Best Car Air Fresheners 2022

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The Best Car Air Fresheners of 2022

Keeping your space fresh (both the sight and the smell) is something we all have to deal with just about every day. Choosing the right products for your specific vision of fresh is daunting. There are a ton of brands, products, forms, etc in the market. When it comes to household tools, we will leave that to the experts.

When it comes to keeping your air fresh and standing out while doing it, that's where Bel-Air Fresheners can help. We've compiled a list of the best car air fresheners 2022 to help you decide where to spend your time (and your money).

About Car Air Fresheners

Car air fresheners have been around for generations, aging back to the 1950's. Much has changed since then, as we've moved from aerosol sprays to forms from A-Z.

It's estimated that over 300 million car air fresheners make their way into vehicles every single year. Rumor has it the first instance of a car air freshener making it's way to the market was a milkman using scent to handle the stale milk smell in the truck.

This is where the world famous little tree fresheners were born, and they have grown to become the behometh in the industry, all through the patented tree design.

Top Three Air Freshener Characters

1: The Maskers
Spills, stains = smells. Many a freshener makes their way into your car due to what has already happened as a way to either eat away at a smell, or mask a smell.

2: The Proactive Preventers
You folks know who you are, the people that take every step to prevent any bad smells from happening in the first place. Bravo to the tenacity.

03 The Statement Makers
You know that an air freshener is more than just a scent piece, and air freshener is an extension of your story. The little tree shape isn't going to cut it, you need a statement peice

These are three most common, not a complete list of the air freshener junkies out there :)

Let's Get You Fresh: Your Top Air Freshener Types

Choice 1: The Hanger
As you can expect, you cannot have a list of top air fresheners without the hanging freshener on the list. These have been around since the beginning and have their place.

You can find these at just about every single mass merchant/grocery chain/store in existence. In parallel, many hanging air fresheners have different designs, which create a much more appealing and fun air freshener experience.

Delivers scent at all times (as long as the scent lasts).
Choice 2: The Clip Ons
Clipped to the vents. These bad boys can come in a variety of different shapes.

Typically, these vent monkeys generate their scent while the AC/Heat is blowing.

Popular, however these are usually a small square filled with the scent. A basic choice.

Typically delivers scent only while air is blowing.
Choice 3: The Plug In
Similar to the clip on, however these deliver scent at all times (similar to the hanger).
Choice 4: The Can
Simply a can of scent. Could be a gel/wax or some other substance.

Open the vents on the can and the scent is deployed. ...Reminds us of our first car, hiding the cans wherever we could because they can be an eye sore.

Delivers scent at all times (as long as scent lasts).

Why Hanging Air Fresheners Are Our Top Pick For 2022

Convenience and Simplicity

Hanging air fresheners are easy to put on and easy to take off.

Little to no thinking is involved in setting these up.
Design Choice

Hanging air fresheners have a TON of choice when it comes design. Get bored easily...no issue, just swap out the design and the air freshener is FRESH again.

No longer are you stuck with just another tree, square clip on or plastic can.

The air freshener was meant to help you stand out.
Scent Options

This is where hanging air fresheners really stand out.

Clearly not all scents are made equally, however the plethora of options is seemingly endless and since these deploy scent 24/7 until the scent runs out.

If you don't like the scent, it is easily replaced on the next round.
Eco Friendly

Simple enough, once the scent is done (or it's been a year or two...you know who you are....) the standard hanging air freshener can be thrown into the recyling bin. It's usually cardboard.