The percentage of capsaicin, thus the strength of the spray, varies between the two. Self-defense and police-grade pepper sprays have a range of .18 to 1.33% capsaicin. By comparison, bear sprays ...

Bear spray is designed to be used at close range. Diane Renkin / NPS “You have no business in bear country if you do not have a deterrent with you,” Smith says. No deterrent is 100 percent effective, ...

Users are instructed to deploy bear spray in short, two-second bursts. While that seems pretty straightforward, since most products have a limited range and relatively short discharge time ...