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The Complete Pepper Spray Purchaser's Guide (Part One) - How to Acquire the One You Truly Need

Article Category: Womens Interest

Author Name: Dan Reyes

Choosing the right pepper spray is usually a pretty perplexing and frustrating task for most women and men, especially with so many different models, brands and chemical formulas to select from. So the regular customer is frequently left questioning himself (or herself) which one ought to be selected, given his/her precise self defense needs.

Of course, not all pepper sprays are created equal. But don't fret: as soon as you have read this three-parts buyers guide, you'll be prepared to go out into the internet world and acquire the best possible pepper spray for you and your loved ones. You will find this unbiased information very easy to understand...and absolutely very useful. So let's begin!

The most frequently asked question we get is: "What's the difference between MACE and Pepper Sprays?" Our response is: MACE is a just a brand name, just like Wildfire is another. No matter which brand you decide on, you will still be getting pepper spray for your money.

That doesn't suggest that there are absolutely no differences between them, though. MACE is not just pepper spray: it may include supplementary substances such as tear gas (a strong irritant) for extra incapacitating effects. Furthermore, while its compound formulation might be suspended in liquid carriers (just like regular pepper sprays), other MACE products use foam and gel as carriers instead. Given that, several MACE pepper weapons produce stronger blowback protection and longer firing ranges when compared to other non-MACE brands.

Nevertheless, other non-MACE brands can actually give you a more powerful pepper formula in comparison to MACE (take Wildfire, for example). Particularly, MACE typically carries less than 10% pepper (unless otherwise specified), while other brands offer you as much as 10% and even 18% pepper formulas. That's why you must consider other defensive spray brands also (not just MACE), depending on what your personal needs are (for example, you may want to sacrifice MACES's additional features for a self defense spray with the strongest pepper formula -like Wildfire defensive sprays- particularly if you are living in a high-risk crime area). That leads us to the next question.

"How will I distinguish which pepper spray model is the most powerful?" Our response is: Verify its OC Concentrations and SHU ratings.

OC concentrations refer to the quantity of "Oleoresin Capsicum" (OC) that that individual pepper model has, in relation to its other ingredients (liquid carriers such as organic solvents, alcohol and water, plus propellants such as nitrogen, carbon dioxide, or halogenated hydrocarbons). Therefore the greater the OC concentration, the more powerful that pepper spray will be.

By the way, OC is an oily extract of pepper plants of the genus Capsicum (used as a spice in hot sauces, etc.). Its active constituent, "Capsaicin" (8-methyl-N-vanillyl-6-nonenamide), is an inflammatory agent. As outlined by The European Parliament Scientific and Technological Options Assessment (STOA), the OC (Oleoresin Capsicum) pepper spray will cause: 15-30 minutes of temporary blindness, 45-60 minutes of a burning sensation of the skin, 3-15 minutes of upper body spasms (which will make the assailant to bend forward), 3-15 minutes of uncontrollable coughing, and 3-15 minutes of speaking and breathing (it goes without saying that these effects are non lethal).

That clarified, the second indicator of how strong the pepper spray formula might be is its SHU ratings. What SHU means is "Scoville Heat Units", a score that varies between 2-3 million units. It reflects the hotness, piquancy and effectiveness of this legal kind of self-defense. As a rule, the greater the SHU rating, the better.

Understanding your defensive spray's OC concentrations and SHU ratings truly have very valuable implications you should contemplate. For instance, a female who is a target of domestic violence could be looking for the lowest SHU and OC pepper concentrations that are still within the effectiveness range, perhaps because she doesn't intend the pepper spray's effects to be excessively severe on her husband after all.

On the other hand, if her husband's conduct represents an extreme (life or death) hazard for her, or if she intends to use it against any unexpected attacker (who may be taller and stronger than her), she might want to get a powerful (yet non lethal) spray that has the highest OC and SHU ratings available (by the way, pepper sprays are not just for women: the strongest men use them as well - ask police officers if you don't believe us!).

OK, that anwers the powerfulness question. However, just when you thought you were ready to buy the self defense spray that best fits your particular needs, you stumble over yet another question: What does "fogger", "stream", "forced cone", "foam" and "gel" mean? Which one would we recommend you as the most excellent variety of pepper spray?

That critical question will be answered in the second part of this practical buyers guide. Don't miss it. Seriously: Because defensive sprays can save lives, the life of a loved one (or your very own) could depend on the right selection of the right pepper spray. So keep learning about this very important topic in Part 2 of this series. You won't regret you did!

Keywords: pepper sprays, mace sprays, wildfire pepper sprays, defensive sprays

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