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Ready-to-Use Air Freshener: Pros and Cons
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
air care
Ready-to-Use Air Freshener: Pros and Cons
Ready-to-use air-freshening products are usually the first thing that comes to mind when you think about scenting and odor elimination. After all, an aerosol can is easy to use, economical, and easily stored. But are ready-to-use air fresheners the best choice for your facility? It comes down to how you’re using them and what your fragrance goals are.
At State Chemical, we manufacture and distribute chemical solutions for various purposes, including odor control and scenting. It’s easy to go with the solution you're most familiar with when trying to solve a problem, but it’s our goal to give you a full picture of your fragrancing options so that you can choose the best option for your facility.
To help you determine whether ready-to-use air fresheners are the right fit for you, we’re going to explain when these products should be used and their pros and cons. After reading, you’ll know what kind of scenting solution your facility needs.
What is Spot Treatment?
First, it’s important to understand what we mean when we say “spot treatment.”
Spot treatment refers to any manual form of odor elimination and scenting. This includes air freshener sprays, aerosols, solids, gels, and any other handheld method of treating air. Meanwhile, ambient scenting means using automated systems to freshen the air and eliminate odors for you. Spot treatment is not ambient scenting but is rather intended to treat specific areas of your facility.
For example, you might use spot treatment to treat a dumpster. However, you would not use spot treatment to fragrance an entire convention center—it just wouldn’t be efficient.
Knowing the pros and cons of ready-to-use air care products is critical to using them most appropriately. Examine the pros and cons in the context of your facility to determine what’s best for you.
Pro: Ready-to-Use Odor Control Sprays Directly Treat a Problem Area
Above all else, the benefit of ready-to-use air care products is that they directly treat an intended problem area. This means that if you have a smelly bathroom, musty furniture, or rank trash cans, spot treatment can effectively eliminate odors at the source.
If you used an ambient scent diffuser, this wouldn’t necessarily be the case, as it would treat the entire space—not just the specific problem. With ready-to-use sprays, you are directly targeting the issue, which is more effective than a general method.
Con: Ready-to-Use Air Fresheners are Less Effective in Large Spaces
However, if your goal is to treat a larger space (e.g., a hotel lobby), spot treatment will not be as effective for you.
Let’s say that you manage an assisted living facility. The whole facility has an undertone of body odors, so you want to use an odor eliminator with a fragrance to solve the issue.
If you tried to spray a handheld air freshener to solve this problem, it would be hopeless. You couldn’t be nearly consistent enough with it or use enough product to make a significant difference.
Meanwhile, if you used an automated scent diffuser in this situation, you would have a constant, facility-wide solution.
It’s all about using the right product for your situation. If your problem is in a large space or throughout your entire facility, look into automated scent diffusers instead.
Pro: Ready-to-Use Odor Eliminators are Perfect for Occasional Problems
When your odor problems are less frequent, ready-to-use solutions are a great option.
For example, if you only want to freshen the break room after Todd from IT burns his popcorn once a week, using a handheld air freshener makes more sense. Why would you spend the money to constantly fragrance a room that smells fine 90% of the time?
In these situations where odors are more occasional, handheld solutions are more efficient and economical.
Con: Handheld Odor Control is Less Consistent in Large Spaces
On the flip side, when you need a consistent solution for a larger space, ready-to-use products are less effective.
Suppose that you manage an indoor trampoline park. With kids running and jumping around all day, odors of feet and sweat tend to linger in the air. These malodors are never going to stop as long as your business is open, but spraying an air freshener isn’t going to make an impact on your 25,000 square foot trampoline park. It just wouldn’t be enough product for the space.
Meanwhile, with an automated scent diffuser, you wouldn’t have this problem. Instead, the diffuser would consistently release fragrance and an odor eliminator, constantly combatting the body odors and keeping your facility smelling fresh all day.
If you need around-the-clock odor control, handheld odor control probably isn’t the solution for you.
Pro: Handheld Odor Eliminators are Relatively Cost-Effective
One of the main benefits of ready-to-use air care products is that they are less costly than ambient scenting options. Generally, a handheld air freshener will cost you $3–20 a month. Meanwhile, a scent diffuser will cost you $15–100 a month (depending greatly on the size of your system and space).
When you have a tighter budget for air care, this makes ready-to-use products a perfect solution. However, it’s important to make the best choice for your facility’s needs. The lower price of ready-to-use products looks great on paper, but if it means overlooking your other needs, it’s probably not the best fit for your facility.
Learn About Spot Treatment vs. Ambient Scenting
Everyone is familiar with ready-to-use air fresheners, and they’re a great choice when used in the correct context. Now that you know the benefits and drawbacks of ready-to-use air care, learn more about odor spot treatment as compared to ambient scenting.
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