ona Gel Fresh

Kills smells in minutes!

This works really well if you use it in the room you keep your cat litter box in also in your RV not overpowering.

Absolutely love this product. Basically deletes any odors in our home (we have 2 lg dogs, and 5 cats). I say deletes, because it doesn't just put out a cover smell; it actually removes the odor, and leaves a hint of a fresh, clean scent.

Great product

I am grateful that it removed the dead rat odor from our home because the nauseating smell was causing us to nearly throw-up! Thank God it came when it did! Originally I ordered one quart of Ona Gel Fresh Linen scent and one Ona 6-ounce block Linen Scent I tried both, but the quart worked best for our needs. I had placed each one separately in the closed-off room that the rodent smell originated and the 6 ounce block was not enough on it's own so I placed it in the hallway outside the door. Since the dead rat odor is under the house and inside the belly-board (the board that covers the underside of the house which can be seen in the crawlspace), the smell is radiating from the room it originated from; and now the smell is in the bathroom, living room, and dining room, but not in our Master bedroom located on the other side of the house. I just ordered two more quart-sized Ona Gel Fresh Linen so that I can place one in the closed-off room where it smells most strongly.I placed the one quart-sized Ona Gel Fresh Linen container in our living room near the floor furnace vent to save our son from puking, and I turned on our ceiling fan to circulate the Ona Gel after peeling back the cover about half-way. It removed the dead rat odor from our living-room, dining-room, and bath-room, and the 6 ounce block works adequately for the small hallway between the living-room and the bath-room.For the last two years, at least, we paid roughly $65.00 per month to a local professional pest control company who originally charged us over $1,000.00 to rid us of 2-3 rats located under the house inside the belly-board by removing the belly-board and the insulation and then replacing with new. I heard them spray the smelly areas with something and I've now learned that professionals use what is called "EcoSafe Ultra ZR1 Odor Neutralizer" which comes in different scents and I didn't find it for sale on Amazon, but there are 6 distributors that sell it, however, the Ona Gel Fresh Linen is sufficient for our needs and maybe the Ona Spray works just as well as the other brand--we might need a spray when my husband is able to crawl under the house after setting out own bait traps for a couple weeks outside which is what the professional company did--they baited for 3 weeks outside (prior to removing the belly-board) with "Contrac" rodenticide (blue-colored) inside 3 black octagon-shaped tamper-resistant, key-lock bait stations (it is required by law to place professional rodenticide inside a bait station outside and not out in the open because it could kill other animals like pets and birds or poison children). The other thing the professional pest company did was to seal our crawl-space entry with a wooden frame and vertical door placed flat against the base of the house located inside the exterior crawlspace metal surround--this was an excellent idea because it appeared that's where the rodents entered our crawlspace. HOWEVER, they didn't do an adequate job of sealing the rest of our crawlspace of other openings because we continued to have problems after they finished their work!The professional pest control company gave us a "contract" that PROMISED to rid us of future rodent problems if we paid them roughly $65.00 per month. We decided to pay them monthly because my husband (who is not scared to crawl under the house) didn't have time to do it himself at that time. I asked them if they sealed-up the crawlspace well and they said yes. Well, we continued to have problems each Winter and when we told our pest tech about it, his response was, "I don't SEE anything (in the crawlspace under the house). Yeah, it's terrible, the smell will eventually go away." Needless to say, they did NOT honor our contracted agreement, so we cancelled their useless "service" and bought our own rodenticide from Amazon and bait stations from a local hardware company online.After doing research, I decided to buy the "Havoc XT blok" rodenticide from Amazon which is just as good as "Contrac" however it's a little different in that the "Havoc" remains in the rodent's liver which is good if it's stuck under the bellyboard in your house because if another rodent eats it then it should die too presumably; the "Contrac" brand doesn't remain in the the rodent's liver and is excreted out in the urine--that prevents secondary poisoning from a pet or eagle that might eat the dead rodent if it were laying out in the open.One good thing that we learned from the pest control company--they told us that double-wide manufactured homes like ours has a small gap where the two