The reason that enzyme odor control product are so popular is mostly because they are so really available in pet stores, hardware stores and grocery stores. This is because they are very high profit and though they are guaranteed effective, almost no one exercises the guarantee when they do not work.

Do they work?

Yes, and no. If there is no detergent in the area where you are going to use the enzyme and you are willing to keep the area wet for several days, yes they can and often seem to work.  However, keeping a carpet, padding and flooring area wet for several days is an open invitation to grow mold in and on the carpet.  Lastly, when these products do work they produce lots of very nasty odor because they actually accelerate the decomposition of the materials (urine residue) that were causing the problem in the first place.

If you are trying to get urine out of wall to wall carpeting, you really need to educate your self on the size and complexity of the problem you are trying to solve.  Treating this kind of problem from the top of the carpet without removing the padding and cleaning the floor will result in additional damage being inflicted on your floor and make the problem much more difficult to eliminate in the long run. I have been there and done that in our rental properties before we discovered OdorXit in 1996.

If long term results are not what you are concerned about, a whole different set of rules apply. The other piece is that temporary fixes used to hide problems where money is likely to exchange hands is called fraud nearly everywhere.  Whether doing a temporary odor repair so that the landlord does not notice the problem before you move or covering up a odor problem in a house you are selling to a retail customer both qualify as fraud.  I have seen court decisions cost sellers more than $30000 for a  failed cover up attempt.

Everyone wants a silver bullet, but I can assure you the enzymes are not the silver bullet if one does in fact exist at all.

OdorXit Products, which are safe and effective on urine, feces, vomit, spoiled food, sour milk, dead animal smell, skunk, and a host of other bad smells contain no bacteria, enzymes or solvents (except water). Check out  The Odor Wizard for what OdorXit Products can do.