Does Scent-Lok Really Work???
#11
RE: Does Scent-Lok Really Work???
IMO a guy who washes his clothes in baking soda, hangs them outside, only wears them in the woods and takes scent free showers, is more scent free than a guy who wears his scentlok suit in the car and house and doesnt shower right before a hunt.
#13
RE: Does Scent-Lok Really Work???
It is a scientific fact that they do help eliminate odor, especially carbon based products (but never completely, not even close. Don't believe me? Stand next to someone wearing the stuff and have them fart. You will smell it). The "catch" if you want to call it that, is that do the deer actually care if they smell something "new" to them? I've yet to see it...
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: NW Oklahoma
Posts: 1,166
RE: Does Scent-Lok Really Work???
I have some that I bought on sale and got a pretty good price. It is good clothing. It is too hot to wear when the weather is warm. I have been winded with it on and off with or without wearing it. Does it work. Maybe a little, hard to tell. I know one thing, when the weather gets cooler, I seldom get winded with or without it on, but if a deer gets directly down wind of you and the conditions are wrong, they will smell you every time with or without scent lok.
#16
Typical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location:
Posts: 570
RE: Does Scent-Lok Really Work???
I will not hunt without scent lok. However I am not sure how well it works but it does give me peace of mind which is all I need while I am sitting in my stand. I hunt the wind so I guess in my mind it works
#17
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location:
Posts: 12
RE: Does Scent-Lok Really Work???
I'll have to agree that it DOES NOT work as advertised. I do have one jacket and pant but I bought it for bowhunting since the material it was made from is super quiet NOT for the scent locking abilities. I just wash my stuff in scent free detergent, line dry, and store with pine needles or earth scent.
#19
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Southern NH
Posts: 197
RE: Does Scent-Lok Really Work???
I don't own one Scent Lok article of clothing and don't intend on buying any. I just practice good common sense scent control as others have mentioned already.
Scent Lok claims that you can reactivate the clothing by placing in a dryer. This reactivation is like cleansing the odor/bacteria from the charcoal embedded clothing so your good to go for next use.
The problem is charcoal does not reactivateuntil it hits 200degrees.Home dryers only hit around 140-150so the clothing continues toget clogged over repeated dryings making the clothing less effective over time. I believe this is only part of the dispute in process. The other half isScent Lok'sknown deception of this and pulling the wool over everyone's eyes. Been awhile since I followed the story so not sure where it ended up. Don't waste your money IMO.
Scent Lok claims that you can reactivate the clothing by placing in a dryer. This reactivation is like cleansing the odor/bacteria from the charcoal embedded clothing so your good to go for next use.
The problem is charcoal does not reactivateuntil it hits 200degrees.Home dryers only hit around 140-150so the clothing continues toget clogged over repeated dryings making the clothing less effective over time. I believe this is only part of the dispute in process. The other half isScent Lok'sknown deception of this and pulling the wool over everyone's eyes. Been awhile since I followed the story so not sure where it ended up. Don't waste your money IMO.
#20
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,320
RE: Does Scent-Lok Really Work???
It is one of those products that is virtually impossible to prove that it works or not. Kinda like having a lifetime guarantee on your pet rock. All 50 of my hunting years I have done quite well without it.