Honest reviews for Ozonics

[Long Cut]

I have noticed the Ozonics positive results are much higher when used in conjunction with a feeder.

Hopefully that made you feel good about yourself.

I used Ozonics over a feeder because I wanted to see how deer reacted to the Ozonics more than anything. I actually hunt WMA’s more than I do what little private land I’m able to hunt, but I won’t waste my time talking to one whose already made up their mind anymore.

 

[shdw633]

I have all of the different Ozone generator products from an Ozonics to the Scentlok 400B and a ozone generator for a closet I built. They do make a difference and I have had deer walk right next to me in Illinois trying to figure out what it was smelling. I have watched does lift their noses in the air down wind of me and walk 140 yards to me with the noses in the air the whole time trying to figure out what they were smelling. Most of the time, because I am lazy, I only ozone my clothing before I go out with my bought off ebay ozone generator, but watch the plastic as it will eat it up in no time. I do rarely use the Ozonics unit it the stand due to the time to set it up but I have been using the Scentlok 400B as doesn't take as much to set up as the Ozonics does. That being said I don't think it is quite as effective as the Ozonics unit is as I have had deer bed right under me with the Ozonics unit running but have not had that kind of experience with the Scentlok 400B. If I had nothing and was just starting with Ozone I would buy an ozone generator off ebay on the cheap and start working with that on my clothing and then if I felt I needed more than that and had the discretionary funds I would get the Ozonics, but that being said I think most find that just doing their clothing does the trick and you can get that generator for around 60 bucks more or less off Ebay. Good luck

 

[Beagler282]

Borrowed the Orion last year for a hunt in Oklahoma. The buck come in behind me coming in at 5 steps next to my ground blind. That blew my mind how it didn't smell me at all. Few seconds later he was on the ground. Made me a believer to the point I purchased the Orion X for this season.

 

[Triple C]

See, here is what gets me.

OP asks for honest reviews. If you dont own one, why respond? You can't give a review. You're ONLY giving a NAYSAY for a product you know nothing about. Just a poopoo OPINION.

To a certain extent, it's kinda what keeps the forum entertaining. It's always amusing when someone asks for opinions on a particular subject or item, then others feel compelled to offer "advice" on something unrelated to the opinion asked for.

Several that will always get a response that has nothing to do with the opinion asked for are:
1) use of a processor
2) snake boots
3) camo
4) ozonics
5) scents

Prolly a lot more but I just can't think of em. As for the "just hunt the wind", take a few milkweed pods to the stand on a typical day of hunting and see how often the wind direction changes. The only wind I've noticed that seems to hardly ever swirl is a steady east wind.

 

[John Calhoun]

I used one many times while hunting in Kansas several years ago. They work in my opinion. I relied on them heavily when I had swirling or iffy wind. Deer would smell it a look my way, but did not seem to spook them.

 

[WishboneW]

I can say that I have never read where someone used one and said, yeah that junk don’t work

 

[elfiii]

See, here is what gets me.

OP asks for honest reviews. If you dont own one, why respond? You can't give a review. You're ONLY giving a NAYSAY for a product you know nothing about. Just a poopoo OPINION.

People respond because they are allowed to express their opinion on any and every topic on this board. Don't like their opinions? Skip over them or be drastic and put the other member on ignore so you no longer see any of their posts. By the way, it could be successfully argued your opinion is a poopoo OPINION as well.

I don't own an Ozonics product. Never used one either. Lots of guys swear by them. Cool. To some a $600 gadget is an essential. To others it's a total waste of money trinket. Me personally, I'm a campfire smoke, hunt the wind guy but I don't give a hoot how much gear anybody totes into the woods. If it works for them, I'm good with it. I still wouldn't personally spend $600 on a deer hunting gadget. That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.

 

[livinoutdoors]

See, here is what gets me.

OP asks for honest reviews. If you dont own one, why respond? You can't give a review. You're ONLY giving a NAYSAY for a product you know nothing about. Just a poopoo OPINION.

Dang! I was just tryin to save the feller some money. Just sayin.

 

[livinoutdoors]

Yep! Also for anything related to scent you always get the “Just hunt the wind, problem solved”, like the wind never changes or swirls. I know the indians hunted the wind while not bathing, smoking, and farting wildly, but that doesn’t mean we have to do the same!

You. Can. Not. Ever. Beat. A. Deers. Nose.

 

[CaptKeith]

You. Can. Not. Ever. Beat. A. Deers. Nose.

I sgree. However, I think you can occasionally beat the deer. The goal is to seem distant or faint enough that you can get closer than you would otherwise.

 

[green thumb]

This will be my 4th season with an hr-300. I will say that it does help and works most of the time which can be a difference maker. I still hunt the wind and have had deer downwind pick me off. 9 times out of 10 they don’t pick you off right away giving you time for a shot and are not as spooky as they just don’t seem confident in themselves about what they are smelling.

