Using your phone as a self-defense weapon.
Many people use hard plastic cases for their cell phones to protect them from being damaged when the phones bang onto tabletops, hard floors, cement sidewalks, etc., after they’re dropped. The case serves to protect the phone, but what if it could also protect you?
When people are mugged on the street, it usually happens very quickly and they don’t have anything in their hands with which to protect themselves. But people often have their cell phones in their hands, and if a phone could be used as protection, it would be. Now, perhaps it can.
A new cell phone case called the Yellow Jacket is being developed with a built-in stun gun to help people protect themselves if they’re attacked. The makers say that it produces 650,000 volts of energy through the electrodes on its upper edge and that it is capable of taking down a fully-grown adult male. It also features a standby battery for 20 additional hours of usage.
Check out this video, “A Stun Gun on a Cell Phone?” It shows what the case looks like and how it operates as a stun gun. While I think the cell phone/stun gun combination is a good idea, I’m wondering if it really packs enough of a punch to do you some good when you’re dealing with an attacker. In both instances in the video where they show the stun gun application being used, the recipient of the shock appears to be stung but ends up smiling. Hopefully they had it on the lowest possible setting for the demonstration because I sure don’t want my attacker smiling when I defend myself against him.
How would you like to have a cell phone case that doubles as a stun gun? Would that be your weapon of choice if you were attacked? Do you think a cell phone stun gun would be strong enough to immobilize an attacker long enough for you to escape? Please weigh in with your thoughts.
Pretty soon the only one to have them will be the bad guys. And, if you can use for defense, bad guys can use them to incapacitate you for their purposes. Seems were just providing them with a new weapon.
650,000 volts may be better than nothing, but will not work through heavier clothing. Better are ones like We offer stun guns with 7.5 Million volts, delivered by 5-8 milliamps,. They WILL go through thicker clothes and will be much more effective. You can carry one in its belt holster or in your non-cellphone hand.
Try your pepper spray in a slight breeze. Now your a victim also
They are illegal in HI, IL, MA, MI, NJ, NY, RI, & WI
Get your ccw @ frontsite . My 1911 will give more than a skin rash and good for more than one attacker
I always carry a knife in my purse in case something like that were to happen and for just everyday survival circumstances when I would need to use it. I like the idea of having a stun gun and that it would be small enough to be in a cell phone. Only thing is, like everyone else was saying, if it doesn’t pack enough of a punch to keep the perp down long enough for me to run away, what’s the point? Also, I’d be worried about it getting into the wrong hands.
A stun gun in the wrong hands. What then? A child with a stun gun wouldn’t be nice…
My thoughts exactly. A “stealth” stun gun in the form of a cell phone could be used as a malicious prank — sort of an enhanced “knockout game”.
Is it allowed on airplanes for those who travel
Only on checked baggage.
You can check the TSA guidelines online, but stunguns and pepper sprays and Kubotans are not allowed on planes except in checked baggage
Stun guns and pepper sprays and Kubotans are only allowed in checked baggage.
cheaper to use pepper spray. It is effective without having to actually contact the assailant.
the guy runs bu y you from behind and grabs your phone. what are you going to do? chase him down and then pepper spray them? 40 years of Martial arts and no stun gun can put be down. i have eyes in the back of my head. I have already been an attempted victim standing in the parking lot of the market and a black guy tries to snatch, my phone. he got his shoulder dislocated and a nice broken nose.
Being a world class nerd, I rather like this idea. That much being said, if I’m attacked, I’m not looking to give my assailant a skin rash; he needs to go down, and NOT GET BACK UP
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I’ve Already had the cell phone stun gun that give me 2M volt with a Press button! Hopefully, I won’t have to use it. Dangerous, You know! I can use it to protect from mad mad World , mad animal, etc,…I can it as flash light too!
What a great video, yea, no way. If your well being is at stake and it’s serious, you don’t want to tickle your attacker. Now if you need “get off me!” Time then they should have used pepper spray or such to do a lot more damage to get out of there. It really isn’t time for a tickle.
(1) Thugs often attack in groups. (2) Thugs might have one to attack you first (3) Irresponsible people will be able to get one and use it just as a “prank.” ( SOME PRANK !! )
Sure! I have 3 Three Pepper Spays and keep one in my pocket when I go out any where to protect from mad dogs, maybe mad mad people!
Based on what I saw, I can do more damage with my fist and probably faster
If you’re a ‘heavy-duty’ guy who doesn’t mind a scuffle, you’re probably correct. But what about smaller women, an ‘younger’ teens…. They state, “Proper training IS necessary”, so maybe you should consider it for your wife and / or kids.
The proper use of your cell phone in a attempted robbery or assault.. Using your dominant hand along with a twisting motion of the shoulders and hips Jam that sucker right up the guys nose .
