Ozone generator for vehicle odors?

[rondog]

Has anybody here ever used an ozone generator to de-stink a vehicle? Like, cigar smoke smell in a pickup? Just wondering how well it works.

[sniper7]

I used to work for Ralph schomp Chevy in Brighton and we had a manager that was horrible at smoking in all the vehicles he would drive for 4-6k miles then the dealership would sell them as new/used.
We would use the ozone generator for a couple days in those vehicles and it would wipe out pretty much any smell effectively.
Also used it on a dodge Cummins extended cab the guy had a Newfoundland or some huge type dog that pretty much lived in the truck. The original seats were nice once you got through no joke 4” of dog hair that had been matter down over the years. It ended up smelling nice as well.

[Irving]

Do they cost a lot to rent?

[sniper7]

No idea, the dealership bought one

[rondog]

Looked at them on eBay, seems they run from $69.95 to about $275 and up. But the $70 one looks real attractive for personal use. Thinking I might just get one, but wanna hear experiences first.

[Wulf202]

Heavy concentrations of ozone will melt plastics. Use in moderation with a window cracked. It does work but you need to run the fan as a lot of the smell gets trapped in the dust inside the hvac system

[beast556]

No experience with autos, but when I did maintenance for hotels we would use them in rooms people smoked in and brought there pets. For the most part it would get rid of the smells.

[Irving]

Sounds like something everyone should have.

[MarkCO]

They work. Have used them in vehicles several times. We had a $900 commercial one at work and used it to destench cars and rooms from fires and corpses. We had a fire in a Winchell's on Federal and some bright bulb opened the refer...out rolled gallons of brown sludge that would make a skunk wince. Cleaning crew removed that in Class A and set the Ozinator in there. 3 days later, no smell.

Buddy bought one for his hockey gear bag. Worked great for him.

Flow is important if there are a lot of polymers around. And don't breath in Ozone!

[KS63]

Had a room in Vegas that was supposedly non smoking but smelt like cigarettes. Hotel used an ozone generator that did remove the tobacco smell, but left an even worse ozone scent that eventually led to us changing rooms. To be honest, the ozone smell was worse than the smoke.