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Zero Trace

vabwhntr

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Has anyone used the Wildgame Innovations Zero Trace PureIon machine? Is cheaper than ozone and supposedly wont harm gear like ozone. Just wondering how they compare. I know its not as good as playing the wind but where I hunt there is never a constant wind. It always seems to swirl at some point.
 
It is an ionizer, not an ozone generator.

Ozone attacks and destroys molecules with oxidation. This can shatter small chain aerosols and hydrocarbons, or beak them into shorter chains. This means the remaining molecules don’t come across as the “human” smell they were before because they are physically not the same anymore.

An ionizer negatively charges particles passing through it. Most airborne particles are positively charged, repelling each other... which keeps them aloft. Throw some negatively charged ones in the mix and they stick together and fall from suspension. They don’t disappear, and they aren’t destroyed... they just fall down and settle. As they fall to (or pool up at) the bottom of the tree, they still smell like human.... the molecules aren’t altered in any meaningful way, simply stuck together.

It could be effective, I guess, in reducing how much of your scent makes it’s way downwind. However, at bow ranges, I would think that it would result in an abnormally high concentration of your scent accumulating at the base of your tree.

They are absolutely NOT equally effective. The ozone, though corrosive, is immensely more effective.
 
It's been a while since deer season ended here in southwestern Ontario, but as someone who has personally used the Ionizer, let me assure you that it works and works great!

Because it's safe, I would turn it on while driving to my hunting site(45 minute drive), and I would wear it like a chain walking to the tree I was going to hunt that day.

Just to give you an example, I was upwind of a buck, it walked straight up to my tree and only started to notice something when he was literally 11 yards away. The winds were blowing at about 18 km/h and I sincerely believe that without Zero Trace, he would have snorted me out 100+ yards away. That day made me a believer.

The only complaint about the unit by me and others is that the fan is a bit noisy. Having said that, we probably notice it as it's running in literally a dead quite environment and it's hanging right over our heads.

Love the fact that it's safe for us and for our gear.
 
I myself have been doing research to. I’ve heard a ton of great information on the ozonics unit. I haven’t heard anything about wild games or hunters cloak the theory is strong but dealing with ozone on a daily basis And ionizer in the HVAC industry there is still an inorganic odor from ozone I personally would feel white tail would still recognize that something has changed in the area or environment and not wanna be hang around. I’m not talking about during the rut we all know in the rut anything can happen in general I’m referring to. The ionizers and ozone generators will change the chemical makes up of the surround area and I feel whitetail would notice something’s not right. I could be dead wrong have been before not going to stop me from doing research and possibility giving it a try myself . Just my 2 cents


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