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Gear of the week | SmellWell drying and refreshing cushion

Magic pillow against cheese odour!

by Max Elias 01/22/2023
SmellWell World Wide Sweden AB
Skiing, especially in combination with ski touring, can be a sweat-inducing sport. After a long day on the mountain, the long-awaited boot change from ski boots to more comfortable and dry street boots takes place. It is not uncommon for the path to the nearest shoe-drying heat source to be several hours away by train or car and who doesn't know it: the appetising smell that resembles a mixture of Appenzeller cheese and a well-stocked après-ski bar.

In the warm, wet climate of used ski boots and certainly snowboard boots, odour-causing bacteria feel as at home as lactic acid bacteria in a wheel of cheese. While there are odour-inhibiting textiles for outerwear that make the journey home reasonably odour-neutral, the well-used boots are stored in the boot at the maximum distance from the driver to prevent them from collapsing during the journey.

After I was often made aware of the dubious odour of my ski boots, it was time to take a look around the hygiene products market. I found out about SmellWell's colourful scented sachets through a few corners and tried them out on my running shoes first. And lo and behold - thanks to the colourful sachets, damp, used running shoes quickly became dry and relatively "fragrant" sports shoes that were ready for their next use. The little cushions from SmellWell are as simple as they are effective.

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To be on the safe side, I bought the XL version for my ski boots because, according to the manufacturer, it is supposed to be three times more effective than the standard version. This is basically simply due to the corresponding size and not to any differences in the composition of the filling. In fact, my ski boots have taken on an almost neutral scent thanks to the SmellWell fragrance sachets. This means that I no longer have to store them in quarantine and can venture into other people's cars with them again.

But even the SmellWell active XL version doesn't manage to get your ski boots dry again by the time you get home. You have to wait until the next day to do this. But then the boot is completely dry at normal room temperature with the help of the drying and refreshing pads and ready for the next use.

SmellWell World Wide Sweden AB

The trend product from Sweden is free from harmful substances or bactericides. The practical, small cushions, filled with activated charcoal made from sustainable bamboo charcoal as well as natural minerals and salts, remove moisture from the shoes and thus remove the basis of life for bacteria.

I am super happy with the small, lightweight shoe cushions and now have a few of these little helpers in use for every sports shoe or ski boot. The only downside is that they don't work indefinitely, but with intensive use they last a good 6 months per cushion.

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