MOSO NATURAL Shoe Deodorizer Insert | Charcoal Odor Absorber for Shoes | Gym Bag & Boot Deodorizer | Long-Lasting Shoe Odor Elimination | Unscented Air Purifying Bags (Two Per Pack)

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’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!

They work very well, and certainly worth the money.

I cloth diaper and I use both of these in the bottom of my dirty diaper bin (underneath the 13 gallon wetbag in which my dirty diapers go in). It works! My set up is I have a 13 gallon kitchen trash can, these thrown into the bottom of the trashcan, then my 13 gallon wetbag in the trashcan, and over top is the trash can cover. Before using these, everytime I would walk into my babys room I would smell a slight hint of ammonia from the urine filled cloth diapers. I take out the dirty diaper bag every single night, but about mid-day each day I start to smell the diaper bin. Since putting these in there I dont smell anything during the day!I take them out and set them outside in the sun once a week so they can air out because they do smell like urine by then, which in my head shows that they are "soaking up" the stink! After a few hours of sunning, there is no more stink to them and theyre good as new! Throw them back in the diaper bin and start all over again.Very happy with this purchase.Side note: I do feel they are a little overpriced for what they are. I was extremely hesitant on buying, and even waited to buy for about a week, simply because of the price tag. I even looked into making these simple things on my own. But for the sake of convenience for myself, I finally purchased and am pleased with the outcome.

I rotate wearing 2 different pairs of shoes everyday. I would put these in the pair I’m not wearing for basically 24 hours. They did help eliminate some of the odor as apposed to just letting them air out on their own. If they were bigger I would give more stars as they are too small for a size ten shoe. Several reviews are saying that they don’t work period. While that may be true as there can always be a dud when manufacturing millions of these shoes things a year but make sure you set them out in the sun for at least an hour before using. Most people don’t know that the sun actually activates the charcoal to work. I would leave them outside for an hour or so at least once every week. They are very durable and last a while.

Absolutely game changer, bad smells gone. And it’s eco friendly!

They are working great.Shoes are dry in the mornings

This product did not work at all. My feet sweat a lot because I live in a hot and humid climate. So the shoes get smelly. I had high hopes for this product but after using it for a few days with no results and putting it in the sun, as the seller recommends, I gave up on it. I would not buy this again.