Moso Natural Shoe Deodorizer Inserts, Charcoal Odor Absorber for Shoes, Gym Bag & Boot Deodorizer, Long-Lasting Shoe Odor Elimination, Unscented Air Purifying Bags (Two Per Pack)

they work great. no odor in shoes now

I bought these for a family member who didn't want a fragranced or toxic deodorizer, as she is asthmatic. Bamboo charcoal deodorizers seemed to fit the bill, but I wondered if they work. These Mini Moso Bags from Moso Natural are 2.5 x 7 x 1 inches in size –actually one of my bags is 2.75 inches wide, but they are smushable. Each bag contains 50 grams of bamboo charcoal in a liner that is covered with a charcoal grey heathered fabric. Each bag weighs about 2 ounces. Each has a grommet that you could use for hanging or even for attaching a string to make it easy to pull them out of your shoes, should you happen to have very large shoes. I'm not sure what the fabric content of the cover is. Moso calls it linen. If it's linen, it's coated with something; it feels like polyester. Apparently, bamboo charcoal acts as a deodorizer by trapping the big, stinky molecules in its many pores. Bamboo charcoal can have as much as 600 square meters of surface area per gram due to its extreme porousness. Moso recommends reviving the sachets by placing them in direct sunlight once a month. I'm not sure how well this works in the winter, when UV indices are low. Moso claims that the sachets can be reused for up to two years. Ever Bamboo, another big vendor of bamboo charcoal products, says one year. Your experience may vary. You'll know it's time to replace them when they no longer work. Both companies suggest that old pouches be cut open and the charcoal added to soil in your garden, where it will help regulate moisture. My family member is pleased with these. She puts them in her most-worn shoes overnight and they don't smell bad in the morning. The charcoal sachets don't smell bad either. They have no odor. The charcoal has trapped the offending molecules so that they can't escape. She is entirely satisfied with the Moso Bags, which is a surprise. Conveniently, each sachet has a tag in the side seam on which you can write the date that you opened the package –so you will hopefully remember when to take them for a sunbath and when it might be time to replace. It's nice to find an inexpensive, nontoxic product that works. The Moso Bags may not work to everyone's satisfaction, but we are happy here. The theory is sound, so they are definitely worth a try for odor control.

I wore my Adidas Stan Smith Leather Socks almost every day this year—I love them that much. But because I didn't give them sufficient rest between wears both my black and my white pair had started to pick up some smell. That's when I got the Mini Mosos. As long as I place them inside the shoes when I'm not wearing them they're odor-free the next time I put them on. However the smell does come back with wear; they're not returning the shoes to as-new, so don't expect that. They do pull moisture out of the footbed and they do deodorize without using a perfume to mask the smell. So by that definition I can state they definitely work as promised. Four stars on that basis. Five would have been if they did something miraculous. I'll use these from day one when I break out the pair of Socks I've been saving to see if it prolongs them becoming smelly in the first place. I'll update this review as and when I learn anything. One thing. My cat is obsessed with these things. We keep our "daily driver" shoes near the apartment door rather than put them in the closet, and if I leave my shoes out with the Mini Mosos inside Chappie will pull out and play with them. He either thinks they're kittens or mice—not sure which.

This is my second time purchasing these and use them for my gym shoes. I put them in my shoes immediately after working out and they have kept my shoes smelling great!

I bought these to cut down on moisture in some small sealed plastic boxes used in marine environments. They did decrease the humidity by a few % but nothing better than some dry paper towels would have done and nowhere near as well as a dedicated moisture wicking product like damp-rid. As far as odor control goes I didn't buy or use them for that purpose but if I had to comment I'd say that they didn't get rid of the plastic/enclosed space smell at all. That doesn't surprise me because for these to work at all there has to be air moving around. These bags are essentially air filters except they come with no means of pushing air through them depending solely on natural air movement through the area or external fans. Negatives aside I'm going to keep using this product instead of returning it. It got 3 stars because it DID decrease the humidity and it technically should work as an odor absorbor, it just doesn't do either of those things particularly well. Of course it also doesn't use power, is reasonably small, and for some uses that's exactly what you need.

I was skeptical about these after years of running and dealing with stinky shoes. So far they work really well in my running shoes. They are easy to keep handy and throw in the shoes after a run, and they keep the shoes fresher. The next test is how well they work for my teenage boys!

these work great to deodorize my work boots that I wear for a minimum of 12 hours per shift. they don’t retain smell and I like that they’re reusable

I’m a musician and I bought a set of these for keeping in my show shoes while traveling. There was a mild scent to them when I first opened the package, but I love that they just do their job of drying and deodorizing without any annoying fragrances. (I tend to get a headache from even the smallest amount of industrial fragrance, so I would have returned them immediately if they had been perfumed in any way.) They’re so good at absorbing moisture and odors, I can keep my shoe bag in my suitcase with the rest of my show clothes without worrying about any odd smells. I also place them inside my travel/load-in sneakers while performing, and they’re always dry and fresh by the time I’m ready to put them back on for load out. I bought a set for each of my bandmates, and they all use them for their shoes now too!

Seem to work well clearing smells & moisture

works well will recommend to buy!

I was recommended these by a fellow football mum. My son’s boots were becoming a little smelly and popping these in has solved the problem. Would highly recommend

effective! using for my shoes & gym Bag. I put a pair of these in the shoes I wear most often. They always eliminate any odors in my shoes, even my workout shoes.

Only delivered 2 packs of 2 (4 instead in total) instead of 3 packs of 2 (6 in total). Wayyy overpriced if only receiving a third of the order. The bag it was packed in is incorrectly labelled saying 2 packs of 3. Please send extra packet.