Jul
10

Product Review – Febreze® Sport Extreme Odor Eliminator Spray

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Febreze Sport Extreme Odor Eliminator Spray

Within a few months of beginning an exercise program, you are likely to discover one of the drawbacks of such activity – the residual odor that lingers in your fitness attire, despite your best attempts to wash it out by “regular” means.  This is particularly true for running, where the intensity of your sweat (especially during the summer) is greater and, since you usually run many days a week, you are wearing the same clothing weekly or even more often.

My wife complained about this problem for years.  We tried using Febreze in heavy doses, as it had always worked well for eliminating the secondhand smoke from her clothes after her annual Las Vegas pilgrimage.  However, it had no effect on this type of odor.  So, we just tried to tuck the running clothes well away from anywhere that we would have to deal with it, and stuck to only wearing it to run (of course).

However, earlier this year she stumbled across a different product from P&G – Febreze Sport Extreme Odor Eliminator Spray.  I believe she found it at Target.  I have to say I have been shocked at the results.  It immediately eliminated almost all detectable smell in my most odiferous outfits, with just one application (you spray it on anytime before washing, but preferably not right before).  And more amazingly, the odor did not come back with the next several workouts.  Thus, it seems that the product only needs applied after several runs, and thus (despite heavy dosing of the clothes with the spray), one 18.4 oz. bottle has lasted for many months.

This is also offered in a laundry booster called Febreze Sport Laundry Odor Eliminating Boost Detergent.  Given that we mix our running clothes in with the rest of our laundry, I’m not a fan of this approach, as it seems “less focused” in tackling the issue. If you do wash all your running clothes together, this may be a better, more economical product for you.   There are other such laundry boosters available, but I can’t speak to their effectiveness.

Given our experience with Febreze, I highly recommend this product if you wish to get control of the awful smell of your running attire.

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15 Comments Posted by Greg

  • http://runningrecon.blogspot.com Drew

    I was in the grocery aisle the other day and remembered you mentioning this. They had 4-5 different types of Febreze, but not this one. I’ll have to check Target to see if I have better luck there. I’m curious if it can beat back the odor on some of my older shirts that I’d finally given up on and tossed to the back of the closet.

  • http://runningrecon.blogspot.com Drew

    I was in the grocery aisle the other day and remembered you mentioning this. They had 4-5 different types of Febreze, but not this one. I’ll have to check Target to see if I have better luck there. I’m curious if it can beat back the odor on some of my older shirts that I’d finally given up on and tossed to the back of the closet.

  • Jeff M.

    Also works well in a car with cloth upholstry. I recently traveled with a smoker on a damp day. I bought the product to get the smell out of the car. It worked well. Glad to know that it is a fix for the clothing smell too. I never thought about trying it for this use.
    Thanks, G.

  • Jeff M.

    Also works well in a car with cloth upholstry. I recently traveled with a smoker on a damp day. I bought the product to get the smell out of the car. It worked well. Glad to know that it is a fix for the clothing smell too. I never thought about trying it for this use.
    Thanks, G.

  • Greg

    I’ve not seen it in grocery stores either, you may have better luck at Target. Or you can buy it from the Amazon links in the post, if you can’t find it elsewhere. Thanks for your comment, Drew.

  • Greg

    I hadn’t thought about using the sports spray in the car – not a bad idea if you drive places after running and the car picks up some of the sweat. Hope you’re doing well, Jeff.

  • Greg

    I’ve not seen it in grocery stores either, you may have better luck at Target. Or you can buy it from the Amazon links in the post, if you can’t find it elsewhere. Thanks for your comment, Drew.

  • Greg

    I hadn’t thought about using the sports spray in the car – not a bad idea if you drive places after running and the car picks up some of the sweat. Hope you’re doing well, Jeff.

  • http://thatguywhoruns.com Jay Parker

    Tide has also released a product with Febreze Sport in in, available at Target. I’ve used that with similar success washing my running clothes separately from the rest of our family laundry.

  • http://thatguywhoruns.com Jay Parker

    Tide has also released a product with Febreze Sport in in, available at Target. I’ve used that with similar success washing my running clothes separately from the rest of our family laundry.

  • Greg

    Glad to hear that works as well Jay. Since we do laundry every other day, I usually just use the spray when needed and toss it in the machine, that way I don’t have to leave the sweaty clothes lying around (I’ve found that the smell can infest other clothes if I put them in the same basket, sounds like you are smart enough to segregate).

  • Greg

    Glad to hear that works as well Jay. Since we do laundry every other day, I usually just use the spray when needed and toss it in the machine, that way I don’t have to leave the sweaty clothes lying around (I’ve found that the smell can infest other clothes if I put them in the same basket, sounds like you are smart enough to segregate).

  • Brad Patterson

    Greg, I currently use that “Sport Wash” special laundry detergent for all my running gear. It seems to work pretty well, but it is quite expensive. Are you saying that you can use this febreeze spray and then just include your running gear in with all of your other “regular” wash? This might be highly advantageous, especially after how well you say that it works.

  • http://predawnrunner.com Greg Strosaker

    I haven’t tried the Sport Wash. I’d say that the Febreze works well, but it’s not perfect – over time the odor does continue to build in my running clothes – likely to be expected with the mileage I put in. What you are stating is correct – you just need to spray these on the clothes impacted – they make a liquid to add to the laundry as well, but you’ll use more. The other advantage of this is that you can spray your clothes right after you take them off, which may be more advantageous.

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