Terry M is on the money... the wind can really reek havoc on the unintended target. A former Cpl., who has since retired, was quick to trigger mace in a scuffle. I knew this about him, but never expected that he'd blast an agressive perp when I had him against the car on that windy dayshift.

This fellow had assualted his parole officer and took off on foot, not wanting to be taken to jail. We caught up with him a few blocks away and had quite a time... only had one cuff on, while I wrestled to pin him to the trunk lid of the cruiser. At that very moment up came a hand from over my shoulder... mace for everyone! Good lord, what a mess. I could hardly see, the perp was blowing nose ropes of snot, and the left side of my face felt like someone turned a blow torch loose. The wind was so strong that it pushed the foam off the perp onto us as well. Not a good day.

I'm just glad it wasn't Grizzley Guard, which is normally about 10 to 15% more active than the mace issued for self defense applications. Pepper foam is a bit worse than standard mace, (effects last anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour), but won't hold a candle to the bear rated repellent products.