Guest Scent_Lok_G_Designer Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 Re: scentlok/blocker Agree with our concept or not, this thread has been the most polite I have ever been a part of. Thanks very much for that. I think I will stick around this board a little while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 Re: scentlok/blocker [ QUOTE ] this thread has been the most polite I have ever been a part of. Thanks very much for that. I think I will stick around this board a little while. [/ QUOTE ] The RT forums are imo the best there is. btw, welcome aboard. Kind of enjoy a good civil debate myself, especially this time of the year between turkey and deer seasons. No ofense taken here Lou. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdvantageTimberLou Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 Re: scentlok/blocker Don't worry William, its a good debate, sometimes we might type what we think without thinking but in the end we're all friends and everyone honors the others opinion! (and the typing without thinking is usually at my end! LOL!! I love a good debate too, so its hard to sit back and not say anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maytom Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 Re: scentlok/blocker [ QUOTE ] I have been hunting for years and had plenty of success. I always try to stay as scent free as I can and always play the wind when hunting. But I have been thinking about trying a carbon suit (have friends that swear by them). I am looking at both the scent-lok savanna and scent blocker XLT brands, does anyone have any comments concerning the two especially how does each wear and hold up in the field? [/ QUOTE ] Here's an interesting link to this very question. http://www.fastestbows.com/articles/corrigan/scent_suits.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scent_Lok_G_Designer Posted May 23, 2006 Report Share Posted May 23, 2006 Re: scentlok/blocker Michael Corrigan is making the same mistake as Derek. I cannot stress how grand the difference between regeneration and reactivation is. Also, Michael Corrigan has no expertise in the field he claims to know so much about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdvantageTimberLou Posted May 23, 2006 Report Share Posted May 23, 2006 Re: scentlok/blocker I read the article, he coined the word "gimmick" too. All I know the hunting industry has advanced so much over the years its hard to please everyone even the skeptics. Look at what has changed over the years, from parallel limb bows that guys 10 years ago would have said how is that going to work to clothing helping the hunter be scent free. Hard to please everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scent_Lok_G_Designer Posted May 23, 2006 Report Share Posted May 23, 2006 Re: scentlok/blocker I hear ya! That is a realization I came across many years ago and if I ddn't, my wife and I would have gone mad!!! :0) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PAT_PATTERSON Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 Re: scentlok/blocker I have one nagging question, If Carbon becomes saturated with sweat or water due to rain, how does it maintain it's effectiveness? I am not a disbeliever I own a Dream Season Suit I was just wondering. Could you answer this for me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 Re: scentlok/blocker [ QUOTE ] I have one nagging question, If Carbon becomes saturated with sweat or water due to rain, how does it maintain it's effectiveness? I am not a disbeliever I own a Dream Season Suit I was just wondering. Could you answer this for me? [/ QUOTE ] That is a great question, no doubt sweat is something we have to contend with here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scent_Lok_G_Designer Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 Re: scentlok/blocker Activated carbon works wet or dry. Activated carbon is used in fish tanks and water treat facilities to remove contaminants from water. If you own a Brita water filter and shake it out over a paper towel you will see ittle pieces carbon fall out. Sweat, from our own experiences here, seems to be more harder to release out of the suit the other odors. After a long hot hunt where you have been sweating heavily, it is a good idea to run it through a wash cycle. The water and light soap removes a large percentage of that type of odor and then the drying cycle take care of the rest. If you smell a sweet body odor smell in critical areas of a suit (armpits, crotch, etc.) it is time for a wash...heck if any of you clothes have these sweet body odor smells...WASH EM!! :0) Hope this answers you question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 Re: scentlok/blocker [ QUOTE ] Activated carbon is used in fish tanks and water treat facilities to remove contaminants from water [/ QUOTE ] Have used the activated carbon for fish tanks to make my own carbon spray. Someone had posted a recipe a few years back. Think the stuff might have actually worked just as well as any other commercial scent reducing sprays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PAT_PATTERSON Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 Re: scentlok/blocker It doesn't answer my question, Let me rephrase it, If carbon reaches it's saturation point when wet, caused by rain or sweat combined with other odors, will this suit be effective? I guess the main point is at what point does it stop working? If damp? Moderately wet or soaked? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scent_Lok_G_Designer Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 Re: scentlok/blocker It will always be effective weather it is wet, damp, soaked, immersed etc. Odor will not travel as well through wet air, and very slowly in water, but air molecules still do travel through water and activated carbon will still adsorb those molecules when wet. Also, activated carbon is a natural product and our suits don't "just turn off". It will gradually fill up in the critical areas first. However, as stated before if it reaches saturation, put it in the dryer for 50 minutes and it should be good for another 40-50 hours of field use. Does this help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PAT_PATTERSON Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 Re: scentlok/blocker Yes sir it does. Thank you for your patience's with your answers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 Re: scentlok/blocker But...I've also thrown out carbon filters bc they don't work anymore. Also, cleaned and thrown out fish tank filters as well. Is there a point to where the scent clothing is no more and don't work? Or will it always regenerate after throwing it in the dryer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scent_Lok_G_Designer Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 Re: scentlok/blocker Theoretically activated carbon will continually fill-up and then regenerate as we say in the dryer pretty much indefinately. Now as I have said before, sweat and some other body odors will require a wash cycle to rid them. After about twenty washings our lamination process begins to break down; meaning that carbon will begin to fall out of the garment. Don't read this and think that the suit just will not work, it begins a delamination process and after roughly 20-25 washings I would STRONGLY recommend a new suit. We don't recommend using a suit much after the twenty washing mark. Now, we have people who are on our Pro-Staff who hunt continually during the hunting season, and they have told me that they wash their suits 4-5 times a season. Now if that works our right, their suit would be good for about 4-5 years for their extreme use. A normal guy like me only washes mine once; maybe twice a year so I should definately get my money's worth. If you need me to explain further, let me know. By the way, I check this board in the morning, lunch, before I leave for the day, and in the evening. Weekends a little less (gotta go golf :0)). So if it is a while before I answer your questions; bear with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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