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Haha! Many, MANY... years ago during academy, we were doused with OC and did our dance with the Red Man. Once we were cleared to privately decon, even though the instructors advised us not to shower until soap scrub, leaning over a sink, and rinsing repeatedly... many went straight to the locker room shower. Haha! Completely off subject though funny as heck memory you brought back
LOL we did similar when we did trainining at MP Battalion at Camp Pendleton. I showered and showered and spent hours in the tub with cold water to try to get Mr Happy to stop burning. Makes for an issue of Randy's dysentery thingie LOL.
Good info,,,,thanks! My wife also picked up the Costco two pack, it will be returned.
This is so true. I kind of chuckled when I saw the term "test spray" used. Once you discharge a can of bear spray, even just a little, it's no good because it is no longer reliable at all. If it's dated then you want to replace it once that date expires. When you dispose of cans of bear spray, you want to carefully dispose of the can according to manufacturer recommendation and whatever your trash disposal company requires. Be careful if you discharge any because it takes only a little bit as I found out to cause some miserable burns especially in sensitive areas like your eyes or groin.
Well, if you discharge a can, the most effective portion of the spray is in the first full second. If you test it by briefly discharging it for a "half second", how do you know what is left? Every bear spray container is tested at the factory with inert gasses. As for field testing, if you have four cans out of same lot and test one which is 25%, considering the required testing by the manufacturer, it is statistically unlikely to have a failure in the field. I did some research and I could not find many reported incidents where a can failed so the odds of a failure are probably more remote. I still carry both a sidearm and bear spray myself when I am in bear country for both black bears and grizzly. I personally do not endorse field testing on your own because most people do not know what they are doing and more often discharge them beyond safe limits. I know from playing with them that they discharge really fast and not a pleasant experience getting any residue on you. You got to know what you are doing before testing these things and even hoping to use them in the field while hunting.
I was thinking this when everyone was saying giving it a test spray.
Now this is smart. "Testing them" by discharging a half second is not good practice. I would discharge them completely then put them in the trash and get new ones from a different lot.
