Is Wasp Spray Better Than Bear Spray?

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September 6, 2010 by Jonsky

Wasp sprays usually have better accuracy and range to hit bears at the sensitive areas but they’re not better at keeping away bears when the attack. Why?

1. Bear sprays fire in a wide fog so that you don’t need accuracy to nail an angry, charging bear.
2. Even if you hit a bear in the eye, it’s not likely to irritate it more than a pepper spray does.
3. Making a bear inhale wasp spray doesn’t stop it from attacking

Unless you plan on using the wasp spray as a flamethrower (using a lighter), stick with a bear spray.

Taken from Backpacker.com