I use scentlok exclusively and believe whole heartedly in this product. It is not a cure all, but it does work. There are alot of other factors involved in scent control than just the clothing you wear. Equipment, where you walk with your boots, how often and with what you wash yourself as well as your other clothing. Smoking, a thermos of coffee, or food you bring for a snack all put off scent that may or may not alert the deer to your presance depending upon how nervous the deer are, and how well "educated" they have become.
I have become a scent control freak the last couple years. Even then I always play the wind to my advantage, or at least I try my best to. I have been able to fool the deer alot more now even when they come in from down wind. Yes every now and then I do get busted. Seems like they can still pick up where I've walked but don't seem to pick up my person, or where I am as well as they did before I started using this product. They also don't seem to spook as bad when they do pick up my scent. Now they usaully just walk away. Before they would aften snort the alarm when they smelled me.
These products are relatively new to the market so I would expect to see advancements in the future. Already there have been many improvements made since they were first introduced.
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The spirit of the woods is like an old good friend

The jury is still out on in my opinion. I really think its just alot of marketing hocus pocus to be honest with you. Tell us what we want to hear and we will buy it (including myself). I purchased a scent blocker undersuit, scent lock hood and gloves and I was winded more times this year by deer than i have been in the last 5 years of archery hunting!! And yes I take every precaution I possibly can in ordor elimination.

I used to use the earth scent wafers in a tub last year with all my camo and was winded alot less. But I got thinking that I should not use them because really they are a bunch of unnatural chemicals. So in my thought process I thought maybe i should go with no wafers in a clean scent free tub so i would not be putting out any unnatural orders (or at least fewer).

As it turned out I got winded less using them as I kept getting winded with all my scent lok crap on with no scent wafers. Mostly from deer that were some distance down wind. YA YA i hear stories about how the big buck was directly down wind at 15 yards and did not smell me. But think about it. How fast do scent molecules drop down from 18' up when the wind is blowing even ever so slightly. I mean you ever take that wind direction powder stuff(which is alot heavier than a molecule of scent) and spray it. That stuff travels along way from 18' up before reaching a deers nose level!! SO i went back to using the scent wafers later in the season and had better success with not getting winded.

So the jury is still out for me at least......maybe i should have gotten the scent lok outerware instead? But in the back of my mind its still some great marketing HOCUS POCUS on the manufactures part.

You have to think of this stuff as a sort of scent absorbing "sponge". It can only absorb so much scent before it becomes saturated. Once it is saturated it actually becomes worse than wearing no type of scent control. The manufacturer recamends recharging the clothing every 30 to 40 hours of use, and twice as often for the head cover. Also the clothing needs to be kept in a sealed container to keep it from absorbing unwanted oders while not in use. Another thing the manufacturer recamends is that you DONT use cover scents. Cover scents will actually saturate the carbon rendering the clothing useless.
As much effort as I put into my scent control I still don't think I can eliminate my oder completely. Theres always something I have done that could possibly be why the deer picked me out. ie...I always kiss my wife before I head out, I like to bring snacks with me to munch on, quite often I walk partway down our road before cutting across the field to get to my stand. Of the times I have been busted while wearing this product I can't say for certain that it wasn't something else I did that caused my scentloks to fail.
Right now we have snow on the ground and the deer that
I have spooked have been spooking on me when they walk across the trail I made on my way out. It could be that scent doesn't even enter into it. Maybe they just see my tracks and can tell the difference between human tracks and animal tracks? I don't know. All I do know is I am spooking less deer now than I was before I used this product, and I hunt alot!

The spirit of the woods is an old good friend

Hc4runner, actually W. L. Gore's representative didn't literally say the effectiveness would last as long as the garment, he said the Suppressant membrane was guaranteed to last as long as the garment itself. Also, Goretex states that it can can be washed with no scent soaps and that the activated charcoal would not wash out because the charcoal is imbedded into the Windstopper material. I take this to mean it can be washed regularly or at least more often than the others plus keep its human odor holding qualities. You will have mail soon as I will forward the rep's email reply to my questions.

As some above have posted, improvements are being made all the time and all 3 look good to me to try. For me I am going with the Suppressant for now.

scent lock is like all the camo on the market. It helps but is not the only solution. Common sense has to prevail. I bow hunt hundreds of hours every year killing 2 deer a year and don't have the answer but I have not spent any money on these expensive clothes. It's real simple, keep your odor to a minimum and you will get busted less. The cheapest route is to get 20-25 feet in the air and you won't get busted. Think about your worst discharge: breath and yea I garggles with baking soda. Save your money, shower well and wash your clothes with non-scented detergent and don't drink or have sex the night before.

I agree with many. Its not a cure all but they help & are worth the money in my opinion. I have seen more deer this season at closer ranges than ever before. Just my 2 cents.

HUNT HARD

Question: is the Gortex Suppressant just as waterproof as the original Gortex? Also, I know some have mentioned that the gortex suppressant will not loose its scent absorbant ability with washing the garment. I do not own the the suppressant by Gortex, however, I have noticed that the original gortex does loose some of its waterproof abilities with washing. For that reason, I limit my use of gortex to only soaking raining days. And only wash it maybe once or twice at the most per season.

I do not own one, but will say this, unless you find a way to totally recycle your breath you will emmit human scent, just less of it, I am sure they help. What part of your body produces the most odor? Your mouth, no matter how well you brush your teeth, you can not stop the scent from your breath from smelling.

The Tazman aka Martin Price
Founder and President of
Virginia Disabled Outdoorsmen Club

Just wanted to bump this to see if anyone might have an answer to my Gortex Supprescent question. - 2 posts up

Hey Cougar Mag, any feedback on how much noise this stuff makes when cold or wet?