smokebuddy Air Filter, Original

im not going too deep into this. a comparable device can be diy built from a bottle and dryer sheets. I scoffed at that concept until I witnessed it. It did not merely mask the smell, but eliminated any smoke odor. Smoke came out, and I smelled it in awe as it had no smoke smell. Smoke that doesnt smell like smoke. crazy. This is a heartier solution. Its built to last a while, and its worked under very limited use for at least a couple months now. If you indulge in such a way that allows second stream smoke, you will not be pleased. This only filters the smoke you exhale. Pipes can control second stream smoke if you learn to use them with that concept in mind. If you are smoking a paper cigarette, it will likely cut down on odor, but if you are aiming for all or nothing this will not mask your use of substances that produce smoke. If you are consuming paper cigarettes, that is. This is also good for vaping. Vapers will say that vape doesnt need filtering because there is no smell. This is not true. The smell is attenuated but also different and it depends on the vitality of the material you are using. I breathe in through my nose and exhale three times, so that no traces of smoke escape from my lungs nose or pharynx. Inhale through the nose, exhale through the mouth, do not break contact with the device, press solidly into ones lips, and exhale. After 3 exhalations, I cap the mouth side of the device because a nominal odor is present on that side. It is weak, but it is there. In addition to this, if you still produce an odor, a successful technique is to get a skillet and put a teaspoon of olive oil in it and turn the burner on high. Or take an non stick oil spray and coat the burner in an oven and turn in on high. If using the oven be careful that carbon deposits due not catch fire. If they do, a little water will do just fine. This will vaporize the oil which has a very effective attenuative effect on smoke odors. This will not prevent long term odors, but its good in a pinch. It helps if you are known to actually cook, as many forms of cooking involve browning and blackening meats.

I love it. No more secondhand smoke!

After several days of use, I was informed by my roommates that this product was indeed, not working. I think it certainly helps to an extent, but is not enough to be the singular use of smell daterant. I recommend if buying this product, you use alongside candles, or incense - some other form of smell eradication.

I feel like the Sploofy we had before this worked better.

I smoke pretty much all day every day. We stayed at a very nice hotel in a legal state. I smoked sun up to sundown all four days. The room didn’t smell, and we weren’t billed for some bologna cleaning fee. I will buy one every time I travel.

So this thing does exactly what its designed to do. You blow smoke into it, and you cant smell much coming out. Theres still a little smell if youre smoking up in a small room, but thats mostly due to the product itself and not the smoke youre exhaling. Although I did notice after about a month of semi-regular use (a few times a week.) it started getting this really nasty smell. Now lets be honest, thats probably from my own munchie breath blowing into the thing constantly, but I was surprised at how quickly an odor formed. I left the caps off - as some of the other reviews said, but it still formed an odor. Theres really no washing instructions, so I tried spraying a tiny bit of air freshener in there to see if it helped freshen it. (I waited until it was fully dry to use it.) but it still had a weird funk. HOWEVER, It is still filtering smoke just fine. So a month of semi regular use, and it still gets the job done, but has a weird funk. For $11, I feel I got good use out of it.

I can still smell when my roommate uses it. The odor still floats into my room.

Forget your home-made laundry-sheet sploofs, elaborate fan systems, towels under the door, plastic bag over the fire alarm. Youre a grown person now. Welcome yourself to the 21st century with this simple but useful (damn near essential for some people) tool for the smoker of all persuasions. Whether you vape, combust, tobacco, or otherwise, if you blow it out the Buddy, the clouds get sent straight to heaven, where it belongs. The smoke/vapor is just GONE. How long this last you depends on how you use it. Vapers can have it last for quite awhile. The Buddy really shines when you combust though, because those thick, ashy clouds really get filtered into pure air. No odor, nothing. This wont last you as long as vaping. You know its spent when it starts getting heavy resistance when you blow through. Ive read some stuff online about reactivating it by microwaving it...just dont do it. Not only does it not work, you get a funky smell and its never the same after. Just get you a new one. PS. If you can, get the one with the the keychain fella. Its dope.

After using a Smokebuddy Junior for years and it working perfectly, I thought Id just move up to a regular full size one. But it doesnt work as well for me. The mouth hole is pretty big, I have a hard time making a seal, I dont have a very big mouth. The area between the mouth hole and the filter is 1.25 with a diameter of 2.5 - its a pretty large area, so when you exhale through it, once you get to the end of the exhale and sit it down, the volume of that area is still full of unfiltered smoke that sort of drifts out and is still enough to smell. I have tried to take hits where I inhale the smoke and then remember to inhale regular air afterward, so that when I blow through it, the last of my exhale is just air, but it doesnt seem to work that way, it all blends together inside your lungs. I didnt have these issues with the Smokebuddy Junior. The empty area outside the filter was much smaller and so was the mouth hole. So I spent more on this one but use it less. Should have stuck to the smaller one.