There are a couple things I don’t like. One is the noise. The fan is audible and I rely on hearing deer before I see them from certain stands. I don’t like the sound of the fan and if I’m in an area with a good constant wind I will not use it so I don’t have to hear the unit running. Second is the ozone generator lasts about two years. Then the unit has to be rebuilt/ added cost of operation. To send it back is a little over $100. They send you a refurbished unit back with new ozone generator. They also have kits you can buy off eBay to rebuild yourself and save a little money but voids all warranty and repairs.

 

[livinoutdoors]

I sgree. However, I think you can occasionally beat the deer. The goal is to seem distant or faint enough that you can get closer than you would otherwise.

My humble opinion on alot of the scent control and other things of that nature is that it builds a hunters confidence. Like a ritual of sorts. If you are downwind of a deer it will smell you and it wont think you are further away because you took a shower and use ozonics.

 

[bilgerat]

Ive been thinking of getting one for a few years and finally bit the bullet I just ordered a HR230 to use in My box stand, its a small unit made for a enclosed stand, They are on sale for 199 bucks on factory outlet .com
I will post My opinion after a few hunts

 

[LNK]

PERMETHRIN....PERMETHRIN...PERMETHRIN

 

[brunofishing]

Ive been thinking of getting one for a few years and finally bit the bullet I just ordered a HR230 to use in My box stand, its a small unit made for a enclosed stand, They are on sale for 199 bucks on factory outlet .com
I will post My opinion after a few hunts

Ozone is very unhealthy. You might want to google OZONE before you put it in an enclosed stand. I'm knot putting my health at risk for a deer, just saying. I have been using OZONE at work for a long time and know the adverse affects it has on your body, rubber, turns water to bleach and so on. Do your own research and be safe not sorry!

 

[across the river]

My humble opinion on alot of the scent control and other things of that nature is that it builds a hunters confidence. Like a ritual of sorts. If you are downwind of a deer it will smell you and it wont think you are further away because you took a shower and use ozonics.

Ozone is very unhealthy. You might want to google OZONE before you put it in an enclosed stand. I'm knot putting my health at risk for a deer, just saying. I have been using OZONE at work for a long time and know the adverse affects it has on your body, rubber, turns water to bleach and so on. Do your own research and be safe not sorry!

The level of misinformation on this place is unbelievable. Here is the deal. Ozone is three oxygen molecule that really wants to be a two oxygen molecule. The third oxygen molecule will react with whatever it can react with and “oxidize” it. That can be most anything, but in this case it would be the bacteria and “stuff” that causes the odor. When the “stinky” molecule is oxidized, it doesn’t smell or stink the same because it is now a different molecule. The technology has been used for years to deodorize, sanitize, clean, etc….. It isn’t something some redneck just made up for hunting. In order for it to work though, the O3 molecule has to come into contact with the “stinky” molecule, so while it may not eliminate all of you stink, it can eliminate some of it (whatever the ozone molecules hit). Since smell can be detected in ppm or ppb levels, reducing the level even slightly can in fact help and make you seem to be “farther” away. There is a reason they can smell you better at 15 yards than they can 50 or a 100 yards, and that is because there is a lower concentration of “stinky molecule” at 100 yards than there is 15. Ozonics serves to essentially reduce the concentration of the stink to levels they can’t detect or don’t sense as danger. It doesn’t have to eliminate all of the sent to be effective.

As far as dangers, yes ozone can be harmful. The OSHA TWA is .1 ppm for an 8 hour period. If you use the unit “as directed” in a ventilated area, you have a zero percent chance of hitting that. These units emit relatively low concentrations anyway, so it would probably be tough to hit that in an enclosed blind. If you sit in your garage with the car on you can die of carbon monoxide poisoning, but I don’t worry about that driving to work. Likewise, I would worry about bodily harm from an ozonics machine. And no, ozone will not turn your water to bleach. It might disinfect it some, but sending ozone through water won’t come close to making any type of bleach, clorox or oxyclean.

So does ozonics work, yes. The technology is proven. Is it perfect, no. The ozone molecule has to touch the “stinky moecule” so it will be less effective in higher winds, located further away, etc….., but it will help in most situations if positioned properly directly downwind. It also helps if you clean yourself before going and have less “smell” for the ozone to react with to begin with. If some guy doesn’t bath for several days, then it will
most likely not work as well for him as the guy with a lower concentration of “stink”. And in full disclosure, I don’t have an ozonics, but I have used one before. There are plenty of tests with dogs and deer online, many done by people who were skeptical going in that have found them to help eliminate scent to a measurable degree in most every study. I would spend more time researching those verses coming in here and having to listen to some guy who has never used one tell you it doesn’t work and you just need to “use smoke.”

 

[shdw633]

You. Can. Not. Ever. Beat. A. Deers. Nose.

Don't want to beat it, just baffle it a little.

