Clean Gear - How Pleasant!

My daughter and I played hockey this evening...and sitting next to each other on the bench, we could tell that our hockey gear was in serious need of cleaning *phew*!

We were at the Burnsville Ice Arena and decided to try the "Sports-O-Zone" equipment cleaning and sanitizing unit sitting right there. We dumped in all of her gear, and all of mine - and Marcus grabbed a pair of his skates from the car - and set the unit to work.

5 minutes later - voila! Hockey gear smalled muuuuuuuuch better - we didn't cringe when the gloves and elbow pads went past our noses. It was $10 for both sets of gear, and we could have put even more in.

So, we were skeptics and are now converts! I'm impressed - it smells so much better, and the documentation they had near the machine made a pretty good case that it's been sanitized as well. If your benchmates are moving away from you, and If you see a machine at your local rink, we say go for it.