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scent-lock/blocker question

teeroy

teeroy

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if this stuff is constantly absorbing scent, why would you buy it from a store that has it on racks, unwrapped, for people to fondle and stink up? and if your household dryer isn't hot enough to re-activate the carbon, isn't it almost useless from the time you get it home?
 
yes. any salesperson should tell you that the first thing to do is wash it in the carbon activating wash and then dry it to get everything charged up properly. i personally don't think that scent control clothes are all that affective. with proper scent control techniques as showering and clean clothes you can get the same affect.
 
Teeroy, here's a recent review on the newest in scent elimination technology. It works on a different principle than scentlock/scentshield by locking odors in rather than adsorbing/absorbing orders.

This in my opinion will be the most effective product yet to hit the market.
 
The big question for winkes new suit? Will it be noisy?
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It sounds like the sauna suit I used to cut weight for highschool wrestling, hope its not as uncomfortable. My question is if it lets out water molecules then would that include water molecules made up of smelly sweat or what? I thought to contain scent it would have to be air tight which is almost impossible and would be uncomfortable and definately not breathable, I think I'll stick with my scentblocker and hope for the best. If any does try this I would be very interested to hear their opinions though.
 
Teeroy, you say that the average household dryer isn't hot enough to activate the scent lock suit or whatever scent lock you have. Is there any truth to this? Am I wasting time and money on this stuff????????? Tell me more.
 
Interesting article teeroy,I have some scent lok clothing and was going to buy some new scentskins underclothing but I have been wondering if I need to be dumping my hard earned money on this stuff. I think money well spent would be more ghost scent eliminator or Scent Killer,nothing can beat cleaning up and playing the wind the best you can.
 
hnh, thats my plan. i can't say that the article is the total truth, but it raises enough doubt that i won't spend hundreds of dollars on it
 
Im as big of a skeptic about anything I buy Teeroy, but I wouldnt take everything this guy says to be hard truth. A bachelors degree in biology by no means makes you expert. Ive almost got mine and Im defintely not the authority on activated carbon. The person to talk to would be a Organic Chemist. I work with a couple, I will see what they have to say. Anyway, I think the real point of the article is that people put to much emphasis on scent control clothing. Hunt the wind and you shouldnt need any of them. I own two scentblocker suits. I just figure if its not at the very least helping me, I know its not hurting me. For such a unbiased oppinion, he wasnt hesitant in plugging Chuck Adams name once. His face is on the box of every worthless product out there.
 
ScottIC, Just curious if you ever got an opinion from that organic chemist? My brother is a chemical engineer so maybe I could ask him. Maggs
 
I have been trying gather a little information this past week. I talked to woman with a PhD in Organic Chemistry and she agreed with the fact that activated carbon requires extremely high temperatures to remove the molecules from it. She suggested that I look for some information in the primary literature journals for research on the subject. We were both unable to find anything yet, however, we did find some information on the type of carbon Scent-Lok uses. Their fibers are from coconuts, which to reactivate requires temperatures of 600 degrees Farhenheit. Much lower than many other forms of activated carbon/charcoal, however, still unobtainable by the household dryer. So anyway, I called Scent-Lok and the first woman was unable to give me the information I was looking for, so she had a guy call me back this morning. I talked to him for about a half hour. When I asked him(Mike Andrews) to site some scientific literature to support their product, he responded first by saying I wouldnt understand the data in the first place. I told him that that was fine, if I couldnt figure it out, I know alot of scientists that could. He than said that they dont make that information available for the public since it was all tested by their own private lab. I told him flat out, I dont want their "secret" to producing their product, I simply want some information on the activation temperature of the carbon they use. He did agree with me that to remove every molecule from the carbon, extremely high temperatures were required. However, he claimed that activation of their product began at 107degrees and that certain molecules bind more tightly to carbon than others. A molecule of gasoline requires much higher temperatures to remove than supposingly a molecule of human scent. Obviously, the carbon can be reactivated. As to the actual extent, they wont disclose that. As for the article by that Corrigan guy, Mike from Scent Lok brought up his name without me even mentioning it. I told him that I had read the article and was quite skeptical being that he sited no resources. I guess Mike Andrews wrote a rebutal to that article and is going to email it to me. I found it extremely ironic that Scent Lok would acuse this guy of being a poor scientist by not citing any resources in his article, when they are doing the same thing by denying me. He said their are resources he could give me, but he didnt have them available right now. If he found them, he was gonna email them to. In the end, I felt the guy was "talking down" to me like I was some uneducated kid and I should just accept the fact that their product works. I told him the more information he could give me, the more alot of people on this website would trust your product. If I dont recieve a email here in the next couple of days I will call him again. I will keep everyone posted.
 
Good work Fred. Show him a couple of your deer harvest pics and maybe that will put the punch back into your questions being addressed without the condensending attitude.
 
That information is definitely helpful.Thanks for posting it.That guy definitely helped alot of folks out.
 
Yea good work,keep us posted I too will wear the scentlok clothes I have,but still would like to know where this goes.
 
O.k. here is the dilemma I am in. I have already purchased a pair of gortex bibs(uninsulated) for archery season that are not scent-lok material. I am in the process of purchasing the matching jacket. They make a scent-lock base layer that I was going to buy instead of the jacket because my bibs are not scent-locked and I figured that I would get the top and bottom to this system and wear it under my gortex rain gear. I was wondering which would be more affective. The base layer or getting the scent-lok parka. I am not familiar with scent-lock products enough to know which route to take. I figured even if I do go with the scent-lok parka I will still have to keep it stored in a scent free environment. If I am wrong please let me know but I was thinking as long as I kept my outer layer in a scent fee bag could I just get the base layer and be just as affective as the scent-lok bibs and parka or does the scent-lok keep the parka and bibs on the oustside part of the material scent free as well. Cabelas said that I could send my bibs back and pay the difference. If you guys could spare some info I would greatly appreciate it.
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Hey Dirtball!,in your case I'd probably go with the inner liner,being your bibs don't have it.I personally like the inner layer idea better,but that's just me.But as far as carbon clothing goes,I don't think I'll be purchasing anymore,not to discourage you.But until I see hard facts this stuff differs and dosen't require extreme heat to reactivate,Ill save my money.I've been looking into other products which are worn close or against the skin,to fight human odors.These products differ,because they fight odor from forming rather than absorbing it.They also claim it won't wash or wear out.But like anything else,can you believe their claim?But if this product is legit after some research,I feel it would be well worth considering.It's less exspensive,keeps odors from forming and can be washed without worry.But the main reason I like the inner layer,is that I'm not limited to one type of outer clothing.Something to consider regardless what type you go with.When it's hot,cold,or rainy,will that garmet work for all?And if your one like me to always wash your clothing alot,you don't want to do that with them,just my opinion,Good Luck with whatever you decide.
 
Hey PAhunter, what are you looking at? Is it one of the x-scent or similar stuff with silver thread or something,I was looking at some cabelas brand of that thinking of trying it.
 
HoofnHorn,that's one of them you mentioned in Cabela's,the MTP Hunt Series,and the other is the Contain brand.I don't have any experience with this type of clothing,but I'm considering it.I think there are a couple more similar types also,just need to do some more research on them and decide.As meticulous as I am when it comes to scent control,I'd rather go with something like this.I'm constantly washing and airing my clothing out,so something like this would fair much better.The way I look at it is,if your a fanatic when it comes to scent control,and this stuff works half as well as what they claim,what more would you really need?
 
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