I bought a really nice pack at a really nice price at this year's REI garage sale. There's not a mark on it and it looks good as new. The only problem is it's smell that I didn't notice for about a week. It has been Fabreezed....seriously. Something must have died inside for it's former owner to pump out what must have been an entire bottle of the stuff into the main compartment. It's SO clean, and SO fresh it's sickening. Anything put in the pack comes out equally perfumed and nauseating. It literally takes my breath away (and not in a good way).
I've aired it out. I've freezing-aired it out. I've dumped-in a box of baking soda. I don't want to use anything too caustic because I don't want to destroy the "waterproof coating" on the nylon.
Does anyone have any ideas how to de-fragrance a pack?