i got the Ozonics (back when it was new) and a spare battery. I would run the Ozonics for 8 hours at night before hunting and then swap in my small tote size O2 generators for the drive out (about 1.5hrs). All said and done i was probably treating everything including gear about 9.5 hours or more per hunt. This explains it why all the bungee, elastic and rubber was basically dead afer w/in the first year. I stoped using it after that because it was killing my gear too quickly, but it sounds like I could back off a few or 9 hours on the treatment pre hunt.

Do you treat ScentLok gear with O2? Are there any problems with it? Will that make the carbon less effective?

 

[Allegheny Tom]

Thanks for this. I think the reason I broke my boots down so quickly was when I started using O2 i got the Ozonics (back when it was new) and a spare battery. I would run the Ozonics for 8 hours at night before hunting and then swap in my small tote size O2 generators for the drive out (about 1.5hrs). All said and done i was probably treating everything including gear about 9.5 hours or more per hunt. This explains it why all the bungee, elastic and rubber was basically dead afer w/in the first year. I stoped using it after that because it was killing my gear too quickly, but it sounds like I could back off a few or 9 hours on the treatment pre hunt.

Do you treat ScentLok gear with O2? Are there any problems with it? Will that make the carbon less effective?

If I can, I generally air-out stuff that O2 can degrade (like rubber) once I feel it's gotten a thorough dose of O2.
My impression is that O2 works quickly and doesn't need to saturate an item for hours on end. Once I treat my boots for 10 min or so, I'll put the tub/boots in an area that they won't be contaminated with new odors... Out on the porch or wherever. (BTW, contaminated boots (like after a sweaty hunt) will contaminate a tub. If you are going to treat boots, you may as well do it in the container that you transport/store the boots in.) Once they air-out for a little while, I will seal-up the tote and the boots are good to go.
Stuff like fabric that O2 cannot degrade, it doesn't really matter if you air it out at all. Just keep treated clothes in a sealed contained of some sort so they aren't contaminated by household odors or whatever. O2 does have a "smell" but it dissipates by the time I dress and walk for a few minutes.

I do treat ScentLok with O2. Here's my take on carbon clothing. I do believe it helps reduce odor, but when you pay attention to the care label, you realize it shouldn't be washed often and they recommend "recharging" in the dryer only a few times per season. So what happens to any accumulating odors that we contaminate the outside of the garment with? Those odors that will not be passing through the carbon? I'm sure some of us are more careful about exterior odors than other guys, but I believe we all contaminate the exteriors to one extent or another. Here's an example... the portion of our pants that are stuffed inside rubber boots...We finish our hunt and when we pull out our feet from the boots, that part of our pants have been in that micro-climate of the inside of rubber boots. O2 eliminates odors but it doesn't prevent new odors from forming. As odor free as we can make our boots inside, it doesn't last forever. So we get back to the truck and undress. We stuff those same pants into the tote with all our other carbon clothes. Right then and there, you have contaminated other garments. And if you don't launder and re-charge the carbon, that odor accumulates during each hunt. O2 it before the next use. The goal is to minimize odors as best we can. I don't believe total odor elimination is possible...at least to a deer's nose.

There was a thread on one of these forums and a poster that seemed a lot more O2 savvy than I, said that O2 actually improves the life of the carbon in clothes.
The poster really had great input. I wish I had a link of his post(s) to share.
EDIT: I found that thread Bassboys was the poster I was trying to remember. https://saddlehunter.com/community/index.php?threads/activated-carbon-powder.3499/

 

[Jajtner01]

If I can, I generally air-out stuff that O2 can degrade (like rubber) once I feel it's gotten a thorough dose of O2.
My impression is that O2 works quickly and doesn't need to saturate an item for hours on end. Once I treat my boots for 10 min or so, I'll put the tub/boots in an area that they won't be contaminated with new odors... Out on the porch or wherever. (BTW, contaminated boots (like after a sweaty hunt) will contaminate a tub. If you are going to treat boots, you may as well do it in the container that you transport/store the boots in.) Once they air-out for a little while, I will seal-up the tote and the boots are good to go.
Stuff like fabric that O2 cannot degrade, it doesn't really matter if you air it out at all. Just keep treated clothes in a sealed contained of some sort so they aren't contaminated by household odors or whatever. O2 does have a "smell" but it dissipates by the time I dress and walk for a few minutes.

