In 2008, Stephen Steinberg was playing hockey at the University of Maryland and had a problem - his hockey pads were making his dorm room smell like a locker room.
There were no cleaning sprays for sports equipment back then, so he developed one that was botanically-based, safe for his own skin and safe to use on sports equipment.
After seeing how well it worked, he started selling it to college athletics programs and Vapor Fresh was born.