Is this all a big hype or is it the real deal? I hunt with my wife and she brings a whole new set of odors to the blind (course I have my own issues). Lots of money but is it worth it??

There's evidence that it may work, but why bother? Just go hunt!

They sure do push it on a few of the hunting shows. I'd be more inclined to believe them if it wasn't given to them for free to try out!

In case you haven't seen this: DIY.

http://www.archerytalk.com/vb/showthread.php?t=2319199

Here is a fact sheet from the Connecticut Department of Health. Basically, if you want to use ozone to remove smells, it needs to be at levels that are considered unsafe for humans.

http://www.ct.gov/dph/lib/dph/environmental_health/eoha/pdf/ozone_generator_fact_sheet.pdf



Professional cleaners that use ozone generators for flood or fire/smoke damaged buildings often do so for prolonged periods and while buildings are largely unoccupied. You never see them treating outdoor smells with ozone generators. Why? Because they are even less effective in open/free air environments where sufficient levels of ozone cannot build up enough to affect the odor causes.

I know people swear by these things. They also swear by lucky undershorts, miracle attractants, magic bullets, and aliens.

Okay, well I do have lucky undershorts, but I never know if they truly worked or not unless I have a successful hunt. Then I know they worked.

If you enjoy spending 300-400 bucks on junk to haul to your stand that does not work, by all means, buy an Ozonics. I read the article Double Naught Spy, or one like it, mentioned above when they first started pushing this product and decided that much like scent lock clothing, this was just another scam on the American hunter.

Just hunt the correct wind...have several stands for different winds.

Well I bought one and mounted on the bow blind. Had zero breeze and I was worried about the fan noise. But we had 3 bucks within 30 yards and one was our #3 on the harvest list. Yup she missed :-(

I don't know but I will have the ozonics with us next time!!!

That is great, but I often have deer walk by my tree stand (it is next to a trail, about 4 yards distant) and I don't use Ozonics. Given that it doesn't actually produce enough Ozone to do what it is claiming, the result you had is likely not related to the product performance.

Would someone please try this that has one!!!!

Put some fresh dog droppings in your bedroom. Put the ozonics over it to "cover the scent". Wait for your wife to come home and video her reaction

If you don't want to go that far, cover your dogs food bowl so that can't see it. Of course, move it from it's usual spot but in the same room. Put the ozonics over it and see if your dog starves...

Waiting on results to either

Probably not going to happen, txshntr. People don't like to admit that they spent a bunch of money on some gimmick. That's why you get a lot of stories about a deer being downwind, so by golly, it works.

I don't know what I was thinking by suggesting Ozone wasn't the best thing since sliced butter. Apparently, if we built a bunch of Ozone generators, we could clear up all the smog in the major cities. Heck, it has even been used to cure AIDS. The main stream medical establishment does not seem to realize it is a cure for aids, but this people say it works.
http://www.understandingozone.com/article_notsmog.asp

Never mind that such alternative therapy is unproven and results not replicable.
http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/Cancer/oxygen.html

I think a lot of boys discount thermals and give the credit to the Ozonics.

Ozonics does not work PERIOD. Science proves it does not work PERIOD. The amount of Ozone that would have to be produced to eliminate human odor, bacteria, etc... would kill you. Please, if you are looking to throw away 300 to 400 dollars, PM me and I will send you my mailing address, I assure you I will put your money to use on hunting, hunting products, etc... that are successful. I will even send you a picture of the deer I kill as proof. And no, scent lock clothing does not work either. Science has disproved this as well.

After a lot of thought this product is not for me. I have the opportunity to hunt year around and prefer to hunt the wind. The challenge of hunting is a component that keeps my passion. There is no greater reward than using my mind and strategies to have a successful hunt.

I have heard it said around here many times, "it's a wonder people 50 years ago could even kill a deer without all of this junk we use today"

One of the very few wise words from sneaky
Yeah just go hunt and put up with what nature throws at ya but i really dont even know what an ozonics is .....does it help you make you shoot better ?? does it make the deer come out like commer deer does geeez people just go hunt and enjoy it without all the little money making gadgets

For all that left negative replies on this product.... Do you have one or have you tried one?

There was a detailed article in last month's Field and Stream regarding their annual scent dog testing. For the first time ever with any product, the dog was stymied. Took almost a minute to finally find a guy under a box-and the dog was hesitant.

He had treated his clothing with a $50 ozonics odor remover you can buy at Wal Mart. Same results with the $400 machine advertised on the hunting shows. I don't believe the machine going in a tree would help, but treating your clothing might buy you a few seconds.

Read the article. While it sounds promising, the testing was problematic.
http://www.fieldandstream.com/articles/h...ug-sniffing-dog

The primary flaw is that you don't know if the Ozonics product worked better or the fact that the guy bathed in no-scent soap and did other things was the reason for the positive result.

They ran four tests, but each test was different, usually a different person.

1. Guy #1 in street clothes, no special prep. This was the control.
2. Guy #2 doing stuff in no-scent soap and baking soda for self and clothing
3. Guy #3 doing stuff in no-scent soap and Ozonics 50 treatment of clothing put on JUST BEFORE the test. He was also wearing multiple layers of clothing. So this gives you no idea of what happens to your treated clothing after you have been hunting for several hours, LOL.
4. Guy #4 doing stuff in no-scent soap for himself and his clothing and Ozonics machine running BEFORE he got into the box. I am not sure how to get the Ozonics machine to the stand and turned on before I get there. Does anybody else know how to do this?

Aside from the fact that they only made four runs, the testing should have been done on the same test person. The control should not have been of him being untreated with anything unless that was to be compared against him being untreated using just the Ozonics products. Since this was a short run of tests (only 4), then the subject to find should have been the same subject every time. Basically, this means that there were not sufficient controls in place to determine the validity of the results.

So what we are left with if not knowing if the subjects took longer to find because of how they bathed, what they bathed in, Ozonics, or if they smelled differently to begin with.

If Ozonics has some sort of benefit, as repeatedly noted above, it is NOT because it is killing your scent molecules. It simply does not reach the concentrations necessary to do this. That isn't to say that the Ozone, which can be smelled, isn't acting as a scent cover.

IIRC, Ozonics is also a paid advertiser in F&S.

Maybe so. But Wal Mart has a $15 version of the $50 ozonics unit in the home section. I popped for it and am using it. What the heck.....

P.S. I am about as non-gimmicky old school as they come. But, like I said, for 15 bucks I'll try it.

I actually think the best scent control measure one can take is spraying the bottoms of your boots with a good scent cover spray. I am convinced this does help in hiding your "walk in" trail. Which is key with old bucks that circle before coming in.....

the best scent control measure one can take is spraying the bottoms of your boots with a good scent cover spray. I am convinced this does help in hiding your "walk in" trail. I have had deer smell where i stepped from doing this and they snorted and ran off so i havent used that stuff in years , to me the best is just natural smells .

Who really knows? It's all good.

How does this not just rub off in a matter of steps?

It may. I wear rubber boots. They still smell my trail sometimes-especially mature deer. But I have had a couple that did not. IDK if any of this actually works, but the steps I take are neither expensive nor time consuming-so I take them anyway.