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Self defense pepper spray (also known as OC pepper spray) is a very effectual tool for self protection which will temporarily bring down an aggressor. OC is made from an organically occurring, harmless consistency found in hot pepper plants called Oleoresin Capsicum. The culprit will feel stinging in the eyes and face, and experience vomiting and coughing when pepper spray is used on him.

You need to understand how to properly use pepper spray in order to maximize its defensive capabilities. Using pepper spray effectively at the onslaught of an attack will give you time to run and ask for assistance while your attacker gets momentarily distracted by his discomfort. Timing is essential in effective defense and using a self defense pepper spray is not an exception.

There are different types of OC pepper spray and you should familiarize yourself with each one. One kind of pepper spray gives a strong dose of short burst jets. It is called the broken-stream pepper spray. The advantage of this type is you don’t need to be quite as accurate in your aim, just use a sort of fan spraying technique to make sure you hit your attacker with the spray.

Another kind of pepper spray, foam pepper spray, disperses a sticky foam which is good when used in windy situations because the spray will go in the direction it points to regardless of wind direction. The fogger pepper spray, as its name implies, disperses like fog but in windy situations, it may affect you too. The forced cone pepper spray, which emits a fine spray, is probably the better option among these types because its spray pattern will cover a distance of 8-12 feet by about 2 feet wide, however, you will have to be more accurate in your aim.

Overall OC pepper sprays are considered by civilians to be the best non-lethal self-defense devices available. Their use is not considered deadly force, the sprays are legal in most states and usually no special permit to own or dispense the chemical is required.