Pepper spray companies make it very confusing and deceive people with hype.
They love to leave out all the numbers you need.
As a car person can we answer this question?
Toms has a 500 cubic inch engine. Bob has a 400 Cubic inch engine. Who is faster?
You can't. Bob could have 500 HP vs 200 for Tom.
Even with that HP information we still can't.
Bob could have a Ford F450 vs a Pinto for Tom so Tom may end up faster.
My son was jumped by a group of older kids so I decided to find the best spray for him.
I ended up really [censored] at some of the weak products that looked great.
I put in about 40 hours and wrote a story to help people get away from the [censored] on pepper spray.
I saw one big name 15% OC spray that only used .64 MC or Capsaicin or CRC total in the product.
You would be lucky to stop a girl scout with that.
Some sprays say they have 17% OC. Is that good?
It can be horrible. A 10% OC can be twice or three times as strong.
The only number recognized by the EPA & US Federal Government is Major Capsaicinoids (MC) Capsaicin (or CRC in the product).
MC represents the strength of the entire formulation within your pepper spray.
These companies want you to think 17% is the best but some only have .19% MC vs another with 2% MC of a 15% base.
http://www.sabrered.com/PDFs/SABRENamedMostPotentDefenseSpray.pdf
The 15% could be 10 times as strong as the 17%
Some say they use a 5% OC so the other 95% of the spray is inert.
A spray that has 10% has more active ingredients and is usually stronger but that is not always true.
A spray that has 10% OC can be much hotter than a spray that has 18% if it has more MC or Capsaicin (or CRC in the product)
If you had to use only one number it should be MC or Capsaicin (or CRC total in the product
OC% only measures the amount of raw pepper or Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) within the pepper spray formulation. The OC% does not take into account the actual potency of that OC.
Scoville heat units (SHU) is also an inaccurate measure because they only measure the strength of the previously mentioned raw OC, which is diluted from 90 to 98% because OC only measures between 2-10% of the formulation.
An example of how SHU can be misleading: a 5.3 Million SHU spray with 2% OC measures only 0.71% MC. while a 2 Million SHU spray with 10% OC measures 1.33% MC. Which spray is more potent? The 1.33 MC pepper spray is nearly twice the strength.
Bear spray is regulated as to how "hot" or powerful it can be.
They don't want the bear hurt too bad or for it to have permanent damage to it's eyes
It can only have a max MC of 2%. 2% MC
That's the only number they care about. 2% MC or Capsaicin or CRC in the total spray.
They don't care if it is 17% or 50% OC. OC alone is meaningless.
They don't care if the claim is 15 Million SHU or 3 Million SHU. Meaningless.
The companies leave out the full information you need only showing their best number.
Most police use a 2% MC spray. The most bear spray can be is 2%.
The Whoop [censored] is 17% of 4 million SHU base but the total MC in the can is only 1.06%
UDAP the strongest I found 15% OC of a 3 million SHU base with 3% MC. (50% hotter than their bear spray)
https://store.udap.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=4CO&Category_Code=
The moral is we should see all 3 numbers.
If you can't all the others but MC-CRC or Capsaicin are just hype.
Using one accepted formula the whoop [censored] at 4 million SHU divided by 17% = 253,000 times 1.06 MC= 238,000 final hotness.
The UDAP at 3 million SHU divided by 15% = 200,000 divided by 15%= 200,000 times 3% MC = 600,000 final hotness
The UDAP is 50% to 70% hotter than anything I have seen so far.
They love to leave out all the numbers you need.
As a car person can we answer this question?
Toms has a 500 cubic inch engine. Bob has a 400 Cubic inch engine. Who is faster?
You can't. Bob could have 500 HP vs 200 for Tom.
Even with that HP information we still can't.
Bob could have a Ford F450 vs a Pinto for Tom so Tom may end up faster.
My son was jumped by a group of older kids so I decided to find the best spray for him.
I ended up really [censored] at some of the weak products that looked great.
I put in about 40 hours and wrote a story to help people get away from the [censored] on pepper spray.
I saw one big name 15% OC spray that only used .64 MC or Capsaicin or CRC total in the product.
You would be lucky to stop a girl scout with that.
Some sprays say they have 17% OC. Is that good?
It can be horrible. A 10% OC can be twice or three times as strong.
The only number recognized by the EPA & US Federal Government is Major Capsaicinoids (MC) Capsaicin (or CRC in the product).
MC represents the strength of the entire formulation within your pepper spray.
These companies want you to think 17% is the best but some only have .19% MC vs another with 2% MC of a 15% base.
http://www.sabrered.com/PDFs/SABRENamedMostPotentDefenseSpray.pdf
The 15% could be 10 times as strong as the 17%
Some say they use a 5% OC so the other 95% of the spray is inert.
A spray that has 10% has more active ingredients and is usually stronger but that is not always true.
A spray that has 10% OC can be much hotter than a spray that has 18% if it has more MC or Capsaicin (or CRC in the product)
If you had to use only one number it should be MC or Capsaicin (or CRC total in the product
OC% only measures the amount of raw pepper or Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) within the pepper spray formulation. The OC% does not take into account the actual potency of that OC.
Scoville heat units (SHU) is also an inaccurate measure because they only measure the strength of the previously mentioned raw OC, which is diluted from 90 to 98% because OC only measures between 2-10% of the formulation.
An example of how SHU can be misleading: a 5.3 Million SHU spray with 2% OC measures only 0.71% MC. while a 2 Million SHU spray with 10% OC measures 1.33% MC. Which spray is more potent? The 1.33 MC pepper spray is nearly twice the strength.
Bear spray is regulated as to how "hot" or powerful it can be.
They don't want the bear hurt too bad or for it to have permanent damage to it's eyes
It can only have a max MC of 2%. 2% MC
That's the only number they care about. 2% MC or Capsaicin or CRC in the total spray.
They don't care if it is 17% or 50% OC. OC alone is meaningless.
They don't care if the claim is 15 Million SHU or 3 Million SHU. Meaningless.
The companies leave out the full information you need only showing their best number.
Most police use a 2% MC spray. The most bear spray can be is 2%.
The Whoop [censored] is 17% of 4 million SHU base but the total MC in the can is only 1.06%
UDAP the strongest I found 15% OC of a 3 million SHU base with 3% MC. (50% hotter than their bear spray)
https://store.udap.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=4CO&Category_Code=
The moral is we should see all 3 numbers.
If you can't all the others but MC-CRC or Capsaicin are just hype.
Using one accepted formula the whoop [censored] at 4 million SHU divided by 17% = 253,000 times 1.06 MC= 238,000 final hotness.
The UDAP at 3 million SHU divided by 15% = 200,000 divided by 15%= 200,000 times 3% MC = 600,000 final hotness
The UDAP is 50% to 70% hotter than anything I have seen so far.