Mace 3-in-1 Police Model Pepper Spray

Great, thank you easily accessible quick to release. I had to use it once and it worked.!

Nice handy size .

Worked for me...used it on a rock weiler who charged the fence trying to get to me as i walked by...stopped him in his tracks..

I just tested this and it sprays a STREAM, not a SPRAY. You should really test this out to become familiar with it. It does spray a PURPLE stream which i'm assuming is the dye. I can smell it faintly after I spray it. Hopefully will never need to use it, but with a stream coming from this, you really need to be good at aiming. The mace bottle does not fit well in my hand (it has grooves). The index finger groove is almost directly under the hole where the mace comes out, so you better be careful about using it and possibly touching your face/eyes/nose. I can only imagine it would be tougher for females with smaller hands. Minus 1 star for grip comfort and that it's a stream and not a spray.

Easy to use, can fit in your pocket or purse, Or keep at home to use for self defense on an intruder.

Glad we have not had to use this but grateful we have it. We should all be prepared for self defense in a non lethal manner. This should always be the first step in defense. It’s very ergonomic and has a grip to ensure you are pointing away from your own face. Highly recommend this for older kids, women and adults.

I trust the Mace brand for this kind of consumer product fairly well. I've had them in the past. The literature states that unlike many others sprays this product is a mixture of pepper (capsicum) and CS (tear gas type). This is not a toy and should be used by adults at arm's length pointing away from you with great caution. Never spray it at someone to see if it works well -- it is a real breathing and choking hazard, most acutely for anyone with a deficit like COPD or elderly etc. It's a product you keep and hope you never need like a fire extinguisher, but that means you do have to check the chemical for going flat occasionally (a small whiff at a distance of a quick Spritz fired in the opposite direction is more than enough) or replace it regularly to be sure it is going to be fully effective if needed after lengthy storage. Leakage with this system should not be a problem and the capacity is reasonable to get you through at least one emergency.

I have carried Mace brand spray for years, and am replacing a 1 year old canister. You don't have to replace them this frequently, but at the price: why chance it? Mace is the only company that produces a key chain spray with any kind of reasonable content. Their larger size units (such as this, opposed to the personal key chain size) obviously provide more chemical agent, which is helpful in terms of having an increased chance of stopping your attacker without resorting to increased force options. I prefer their "police" model units because the canister is surrounded entirely by a decent polymer case as opposed to having the actual metallic cylinder exposed. The flip lid is also more intuitive and functional, in my opinion. As far as the contents go, this is a decently potent OC spray (0.66% MC - compares to def-tec Orange band) combined with CN tear gas and a UV marking dye. The dye aids in ID, and the OC/CN is what will attempt to convince the assailant that you simply aren't worth the pain/trouble. The MC strength is plenty hot, and the combined CN agent has great synergy with the OC. Many police agencies carry OC with a major caps rating of 0.2% (def tec white band) to 0.4% (def tec X2 - now "Yellow band"). This spray is "hotter" than both, with 0.66% MC. Also, as with any spray that contains tear gas (or is a fog/cone), extreme caution must be used if deploying in an indoor environment. The last thing you want to do is contaminate 40-50 innocent people at a shopping mall.