I've got to get involved in this and put in my two cents. I have to agree and disagree with you Rack (and others). As - I personally wear carbon suits and I have been doing this long enough (remember the old days) to know that it has helped me stay more, undetected since using it! How long it works - who knows. I guess time will tell in the next season or so. That's okay, because I do quite well financially and if I have too, I will purchase another suit. This is my opinion only!

Now - the part where I agree 110% with Rack. I too have encountered other hunters (some I know, others I don't). It boggles me that some people can appear to be so intelligent but prove to be such idiots. For example; last year I decided to hunt a little 100 acre patch that my dad and I own and hadn't hunted in a couple years. So I got up REAL early one morning, threw on my sweats, grabbed my gear and drove to the local 7/11 to get some coffee for the 45 minute drive. While at the station, hunters pulled up in their truck. The driver started fueling up his rig, while the other ran inside to grab coffee and breakfast sandwiches. This is an older place and it smells like eggs and bacon 24/7. They looked at me grinning and asked if I was going hunting!?! I grinned back and said yes - how about you? They said yes!

Here's the point: They were already suited up in Carbon Suites, boots, etc. They had everything except safety harness, bow and gloves on. Now you tell me - is their carbon suites going to help them remain undetected? The answer is NO. You may be thinking - well - what about you. I stripped each thread of clothing off, sprayed down with scent killer and put on my hunting clothes at a later time.

IMO - I think this is the biggest problem with scent-elimiation garments. Hunters do not preserve them the way in which was intended. I am a freak when it comes to odor. I will not put on my hunting clothes until I'm in the environment in which I plan to hunt. I will not wear them outside that environment. All of my gear is stored in locked, scent-free containers with baking soda, etc. Doing this requires disapline and is a lot of work and sometimes can be very uncomfortable! But if you want an edge on the whitetail nose, you have to. YOU DON'T have a choice!!

Before you tear me up Rack - let me say that I've never said and will never say that carbon suites or anything else will conceal the human stench! I don't think anything can. I'm simply saying that it has HELPED me. Maybe it's a chemistry thing - ya know - like cologne. Some colognes smell different on different people!!