The marketplace, both physical and online, is filled with a wide variety of self-defense items that men and women use for non-lethal self-defense and their own personal safety. This can make it difficult to choose the best one for you. Here we will discuss some characteristics to look for in a self defense item to help make your selection easier.
It’s easy to see why self-defense items have become so popular for non-lethal self-defense. Stun devices and pepper sprays are the most popular of these products. Pepper sprays are legal everywhere with some restrictions. Stun devices are illegal in eight states, but otherwise legal elsewhere. All are relatively inexpensive with many pepper sprays costing less than $ 10 and most stun devices cost less than $ 40.
Many people the price of a product as the only criterion. We would humbly admit that it is not the best way to purchase a self defense item for your personal safety. When it comes to your safety and self defense, and we are talking about your life, a few dollars should not be the yardstick in determining your choice. If you are looking for bargains, do some price comparisons on the internet. You will usually find the same product on many different websites at different prices; choose the lowest to save some money.
When looking for a stun device, we have always recommended that you get the most powerful model you can afford. Some stun devices approach 10,000,000 volts and above, which seems almost impossible, when as recently as a few years ago, a powerful stun gun was one that had 1,000,000 volts.
When looking for pepper sprays it can get more confusing because marketing, in the competitive pepper spray industry, rules the day. Do you get one that has a higher concentration of oleoresin capsicum, the main ingredient in all pepper sprays? Or do you get one that has a higher Scoville Heat Unit (SHU) rating? Actually, the main criteria for choosing a pepper spray should be the percentage of the main capsaicinoids. The higher the percentage, the more powerful the spray will be.
Women prefer self-defense items that are smaller, and manufacturers have come up with ways to make even the most powerful stun device small enough to carry on a keychain. Fashion conscious women also prefer items for their personal safety that come in pink.
Those are some of the factors that you need to consider when choosing a self defense item.