S-3000SF

It's work- long time to charge

If there's a negative, there are too many safety features. In fact, you must activate a switch on the end, flip a second switch like a flashlight, and press a third button to "light someone up." All of this while your life is in danger.

I’ve only had it for a day and fortunately haven’t needed to use it, but just a warning if you buy this… take the nylon holster out of the package, and put it right in the trash. For starters, the design is awful. I was afraid that even just casually walking my dog around the neighborhood with this on my belt that the flashlight/taser would slip out from the holster. There’s literally nothing but an elastic strap holding the front and back together, plenty of room for the flashlight to slip through, especially if you’re jogging or moving in anything but a gentle stride. I haven’t had a chance to buy something better to carry it in though but needed to carry it with me while being discrete about it during the daytime, so just having it in my hand would have been awkward. No problem… one lap around the neighborhood ought to be alright, even with the poor design, right?Wrong. Got literally two houses down the street and heard it hit the ground. Surprisingly it was still in the holster… it didn’t slip out, the belt loop broke right off. Can you say cheap garbage?Anyway, aside from a scratch on the finish, the flashlight still functions fine and the taser works as it should, so it seems to have survived the fall ~3’ to the pavement. The holster shouldn’t be the reason you buy this in the first place. Get rid of it, find a better option for carrying it, and pat yourself on the back for not falling for the 10,000,000 volt hype advertisements almost all of the other brands tout. Assuming the Sabre advertising is correct and accurate, this thing should deliver a powerful enough shock to buy you a little time or possibly scare off an attacker (be it man or animal)I don’t have anything really to compare it to, so these are just my first impressions, but I do kinda wish it was louder. My 15lb pooch is unfazed by the sound it makes, even inside the house. Whether or not the 80 lb pitbull that gets out from the neighbors yard would be deterred by the sound alone remains to be seen (hopefully never), but I do feel slightly more comfortable carrying both lethal and non-lethal defense when we go on our walks around the neighborhood.I do notice that black tape seems to be part of the construction both towards the light/taser end and the rear/switch end… for the price, I’m looking at it as something that will just be a yearly or bi-annual purchase and that’s fine. Until I’m ready to drop big bucks on something in the professional league, I suspect this is about as good as it gets in the <$100 category.

OK, confession: I have never hit myself, or a family member, friend, pet, or any other living thing with both of the Stun Flashlights I've had. Well, deeper confession: There was that one roach. But other than that, I'm a Stun Gun Jainist.That being said, when I opened the package my first thought was "wow, this thing is WAY more attractive, way more comfortable to use, and WAY WAY more solid. The entire thing is metal, and it charges from mostly dead to pretty darn alive in about 6 hours. The instructions warn that discharging the stunner charge a lot for show will dramatically decrease its lifespan. True dat. But just like racking a 12-gauge pump shotgun is one of the more off-putting sounds to the wayward burglar or overly hormoned and underly sneaky daughter's boyfriend, this thing is designed like a poisonous caterpillar -- You have a flashlight, which is one of those "duh" items at night outside. Someone is walking towards you. The LED isn't massively powerful, but in a dark area, you'd be able to severely impair someone's abiilty to see exactly where you are. The second trick this nicely build unit has is it also has a strobe that's a click away, and if you have never owned a tactical flashlight with a strobe setting, you may not believe that it's probably better at keeping someone at bay than being able to hit a perfect 1980's-era VanDamme split, and giving your potential assaulter the Neo "bring it" gesture at the same time. If you don't believe me, find someone who has one, and go into a completely dark room, then try to take down the person with a good strong strobe flashlight. You can't see ANYthing.However, the final trick this pocket-sized beastie has is of course what it's named for, and like I noted above, firing a burst into the air is going to dissuade all but determined attackers, so don't. If they manage to fully close with you, flick the switch from strobe to the full-off and spark-armed setting (my one massive gripe about this type of stun gun -- you are required to turn the light off before you can press the front of the light against thin clothing (torso is best, but if you can get it firmly stuck on their neck -- well, I'm not TELLING you to give them about five seconds of nonstop 5,000,000 volt reminders that touching you is, in the words of LeeLoo, "Never Without My Permission". Even a brief encounter -- half a second or so -- if directed at a grasping hand will render that hand less than effective in grabbing at you. Stick it in their neck for one second and they WILL fall to the ground, disoriented and in extreme pain.This is getting to be an instruction manual, not a review, so I'll stop here. The major pros of this defensive item are: Powerful and painful shock which will knock anyone right onto the ground, strobe light which can enable you to escape WITHOUT having to close with them (always better), and a pretty decent charging time. Cons are: you have to remember to flip the switch on the tail to "on" or the stun capacitors won't be in the circuit, and you have to turn the light completely off to enable the shock. I want a stun gun that has a powerful, fast strobe that can be left on while you hit the stun, but I haven't found that unicorn yet. This seems to be a very sound product. Dr. B says go buy one, and hope you don't have to use it. Oh, and check the laws where you live -- some of them are asinine regarding stun guns. Be careful.

Haven't taken anyone down with it yet. Will update if someone pees themselves.

The STUN won't work when the flashlight is on. I find that strange. And while they do provide a belt strap to keep your flashlight / Stun in, I would have prefered a wrist strap in the event I was frightened as dropped the light.The charger is a regular electric charger, not a dongle that you could charge in your car. You have to charge it inside the house at the electrical outlet. Wish the stun feature was a different color or illuminated so I would be able to tell the difference between flash light and stun features.I'm still looking for something for self defense that might work better.

Great product