ODORUN, a hardware product company based in Newport Beach, California, today announced it will launch its debut product, the ANS-01RM, on Kickstarter on July 14, 2026. The cordless, rechargeable ANS-01RM mounts to a standard toilet and extracts odor at the source before it ever reaches the room. The company describes it as the world's first toilet odor extractor, built to solve a bad-smell problem that has followed the toilet for centuries.
According to ODORUN, current methods such as ceiling fans, sprays, and filters are ineffective. Ceiling fans dilute odor into the room, sprays mask it with another scent, and filters recirculate the same air. The ANS-01RM captures odor at the bowl and vents it outside—before it ever reaches the room. The company states: "Fans spread it. Sprays mask it. Filters recycle it. ODORUN removes it." Key features include instant freshness with no lingering odor, chemical-free operation with zero added health risk, touchless wave on/off with auto shut-off at 90 seconds, simple DIY-friendly installation, and no refills or ongoing costs.
Michael Huang, founder of ODORUN, explained the motivation behind the product: "We're a small hardware team, and this product came out of a simple question: why has bathroom odor control barely changed in decades, while almost everything else in the home has gotten smarter? Fans and sprays were never designed to pull odor out of the house at the source. ODORUN is the first product built to actually do it."
ODORUN will open its Kickstarter campaign on July 14, 2026, marking the public's first opportunity to back and pre-order the ANS-01RM. Details and updates are available at www.odorun.com.
