Here is some useful information on how to determine the relative hotness of the pepper spray. For years the general hotness rating was called the Scoville heat unit or SHU. This is common measure of hotness of anything. A habanero pepper, for example, has a SHU of 500,000. Sounds like a lot doesn't it? That is one of the hottest peppers going. But the least amount of SHU's in any pepper spray is 2 million. Some like the Fox Pepper Sprays are up in the 5.3 million SHU range making...

There are literally dozens of brands of pepper sprays on the market today. Mace brand is probably the best-known. But here are two other popular brands that are actually more effective than Mace. You should know about them. The first is Fox Pepper Sprays. They are carried by many law enforcement agencies throughout the country because they are considered to be the hottest pepper sprays made thus they are the most effective. Second on the list of our most popular pepper sprays is Sabre Pepper Sprays. A good example is...

This is an interesting story about how police were called to a local area because a man was suspected of being intoxicated and was completely out-of-control. When police got there the man started assaulting one of the officers, which caused officers to react by pepper spraying the man to get him under control. You can read the whole story HERE. It is another example of how effective pepper sprays are. Have you ever wondered why all police officers carry pepper spray? Did you know that all mail carriers with the...