Wasp Spray Does NOT Work For Self Defense.

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I’ve actually heard oven cleaner recommended rather than insect spray. Mose oven cleaners are loaded with (or at least they used to be) lye and would be extremely damaging to eyes. I doubt they make an oven cleaner that fires out a huge stream like wasp spray so I assume you would need to be in grappling distance before oven spray had any chance of hitting the eyes.

Having stupidly not been wearing safety glasses while cleaning a carburetor, I can tell you firsthand that carb cleaner will make your eyes burn and close involuntarily.
 
alfsauve said:
Plus, it is against federal law/regulations to use insecticides and pesticides for any purposes than those specified on the container. Could carrying wasp spray to use in self defense situations be intent to commit a federal violation? And could recommending the use of wasp spray be considered part of a conspiracy?
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It is against the law to shoot people as well. You think carrying a gun could be construed as intent to commit a violation?
 
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Plus, it is against federal law/regulations to use insecticides and pesticides for any purposes than those specified on the container.
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Only applies within the environmental context, not self defense. Stupidity and ignorance using it intentionally for self defense apply, though.
 
GunnyUSMC said:
Just get the good stuff, Freez +P. I personally recommend it. I have been sprayed with it and I have sprayed a few bad guys with it. The bad guys I sprayed with it cried like babies.
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+1 for Freeze. I have been tased. Sprayed with 3 different types of pepper spray. And I have been stabbed. Freeze was the worst experience of them all.
 
Good Ol' Boy said:
So how does one carry the Freeze spray? How big is the 2oz can?
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The 2 oz is comparable to the standard LE Mk3 size for every other brand. You're looking at 5 1 second shots. Its roughly 4"x1.5". This is a simple nylon belt pouch. I have one of the 2 oz in my desk drawer as we speak. I am a big fan of the ones with the flip top, rather than the open top for pretty obvious reasons. Here is a whole Amazon search for Mk3 carriers, everything from leather to nylon to kydex. Supposedly there is a slight difference in can diameter between the Freeze +P and Mk3, so I don't know how well the kydex ones will work. I any case, its no more obtrusive on the belt than a spare mag. If you look around on sites like Amazon, sometimes the vendor will recommend a carrier along with the spray.

I have always hated the little "ladies keychain" versions of these things. Too often there is a safety lock on the button, and its more than I'd want to play with in an emergency.
 
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Having used up a "few" cans of various brands of 'Mace' ,I can state that the majority had the perfect effect = instant stop and lots of screaming and runners from the nose to the ground !.
Primary time was as an LEO and at lots of bar fights and a few domestics,as well as in the jail during 'conflicts' that needed resolving asap.
IF LEGAL, try to get a high end can of stuff that you will actually carry --- AND train with [ inert stuff is available ,any brand will do ].
 
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