recommend a mace/pepper spray

[mirage2123]

Wife is a social worker visiting terminally ill patients and providing support for their families (home visits). She will be traveling throughout various parts of orange county (four clients a day). She is looking into mace for self defense, any recommendations or advice?

[Sunday]

Find out what the police use and get that kind.

[savannah]

Many hunting stores sell bear spray. I carry that when I walk the dogs. TDS was the local store I used.

[mikey357]

Fox Labs 5.3 in a cone spray pattern.

[StephanieLynn]

A friend of mine who is a recently retired police officer recommended to me Cold Steel Inferno. He explained that many of the weaker mixes only serve to enrage an attacker... especially those who are on drugs or mentally unstable. Inferno is the strongest formulation that a civilian can have in CA, and it causes the eyes to involuntarily close. It's what he carries. I got the key ring unit and it's always with me in my purse or in my hand. It's lightweight, inconspicuous, and at the ready. I got mine from Knife Center - below.

http://www2.knifecenter.com/item/CSPS2/Cold-Steel-Inferno-Pepper-Spray-038-oz-113-Grams-Keyring-Unit

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[C4Charlie]

Kimber pepper blaster 2. I have given them to almost every woman in my family. Its only $32 on Amazon.

[ElvenSoul]

Saber Red is the most vicious stuff ever!

Prison Guards at Chino told me just showing the can is enough to stop most incidents.

[RitcheyRch]

I'm going to keep an eye on this thread as well. Looking for something for my wife to carry.

[Melissa]

Since I'm not old enough for a CCW yet, I carry Sabre Spitfire pepper spray. Picked it up for $15 at Sportsman's Warehouse... I chose this one because the shape makes it less likely that it will spray my own hand if/when I ever need to use it. http://www.sportsmanswarehouse.com/s...1260/cat100464

I also carry a nice sharp box cutter in my other pocket for good measure

[Librarian]

Fox Labs 5.3 in a cone spray pattern.

I bought Foxlabs 5.3 in stream for us. (IMO, stream works better if there is any wind; cone probably is OK indoors).

OC or mace or whatever is 'shoot and scoot', no matter what brand you choose.

[dasumo]

I am a police officer and I can tell you from personal experience/exposure, get any brand, just make sure the ingredient is oleoresin capsicum. That's the key ingredient that causes all of the problems! It hurts and does not fade quickly. Stay away from the foam, just get the good old fashioned spray. Cheers!

[The Banana]

I would not get any at all, find something else like a taser. Mace/Pepper spray is evil and the number of stories I have heard about the evil of it in use is astounding both from private citizens as well as LEO.

I have been hit with the back spray from a HUGE bottle of Bear Spray before and since I was in a high adrenaline situation it did NOTHING to slow anyone down. It was useless as long as the adrenaline was running. Once the adrenaline wore off, the greasy residue was on me for literally weeks and then it hurt and burned and was evil. So yeah it sucked to be sprayed with it, but in the situation it did nothing helpful. I had about 15-20 minutes before the pain actually became unbearable. If I used it in serious situation, I could see it simply pissing off the aggressor more thereby making matters far worse for me not better. After the incident of hell happened I started asking around and I heard story after story of every type of spray failing, misdirecting, back-spraying etc and all of them were about the same, the person using the stuff would NEVER use it again.

[SoCal Choppas]

Kimber pepper blaster 2. I have given them to almost every woman in my family. Its only $32 on Amazon.

FYI: many said the Kimber is illegal in CA, it is considered a firearm, because it uses a micro-explosion to propel the ingredients. that's why many places will not sell it to CA residence.

[dikroundtree]

UDAP Bear Spray.

[OcRyan]

I just recently bought my wife Fox Mean Green cone fog in 1.5oz. It is the same formula fox uses but with a green dye for identification. I also got her a holster for it so she can clip it onto her purse or waist.

I chose the cone fog because it seems to be the easiest to hit your target in a defense situation. With the stream spray you kind of have to adjust your aim as you spray.

IIRC 2.5oz is the most you can legally carry, which rules out most of the bear sprays.