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How to Get Sports Gear Smelling Fresh

How to Get Sports Gear Smelling Fresh

Published: May 6, 2016 Last Updated: April 17, 2019

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If your child is into sports, you know how funky their gear can get during the season.  I have a great hack you can use to keep their sports equipment smelling fresh all season long!

Sports Hacks - how to keep sports equipment and gear smelling freshMy son loves sports.  Every season he plays something – whether it’s baseball, basketball or soccer.  And, when he’s at home, you can usually find him wrestling…with the cat.

Our cat, Jack, is a fiesty little big bugger.  He always has been.  He would tear up the house, running from one end to the other.  He would fling himself on our screen door and shimmy his way to the top and just hang there.  My husband and I would look at each other and think #yougottabekittenme.

Sports Hacks - how to keep sports equipment and gear smelling fresh

Since he was a kitten, Jack would instigate wrestling matches with my husband.  It was his way of playing.  And, he’s still doing it today, though most of the matches are now with my son.

The matches aren’t as frequent since Jack has gotten older – he’ll be 15 this month.  But, he loves to play like this, regardless. In fact, my son awarded Jack with the Wrestling Championship – he’s the master of the ring in our house.

Sports Hacks - how to keep sports equipment and gear smelling fresh

Jack has such a big personality and he’s a big part of our family.  We got him from a shelter when my husband and I were first married.  We’re both supporters of shelter pets.  So much so, we recently donated $100 to our local pet shelter to help other shelter pets find their fur-ever home.

Because Jack is a member of our family, we like to give him the best.  We use Fresh Step Total Control with the Power of Febreze to keep his litter box clean and smelling great.

Sports Hacks - how to keep sports equipment and gear smelling fresh

It comes in handy 42 pound bags and can only be found at Sam’s Club.  I love that it comes in a bag because it uses 80% less packaging than pails.  Plus, it’s easier to store and carry.

Sports Hacks - how to keep sports equipment and gear smelling fresh

It’s low-dust formula will keep litter boxes smelling fresh for up to 10 days thanks to odor eliminating carbon and a patented odor neutralizer that inhibits the growth of certain bacteria which can increase odor. I just love the lemongrass citrus scent.  It’s just the right balance.

Fresh Step Total Control with the Power of Febreze works so good at keeping Jack’s litter box fresh and clean, that you wouldn’t even know we had a cat.  That’s the borate technology that keeps the ammonia odor under control.

I recently had the idea to use the odor eliminating power of Fresh Step Total Control with the Power of Febreze to keep my son’s sports gear smelling fresh.

Sports Hacks - how to keep sports equipment and gear smelling fresh

Between gym bags, smelly sneakers and socks and sweaty jerseys, his spaces can get pretty funky.  To help alleviate the smelly situation, I made these odor eliminator jars.

Sports Hacks - how to keep sports equipment and gear smelling fresh

I poured some Fresh Step Total Control with the Power of Febreze into a mason jar and topped it with decorative lid with cutouts that I found at the dollar store.   I put the jars in areas where my son stores his sports equipment — the hall closet, his bedroom closet and the back of my car.

I also made these homemade odor eliminator bags to keep inside of his cleats and sneakers.

Sports Hacks - how to keep sports equipment and gear smelling fresh

They were super easy to make. I simply filled a knee high stocking with Fresh Step Total Control with the Power of Febreze and tied it off to make a little bean-bag type pouch.  Since these are very flexible and pliable, you can fit them into just about any size shoe.

I keep these bags inside his shoes whenever they aren’t on his feet.  It has really helped control the smell.  You can make the bags in any size that you need.  And, when you notice they stop working, simply replace the cat little with a fresh batch.

I love simple hacks that can help with everyday life.  Fresh Step Total Control with the Power of Febreze is keeping our entire house fresh and odor free.  Give it a try – there’s even a money back guarantee on the packaging.  If you’re a Sam’s Club member, check your instant saving’s book for a $3.50 discount from 5/11/16 – 6/5/16.

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