By Joshua A Sontas


I stopped going to college for one year when my father, a professional photographer, was requested to document a U.S. road tour of one of my favorite rock bands for a book. He as well as a writer were to ride a camper's van of the group, and I, a film college student, was encourage to go along.

As excited as I was, I did become occupied looking for the appropriate self-defense spray to bring along. All defense sprays are non-fatal, however I realized that one designed particularly to use in covered places is going to become less lethal defense spray to have within an RV.

Father approved, to be certain. Self-defense spray disables for around half an hour to provide you with a chance for escape and also becoming rescued. Your own enemy is going to bounce back, without any long-term damage received, though hopefully when in police custody.

What this does is retard respiration and create an unpleasant burning sensation inside the eyes and onto the skin. Also, potent pepper sprays irritate the eyes right up until they shut, and get you gagging and coughing non-stop.

Looking for pepper sprays for indoor usage directed me continuously to gel pepper spray. This is self-defense spray hanging in gluey, colored gel that adheres to skin, as well as seeps the skin pores the harder it is rubbed off. It can easily achieve farther than ordinary self-defense sprays.

A couple of things make gel pepper spray great in closed-door applications. Firstly, this is not combustible. Next, given that gel does not spread in the air, overspray is not a danger. It follows the course of your spray, keeping away from everyone else within the room.

I purchased a 2 oz. Wildfire 18 percent pepper gel with flip top actuator. I had been told I could empty 6 to 8 half-second blasts of this kind of strong, hot pepper spray gel onto an assailant eight to ten feet.

Also, I bought another for the writer, Ruby, that papa has worked a couple of times with. The instant she noticed the gel form curiously, I revealed that gel is a less lethal spray for close quarter usage as compared to the typical liquid stream.




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