The Most Powerful Stun Gun

If you are looking for the most powerful stun gun on the market today you need to compare the voltage offered by each one rather than the size of the unit or its amperage.

To understand the difference between volts and amps, you need only a very basic understanding of how electricity works. Here’s some information that will help you.

First of all, electric current is a flow of electric charge through some sort of conductor, metal wire for example. The charge itself is a flow of electrons (which are negatively charged particles that orbit the nucleus of atom, that flow from a low potential to a high – or positive – potential), and electric current is the rate of flow of these electrons, measured in amperes or amps.

Amps, which are units of current, are just one of several basic SI units (SI standing for Système International d’Unités, an international system that is recommended for all scientific units including metres – m – kilograms – kg – and amperes). Technically, one amp is the current that produces a specific force measured in newtons (N is the unit of force) per square metre between parallel conductors which are one metre apart.

With stun guns, it is the electromotive force (or emf) that is important, not the amps. The emf is equal to the potential difference across the terminals of a battery when it isn’t supplying an electric current. When electric current flows, the potential difference drops because of internal resistance within the battery. This electromotive force is measured in volts, so one volt is the SI unit of potential difference or electromotive force.

All stun guns have a relatively high voltage which might be anything from 500,000 to close on 3-million. But even the most powerful stun gun has very low amperage. To get this idea into perspective, bear in mind that while our household electric current has a low voltage of around 220, amperage, at between 100 and 200, is high. If you are shocked in your home it will be the amps that do the damage. The reason that stun guns don’t do permanent harm (which is why they considered to be non-lethal self defense devices) is that they work within an amperage range of only about 7 to 14.

If you touch a metal door handle and get a shock, the volts you will feel will be no more than 25,000. So can you imagine what it would feel like to be shocked by a stun gun that delivers 2.5-million or 2.8-million volts?

In your quest to find the most powerful stun gun you will find that many of these are rechargeable, rather than battery powered. This is to make them compact enough for the average person to feel comfortable carrying either with or without a holster. Some mini stun gun devices carry this kind of punch in terms of voltage, and yet they are small enough to fit in the palm of your hand.

Last of all, even when you have found the most powerful stun gun, or simply the best stun gun for your needs, remember that there are many other self defense weapons that you can use for personal self defense. These include personal attack alarms, keychain security products, Mace products and a range of very effective devices that use self defense pepper spray.