4. Check the range on your spray before you need to use it
Most SABRE pepper sprays and gels have a range from 10-18 ft. Keep that in mind so you know exactly what the maximum distance you can have between you and a potential threat is if you need to use your spray in a dangerous situation.
Once you are comfortable with how to grip your pepper spray, it’s time to understand how to accurately deploy it. We recommend using your dominant hand to deploy your pepper spray so you can keep your other hand ready to push away the threat away, if necessary, when or after they are sprayed.
For a stream or gel spray pattern, we recommend an ear to ear deployment across the eyes for a more linear motion. For a cone or fog stream pattern, we recommend an up down deployment towards the center of the face. SABRE products use the dark orange pigment that peppers supply, so you can see if you missed the attacker’s eyes and can spray where you missed. You want to hit the eyes so they’re forced shut by the burning sensation, leaving the attacker unable to see you. The spray will also cause a burning sensation to their face and possibly a loss of breath sensation. When that happens, they won’t necessarily stop moving towards you but when eye contact is made you will impair their vision, which gives you the opportunity to escape by moving out of their path and towards safety. At SABRE, we say Spray and Away. Get to safety first and then call for help.