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The wind or blowback is what has kept me from buy some for my wife or daughter who both will not and can not (due to work) carry a gun.
Been racking my brain for a good substitute for a pistol...
Thing about pepper spray is the strongest stuff is reserved for animals, if you really want to carry it around get some animal strength, like the Mace brand for dogs, or the Sabre brand for dogs, or the Ruger brand for bears...It isn't about the brand, just that it should be made for use on animals
I would generally caution people from using those items because they arent often that sturdy, especially if bad dude gets a hold of it in a struggle. They can be pulled apart pretty easy and then you have a real mess.
.2% is enough to render most humans useless. .2, .4, .73 and 1.3% are typically the most available. I like DefTech because their Mk3, which is fairly small and easy to hide, gives you 8 to 10 bursts and is good for 5 years. They are also 360 degree useable because they dont use draw tubes.
OC isn't my favority thing in the world because secondary exposures are common. I can't argue with the results though. It causes far fewer injuries and is easier to deploy than a taser. It doesnt take much clothing to render a tazer useless. Once a tazer is deployed and fails, reloads are slow. Even a successful taze only lasts as long as the cycle and then badguy is right back into the fight. I'd get tazed any day over getting sprayed.
The wind or blowback is what has kept me from buy some for my wife or daughter who both will not and can not (due to work) carry a gun.
Been racking my brain for a good substitute for a pistol...
Just have them kind of add "which way is the wind blowing" to there continual threat assessments
Yeah, but it would be good option for them to have available.
-I've used pepper spray a bunch on dogs while cycling. Incredibly effective, including on ferrel dogs. Has saved me from in-humanely injuring dogs, and likely myself a bunch (kicking/clubbing a dog while cycling is a great way to crash). It's saved my life in one circumstance, when I sprayed the alpha of a Tibetan Mastiff ferral pack.
I've also received blow back from a spray in France. Stopped the dog and I was still reasonably functional enough to get more distance from it before having a full-on sneeze/caughing/teering fit.
I would not want to ever receive a full force blast, that's for sure. Very effective stuff, if it can be effectively deployed. That part would would require some personal defense training & a lot of practice. Just have them kind of add "which way is the wind blowing" to there continual threat assessments so it can become second nature. Similar to a simple side step if drawing a handgun.
I would generally caution people from using those items because they arent often that sturdy, especially if bad dude gets a hold of it in a struggle. They can be pulled apart pretty easy and then you have a real mess.
.2% is enough to render most humans useless. .2, .4, .73 and 1.3% are typically the most available. I like DefTech because their Mk3, which is fairly small and easy to hide, gives you 8 to 10 bursts and is good for 5 years. They are also 360 degree useable because they dont use draw tubes.
OC isn't my favority thing in the world because secondary exposures are common. I can't argue with the results though. It causes far fewer injuries and is easier to deploy than a taser. It doesnt take much clothing to render a tazer useless. Once a tazer is deployed and fails, reloads are slow. Even a successful taze only lasts as long as the cycle and then badguy is right back into the fight. I'd get tazed any day over getting sprayed.
I must say I don't know what you mean about 'those items aren't often that sturdy'
The dog pepper spray I sell is packaged in the same exact container as the regular
pepper spray is, so I can't imagine what your objection could be to them???
I don't know the strength. But Sabre works great on dogs.
I think it has Mace and an ultraviolet die added also.
So when somebody tries to deny there dog attacked you. You can just hit it with an UV light and it will Flores.
I have used it a dozen or more times. Out walking my dogs.
And the dog goes from full ''Tunnel vision. I'm gona kill you''! To rubbing his face in the grass.
Shuts them right down.
No more kicking dogs. And injuring my knees. No more needing to shoot the dog between the eyes!
Having I non-lethal option to try first is a nice luxury.
Just hold it out at arms length and anticipate the wind and back spray. You'll be fine.
Now I have got a little in my face before when using it. But that was better than the six months it took for my knee to heal.
Those pit-bulls are stout dogs.
Just got done doing an instructor recertification on Defensive Technology 1.3% OC spray. I can, without a doubt, tell you this stuff really hurts. I'd get tazed every week vs getting hit with this stuff once. Got sprayed at 1315 today and it still burns like hell.
Have you also been tased? If so, where did they tase you?
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