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Twist and pull off the bottom part of the plastic housing below the color band. It's just a friction fit. Then just push it back on.
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@fatdog
Twist and pull off the bottom part of the plastic housing below the color band. It's just a friction fit. Then just push it back on.
My training and experience as an OC Instructor is loss of pressure over time. I've never seen the product itself to be less effective.
I'm glad this topic came up. I tested out a couple of my older units, and, sure enough, they just dribbled out. Going to use them on some spots in my yard to keep out critters.
Time to buy some replacements.
Glad this topic came up, as it caused me to replace a bunch of expired stuff. I tried each of the expired units, and found that the Sabre seems to have the best chance of having adequate propellant past its expiration date. ASP Key Defender refills seem to have about a 50% chance of having little propellant remaining about a year past the expiration date.
For those of you who, like me, sometimes give pepper spray to relatives who are not self defense hobbyists, those relatives should also be aware of the expiration dates and likely loss of propellant if those dates are not monitored or perhaps added to a calendar.
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Definitely. I send the occasional PSA text to the family chat reminding to look at expiration dates, and also to give the units a good rattlecan shake every once in a while. Helps that they’re all using POMs, which are cheap and easy to just throw in an Amazon cart.
I have a running list of dates for mine. One that’s within a few months gets its date written on it with permanent marker so I don’t miss it.
A guy I know sprayed an aggressive dog today. Spray was from 1997!
It must have worked because he was also feeling the side effects of it.
Which brand was it? I had an unused can of Sabre Red which lost its pressure much sooner. I tested it after the expiration date. I forgot the exact number of years. But I'm sure it was less than 10 years old and probably less than 5 years above its expiration date.