Hi Paul. I would like to know where you sell the SG. I would like to obtain one or more. Thank you for posting your comment.
I’m Bachelor!!!
Where may I purchase a stun gun on line?
Amazon.com, Mine was $15. Also great flashlight and NO batteries!
What if I stunned myself while it was in my pocket?….. What a sensation! Lol
If, in fact a stun gun on my mobile phone would actually work and be strong enough to really stun an attacker, I would be in favor of having one on my phone. I always have my phone with me so it would always be available.
Yes! This what worry about!
It’s not cell phone! The cell phone stun gun looks like a cell phone! We can use it as LED flash light too! Very bright!!
If we’re nice to people and pet, It’ll be OK!!!
About Death? Don’t worry too much about it! If we don’t die by mad mad people, we get killed by accident,etc…Who know?
I think it might be a great idea for the disabled senior who normally does not pack, unlike myself, I’m a disabled senior and choose to carry, but I also have a cell phone. If the attacked can hit the neck or the eye, that would be a good place to start. However, mobility problems could be an issue. If the Cell Stun case does not carry enough volts to penetrate heavy clothing, it’s over unless the person uses a cane, like myself, to hit the perp in the head or knees. Knees first, then the head is the best way to give you enough time to try to get to safety. Always go during daylight hours and never go alone. These are tips I have learned from a State Officer some time back when I took my safety coarse to re-up my permit. Another resource is a military person who can assist in showing the first hit spots on a perp. Hope this helps and be safe.
I own a dragon fire 1.8 million volt combination small LED flashlight and taser. At 1.8 million volts there is enough charge to knock an adult male down while you turn and run. It is my understanding from the manufacturer that if I’d bought the lesser volt model it would push them back but not stop them long enough for me to exit. I’m guessing that the video with the smiling recipient received an irritating shock but not one that would do the job.
Why would you assume that I have a cell phone? I Don’t.
All this may be good …but first and foremost…know your surroundings. Be aware of what is in your surroundings and always stay away from areas that leave one very vulnerable. Next Pack a gun and/or a good fixed blade knife. Take up defensive martial arts and dirty street fighting. For instance, there are a couple places that will severally disable to kill an attacker. …like a quick punch to the throat to fracture the larynx, a swift upper shot to the under side of the nose that will drive the bone right into the brain, a kick to the side of either knee ( will cripple anyone & need surgury)…OR stay out of dangerous areas where you are begging for trouble to overtake you
Do not think that would have helped the dad in the SUV in NY who was attacked by the biker gang.
SW 40 much better for defense, unless you happen to live where you are not allowed to defend your self, Calif, NY, Chicago
NJ is a self-defense-free state as well. Your Jersey municipality’s F.I.D. card entitles you to (a) shell out a couple MORE dollars to your police chief for a registration application, which has an expiration date, to go purchase a firearm, and (b) walk around in your basement or kitchen WITH your new firearm. Just don’t get stopped going anywhere else with it. (And if you’re going to drop an assailant, make sure you’re not a white Christian male.)
Great princepal, but that would just piss off an attacker…why didn’t they incorporate a 5-10 million volt model as Paul has mentioned. I think you would only make your attacker angry with this device. :(
This seems much to passive.. to put down a perpetrator .. that is OUT to do you serious harm!! If I am endanger for my life.. I do not want something that is going to make HIM laugh .. for pete sakes..as the demonstration shows I want something that is going to render him unable to move for at least 10 minutes!
I sell stun guns at gun shows. I would not want one that has less than 2 million volts.
We sell stun guns that put out up to 10 million volts.
It will take about two seconds at 5 million volts to make a 250 pound guy fall down.
I know a 200 pound guy that is 6′ 2″ and volunteered to be stunned with 5 million volts. It took 2 seconds to put him down, and he stayed down for 12 minutes without any permanent damage. Think about George Zimmerman. If he had one of these in addition to his firearm, and could get to it while being beaten with this guy on top of him, he would have had time to tie up the attacker and call the police.
Perhaps he would not have had to fight his case in court for 17 months and suffer the media demonization.
They also work to repel animals. It triggers some kind of flight response by just pointing it toward the animal and firing the arc for about one second. They run away every time. I have yet to find an animal that won’t run away.
Animals aren’t as stupid as people. Of course they’re going to run away. They can just tell when there is harm in something. People are so self-centered and stupid they don’t have a bit of self preservational instinct as animals do.
Paul, What state do you sell SG’s in? Can they be bought online?
Please post your email addy so I can purchase a 10M volt one also.
I have a 500,000 volt gun how does that stack up ? have you tried that size on a volunteer? and how can I get a 10mil gun from you if I live in calif.?