Worth Your $$$? 🌶Best Non Lethal? - Mace Pepper Gun 2.0 Review 

Less lethal is a must for legal defense, if you mace someone who is a threat and they still won’t stop, you go to deadly force. You’ve tried. It was entirely their fault for not stop being a threat at that point.

I have one and it works perfectly so I don't se why not.

It woukd work if you didnt use the water canister

Unfortunately sir not all of us live in states that allow us to be responsible armed citizens because we cannot carry open or concealed. So pepper spray and tasers are our only real options lol. Good video though

So, the advantage of the pepper gun, is that it has like an 18 foot range. With a lot of pepper sprays the assailant basically has to be right on top of you. With this, you have a bit of time to react. Which is the big advantage.

I have one and love mine. I'm a retired deputy sheriff and it beats the he'll out of can spray for me. But that's my opinion.

I certainly appreciate the effort you are putting into your RU-vid channel. Your opinion on this topic has some major flaws. # 1. Why are you discussing gun (firearm) safety. Although everyone can get behind gun safety, it is simply not relevant for a spray gun. With that any reference to triggering and handling is simply non sensical. Why? The spray gun is not only non-lethal it is is non-harming at least after the active ingredients are cleared up. So exactly what is the downside of mishandling? Do you own a staple gun? Do you discuss gun safety before you start to staple something? #2. The light. It is well established that a powerful flashlight is one of the very best at nighttime self defense, nighttime being when the vast majority of potentially violent situations arise in civilian life. So lets say a loaded firearm is the very best and a flashlight is probably the second best. Now although the mace spray gun could have a more powerful light the fact that bit does have a light is a very good thing, especially when considering you will see the face of your target when it is dark. It is late night, early morning and you hear a window in your home break, someone or something is moving around in the den. You can only think to grab your mace spray gun as you go down to see what is going on. You see an image and by way of the little mace spray gun light you see it is your drunk ex-girlfriend so you now deliver only half a can into her face, anyone else would get the whole can. # 3. You see some people do not want firearms for this very reason! If some stoned 16 year old kid breaks into my house, guess what? I do NOT want to gun him down, now I know you may know some people that would love the experience, however trust when I say, this spray gun will probably be enough and after he runs away and later denies it was him, it won't be his open skull in the trauma center that gives him away, it will be the dye marking. Your neighbors dog has been frantically chasing your bitch which is in heat, good time to check out the effectiveness of the aqua shock hollow points on the k9's cranium? No, I do not want to kill the neighbors Pitbull, however, I would like to soak him down with the mace spray gun. I would give him the whole can! Heck, the post office has been using similar devices before the age of the dinosaur. # 4. The culmination and epidemy of your ill logic displayed in the video can be seen by your simulated attack sequences. How many situations involve a large man charging at you. Maybe what 0%, ok the benefit of the doubt, you will be attacked by a large man wearing safety glasses by way of him charging straight after you, 5% of the time out of all violent threats. Does beg the question, why not just run in the opposite direction, however, the mace spray gun may not be as effective as the latest Glock with hair trigger and all the bells and whistles, however it is also true that my 5 year old kid will not seriously injure himself if for some reason he finds a way to play with the mace spray gun. Moreover, I don't want to gun down an unknown assailant just because he is running towards me. Mace and good physical motion will give you a good chance. I would also toss sand in the guys eyes, however I may be charged by an unknown assailant away from the beach, darn it! He was running after me because in his deranged mind it was a "kick the can" game. # 5. Last but never least, You are a gun enthusiast, and there are many like you. Your opinion is highly biased. The point of the mace spray gun is not that it is as effective as a firearm, it is an effective, to a degree, device by which a potentially violent situation can be deescalated and not made worse. Lets just agree that it may be better than an empty first. Oh and against a firearm? Well guess what it may just give you a fighting chance. Now not against a gun guru such as yourself , however maybe against that deranged guy that just held up the local 7-11 with a gun he didn't even load. IMPORTANTLY, I do not want to kill someone because I am well within my rights to do so. I don't even want to seriously hurt someone because I'm well within my rights to do so. I do however want something more than just my wit and charm. So let me think, Large can of bear pepper-spray and one of those flashlights visible from Mars? Good choice! Lets see, taser? Stun Gun? One of those new super cool bolo spider man guns? You know the one that fires spinning balls with high strength nylon cord between them. that would be fun. No, I guess the mace spray gun is ok, easy to use good at 15 - 20 feet. Will give most people an eye closing eye opening experience without the expensive funeral arraignments or hospital stay. Plus you know that mistaken felony stop that is about to occur to you right after you cross out of your home state. How nice it will be to politely state, No officer, I am not carrying a firearm on my person or in my vehicle. Sorry to cut this short, however I am seeing a large man in the distance and he may be readying to charge me. I'll give him both barrels of my 12 gauge. Please be well! MarkMannM2

