It does have a different smell to chip - but I don't consider it to have a strong nasty smell. I do confess you cannot beat the smell of fresh good quality wood chip, but Stinker pees so much that megazorb is my life saver.
No iTs not just you! I used it on a mare last year but had to take her off it as I dont like smelly stables...honestly im a proper clean freak so the Mega was not acceptable!
I dont understand what you lot are doing to your Megazorb...honestly I had my horse on it for three years before going to a yard whre I could use shavings and my M bed NEVER stank....
I don't think that they're using enough of it by the sounds of it - it's best how we used it Spans - lots in - so that it drains and compacts underneath!
I never had any problems with it when I had H on diy - but now H is on livery I tried it and my YO couldn't do with it either