Pepper Blaster – How I Stopped Worrying and Learned To Love It
By now you’ve probably heard about the Pepper Blaster, by Kimber pepper spray. If you want you can find the reference to the introduction below.
Let’s say I want to buy a pepper spray for myself or my daughter, which one should I choose: a can of Mace or the Pepper Blaster?. Just a refresher: a can of Mace spray may cost anywhere between $12-$18 and the Pepper Blaster sells in $45-50 range.
The Jogger Self Defense Spray
- Product #: SD-SDSJU22-72
- Manufacturer: Sabre #
- Manufacturer Item: SDSJU22-72
- Product Category: As seen on TV – Security and Defence
- UPC: 023 063 701 226
The jogger, an attacker for up to 10-15 minutes or more out of action. It is recommended that it be carried in the hand while walking, running or inline skating. It contains an invisible ultraviolet dye, the police suspected indentification AIDS. It also contains an adjustable strap for comfortable protection. 3 7 / 8 “overall classification
The answer seems simple: “the Mace is cheaper” but we’ve just compared apples and oranges. Do you want to know why?
Point 1: Under the weather.
Let’s see what we’ve got. Pepper Blaster uses the same active ingredient as Mace does: the OC, Oleoresin Capsicum that is. Long time ago when Mace, the producer, created first defensive products, they used some other ingredients but right now it’s mostly the same liquid pepper extract.So they are the same? Not really. Pepper Blaster uses pepper gel versus regular mace canister using pepper spray. Spray is much lighter, and when sprayed from a canister, it is affected by weather factors, like wind or rain.
Blow-backs and self-contamination comes to mind. These are industry terms meaning simply that a gust of wind can divert or even revert the flow of your defensive spray. Get it on yourself and that is self-contamination. Gels are harder to send flying but when in flight they do not sway from their course because they are heavier and thicker.
Point 2: Stickiness
Gels are not just heavier but also stickier than regular pepper spray (by Mace or not). Pepper gel glues to the skin of the assailant and is much harder to wash off. It means that the gel from Pepper Blaster will disable your attacker for a longer period of time. It also means that the Police will have better chance and more time to identify the assailant.
Point 3: Safer Longer Range
Regular aerosol pepper sprays, including those by Mace, deliver pepper spray at approximately 6 or 8 feet. PepperPepper shoots 13 feet as a straight shot. As you can appreciate when in danger every extra foot between you and the attacker counts.
Point 4: No Running, No Hiding From it
Remember boys’ water squirting gun fight in a pool? Although the stream from a squirt gun is fast kids could duck it or block it with a hand, or just run away from it. The same thing happens when you use an aerosol canister of Mace or other pepper spray. It is slow enough for human to see it and react to it by blocking it or running away.
Pepper Blaster is different! It shoots its charge with ninety mph velocity. One can not see the charge because it is a small transparent blob tht travels with the fast ball speed. So there is no running away, or dodging the shot. The Pepper Blaster wins this one hands down.
Point 5. Speaking of Money
All aerosol based canisters have one common problem: they have their content under pressure at all times. The pressure is necessary to send the pepper liquid out of the canister. Sometimes the canister has a microscopic leak. The propellant gas leaks ever so slowly out of the canister from this tiny hole. It’s never detected because it is so small but over the course of several months the pressure could be completely depleted. When you press on the release button, the canister just sputters and stains your finger. Zero protection when you need it the most. This happens quite often, so considering such a risk, it is generally recommended to replace your old canister of pepper spray/mace every 10-14 months.
Just replace it, like a battery in the smoke detector. Over the course of 3 years, the running cost of a Mace adds up to $35-$55.
The Pepper Blaster does not have any internal pressure to loose and it just can not leak anything out. It will fire its charge 3 years from now as efficiently as it would do today. So comparing 3 cans of Mace over 3 year period with only one Pepper Blaster scores just about even money wise but with much less hustle and risk. That’s a no-brainer – I’d choose the Pepper Blaster.
Whether you dismiss all 5 arguments as biased and over optimistic or agree with them you should buy some self-defense protection for yourself. If you choose to dismiss them then buy a can of mace but if you consider all these points above you will get yourself a very nice dependable safe Pepper Blaster.
Don’t just trust what I say: check what other Pepper Blaster users said about it. Read my first article on the topic and see the videos (links below).







