Reddit reviews Mace Brand Bear Pepper Spray
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Civilian Spray, Defense Spray & Security
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Eh, I mean I also ride in a very rural area, I don't carry anything, and have never felt unsafe. Criminals tend not to target rural areas because the amount of potential victims they'll encounter is low, meaning they don't have a huge field of people to pick from, meaning they'll probably have to select a less than ideal target.
They also don't tend to target bikers (at least not in any city I've ever lived in) because we move too fast. Even a slow cyclist, moving at only a bit faster than a fit man can run, is capable of a burst of speed that would leave any potential mugger behind. Even if they caught you at a light (which is rare for rural areas), you still have the option of running faster than they can chase. For avoiding muggers, I'd just give the simple advice of:
Never get off your bike for a pedestrian at night.
For animals, I also generally wouldn't worry. The dog treat idea people listed will work well for dogs, which imo is probably the largest concern. Like I said, I live in a pretty rural area with a lot of wildlife, and I've never had any issues with wild animals. I've been chased for about 1/4 mile by a dog, but they tend to give up quickly once they get out of their yard. I've also ridden in close proximity to large black bears, foxes, deer, and (on one instance) a couple wolves, none of which expressed any interest in following/chasing me.
Generally speaking when you're riding a bike, you're much larger and going much faster than any animal's typical prey, so they'll leave you alone. The only situation I would be concerned about would be if you live in an area with a LOT of wolves, or an area with more aggressive bear varieties (like the grizzly)
If that is a concern, I'd recommend a combination of a strong pepper spray (they actually make pepper spray specifically for deterring grizzlies), and some sort of air horn.
what about bear pepper spray?
Pepper spray is essentially the same thing (and also useful against dogs).
Bear mace often comes in larger containers, which can be an issue if you live in CA or another state with a size limit.
Accept no substitutes
Bear mace, you freedom-hating terrorist.
Pocket sized? Fuck no don't keep it in your pocket.
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This sprays 35 freakin feet!
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Yes, throwaway for this question.
here's what I'd do.
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If he comes at you in person, he's going to the hospital. Possibly dying.
You don't wanna play with this guy, or LE. If you weren't involved with DNM or drugs in general (especially Molly that shit gets crazy penalties), then yea, maybe you could stomp his shit. But right now it looks like he's trying to provoke you.
btw, has he made any demands? Like, is he trying to squeeze you?
And in case your more into offense there is always these!!!
No, you are changing your argument now. These statements specifically are what people were arguing against:
>It's not actually Mace (that is a name brand of tear gas) but pepper spray.
>Except that Kleenex is facial tissue, while Mace is teargas. Bear spray is not tear gas, therefore....
>Tear gas is completely different chemicals than pepper spray.
> Human triple threat spray contains Mace, pepper spray, and UV dye and the laws on their usage regarding humans tend to be the same.
>However, it's illegal to spray bears with tear gas.
You are acting like tear gas and pepper sprays are different things, when in reality, tear gas is a term that describes any gases that act as a lachrymatory agent. CN gas is one type of tear gas that was originally used in Mace, and every time you used the term "tear gas" I think you were instead referring to CN gas, but so is pepper spray. Your confusion over this subject made a lot of the things you said incorrect, like the lines quoted above.
>Never once said that Mace is only one thing, just that if it's called Mace it's not for bears.
And I didn't mean that you meant mace is only one chemical, you made it clear you understand one of their popular formula uses three chemicals. Although you incorrectly called one of the chemicals "mace", when the chemical you were really thinking of was, again, CN gas. Instead, my point was you were acting like "tear gas/mace" only refers to kinds that contain CN gas, but that isn't the case. A lot of mace is just pepper spray these days. Which also makes you saying "if it's called Mace it's not for bears" wrong. Go ahead and take your pick:
https://www.inoprotect.com/product/mace-bearspray-260-grams
https://www.amazon.com/Mace-Brand-Bear-Pepper-Spray/dp/B0002YSWIQ
Point being is you are trying to clear up confusion over a topic you yourself seemed to be confused over. So read this sentence again if you still feel adamant about your stance:
>Subsequently, In the United States, Mace became synonymous with tear-gas sprays in the same way that Kleenex has become strongly associated with facial tissues (a phenomenon known as a genericized trademark).
It isn't just talking about "defense sprays" or whatever you are saying, it is talking about how mace is synonymous with all tear gas sprays. And pepper spray is a tear gas spray. The fact that you are differentiating those things in your head is part of what is leading to this confusion.
> Especially if they get fucking shot every time they go into it.
yeah I'm sure the numerous surviving bears will go straight away explain to theyr mates that the bloody hole in their side was for trespassing a human house. That makes total sense. Maybe the bear could even write a book about this so that the other bears would have this decisive knwoledge widespread in their community.
> They figure out the whole "in there = death" thing pretty quick.
Those dead bears are very talkative. I'm impressed. And very fast too. Evolution takes decades to change the behaviours of most animals but bears, not at all, one or two dead bears and BAM every other bears are suddenly very aware of the danger.
Guess they have some kind of The Black Bear Times or DANGER: Your Only Source On Dangerous Predators for Black Bears".
> Most animals aren't dumb.
They aren't dumb they just don't think the way we do at all. They don't have the same concerns.
> a bear doesn't mean it can't learn these things.
Did you ever see a trained bear ? It takes literally years of intense training and positive reinforcement to get them to do anything reliably and even when they do we still have numerous cases of trained bears attacking their trainers. THIS IS A WILD ANIMAL, NOT A DOG.
> Killing them for breaking into our homes and threatening our well-being is neither wrong, nor is it going to have a substantial effect on their numbers.
Of course it's wrong if you don't make any kind of effort whatsoever to avoid this kind of situation. Other communities very well understood that leaving food in open garbage cans is like asking for bears to come and feast. They may think that it's dangerous to come close to a human house and even if they do, they will come anyway if they are hungry enough. A wild animal will not respond to being hungry like a human would do. They will just do anything possible to eat and they won't spend 10 minute wondering what's the best plan here. It's either I DIE THERE or I EAT THERE.
> But I'm curious, what do you think should be done in this scenario? Imagine you get up tonight to find a 400 pound black bear standing in your kitchen. You have your rifle locked and loaded. The bear shows no sign of leaving, and is starting to get a bit aggressive. What would you do?
Well any sane person would think that if you end up in that situation in the first place, something went wrong beforehand.
> Black bears have killed 61 people across North America since 1900. This no longer worries me. My chances of being killed by a domestic dog, bees, or lightning are vastly greater. My chances of being murdered are 60,000 times greater. One of the safest places a person can be is in the woods.
> Can we co-exist with black bears? The residents of Hemlock Farms, Pennsylvania suggest we can. Seven thousand residents share their seven square mile town with over 20 black bears. That's 3 bears per square mile, a higher density than is found in any national park. In that town, seeing a bear is not a problem - they enjoy seeing the bears.