I am sorry but this wasn't a very good explanation of the pros and cons, cost comparisons, etc.

Have had to use this multiple times in my line of work. Very effective. Highly recommended!

The element of surprise is what makes the Mace pepper gun 2.0, effective. I tested on myself, I used it on a pitbull and it worked. It's a good product it works I get nine shouts out of it. When you pull the trigger you have pres and realease quickly inorder increase the amount of shots. If not you only gonna get three good shots and about two mist that's it. Remember presss and release the trigger quickly for more shots. Do not press and hold or you will get less shots. The only time you press and hold is to get the maximum range which is 20 feet but only if you shake the can up good.

The Mace website says shake it first before you deploy. So how do you surprise an attacker? "Please Mr. Mugger, hold off with that knife while I shake this pepper spray gun."

The first part of the video before the attack sequence was pretty good; it fell apart for me after that. He biases the demo by not using live spray and basically reenacting the 21 ft rule test for edged weapons. Any weapon including a glock would fail under those circumstances so it’s basically just setting up the weapon for failure. Do this again with an unarmed attacker and real pepper spray in the chamber. Whole different outcome.

Thank you for the demonstration. I’m very disappointed with that weak strobe light. Proper strobe lights can be very effective but the main benefit is you can whip them out for any situation. Any run-of-the-mill creep can be blinded and cops can’t say boo about it. But that keychain light just isn’t going to do the job you need it to.

Badass. The sequence with alex is awesome

This was a very misleading and bad review and not even a real review of the product. Most of your information that you were doing isn't even real, I own this for self-defense and it works fine. You coated over everything that it is. In your 'test' with water wasn't really a true test at all. 9 thumbs down.

Great video Will, love the bro on bro training

The picatinny rail confused me too, but maybe you can put a budget tactical flashlight on it to free up your other hand from holding a flashlight, and take out the battery from the unit so that you don't muck around with the 1-lumen "light." I think that's what I would do if I get this. I'd only use it at home, won't carry it outside -- looks too much like a gun, which can freak out people and also get you killed, better to carry a real firearm outside.

Less lethal options honestly have more reasonable uses in self defense than a firearm. A firearm is for that worst case scenario, but these can be used in sub-worst case scenarios, and help prevent a situation from escalating to that point by allowing you to engage the threat sooner before your actual life is truly on the line.

Loved the video!! So glad to see you back!!!

Maybe. Possibly. If you're lucky enough to be attacked by someone with epilepsy, that strobe might work...

Love the action part

A lot of people complaining that this product doesn’t work…..Trigger malfunction!!!

9:21 ..... You're welcome

Thanks for the great and honest review. I am considering getting some type of non lethal "launcher", but i have to look some more first. My wife wants a small handgun, but what if she gets mad at me? Joking, she is an angel and i do want her to have protection, but don't think a actual gun would be safe right now anyway. I am a seventy year old man who was jumped and beaten severely by two cops who were looking for someone else. I have never been in any trouble with the law and they really screwed up, but i ended up accepting a plea to keep from going to prison for five years for assault and battery of a cop. I never even tried to defend myself but it didn't matter since i didn't record it. The judge, public defender and the two cops word carried more influence and they are all buddies. I still have brain damage from being kicked in the head while knocked out over and over. I had just walked outside to ask what was going on and they beat the heck out of me, an old disabled man. I am sorry for going on and on. I just got started and couldn't stop. Anyways, thanks and i learned a lot about this one.

Great vid, love the piece about the unlocking procedures for the 4 rules of firearms safety. Hadn't heard it explained that way before and it makes so much sense to look at it that way to me.

