Has anyone used bagballs?

[tbintexas 0]

has anyone here every used or heard about bagballs?

http://bagballs.com/sports.asp

Thinking about my son's bag and gear but don't want to waste my time (and money) if they don't work... It says is eliminates and neutralizes odors (not just masks them).

[lampliter87 8]

Nope, but I had a Freddy Fresh Puck that was complete garbage and smelled like the pink things they put in urinals. My bag reeks, so if this works I might give it a shot.

[pantherfan 0]

Can't say I've used these specific ones, but used another brand and TBH there was no difference or none great enough so your gear won't smell.

[english15x 3]

We carry these at work. Pretty much suck, You need about 10 of them to notice a difference. I usually cut hockey laces and attach one to the lace and make it a car freshener hanging from my rear view mirror.

[Ogie Oglethorpe 14]

Wow.. "bag-balls"... sounds so seedy and sordid.... I feel dirty....

Like English said - you can easily reproduce for less using bounce sheets in your bag or spraying some Febreeze.

[tbintexas 0]

cool - wasn't too hopeful. I'll blame this one on my wife who asked me if I knew about them :) thanks.

[Jarick 5]

Yeah someone left one behind and I grabbed it, used it for a few months. It made my bag smell like Old Spice. When I took it out, the bag smelled like nothing. Didn't do a thing, IMO, just air out your gear and spray it with Febreze.

[Hobbes_86 0]

I tried Febreeze once…nothing like that sickly sweet perfume smell over stinky hockey gear. After reading up on a few other threads about smelly gear I went to my local drugstore and picked up citrus scented isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol and hydrogen peroxide. Mixed it up at 1:1 ratio and sprayed it liberally onto everything. My gear smells like an orange creamcicle for about 30 min until the alcohol dries out. After that, no stink.

I take my gear out spray it down and hang it up after every skate. No more issues.

[tbintexas 0]

I've had good luck with Funk Free, but I air my gear out every time I play and don't put it back in the bag until the next time I play. My son's not as picky as I however...

[ean 0]

hang up your gear after every skate is the best solution...any bagball, blue ball or air freshener is just going to mask the smell.

[willsnipe 0]

Id imagine that that "bag ball" could get covered with a spare jersey, or socks ect and render it useless. I had a similar product, and it didnt do much at all.

[lotus 2]

I have the very product listed in the OP and I can confirm that it doesn't do jack shit.

It has however gotten tangled up in a spare jersey, and that jersey now smells weird.

Also it got into a glove once, and boy oh boy that one reaks something unique and totally different now.

[Jarick 5]

I tried Febreeze once…nothing like that sickly sweet perfume smell over stinky hockey gear. After reading up on a few other threads about smelly gear I went to my local drugstore and picked up citrus scented isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol and hydrogen peroxide. Mixed it up at 1:1 ratio and sprayed it liberally onto everything. My gear smells like an orange creamcicle for about 30 min until the alcohol dries out. After that, no stink.

I take my gear out spray it down and hang it up after every skate. No more issues.

I tried some 70% alcohol mixed about 1:3 with water, and it didn't do much. I'll try mixing it with peroxide and see what that does.

Do you know the concentration of the alcohol and peroxide that you got?

[Clark12 0]

I've one in my bag at the minute, it doesn't work... my kit still reeks.

Funny side note however, my LHS is the UK dealer for bag balls and has been making a lot of phonecalls trying to shift stock of them. Problem is, by complete accident, the owner keeps refering to them as ball bags and doesn't actually realise what he is saying.

[P5man 0]

we sold those a while a couple months ago and it pretty much just adds another strong smell coming from your bag. The only enjoyment i got out of it was putting one inside of a plastic puck display case, sealing off the edges, and watching the case disintegrate. Then opening it after a couple of weeks and hiding it behind the sharpeners as i was leaving for the day. Stunk up the whole area :D

[Hobbes_86 0]

Jarick,

I don't know the concentrations. I'll check when I get home tonight.

[jsswish 0]

we sold those a while a couple months ago and it pretty much just adds another strong smell coming from your bag. The only enjoyment i got out of it was putting one inside of a plastic puck display case, sealing off the edges, and watching the case disintegrate. Then opening it after a couple of weeks and hiding it behind the sharpeners as i was leaving for the day. Stunk up the whole area :D

Pretty much agree with this post, it just adds another smell, which by itself isn't bad, but mixed with the rest just makes the overall odor worse.

Only thing I've found that works really well is the shock doctor power dry bag, though I don't know if it will take the smell out of your equipment, I can say from using it that it keeps the smell from getting into your equipment, or at least slows down the effect.

[Jarick 5]

I tried a 50/50 mix of 70% isopropyl alcohol and 1% hydrogen peroxide (it was the only thing they had at Wal-Mart and I wasn't going to make a special trip anywhere). Didn't do anything for the smell of my gloves.

You know what has worked a bit? Crystal deodorant spray. It's crystal deodorant (natural mineral salts) in a spray form, got it at Walgreens for $3. It neutralizes body odors and actually is a lot more effective than regular deodorant. I sprayed my gloves and after a few minutes, the smell is almost gone.

The only problem is I don't know if it kills bacteria or not. According to their website, it "eliminates odor-causing bacteria and therefore prevents body odor." No clue if that's what it does, but it worked for my body, and it seems to work on the gloves.

So maybe a few light sprays of the 50/50 for the gear and a couple sprays of the crystal stuff on the gloves. Either way, most of what I'm reading is that bacteria double every 20 minutes, so getting it aired out and neutralized right away is the best prevention.

[Hobbes_86 0]

My mix was basically the same but I am using 3% Hydrogen Peroxide. Not sure if that is a difference maker or not.