Simple enough!!
Claims: Eliminates odors for up to 2 years. No oils. No mess. Eliminates odors from smoking, pets, cooking, musty rooms, and more.
Cost: $9.99 at my local Rite Aid
I bought the linen scent. It smells like pretty much every other linen scent air freshener on the market which is good. I hate when things don't smell like I expect them to.
The fresh sticks themselves feel like regular plastic. There is no oil to soak into the sticks. No spray to put on them. No need to plug it in. Just these plastic sticks in a jar. There is no oily residue on them so I did not feel any need to wash my hands after setting this up and placing it on the mantel in my 14'x18' (252 sq.ft.) living room.
We have 3 cats, a dog, and smokers in our house so we should theoretically be the ultimate test for this item.
1 week check in:
I did have to move it from my mantel after only a few hours because it was only a couple feet from my favorite seat on the couch and the smell was a bit overwhelming and gave me a headache. I instead put it on top of a short book case across the room. Unfortunately, from there I can't smell it at all. I felt certain anyone walking in our door would be well aware there are pets and smokers living here.
I can smell it as I walk by it, but it has never filled the room with the linen scent and doesn't seem to be doing much, if anything, more than a few feet away. I suppose if I bought 3 or 4 and spread them around the room we would smell them all the time, but it just feels like it should be doing more. Then again, lets face it, as far as I can tell, nothing other than Febreeze can trump the smell of cigarettes and wet dog.
2 week check in:
After the disappointing first week I moved it to the porch to test it in smaller room and see if it was any better. Ours measures about 11'x7'. (77 sq.ft.) Three sides of it are almost entirely glass so it gets very hot in there on sunny days, and quite cold in there at night.
Usually when I empty the kitchen garbage, I tie the bag shut and put it in the porch for hubby to toss in the outside tote when he gets home from (or leaves for) work. This does not make for a nice smelling porch. Especially if we do the same with a bag of used cat litter for a couple hours. Again, this should be a good test of the product.
I have to say it actually worked pretty good in the porch! Yes, in the heat of the day, sometimes the garbage still won the war; but, for the most part, the linen scent was still detectable, and the porch definitely got non-stinky a lot faster than normal once the garbage actually went out to the toter.
3 week check in:
By now I was determined to see just what size room this thing can handle, so after the week in the porch, I moved my Fresh Sticks to my teen son's messy room. It measures 10'x14' (140 sq. ft.) and comes equipped with all the usual nasty teen boy smells: feet, armpits, dirty laundry that is always on the floor instead of in a basket, and probably some kind of old food lost Lord only knows where.
We can't even smell them in there. Not unless you put your face right up to the sticks. I don't know for sure at this point if it's just another "too big" room, or if they have just worn out already. I think it's the latter of the two. Less than a month. How disappointing. I don't know if this is the norm for Fresh Sticks or if the heat of the porch accelerated their demise.
All in all, I would say these are worth a try if you wanted to put them in a small room like a bathroom or large closet, but I would not recommend them for much more. I will definitely not be buying enough for my 2,000 sq. ft. home. If you want to deodorize larger rooms, I would stick to something like the Febreeze Noticeables or Air Wick Freshmatic. Personally, I'll probably stick to buying a can of Glade or Febreeze every month or two and having one of the Noticeables in my living room.
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