I do treat ScentLok with O2. Here's my take on carbon clothing. I do believe it helps reduce odor, but when you pay attention to the care label, you realize it shouldn't be washed often and they recommend "recharging" in the dryer only a few times per season. So what happens to any accumulating odors that we contaminate the outside of the garment with? Those odors that will not be passing through the carbon? I'm sure some of us are more careful about exterior odors than other guys, but I believe we all contaminate the exteriors to one extent or another. Here's an example... the portion of our pants that are stuffed inside rubber boots...We finish our hunt and when we pull out our feet from the boots, that part of our pants have been in that micro-climate of the inside of rubber boots. O2 eliminates odors but it doesn't prevent new odors from forming. As odor free as we can make our boots inside, it doesn't last forever. So we get back to the truck and undress. We stuff those same pants into the tote with all our other carbon clothes. Right then and there, you have contaminated other garments. And if you don't launder and re-charge the carbon, that odor accumulates during each hunt. O2 it before the next use. The goal is to minimize odors as best we can. I don't believe total odor elimination is possible...at least to a deer's nose.

There was a thread on one of these forums and a poster that seemed a lot more O2 savvy than I, said that O2 actually improves the life of the carbon in clothes.
The poster really had great input. I wish I had a link of his post(s) to share.
EDIT: I found that thread Bassboys was the poster I was trying to remember. https://saddlehunter.com/community/index.php?threads/activated-carbon-powder.3499/

Thanks for this. Going to have to start using the O2 with the ScentLok.

 

[USSHornet]

Thanks for this. Going to have to start using the O2 with the ScentLok.

Well..I can tell you Mr. Eberhart would tell us not to O2 our Scentlok ...his thought was the O2 creates an odor.


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[USSHornet]

I use a small, home unit. I don't use an in-field type.
I'm completely sold on it for deodorizing gear and vehicles. I still launder everything I can, but all the other stuff gets ozone.

I do use totes for containment treating, but I've become a fan of just using large, unscented contractor grade garbage bags. I just stuff the ozone hose in the bag, and give the bag a few twists to hold the O2 in. During a 20 minute treatment, I will fluff the bag a couple times to disperse the O2.
When I deodorize my truck, I start the engine, put the heater on recirc instead of fresh air, and turn the heat and fan on high. I want to circulate the O2 thru all my vehicle.
I also use the treated garbage bags as short term seat covers for my short drive from the shower to the hunt. I think some odors get into to seat padding, and when sat upon, will release those odors onto a freshly showered body.

The best O2 use is for total cleansing of rubber boots, inside and out.
Since I've been using O2 on boots, deer busting my entrance/exit ground scent has become almost zero. I used to avoid crossing deer trails and that would limit stand choices. Now, crossing trails is not a worry.

BTW, O2 is harmful to breathe, keep it contained and air-out vehicles before driving.

Yea I am concerned about my truck seats too I know I am adding scent to them every time I sit on them and that will transfer to my clothes/body...hadn’t thought of garbage bags ...


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[Robert loper]

Regular washing machine and dryer. With all free detergent no dyes no perfumes then hang outside on clothes line for awhile. Good as new.
Dont spend your money on all that pixie dust products.


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[Robert loper]

Well..I can tell you Mr. Eberhart would tell us not to O2 our Scentlok ...his thought was the O2 creates an odor.


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I have heard him and a few others say this exact thing. I did hear that it works or that the ozone trend is on the right track. But. I also heard that this emits a plastic like scent and also ive heard ozone that is breathed in is cancer causing so no thanks. Lol


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