Product Review: Air Wick Freshmatic Ultra Automatic Spray
The Air Wick Freshmatic Automatic Spray is a time-released fragrance product that is supposed to leave a subtle aroma which you can notice each time you walk into your home. There are three aroma levels that you choose from on how often you want the burst of fragrance sprayed. You can set the timer to poof out some fragrance every six minutes, every sixteen minutes and the last one is a maximum of thirty minutes.
I went to the local Wal Mart and purchased the product and got back to my home with excitement and placed the fragrance unit on the wall in my kitchen, set the timer the first day on six minutes. I tried the next setting of sixteen minutes after the fourth day and left the fragrance level on sixteen for three or four days, and by that time I was not convinced totally about this product and what it says it does. So I placed the level on the thirty six minute level and left it there until the can of fragrance it comes with ran out.
I was not all that impressed with this product, although when the timer did spray the fragrance out, my home did have a nice aroma but I was only able to smell any scent at all if the central air or heat unit was on at the same time the burst of fragrance came out. Any other time when I would walk through my front door from being outside, I would never smell an aroma of fragrance.
There are several fragrant aromas to choose from: Papaya and Mango, Sparkling Citrus, Fresh Water, Spring Blossom and my favorite, Lavender. I have used the lavender and the sparkling citrus as well as the spring blossom. The spring blossom was a quite a bit overwhelming and stronger than the other two I had tried. You do have to purchase refill canisters. One can lasted me for almost two months. They cost $ 5.49 at Wal Mart. The product itself which mounts onto a wall, costs around $ 9.00. Just depends on where you choose to purchase it at.
I would give this product 3 stars because of the available fragrance choices that this offers. I am going to stick to using my aerosol air freshener and not spend anymore money on refills for this.
The gel fragrances I do not like at all because the product seems to evaporate too fast and it seemed like I was constantly having to go purchase more. Now the other product I tried was the oil that has the little fan and you plug this into an outlet. Don’t let the commercial for this product fool you with all fragrant flowers flowing through your home. I never noticed a pleasant floral aroma except when I was standing right next to the product. I also found that this product can be very messy and does leak sometimes which creates an even bigger mess. My advice is do not waste your hard earned money on these two products. Not worth the pennies anyway in my book.