sides connect and the rodent smell travels up into the house because the floor has two sides and not one solid one--this is important for people to know because the horrific smell makes the situation seem worse that it may be--we thought a rodent was in our floor furnace vent because a horrific smell was coming from the floor vents. However, we discovered that the dead rodents were not in the floor vents but in the bellyboard under the house. They also said that often times, rodents will crawl alongside the furnace floor vents to keep warm, but they are not actually "IN" the vent itself--so whatever you do, DON'T TURN ON YOUR FURNACE!!! Instead of using your furnace, you'll need to use space-heaters or a woodstove if you have one, or just open your kitchen oven door like we did if it's safe to do so--worked for us! Now we are wondering why did we spend $3,000 to install an electric furnace when we can't use it--next time we'll install wall-heaters instead--in addition to our woodstove.Don't believe the lies of the Professional pest Control company when they tell you that their rodenticide (rodent poison) "drys-up" the rodent--this is a myth that I now know to be false and there is NO SUCH THING as ANY rodenticide that "drys-up" a rodent!! Most all of the rodenticides are anticoagulants, but the professional brands kill the rodents FASTER and require only a single feeding instead of store-brand multiple feedings. A few of the professional rodenticides are Neurotoxins which kill by way of the nervous system and I personally didn't want to use that type because we have dogs and a child and there is no antidote for it that I know of. The antidote for the anticoagulant (rodent bleeds to death internally) rodenticides is Vitamin K. I'm not too worried about our dogs eating a dead rodent because they are in a large fenced kennel, so I figured the "Havoc" brand may work best for our needs.We are so thankful for the quart-sized "Ona Gel Fresh Linen." It has truly been a blessing at this time! We actually found out about it from an online commenter who responded to someone with a similar problem to ours, and according to the professionals online at epestsupply.com the smell of a dead rodent can last for a period of "several weeks to months." Our experience in the Winter months, the smell lasted about 3 months before it dissipated, and now we have a dead one in Summer (middle of June) and we'll find out how long it lasts during Summer months--at least we're prepared with Ona Gel until we get the problem fixed by my brave husband and NO MORE local professionals!God be with the innocent of this world who are trying to spend their money wisely despite the abuses of some companies who cheat them! I am not providing the name of the local Professional Pest Control Company in this comment, but I will tell you that we live in Washington state.We are very appreciative of epestsupply.com for their excellent and informative website! Their knowledgeable and informational online website provided much-needed information to help us decide what to do, and we are grateful for that. THANK-YOU!!We are grateful also for the online commenter who recommended "Ona Gel" for rodent odor to someone online because this is how we learned about it. THANK-YOU!!And a big THANK-YOU to Amazon.com for providing a much-needed service by selling products that help make our lives much easier and happier! You have been instrumental in helping us solve our current problem by providing products that we need so desperately! THANK-YOU, THANK-YOU!!Sincerely written by a devoted and grateful customer, "A."9-02-2016. 2nd Review: It's been nearly 3 months since we first detected the horrific dead rodent odor in one bedroom since mid-June. One quart-sized "Ona Gel Fresh Linen" was sufficient during this waiting period. I'm glad we didn't need the second quart that we purchased because the box it was delivered in was completely smashed when we picked it up at the local Post Office and the lid was broken inside the box and the liquid leaked all over & soaked the box--however, the contents were still intact so we replaced the broken lid with a lid from the previously used Ona quart container and it still worked sufficiently well even with much of the liquid gone--it still retained some liquid along with the gel chunks. I blame the postal service for the smashed box--it was a large box and it looked like someone dropped something heavy on it because it was nearly destroyed and they had nothing to say about it, which I am not satisfied with.I would estimate that it still takes a good 2-3 months for dead rodent odor to dissipate in Summer-time; and 3 months in Winter-time. After at least 1-2 months of leaving the Ona quart-sized Fresh Linen in the room, with no fan, it worked well in eliminating the horrific rodent odor, after that the room began smelling very strongly of Ona--so I put the lid back on, removed it and stored it. Now, during this 3rd month, the room has a slight