Self-defense is not just a matter being conscious of your environment, it is also about being prepared and ready at a moment’s notice. Truth is that most instances when you have to defend yourself, it will come as a surprise. Knowing what you need to do and what you can have to defend yourself and how you can get at it should be second nature. Just like knowing the back of your hand.
One of the easiest things to carry as a self-defense weapon is a pepper spray. These devices are light and handy and not too lethal. These are fool proof in that even if you make a mistake of spraying yourself, it won’t do permanent damage.
The whole point of a pepper spray, however, is to give you, the possible victim, time to escape from any assailant. That is the easiest part of self-defense, it buys you time to run and get help. With no training necessary, self-defense pepper sprays are point and shoot, and then run.