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The SPF rating system provides you a scent elimination guideline to help you design the best scent control system for the way you hunt. The higher the rating you can combine, utilizing all key areas outlined, the more effectively you will be able to hunt. We recommend at least a combined minimum SPF factor of 100 to be successful and see positive results. The more areas you can utilize in your scent control system combating odor at different levels, the more positive results you will experience while hunting. |
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ScentBlocker® utilizes the best coal-based activated carbon in the world. Our specific carbon was selected due to having a wider pore size than other varieties of carbon. The ScentBlocker® carbon provides a greater surface area so large odor molecules can be adsorbed.
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Scent-Control 101 - Building the Scent-Free Hunter - Garment Care
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 ARBON - The Secret of Hunting Scent-Free
Activated carbon, the key ingredient in ScentBlocker® clothing, is the best odor fighting material available. The activated carbon ADSORBS odors better than any other material known to man. Note, we say ADSORB not absorb. To ADSORB means to "take up and hold". To absorb means to "take in and make part of". The amazing adsorptive properties of the activated carbon hold the gas molecules that comprise odor.
Activated carbon works as a filter. Human odor is attracted to and held to the carbon with a bond called van der Waals force. This physical adsorption is a relatively low energy process, and if enough energy is applied to overcome the forces of attraction, the process is reversible and the carbon suit can be regenerated. This means that the odor is purged, and new adsorption sites are re-created. The energy required is simply that of the heat found in your home dryer. So you can hunt all day, and as long as you are wearing ScentBlocker® you can be assured that the odor you are giving off is being adsorbed.
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Nothing Else Compares
ScentBlocker® works much better than most other so called scent elimination garments because of the use of activated carbon. Our garments are designed to seal up at exit points and force the odor through the filter, and because the fabric is breathable, it allows odor to flow to and around and be adsorbed by the carbon.
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SPF RATING SYSTEM - SCENT PROTECTION FACTOR
The SPF rating system provides you a scent elimination guideline to help you design the best scent control system for the way you hunt. The higher the rating you can combine, utilizing all key areas outlined, the more effectively you will be able to hunt. We recommend at least a combined minimum SPF factor of 100 to be successful and see positive results. The more areas you can utilize in your scent control system combating odor at different levels, the more positive results you will experience while hunting.
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INTERNAL BODY ODOR - SPORTSMENS EDGE™
Remember the pizza you ate last night, or the pasta with extra garlic? Those odors are coming out of your pores the next day. A good way to combat this, as well as the bad breath that can accompany it, is by using a combination of Sportsmens Edge products - including our Multi vitamin/Multi mineral Supplement with chlorophyll, our Chlorophyll Deodorant pills, and our Breath Gum with chlorophyll and antimicrobials. If you did nothing else but use these products, you would still be doing something to help reduce the amount of odor you put off. Internal Body odor - Sportsmens Edge SPF rating 5.
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EXTERNAL BODY ODOR - SCENT SHIELD® SOAPS AND DEODORANTS
We all know you need to get clean and try to stay clean for as long as possible while hunting. Scent Shield® offers a wide array of options for getting clean and staying clean. Our products are high quality, concentrated, no-fragrance workorses designed to clean and deodorize your body.
One of the key products is Hair & Body Deodorant. It creates a powerful barrier that keeps you from creating odor, even when you sweat. External Body Odor - Scent Shield® Soaps and Deodorants - SPF rating 10.
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Store your Gear Scent Free
Finally, when everything is dry, regenerate the carbon clothing in your dryer and store all of your hunting clothing in an air-tight, scent-free container. The best item for this job is a ScentBlocker® carbon storage bag, for it will actively adsorb odors off the exterior of the garments that they may have picked up or that you placed there by handling. Remember to wash your hands with our body soap and/or spray them with Scent Shield® to remove unwanted odors before you handle your clothing.
Alternatively, you could use a plastic air-tight container, or a good sealing cooler to store your clothes, provided it has been cleaned prior with our detergent and aired out. We prefer not to use plastic bags for storing our clothing, as most of these tend to have an odor of their own, especially the colored ones. Some are even made with a built-in insect repellent and have a very distinct odor. If you choose to use plastic bags, stick with the clear ones, and make sure they’re heavy duty. And watch for holes! If your dryer is used for regular clothing, especially if static cling type fragranced products are used, purge these odors by running a clean damp towel through it at high heat.
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The Boot Conspiracy
Next you must be concerned with your boots. Most writers and many hunters recommend all rubber boots. The problem with rubber boots is that they are a scent factory. Also, they don’t breathe and create a lot of sweat and condensation. And when you walk, they tend to act as a puffer and expel all kinds of odor into the air. Preferably you would use a boot that is a bit more breathable, and with special consideration you can keep these as scent-free as possible. Scrub your boots with our laundry detergent, rinse, and let them dry. Spray the insides thoroughly (and your socks) with Scent Shield®, and spray the outsides, especially the soles, with Carbon Blast, White Lightning, or Fall Blend. Keep these boots in a scent-free container until you hunt, then take them out and get dressed outside your vehicle. Don’t wear your hunting boots in the house, in the vehicle, to the store or the gas station. They are for hunting only. Reapply spray every time you hunt and you can keep your scent trails to a minimum, so much so that deer will typically cross your trail and neither smell you or be alarmed. For the ultimate scent control for your feet, slip them into a pair of ScentBlocker® Sneaky Feet™, where the activated carbon will adsorb any odors coming off your boots while you are on stand.
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Go to the Stand Naked (well not completely)
Now you put the entire process to work in the field. You’ve taken care of your body, inside and out. You’ve got your clothing prepared in advance. It’s time to go hunting. After your shower and use of the body deodorant, slip on some sweats or clothing that has also been washed in unscented detergent. Put on some tennis shoes or some slip-on boots, and drive to your hunting area. Get out of the vehicle, upwind of any lingering exhaust, and pull out your clothing. Throw down a clean scrap of carpet or plastic, and change out of what you’re wearing and into your hunting clothing. I put on my pre-sprayed socks and underwear, then my first layer is the antibacterial base layer, and then perhaps my outer pants. Often, unless it is very cold, this is all I will wear into my stand. My insulating layers and ScentBlocker® clothing are packed in my backpack so I can get dressed at or near the stand. I go in very light in order to avoid overheating and sweating, thus creating more odor.
As you walk through the woods, try to touch as little vegetation as possible. When you get to the stand, you now put on your Underguard XT, then any insulating layers such as a wool shirt or fleece vest, and then your outer ScentBlocker®, including facemask or headcover and hat. You don’t need 2 layers of ScentBlocker® to adsorb the odor you will put off that day, but there is an advantage to having both. The inner layer (Underguard) will adsorb most, if not all, of the odors coming from your body, but the outer layer of ScentBlocker® will catch anything coming from your other layers and from parts not covered by the Underguard (head, etc). This way you don’t have to regenerate your outer ScentBlocker® very often, and you won’t have to wash your in-between layers as often either. When you are done hunting, repack in your backpack and hike out. Wash your underwear, socks, and base layers just about every trip and you should be in great shape. Store the rest of your clothing in your scent-free container or ScentBlocker® duffle bag, and you’re good to go... |
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