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’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!

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 wore my Adidas Stan Smith Leather Socks almost every day this year—I love them that much. But because I didn't give them sufficient rest between wears both my black and my white pair had started to pick up some smell. That's when I got the Mini Mosos. As long as I place them inside the shoes when I'm not wearing them they're odor-free the next time I put them on. However the smell does come back with wear; they're not returning the shoes to as-new, so don't expect that. They do pull moisture out of the footbed and they do deodorize without using a perfume to mask the smell. So by that definition I can state they definitely work as promised. Four stars on that basis. Five would have been if they did something miraculous.I'll use these from day one when I break out the pair of Socks I've been saving to see if it prolongs them becoming smelly in the first place. I'll update this review as and when I learn anything.One thing. My cat is obsessed with these things. We keep our "daily driver" shoes near the apartment door rather than put them in the closet, and if I leave my shoes out with the Mini Mosos inside Chappie will pull out and play with them. He either thinks they're kittens or mice—not sure which.

Works great

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.

I was getting foot odor in my work boots and my slippers. Both the work boots and slippers are now odor free with this product. I will definitely be using these into the future! 🙂

I bought these to put inside of my boxing gloves to freshen them up after the gym. I used my gloves 5 times a week for an hour a day. They got sweaty and gross. These made them smell better and actually freshened up my whole gym bag that I kept the gloves inside.

Hey, feet don’t smell like roses (and if they do, you’re doing something wrong), I tend to wear my shoes without socks, and in the summer, well, that creates a problem. Sometimes my shoes stink so badly. I can’t be anywhere near them. But this stuff works. I put them in the shoes for a day or two, and when I pull them out, no more odor. None whatsoever. Of course, me being me, I go right back to wearing my shoes without socks, and in a week or so I need to do it again, but the nice thing about these things is that they are reusable.