Does it have any kind of "plasticy" smell?
541630
No smell at all. As one of the other respondents said, one of my absolutely best kitchen investments. I love it!
541631
No plastic smell at all. Capacity is incredible. One of my best investments in the kitchen. Currently holding 10 in chef, 9 in santoku, 12 in serrated, honing rod, 5 in chef, 4 paring knives and shears.
541632
I had not noticed anything, so I went and stuck my nose right up against it and I could not discern any smell at all.
541633
There was never any plasticy smell. Even with your nose against the plastic now, there is no discernible smell. We have had this since June 2014.
910278
We have not noticed any plastic smell. I must say that we have a large room so it may not be that apparent it the smell is not too intense.
2159389
As soon as I received mine, I washed mine with dish soap and air dried it. There's no lingering plastic smell... at least on mine.
745170
We have not experienced the aforementioned plastic odor with either one of the GermGuardian AC5000E we purchased and currently use.
1646234
I did not smell anything chemically about it. I actually dont think it had any smell when i got it.
426896
We never experienced a new plastic smell. Sorry can't help with this question.
1851881
I just remember the plastic smell for a couple of days but nothing major. I've had it since 2012 and it's still fine.
1059151
Not at all. It smells like plastic when you first open it but no smell. I keep mine outside on the porch patio
2224580
I don't remember having this problem. I have had this for over a year and I don't smell the plastic smell. I love this little heater. Works as well as it did the first day we bought it!
2050939
I didn't notice any plastic smell. What I did notice however was the audio and camera slots on case did not match up with my iPod 5 the gen
1914750
It's almost like a linen/cotton. Doesn't smell like plastic at all there's really no plastic on it
48067
There is no remarkable odor. When just opened from the protective sleeve the mat came in there was a slight plastic smell. I've had the mat for months and don't smell any odor in the room it's used in, even up close there is no overwhelming smell of plastic , only a slight one.
1234452
Mine doesnt have any smell at all i would try cleaning it with dreft stain remover. As weird as it sounds it is a really good cleaner for stenches (cant say ive ever tried it on that smell) or exchange it. I bet it warmed up somewhere that caused the plastic to smell that way.
941342
I didn't notice anything other than the usual, new plastic smell. If you're sensitive to that, that might bother you but I didn't find it unpleasant at all.
429788
Yeah, it's a funky out of the box plasticy smell. It took about a week of use, for me, and it went away.
1198131
No it does not smell at all. I have used it for a while and as long as it is dried after every use it is fine.
680882
Mine didn't really have a strong odor to it, but it did smell of plastic , but have no fear that goes away pretty quick, it's most likely from the heat of shipping containers and such, after one use mine was good to go, I have four of em and they are all okay now, I hope this helps Vanessa. J.D. McQuaide "robocop"