Bad Air Sponge Air Odor Absorbent, 14 ounce, 2-Pack

I'm sad to report that I'm a repeat purchaser of this product. Let me be clear, NOT sad about the product itself (it's a lifesaver, or at least a NOSE saver!) but sad that I NEEDED to buy this product more than one time.I'm a live and let live kind of person with animals. As long as they stay OUT of my house. Want to traipse and frolic out in the yard, trees or bushes? Have at it. However my hospitality ends when they try to invade my home. That's just not very neighborly.About a year ago, right about the same time of year, as the temperatures started getting chilly outside, we noticed a, for lack of better words, a PUTRIDLY RANCID smell coming from the general vicinity of one corner of our basement. We followed our sniffers and scoured the entire area but could find no evidence of any physical issue. But the smell got worse by the day. We suspected something had gone to eternal rest within our walls but was just in such a location that we could not find it without ripping apart walls."Experts" told us that it would take a bit of time but that the smell would eventually go away as the, um, at rest "carcass" dried up. But let me tell you, that smell was, um NOT pleasant. I let my fingers do the walking, across the keyboard, and I came upon this very item. Read a few reviews and literally just ordered it on the spot. It came quickly, I unscrewed the top of the jar and unceremoniously place the jar right there in the corner of the smelly basement.I kid you not, by the next morning, the gaggingly putrid smell was ...better. Not completely eliminated but obviously better. Could be a combination of the critter going through it's "normal process" but I don't care. There was hope that we would hopefully be able to go down there again without having to hold our breath and plug our noses. Sure enough, over the next days and week, the smell quickly seemed to dissipate. Hurray. Giant HURRAY!!! The whole stinky episode faded in our memory .... until this week.Yup. After a brief cool down of temperatures outside, the outdoor rodent community must have decided "Oh hey there seems to be an abode worthy of wintering within. Let's send frail and sickly Grandpa Mouse in to scope it out!" (mind you we have searched for possible holes on the exterior of our house but can find nothing...but obviously we are not rodent sized with keen senses of direction & bodies which can apparently squeeze through minute cracks unseen to the human eye). And Grandpa Mouse obviously lost his will to live and laid down somewhere deep within our walls to join his ancestor of last year. That's my story and I'm sticking to it as I do not even want to entertain the concept that there are actual living critters roaming ALIVE in our walls!But ah yes, that undeniable stench! It's back. And building. So without hesitation & at warp speed, I flew to my computer to look up my purchase history and bought, not one, but TWO of this magic jar of stench ridder! One to place out immediately and one to have at the ready in case more of the mouse family decide to come look for Grandpa Mouse.Bottom line. Buy this stuff. It makes stenches go away.

Good for your new house

Nothing to not like about "The Sponge". Had what was likely a dead rat stuck between walls in front porch. Space was about 40sf overall so I scooped less than a 1/4 of one jar onto a sheet of foil wrap, blocked the entrance and with 48 hrs.... the smell was gone. Got to love the stuff. The only alternative I was considering was tearing off some of the siding to get it out. Can't say much more than that.

EDIT: OK been a couple weeks now, and this is what I have experienced.It is ONE thing to clear up an old smell of a place you move into or a car you buy, but ANOTHER if it is a constant. If you have neighbors that chain smoke, cook funky-smelling food, you will NEED more of these. I got a total of five and I am getting at least a few more as entry, landing, smoke or food smells coming through walls or from downstairs, well, hard to have too many of these when it's an old house with lots of crevices for smoke or scent to come through.With that said, they help A LOT. These, a small air purifier by my bed, and sealing the common heating vents made a world of difference.__________________________________________________I got one for 12 and change. At first it seemed really strong, but the scent fades and then it just neutralizes other scents.I live in an 1890's house divided into three separate apartments. Everyone but me chain smokes, two living downstairs, one right next to me and it often smells like I live in a bad diner (what IS he cooking?)I got two orders of the two pack and put one on the upstairs landing, one in the foyer, one next to the connecting wall with the upstairs apartment and one in my kitchen (SO many cracks and crevices and AROMAS and SMOKE rise!).These, getting a small air purifier and closing off the heating vents we share (dry, dusty, smoky hot air, not a fan) has helped IMMENSELY.That and having my neighbors try to be more accommodating and not smoking right under my bedroom, which was really nice of them. Legally, they can smoke wherever they wish.SO FIVE STARS. Not saying these will fix ALL your problems with any odor that arises, but I love they don't MASK, but neutralize. And while they smell pretty strong when you first open them, as long as you don't have them RIGHT by you (for instance, I wouldn't put one on my computer desk), I don't really smell them after a day.

Seems very effective after a few days now but I think it's an expensive solution as it expected to last only a month or two.