What’s that smell? It’s the odor causing bacteria that lives in the humid air inside your gear and every time you sweat the odor increases! Shoes, boots, skates, and protective gloves in sports are expensive and once properly, broken in, or difficult to replace. When your shoes and gloves are saturated with sweat from frequent use, odor, causing bacteria, grows and produces an unpleasant odor! What’s this happens, cleaning your shoes and gloves is a difficult task and leads to early replacement, and more expenses! Stank Stix are designed to easily insert into your shoes when they are not in use. You may use them with the handle attached or remove it to make a stick smaller sized. They quickly absorb the moisture, eliminate the odor and inhibit the growth of odor causing bacteria . They do not mask the smell, they neutralize it! Each set includes: 2 sticks infused with silver seal. 2 deodorizing insert bags. Removable handle and replacement caps. To inhibit odor, causing bacteria, growth and destroy odors. We use a non-toxic antimicrobial additive. Silver seal infused is the plastic used with Stank Stix with silver ions. Stank Stix infused with silver seal has been shown to inhibit 99.9% of all staff and E. coli growth on the product surface over a 24 hour period. To further eliminate odor, each Stank Stix set has replaceable deodorizing and moisture absorbing bags in the perforated tubes. For optimum performance, these bags should be replaced approximately every 3 to 4 months depending on usage. The Stank Stix anti-microbial additives are EPA registered, FDA listed in reach compliant solutions. The Stank Stix fit most adult and child size shoes, boots, skates, athletic gloves, arm, pads, knee pads, and more!