Here's a few photos of my new Shock Doctor™ Power Dry™ System in action. After seeing an ad, and getting excited about the novelty, I picked mine up at Northwest Pro Hockey for $170 (large bag and blower) as soon as it became available.
The idea is that instead of unpacking all your gear and laying it out to dry, you leave it (organized) in the bag and the external and detachable blower dries and ozonates it.
Here's their pitch:
No more wet, smelly infectious gear, foul enough to clear everyone out of the locker room, let alone the Surburban or the house.
The amazing patented* Shock Doctor Power Dry System not only dries, it refreshes, deodorizes and kills bacteria on equipment inside the bag. The bag interior is like no other, featuring multi-vented chambers that organize all kinds of gear to maximize air-flow and speed drying time when the Power Dry System is in use.
Cool idea, and it works, but it's no miracle. The blower doesn't reach every corner of the bag because, well, it's filled with your hockey gear. I find myself running the 3 hour cycle two or three times, reshuffling different bits of gear into the compartment directly attached to the blower. You could argue that this is just as much work as unpacking and laying your equipment.
On Monday night, Matt and I were driving home from hockey. About 10 minutes away from Seattle, the rear driver's side window of the green, late model, VW Jetta that was in front of us opened, and a fast food drink container flew out. The container hit the pavement at 65 mph and exploded into a cloud of liquid and debris that the Rabbit drove into a split-second later.