 

[BamaGeorgialine]

The level of misinformation on this place is unbelievable. Here is the deal. Ozone is three oxygen molecule that really wants to be a two oxygen molecule. The third oxygen molecule will react with whatever it can react with and “oxidize” it. That can be most anything, but in this case it would be the bacteria and “stuff” that causes the odor. When the “stinky” molecule is oxidized, it doesn’t smell or stink the same because it is now a different molecule. The technology has been used for years to deodorize, sanitize, clean, etc….. It isn’t something some redneck just made up for hunting. In order for it to work though, the O3 molecule has to come into contact with the “stinky” molecule, so while it may not eliminate all of you stink, it can eliminate some of it (whatever the ozone molecules hit). Since smell can be detected in ppm or ppb levels, reducing the level even slightly can in fact help and make you seem to be “farther” away. There is a reason they can smell you better at 15 yards than they can 50 or a 100 yards, and that is because there is a lower concentration of “stinky molecule” at 100 yards than there is 15. Ozonics serves to essentially reduce the concentration of the stink to levels they can’t detect or don’t sense as danger. It doesn’t have to eliminate all of the sent to be effective.

As far as dangers, yes ozone can be harmful. The OSHA TWA is .1 ppm for an 8 hour period. If you use the unit “as directed” in a ventilated area, you have a zero percent chance of hitting that. These units emit relatively low concentrations anyway, so it would probably be tough to hit that in an enclosed blind. If you sit in your garage with the car on you can die of carbon monoxide poisoning, but I don’t worry about that driving to work. Likewise, I would worry about bodily harm from an ozonics machine. And no, ozone will not turn your water to bleach. It might disinfect it some, but sending ozone through water won’t come close to making any type of bleach, clorox or oxyclean.

So does ozonics work, yes. The technology is proven. Is it perfect, no. The ozone molecule has to touch the “stinky moecule” so it will be less effective in higher winds, located further away, etc….., but it will help in most situations if positioned properly directly downwind. It also helps if you clean yourself before going and have less “smell” for the ozone to react with to begin with. If some guy doesn’t bath for several days, then it will
most likely not work as well for him as the guy with a lower concentration of “stink”. And in full disclosure, I don’t have an ozonics, but I have used one before. There are plenty of tests with dogs and deer online, many done by people who were skeptical going in that have found them to help eliminate scent to a measurable degree in most every study. I would spend more time researching those verses coming in here and having to listen to some guy who has never used one tell you it doesn’t work and you just need to “use smoke.”

But, but, but, the Indians didn't use them!

 

[WOODIE13]

We did a test with ozonics to test it's ability to cover explosive odors from our military K9s, it didn't beat their nose and the dogs still found the explosives, take it for what it's worth.

 

[Jim Boyd]

The level of misinformation on this place is unbelievable. Here is the deal. Ozone is three oxygen molecule that really wants to be a two oxygen molecule. The third oxygen molecule will react with whatever it can react with and “oxidize” it. That can be most anything, but in this case it would be the bacteria and “stuff” that causes the odor. When the “stinky” molecule is oxidized, it doesn’t smell or stink the same because it is now a different molecule. The technology has been used for years to deodorize, sanitize, clean, etc….. It isn’t something some redneck just made up for hunting. In order for it to work though, the O3 molecule has to come into contact with the “stinky” molecule, so while it may not eliminate all of you stink, it can eliminate some of it (whatever the ozone molecules hit). Since smell can be detected in ppm or ppb levels, reducing the level even slightly can in fact help and make you seem to be “farther” away. There is a reason they can smell you better at 15 yards than they can 50 or a 100 yards, and that is because there is a lower concentration of “stinky molecule” at 100 yards than there is 15. Ozonics serves to essentially reduce the concentration of the stink to levels they can’t detect or don’t sense as danger. It doesn’t have to eliminate all of the sent to be effective.

As far as dangers, yes ozone can be harmful. The OSHA TWA is .1 ppm for an 8 hour period. If you use the unit “as directed” in a ventilated area, you have a zero percent chance of hitting that. These units emit relatively low concentrations anyway, so it would probably be tough to hit that in an enclosed blind. If you sit in your garage with the car on you can die of carbon monoxide poisoning, but I don’t worry about that driving to work. Likewise, I would worry about bodily harm from an ozonics machine. And no, ozone will not turn your water to bleach. It might disinfect it some, but sending ozone through water won’t come close to making any type of bleach, clorox or oxyclean.

So does ozonics work, yes. The technology is proven. Is it perfect, no. The ozone molecule has to touch the “stinky moecule” so it will be less effective in higher winds, located further away, etc….., but it will help in most situations if positioned properly directly downwind. It also helps if you clean yourself before going and have less “smell” for the ozone to react with to begin with. If some guy doesn’t bath for several days, then it will
most likely not work as well for him as the guy with a lower concentration of “stink”. And in full disclosure, I don’t have an ozonics, but I have used one before. There are plenty of tests with dogs and deer online, many done by people who were skeptical going in that have found them to help eliminate scent to a measurable degree in most every study. I would spend more time researching those verses coming in here and having to listen to some guy who has never used one tell you it doesn’t work and you just need to “use smoke.”

A wonderful and genuinely fact filled response.

Of course, by all means let’s not let facts and common sense get in the way of a misguided opinion…

The shame of it is that we need such an educated opinion in the first place.


Very well done, ATR.