Eons before the advent of scent-control activated charcoal hunting suits, a woman working in a Port Perry convenience store taught me how to capture offensive odours. My children suffered from motion sickness, so when I asked her for a scented air spray to mask the sour smell in the car, she suggested filling a perforated coffee can with charcoal. The results far exceeded all expectations.
Hunting season rolled around and the light bulb went on. I could use the same approach to keep hunting gear scent-free. To this day, all my tote boxes of gear and bags of hunting clothes include a perforated container filled with charcoal. When the charcoal becomes saturated and unable to absorb any more odours, I simply refill the container with new charcoal.
Just learned about this technique for my hockey equipment. Going to give it a try this season.
How do you know the charcoal hasn’t already absorbed all it can before you bought it.
After all, bags of charcoal are not hermetically sealed are they?
Instead of buying a 20 pound bad of charcoal I just put an Ever Bamboo scent control deodorizers in sport bag or closet. Ten times more effective, they last a year, easily recharged by sunlight and recyclable. Cost about $9, with no messy dust, plus I BBQ with gas.
How can you tell the charcoal is full?