[at-l] Sleeping bags

[shellydhale at earthlink.net (Shelly Hale)]

Don't remember the name of it?  Anyone else know....
Shelly Hale
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Hudson" <hudsom@us.ibm.com>
To: <at-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 10:59 AM
Subject: [at-l] Sleeping bags


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> <<Or...does Febreeze only treat the material so that we can no longer
> detect
> the smells created by bacteria (but the bacteria is nevertheless  still
> there)?  And, if so...once the bag is used again and gets damp
> again...does
> the bag become a breeding ground again for those nasty little  critters?
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> Hmmm...
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> It's a cure for your nose... Not the little critters...
> And on thruhiker gear, it only dulls the smell.... ;-)>>
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> I had a tent that somehow got put away damp and developed a mildew odor. I
> could air it out, but as soon as it was packed and unpacked again (kinda
> like going hiking <g>) the smell was back. I found something at Campmor
> that must be akin to Febreeze, and whatever it did it took care of the
> odor... I don't believe it was masking it, because then you'd expect
> another odor, even stronger. It took a couple of applications but
afterward
> it didn't smell at all.
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> skeeter
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