I Need to Vent - or not

Setting up my 2x4x60” tent for autoflowering indicas in my home office’s closet. I bought a 4” diameter 190 cm fan and carbon filter(1). If I just exhaust into the office will the smell be noticeable(2), or do these filters remove all the smell? Do I instead need to run the vent so it exhausts outside? Thanks!

(1) 1050+ RC48 charcoal, whatever that means. 4 x 14”

(2) One story ranch and we do get mouthy visitors lol

Scent removal depends on the filter and the strain really. IF you're venting to remove warm humid air, chances are it will just get pulled back in. If you're venting just to remove the smell, there's no need really, but either way venting outside is best.

Thanks. So with “no need to vent outside” for the smell, I believe you’re saying the filter will keep the odor during the most pungent stages at bay, even if I’m just venting back into the room?

Tedmarx38 said:

Thanks. So with “no need to vent outside” for the smell, I believe you’re saying the filter will keep the odor during the most pungent stages at bay, even if I’m just venting back into the room?

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Yep. I vent outside to keep heat down and to get rid of humidity. I use a scrubber to kill the smell. Soon I will setup a mini split AC unit and will no longer vent outside. At that point the carbon filter will just run inside of the tent to prevent skunking out my house.

Ok thanks again. By scrubber do you mean an additional device or are you leaning the carbon filter?

Tedmarx38 said:

Ok thanks again. By scrubber do you mean an additional device or are you leaning the carbon filter?

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I just mean a carbon filter.