| Protecting yourself is something that you basically | | | | designed for deterring attacks by bears. Having the |
| have to do nowadays. To do this, you need to be | | | | wrong product with you will definitely not work to your |
| equipped with a product which can effectively offer | | | | advantage. This could even make matters worse. |
| the best protection. Self defense sprays are among | | | | The main difference between the traditional pepper |
| these products. As long as you know how to use it | | | | spray and the bear spray is that the bear spray must |
| properly, self defense spray can stop humans and | | | | pass several tests conducted by the Environmental |
| animals alike from attacking you the quickest way. | | | | Protection Agency to ensure that the usage of the |
| Pepper spray is the most common self defense spray | | | | spray is humane to the animals. Only a certain potency |
| used on human attackers. It also works on dogs. But | | | | of 2.0% is CRC (Capsaicin and Related Capsaicinoids) |
| for larger animals such as bears, it wouldn't be that | | | | is allowed for any bear spray. These are the |
| effective. This is where bear spray comes in. | | | | components which produce heat and pain in the spray. |
| Both the pepper spray and bear spray come in | | | | The traditional pepper spray typically contains about |
| aerosol form and are easy to use. Both have oleoresin | | | | 1.33 % CRC. Bear spray can also shoot farther and |
| capsicum, an oily residue from cayenne pepper, one of | | | | casts a wider effective area than the traditional spray. |
| the hottest peppers in the world. The ingredients in | | | | Although pepper spray and bear spray differ in a lot of |
| both sprays can cause temporary blindness, nausea, a | | | | ways, both have a common factor. And that is to |
| burning sensation on the surface of the skin, and may | | | | effectively defend you in danger of being attacked. |
| temporarily limit an attacker's ability to breathe when | | | | Bring your pepper spray with you every time you go |
| sprayed into the eyes, nose or mouth. Both will have | | | | out of the house. When having a picnic or going |
| no lasting effects on the health of the attacker though. | | | | camping in the outdoors, bear pepper spray can be a |
| A lot of people misguidedly buy and carry self defense | | | | necessary survival tool. Having bear sprays on hand |
| sprays intended to be used against humans when | | | | will help defend you from encounters with wild |
| they venture out into the wild. These products are | | | | uncontrollable bears or even other wild animals. |
| certainly not the same as bear spray specially | | | | |