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Stink bug experiment

Bwhana

Bwhana

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It's been warm today and the stick bugs are trying to sneak in the house with the windows up. One got me through a Kleenex, so I decided to have some fun.

Tried Dead Down Wind, Decode, and HS brand sprays in that order, allowing each to dry. Very little reduction even after all three. Then I found some Febreze Free Nature spray the wife has and it knocked it WAY down, but not out. Stuck my hand inside an Under Armour shirt, still a very faint whiff. Put my hand in my ScentLok facemask, no smell.

Does it prove anything for deer? Not really, but I will stop using other sprays and start using the cheaper Febreze from now on and keep using the Scentlok on my midwest hunts. I also tried the Febreze on a pair of my teenage son's shoes and it did an amazing job there too.

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Bwhana said:
It's been warm today and the stick bugs are trying to sneak in the house with the windows up. One got me through a Kleenex, so I decided to have some fun.

Tried Dead Down Wind, Decode, and HS brand sprays in that order, allowing each to dry. Very little reduction even after all three. Then I found some Febreze Free Nature spray the wife has and it knocked it WAY down, but not out. Stuck my hand inside an Under Armour shirt, still a very faint whiff. Put my hand in my ScentLok facemask, no smell.

Does it prove anything for deer? Not really, but I will stop using other sprays and start using the cheaper Febreze from now on and keep using the Scentlok on my midwest hunts. I also tried the Febreze on a pair of my teenage son's shoes and it did an amazing job there too.

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So, Febreeze has a non perfume version now? Man, I hate all that perfumed crap.
BTW, several years ago, I had some DDW spray that wasn't working. I contacted DDW and was told there was a shelf life to the stuff. They sent me fresh stuff, but I'm not sure it killed odor any better, but according to DDW, sprays DO go bad.

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All of the sprays were purchased in November of this year, but could have been on the store shelves much longer. My wife just said that Febreze is way over a year old! I looked it up online and sells for $5 @ wally world.

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Bwhana said:
All of the sprays were purchased in November of this year, but could have been on the store shelves much longer. My wife just said that Febreze is way over a year old! I looked it up online and sells for $5 @ wally world.

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I wonder how the ingredients compare between Febreeze and "hunting" sprays? What is so different about Febreeze? Concentration? Or maybe a different chemical that hunting sprays don't have?
 
The ingredients on label says water, alcohol, and ingredients derived from corn, that is all. I doubt it does anything to inhibit bacteria growth beyond the initial alcohol kill, but I will try it in the woods this fall and on my mtn bike gear all spring and summer for testing.

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I don't know what goes into febreze. But I don't let my wife use it. It sets my sinuses off bad.
 
Me too, but this is unscented and does not trigger my allergies.

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