I am VERY methodical with scent control and gear associated with it. My basic clothes setup consists of X scent base layers, maybe some extra fleece under layers on top depending on temp, a Scent Lok savannah coverall, and then a noscent fleece jacket on top of it all. I don't put clothes on in the house, and have been known to pack most of my clothes in as well if I think I may break a sweat on the way in. I wash everything once a week in no scent detergent, and I store everything in air/water tight scent lok bags. I spray everything from the bottom of my boots to my head before I head in the woods, and again once I am in the stand with a scent killer type spray. I make a big effort to control this stuff because I believe in it. I also hunt stand locations based upon wind conditions and am fortunate enough to have access to seperate properties that have multiple stand for multiple hunters based on wind direction. With all this said..........................................we all know that sometimes wind changes once we are in the tree and deer are already on their way in and sometimes they come from unexpected directions. These are the scenarios that I feel newer carbon garments are worth the $$$.

I will say the first year I used my scent lok (last year, 05' to 06' season) I ended up with unplanned deer down wind and I don't remember getting winded once. In the same exact stands in the same exact scenarios I got picked off a couple times when deer came in from unplanned locations during the 06-07 season. My suit is about 2 years old and I wash it once a week during season. I do believe it worked well when new, however I don't believe it lasted as long or recharges as easily as they say. I can say that when it was newer, I think it worked very well in scenarios when I should have been winded. I am the type of hunter that if I can see something that I honestly believe will increase my chances of being a more effective hunter I will find a way to get the $$ for it. I will probably retire my current savannah coverall for the 07' season and go to a more open pattern of some sort (predator, sticks/limbs, ASAT, or Enigma) and continue to use my current X scent underlayer system and will probably buy a new scent lok base layer system. The base layers when bought during off season are pretty reasonable in price, especially when compared to an underarmor under layer system w/ no scent control at all.

Just MHO based upon my experience and yes I have read all the controversial threads on the stuff.