Ona smell even with the Ona removed, which is fine--am still smelling a hint of rodent blood odor which I assume probably soaked into the belly-board under our floor in the crawlspace and is still giving off that odor--the extremely hot Summer weather doesn't help except to dry it out which is a good thing.We haven't experienced any additional rodent problems since mid-June of this year since we cancelled our "professional" (tongue in cheek) rodent service, and we haven't used either of the two rodent bait-stations & rodenticide that we purchased yet. The recent mid-June rodent in 2016 AND the Winter-time rodent in 2015 BOTH occurred IMMEDIATELY after the "professional" rodent service tech replaced old rodenticide with new--the first Winter rodent died the SAME day that the rodenticide was replaced--and the second Summer rodent died about 1-2 days after the tech replaced old rodenticide with new. This indicates to us that their bait-stations/rodenticide was beginning to ATTRACT rodents to our home at this point when they stated on their monthly invoice "lighter feeding at this time." So, we believe it was and is currently the best idea to not put out any bait stations/rodenticide at this time, but at least we are prepared.I recall my husband commenting that it would NOT be a good idea to put bait stations/rodenticide out if NOT experiencing any rodent problems--he said that would only ATTRACT rodents--he said, "Let them wander about in their natural habitat, otherwise they will be motivated to congregate near our home," or worse--under our home or in the walls. He was right.When researching what exactly attracts rodents to your home, other than the obvious garbage or dog smells, we learned that we needed to contain our paper recycle which was not the first thing obvious to us. I read they use paper to build nests. So, we put forth $60.00 for two good garbage cans with good-fitting lids to contain all recycle products.Rinsing food containers such as juice, milk, soup cans, etc., before putting outside in recycle or trash helps eliminate odors that may attract rodents and/or other pests like cats, raccoons, opossums, and also bears or cougars if you live out in the woods away from town. Another preventative measure is to make sure fallen fruit & nuts from nearby trees are kept at a sufficient distance from your home because I read that rodents like that also, as well as meat or peanut-butter smells (they don't prefer cheese is what I've read). Obviously, dog food should be kept in an air-tight container if left outside, otherwise keep it indoors (we keep ours indoors).A huge attraction for rodents, however, is HEAT to keep warm in Winter which is the most trouble we've experienced to date because they had congregated under our crawlspace in the belly-board near heat sources such as our forced-air heated floor-venting, under the bathtub, near woodstove, kitchen oven, hot-water pipes, and outdoor dryer vent. The only way to prevent that is to sufficiently seal ALL holes, crevices, or openings 1/4 inch or larger (rodents can fit into any crevice as large as their head, so a tiny or baby mouse or rodent could fit into even a tiny hole of possibly 1/8 inch or try to chew it larger if it was attractive to do so).Read up on the different materials that professionals use for properly sealing crevices that WORK, such as "copper mesh" which is rust-resistant and has tiny holes which makes their teeth get stuck in in if they try to chew on it, thereby preventing entry into that crevice opening, and caulking the spaces around indoor pipes, etc. These materials should be available at your local hardware store or Amazon. Unfortunately, the "professional" rodent service company, that we paid hundreds of dollars to, didn't seal anything other than our crawl-space entry--which could easily be done by pretty-much anyone by making a simple frame & door (any board--wooden or metal--to cover the opening by screwing it to the wooden frame) for the crawl-space entry which is basically a big "hole" that leads under your home into your crawlspace. I'm astounded that home-building codes don't require these enormous "holes" be sealed better.To sum up, I recommend one "Ona Gel, quart-size" container for each closed-off room with disgusting odors such as dead rodent--be prepared to use Ona for 2-3 months for dead rodent odors to dissipate and get any home entry holes sealed immediately (especially crawl-spaces beneath your home) to prevent entry of more rodents.You may need a second quart-size gel container after the first one drys out for the rooms with the worst smell. In all, we purchased 3 quart-size gel containers and only used two, one for each of two rooms--you can adjust it's smell output by adjusting the seal under the lid--don't rip it off completely for other minor odors unless you are experiencing horrific dead rodent odor, etc.Thank-you Amazon.com for your wonderful products and for providing a resource for making our lives better.