Has anyone run into these new charcoal filter bags that supposedly clean the air of musty odors? One brand goes by the name of NatureFresh, and is made from banana tree ashes. Do they work? More importantly, do they lessen pipe tobacco smoke?
Charcoal Filter Bags
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Bamboo charcoal I use this for years and years as water purifier in my tea water cooker. 
A few of the bags you showed in your car or better in your wife's car.
A few of the bags you showed in your car or better in your wife's car.
You can tell this is a gimmick because it begs the question, why banana trees? Sounds like something they'd sell in Earth Fare marts at outrageous prices to get the "environmentally conscious" to feel better about themselves.
yeah the activated charcoal works. Not sure how well with smoke as I have not tried it. But they get rid of the nasty smells in small places.
A fresh opened can of coffee will suck up the reek of a corpse pretty quickly until its satiated. Charcoal would probably do the same. But both become satiated quickly which is why the filters need regular changing, I susect, if you are a regular smoker, a couple bowls a day in a room, that you would go through the banana crap pretty quickly. It would probably eat into your blend budget pretty fast.
the charcoal bag I have just needs a few hours in direct sunlight to work again. Honestly no idea why that works but my experience confirms it does. Not sure how tars would effect that process though.
Not new - Use them in closets, shoes, cars - they aren't as effective as marketed - they work but aren't great -you get better results using fans with them - and eventually the ADsorb most of the odor/voc's and you need to get new ones.
They work by Adsorbing the molecules into the carbon pockets - when in sun it is released - but eventually it becomes so saturated that you need a new one
I thought it was something like that, but if we're going by what I know it might as well just be magic. Also the sun would kill certain bacteria too. So I assume that's part of it.
That carbon 'aint cheap - I have an air purifier that uses that stuff - it's $250 for the refill - Some people make their own by burning coconut shells - or by re burning the saturated stuff- DANGEROUSLY FLAMMABLE
didn't read it that way. It's awesome so many people use their phones with auto correct that the natural reaction is just to assume it's the other word.