Scent Eliminating Clothing Review

My staff and I are always trying new gear in an effort to be well informed on the merchandise we sell. We spent the past 3 months of our archery season here in northeast Ohio trying out scent eliminating clothing. I wore the Scent Lok Savanna EXT and Full Season series clothing while 2 other members of my staff wore the new Dream Season clothing. Further I wore the Scent Lok gloves while the other 2 members wore the Scent Blocker gloves. All of us wore knee high rubber boots while testing these products.

The Scent Lok Savanna EXT series I wore was a coverall.  The Savannah series is constructed of a more breathable material that is the warm-weather hunter’s key to success, and for this season it is 25% lighter! Scent-Lok has continued to refine their product line to provide hunters with the ultimate in hunting gear. A single-layer design with excellent moisture management, these innovative garments provide a level of comfort to the early-season hunter that is superb. I wore the coverall in temperatures of 85 + degrees and found it to work well. The Savanna series is constructed of a more breathable material that allows you to feel cooler. I was fortunate enough to harvest a doe while wearing this coverall in a temperature of 80 degrees. The hunt went very well as the deer had no idea I was perched some 25 yards away even though a swirling wind could have spooked her at any time. The coveralls come with a built in zipper pouch that the coveralls fold right up in making them very compact. I only found two draw backs to this coverall. First, while hunting on a warm early October evening I had a fifteen minute shower pass through. It was not a very hard rain, but it left me rather wet. Although I was not happy about getting so wet, I chalked it up to the lightweight and breathable nature of the gear. The second was the camo pattern I choose was not exactly right for the season I was wearing it. I chose Advantage Timber which is much to brown for the early season when the leaves have yet to change.

Next as the weeks moved further into late October and November the temperatures here in Ohio tend fluctuate wildly. I would hunt one day in mid 60’s temps and the following would be in the low 50’s. I found the Full Season series to work very well in all of these conditions. I was able to hunt comfortably in temps as low as 26 and as warm as 64. The key to the Full Season series, like most other hunting clothing is how you dress underneath. The warmer days (55+ degrees) called for very little if any “layers” underneath. As the temps began to fall I found a simple set of thermals and a sweatshirt and jeans worked just fine. The Full Season series is also far more weather resistant than that of the Savanna series. I was wearing the six-pocket pant along with the fleece style jacket. I found the pants to have plenty of room and be very comfortable. They also sported abundant pocket space for miscellaneous calls and gear. The coat was a little on the large size for me as I normally am between an XL and a 2XL. I choose the 2X and it was very big.  The sleeves tapered well though and were never an issue while shooting. I was wearing this gear when I harvested my buck for this season. Again I had no issues with being winded by the deer. Further I had several bucks and does in and around me on several occasions (some within 3-4 feet of my tree) and never once did I have one spook on my scent. The camo pattern on the Dakota Series was perfect, it was Mossy Oak  Break-Up.

The Dream Season series from Robinson Labs proved to be a very good product as well. Both of my Staff members gave it a 4.5 out of 5. They both found it to be comfortable and highly weather resistant. The camo patterns offered were ideal for any season. They reported that the clothing got a little warm in the early season from time to time but was perfect as the days grew colder. The pocket and storage space was said to be above average and they both rated the clothing as extremely quite.  On of the reviewers stated that he felt the seat of the pants were a little smaller than the size he normally wears, the other stated he did not notice this. Both had several encounters with deer and again they were never winded by deer. As a matter of fact where one of the hunters hunted he encountered several coyotes throughout the season and was never once winded.

All of the gear was washed prior to the start of the season an stored in scent free sealable plastic/rubber containers. The clothes were dried once every 2 weeks to reactivate the scent control as instructed by the manufacturer.

In closing we found all of the clothing to meet or exceed all of our expectations. All of the clothes seemed to wear very well with no tears or rips while walking through some thickets and clear cut woods. The two sets Scent Lok were approx. $150.00 more than the one set of Dream Season. We would suggest that one would weigh how much of a temp differential they can expect in one season before investing in two sets of clothing. The Savanna series clothing are excellent for warm weather but they certainly add an additional cost for that portion of the season. We hope that you found this review informative, and we would like to thank you for visiting realdealoutdoors.com.

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