Reddit reviews Fox Labs 1 Pound 2% 5.3-mm Pistol Grip Stream Pepper Spray

> my recommendation would be OC spray.

Agreed; a riot-grade Fox Labs one pounder only costs around 45 bucks, and has a don't-fuck-with-this quality missing from some of the smaller canisters.

I've chatted with the guy who runs Fox Labs (surprisingly, when I called them to ask a question it was the owner of the company that picked up). He told me that the only reason for the expiration is that over time, the cans may slowly lose pressure. Not always, but just it could happen, so they say three years just to cover that possibility. I actually have had cans of Fox Labs from circa 2007, which were just like new when I finally shot them off. The Fox Labs owner told me that the liquid itself doesn't degrade over time, the expiration is just about possible depressurization over time. I do change them out after three years, but I also either use old ones for training, or else I keep them aside as backups. In my experience they are good for way longer than three years.

I also really like their 1 lb pepper spray:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003ZA6D6C/

I have a couple of these for home defense, and more in the car. I am somewhat torn between the fogger and stream, though - I can see benefits and downsides with both (fogger - easier to aim, but not as much range and more susceptible to wind, whereas stream is more accurate, less prone to wind sheer and gassing everything in the vacinity). Here's the 1 lb stream:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008VOS3CY/

https://www.amazon.com/Fox-Labs-5-3-mm-Pistol-Stream/dp/B008VOS3CY

I carry a fire extinguisher sized can of pepper spray in my car. It's the hottest stuff on the planet. I saw a road rage incident where a guy went crazy with a steering wheel lock and wondered the same thing.