kooter Posted December 26, 2003 Report Share Posted December 26, 2003 I have the jacket only right now. I am saving my $$$$ to buy the pants that match the jacket. Not sure how good it works yet, but a lot of people wear it. Anything that can help me when I bowhunt is worth the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTbowman Posted December 26, 2003 Report Share Posted December 26, 2003 Re: Scent Lock I have one of the older style under garment suits. Just plain tan in color. Hood and all. I went in the woods believing I was 100% invisable to a deers nose until I became educated to the properties of activated carbon, the material used to trap scent. I guess it all depends on how you look at it. Activated carbon works, but maybe to good if there can be such a thing! Meaning, it absorbs scent like crazy! IE: as soon as its manufactured it starts absorbing scent, on the store shelve, etc. etc. Ok so by the time you actually get to use it its almost or completely "full" and needs to be reactivated. No problem. However the little known fact about this is that activated carbon needs like 1700* F in an oxygen free enviroment to reactivate. A commond household or industrial dryer is like 200* F at best. And is full of oxygen too. Hense are we reactivating or not...??? Thats the big question. Ok so they also say, wash in a specific detergent to aid in reactivation. So why can't we do the same thing with our water or air carbon filled filters? Not possible thats why. Once wet it gets even more clogged up. Only extreme heat and oxygen free enviroments can reactivate carbon. These suits are almost a one time use item....... So do as you wish, but I have been really paying attention to deer both in and out of the stuff. I see very little or no difference. Now going along with that statement I will say I shower and brush my teeth before my hutns, hang my hunting clothes outside all season long, and in general do a lot of scent elimination things along with wearing my suits. I also use carbon blast. Which in my opinion meets all the requirements for activated carbon to work. One time use, manufactured, shipped and sold in an air tight container. The carbon in that product does not encounter scent until sprayed on your clothing. It will suck the scent from your clothes as well as draw in scent from it new enviroment. Just my 2 cents. P.S. I did not post this to re-debate the effectiveness of these suits. If you think they work. Use them. I will use mine since I have it. I will not buy anymore...... For those of you who have not gone threw this debate do a search on this topic and look for my posts that will include a link to some very interesting info on activated carbon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoc Posted December 26, 2003 Report Share Posted December 26, 2003 Re: Scent Lock jim, i have 2 suits and swear by them--are they 100%--No, but i do think they will decrease the amount of odor and give you a better chance if one does come downwind---I never rely on just the suit as I still hunt what the wind will give me! todd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrud Posted December 26, 2003 Report Share Posted December 26, 2003 Re: Scent Lock I don't have a ScentBlocker or ScentLok suit. I see plenty of deer with what I have now. If there is a time where I don't see any deer, and it could be because of scent, then I'd probably consider buying one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottyLuck Posted December 27, 2003 Report Share Posted December 27, 2003 Re: Scent Lock I wear it sometimes. I believe it does work to some extent but I still don't know if it's worth the xtra cash. I have seen just as many deer when I wasn't wearing any of my scent lok. By the way, Dick's has all their hunting clothing 20-50% off. Heading there tomorrow to see what's left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigbuckmiddaugh Posted December 27, 2003 Report Share Posted December 27, 2003 Re: Scent Lock same here, wear sometimes, not sure worth the money! Hunt the wind<<<<< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckblaster Posted December 27, 2003 Report Share Posted December 27, 2003 Re: Scent Lock i dont have a suit , i wear only a scent lok mask,,,,,,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTbowman Posted December 27, 2003 Report Share Posted December 27, 2003 Re: Scent Lock http://www.fastestbows.com/art...s.htm Here is that link to the info on activated carbon. Jusy click on the "does activated carbon really work" In the Debate on scent loc area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted December 27, 2003 Report Share Posted December 27, 2003 Re: Scent Lock These suits and a lot of the other gadgets and gimmicks on the market remind me of the joke about the guy who ran around the state waving his hat in the air to scare off the elephants. When he was told by someone that there were no elephants in the state, he replies,"See...it's working isn't it?". Most of these products have absolutely no way of proving that they do or don't work. You only have the word of the guy who's trying to make his million dollars off them. While this sort of gullibility is very good for the economy (and my retirement portfoilio), nothing beats just plain old "good hunting techniques". Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTbowman Posted December 27, 2003 Report Share Posted December 27, 2003 Re: Scent Lock I gotta agree with Doc on this one. Nothing beats the invention of "the right wind direction" as far as scent free goes..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig mack Posted December 27, 2003 Report Share Posted December 27, 2003 Re: Scent Lock I have a scent blocker suit and I love it but you need to have a scent control system to stay as scent free as posible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straight Shooter Posted December 28, 2003 Report Share Posted December 28, 2003 Re: Scent Lock I agree with keeping yourself scent free as possible, but if the wind is wrong, you are busted. I don't hunt out of a scent-lok suit, it's just more money to spend on something I don't need. As long as I stay warm and keep my wits about where I'm hunting and setting up at, I'll keep killing deer without a suit. Just my two cents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUTNSTRUT Posted December 29, 2003 Report Share Posted December 29, 2003 Re: Scent Lock Hunting the wind is great, but deer do not always play by the "rules". Sometimes they come in downwind, thats when I am glad scent-lok is part of my scent control process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointing_dogs_rule Posted December 31, 2003 Report Share Posted December 31, 2003 Re: Scent Lock Hi Guys!!! I have a Scent Blocker suit and like it. It is not 100% ... play the wind. As far as no proof. My Scent Blocker suit had a "scratch & sniff" tag attached to it when I bought it. Scratch the paper and it smelled like garlic .... you then placed a swatch of the fabric over the paper and the garlic smell disappeared (100%). I was sold and impressed. Just my thoughts Good Luck to all the dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTbowman Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 Re: Scent Lock I kinda did the same thing but with Carbon Blast. I had an old dingey, musty smelling bulap bag i had thrown away from a down stairs closet. It smelled bad. I sprayed the Carbon Blast on it and I could not smell a thing. I mean nothing! I put my nose right on it too. It sold me on the effectiveness of that product. I use it in conjuntion to all my other scent elimination techniques, to include my under garment scent blocker suit, hood, and gloves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 Re: Scent Lock first time user this year, and i'm convinced it helps. i still take scent free showers, and use fresh earth scent as a cover scent, but every time i wore my scentblocker jump suit and had deer down wind of me, they never spooked. never. i've had plenty of deer do the same thing in years past, but sometimes you can tell they smell you. they may not blow, but they'll put the ears back and stiff leg it out of there, or stick the noses up. they just didn't do that this year. one time (i posted about it back in october) i was straight up wind of a doe, while on the ground, at about 7 yards. she had no clue i was there until i let down my bow. i just decided not to shoot her. it's worth the investment IMHO watch Cabela's, my jump suit only cost me $89 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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