Safety and Security

A stun baton solves one problem a standard stun gun can't: distance. A handheld stun gun requires you to be close enough to grab, which is exactly the range most people want to avoid. A baton adds 12 to 26...

Wildfire and Pepper Shot are both made by Safety Technology, a manufacturer we've worked with for decades. Both are good products, so the choice isn't good versus bad. It comes down to how you plan to carry it and how...

Most home security planning stops at the front door — a camera, a deadbolt, maybe an alarm system. Fewer people think through what happens if someone actually gets inside. That's a different problem, and it calls for different tools: fast...

A personal alarm doesn't stop an attacker. It's worth saying plainly, because most marketing around these devices implies otherwise. What a personal alarm actually does is change the situation — it makes an encounter loud, public, and unpredictable in a...

The best self-defense item to carry is the one you'll actually have on you when you need it. For most people, that means a compact pepper spray, a personal alarm, or a stun gun — depending on your state's laws,...

A concealed knife only works if two things are true: nobody notices it, and you can actually get to it when you need it. Most buyers focus entirely on the first part and forget the second — a knife that's...

Real estate agents face real safety risks every time they show a property alone — and most of them don't carry anything that would help. The job puts you in empty houses, unfamiliar neighborhoods, and one-on-one meetings with strangers, often...

Security professionals have a name for the mistake most homeowners make: relying on a single line of defense. Security researchers describe effective protection as "layered protection" or "defense in depth" — a strategy built on the idea that no single...

Burglars don't case a house for hours before deciding whether to break in. A 2013 study out of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte's Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology — "Understanding Decisions to Burglarize from the Offender's Perspective"...