Review and Giveaway: Glade Sense & Spray

I’ve never really been a huge fan of air fresheners – I usually prefer to use scented candles (or at least I did before kids), or simply spray something if or when needed. I don’t really see the point in having something sitting there releasing a scent even when it’s not needed. So that’s why I was intrigued by Glade’s newest air freshener which only dispenses when someone’s around to actually benefit from it.

What it is:

The new Glade^® Sense & Spray^™ air freshener has motion sensor technology that lets it release a spray of scent only when it detects motion in the room. After that, the air freshener enters a lock-down period for 30 minutes before it will spray again, even if there’s motion nearby. A ‘boost’ button lets you add a burst of fragrance whenever you think it’s needed, even during the 30-minute lock-down. When the unit is in ‘wait’ mode, you’ll see the light blink every 5 seconds. Once it sprays, the light stays on continuously for 30 minutes until it enters the wait mode again.

The base unit is available in both Clean Linen and Lilly of the Valley scents and you can purchase refills in those scents as well as Magnolia & Vanilla, Apple Cinnamon, Country Garden and Powder Fresh.

Here’s my take on it:

One thing that I liked about this air freshener right off is that it’s a self-standing unit. That way you don’t need to worry about placing it only where there’s an electrical outlet, but can put it wherever you can most benefit from the motion sensor. In our case, I chose the shelf above our kitchen sink as a good area to test it in. While there’s enough traffic through the kitchen to really get use out of the spray, it’s not the highest traffic area in the house. And let’s face it, the kitchen sink can at times need a burst of air freshener or two. 

I actually really don’t mind this air freshener at all. It’s a fresh, clean scent that’s not overwhelming or perfume-ish. And I like that it’s not a constant fragrance, but only emits at most, every half hour. I think the only thing that’s taken a bit of getting used to is hearing the poof of air when it bursts – it took a few days before I learned to recognize it as I’d walk by and now I hardly notice it at all. I’m not sure how long the refill is supposed to last, but we’ve been using it for over a week with no sign of running out.

The bottom line:

The Glade^® Sense & Spray^™ air freshener is a great option if you need long-term freshening in an area that gets intermittent traffic, or to preserve the scent in a high-traffic daytime area during the night. The motion sensor really allows the air freshener to work only when and where it needs to.

Where can you find it?:

Glade^® Sense & Spray^™ air fresheners are available where other Glade products are sold and on Amazon where the base unit retails for $9.99.

Would you like to try it?:

Courtesy of Glade and the Family Review Network, I have the opportunity to give a Glade^® Sense & Spray^™ air freshener away to a lucky reader! If you’d like to try one of these out for yourself, here are the rules:

1. Enter by leaving a comment here to let me know what area of your house you could use the Glade^® Sense & Spray^™ in. Please don’t just say ‘choose me’, or your entry will be discarded.
2. The contest will run until Monday, February 23rd at 11:59 pm EST. The winner will be selected through random drawing, contacted by e-mail, listed on this post and also submitted to PRIZEY.Fetch. US and Canadian entries only, please.
3. Please leave a valid e-mail address or other way to contact you! If you don’t wish to leave your e-mail address, please make sure that you leave a unique name and check back with PRIZEYWinners to see if you won. If the winner hasn’t responded within 3 days, an alternate winner will be chosen by random drawing.
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So that’s a total of 7 comments/entries if you do all of the extra entry options.

Good luck! 

THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED – the random number generator has chosen comment #141 as the winner:

Congratulations to Tammy Kennedy (no blog) who said, “I love my freshmatic but it sprays every 36 minutes that is the longest time allowed to be set at. My husband complains at 6.00 a can for refill that it should be set to spray longer time intervals. So this Glade spray And Sense would be perect for my bathroom, we would both be happy my husband less waste and cost, I’d be happy no stinking in my bathroom or over spraying from my kids with the oust can spray. Thank you.“!

I will be e-mailing you shortly to work out the details.

This post was written for Family Review Network as part of a program by SC Johnson, who also supplied the product for review and giveaway.