The old Mace Pepper Gun is better made than the new one. The new one is made of plastic, but the old one had an all metal construction right down to the trigger. The older model also had an advertised range of 25ft, as opposed to the new one’s 15-20ft. You can try to get a different color like blue, pink, orange, etc besides black to let people know it is not a firearm.

A big arse pass for me! That baby fails in so many ways. Great 👍🏼 Will!

Did you try to spray real gas on him or just a water?

thanks

These pepper guns I've been seeing look like something Nerf would create

Wow, in Argentina is the best because the street is very dangerous...

Unfortunately this guy is not survival creative. I'll use anything. All tools are essential. Learn how to use them according to your requirements.

I have one of these. Sadly I am not able to own a gun because I have Bipolar Disorder and was involuntarily committed when I was a teenager. Doesnt matter that I was in the US Army, and am a Veteran. And personally speaking I dont like how civilians treat guns either. They treat real guns like toys. They are weapons of death. If you wanna get into guns as a hobby, Airsoft and Paintball exist for this reason. Anyways, thats my beef about it. This pepper spray gun is what I carry with me when I'm on my bike traveling and going out into the wide open country. Rural people around here, especially a certain voting audience that gathered around a military hating traitor, are the ones quick to pull guns and assault people.

Well I guess I know now why it was on sell at clearing prices $15 . Still not bad for the glove box. My only question is how many shots did you get and how strong is the spray?

👍😎 Wow you leveled up on that one! 🏆 I kinda wish you would of seasoned a steak with it!? 🥩 Man I really want a Umarex T4E .68 cal shotgun? I doubt it’s good for actual defense but looks fun & it can shoot lots of different projectiles.

Mine has NEVER WORKED! WHAT A WA$TE OF $$$$

Yeah, that's a whole bunch of "nope". 😳

I too COMPLETELY agree that you should legally carry a gun if you are able to...and you DO make valid points in this video. However I fear you're being a little overzealous with trying to prove less lethal options as inferior. This particular product? FAR from ideal. I agree with that. A JPX or HIGH powered paintball gun firing kinetic or tear gas / mace rounds? Quite a different story. (I'd never choose to carry this mace gun because it's a glorified squirt gun. NO kinetic force. That should NOT be uncderestimated and makes a HUGE difference. A nose breaking mike tyson punch to the face combined with both tear gas AND mace? Effective.) With the "assault" roleplay, I couldn't help but notice the "attackee" stood firm and did not even TRY to run...First instinct in that VERY unlikely situation (a total stranger you do not know making a MAD sprint for you with a knife ready to kill) is F*CKING RUN. Running is always the first instinct. Gain some distance. Realistically you would be hoofing it away from the attacker, IDEALY into a crowded area where help could be obtained and IN that process, have the mind to draw your weapon and use it as soon as a safe oppurtunity presents itself. Hopefully that was all completely in jest and you were just cracking a joke...because in mose self defense situations that an average person (not a career criminal, doesn't have a list of enemies wanting to kill them a mile long, not armed security or police, etc.) would find themselves in, none of what that roleplay presented would ever be an issue.

Fantastic Review. By the way, I live 10 minutes away from Houston, so hello neighbor. Anyway, thanks for the info. I think I'll end up buying this anyway since I don't intend on using it on a human attacker. I just read this morning that a woman lost both arms in a dog attack. I'll probably buy a real gun at some point, but I am exploring something that can repel an animal but won't leave my ears ringing. I have an interest in this gun spray because you can't accidentally maze yourself due to the gun shape. Self mazing is something that has happened even to experienced police officers. What's good for repealing animals?

The tester water won't come out

It doesn't spray wide enough

Are you listening Alec??? Lol

Take the battery out or put tape over the light

Just bought one.

Just a little advice cause I couldn’t finish your video. Went somewhere else to find out what I need to know. 1. Get to the point. You drag on and on and I got bored. 2. You are very monotone. It’s like you are attempting to hypnotize us or put us to sleep.

What about the fact that it looks like a gun and could get you shot.

Too much talking but no firing demonstration at all, FAIL.

11:07

Better off getting fox labs or mugger fogger this shit is trash 🤣

This thing is truly worthless.