SABRE 2-in-1 Tactical Stun Gun with LED Flashlight, Self Defense Stun Gun with 2.517 µC Charge Produces Intolerable Pain, 130 Lumen LED Light, Safety Switch, Belt Holster, Rechargeable Battery

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.

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

Wish it were a more commonly used charger. I lost mine so I haven't been able to use it for a while 🙃

Great product

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.

This is the second one of these I have. The included holster is useless unless you are good with needle and thread. In both cases, the factory sewing was so poor the fabric unraveled and fell apart before the first time trying to thread a belt through the loop.To arm the device, there are two switches that have to be in the on position before the unit will work as a stun device. The switch on the back is tiny, cheap, and feels flimsy. The second switch on the side has to be slid rearward, which means that when removing the device from the holster, the unit more often then not will disarm as the switch has little resistance and a holster or pocket is likely to hang up on the switch enough to disarm it.Putting the device in one's pocket or holster in the opposite direction to rectify this means almost guaranteed contact with the probes and an unreasonably decent chance of getting shocked by your own device.That said, I keep one of these in the (modified) holster with a piece of tape keeping the side switch always armed.I suspect the electronics in these things are decent enough to be reliable. The execution however, would be comical except this thing is supposed to be for personal protection.

I accidentally tased myself within 5 minutes of opening the package.... WORKS GREAT!!!! 🫠

First I bought a Ruger/Sabre stun gun, Model RU-S-5000SFm. ("Backed by two industry-leading brands," brags the web page on Amazon.) The back of the blister pack refers you to a subpage under Ruger's website to get instructions. But the subpage does not exist. While this might be a broken link issue, this anomaly suggests to me that Ruger may no longer have any business relationship with Sabre. Instructions for a weapon matter. On this basis only, therefore I returned the Ruger/Sabre stun gun without opening the blister pack.Next I bought a Sabre stun gun, Model S-3000SF. This time I opened the blister pack, confident that I would find an instruction sheet inside. I expected something simple, in several languages, like how to charge it, how to use the strobe light feature, etc. But no instruction sheet accompanies this weapon -- in any language. I did not understand certain features, and I could not find specific instructions for this model on Sabre's website. Although I did charge the stun gun, I did not feel comfortable testing it in other ways without instructions.Eventually, I returned to the Amazon web page where I had bought the Sabre. There, finally, I found a User Guide link in PDF form. I read it -- and I am still not satisfied. I question whether this stun gun is charging properly. A red light went on when I charged the unit, meaning that it's charging. But after three days that red light never turned off, never blinked, and never got replaced by a green light... So how do I know when it's through charging? And why is it that after three days of charging, only one of the electrodes lights up when I press the stun button? To me this suggests the unit did not fully charge, whatever the instructions say. I found it difficult to get information about this on the seller's website.Another oddity: The model number for the Ruger or Sabre stun gun you buy is not shown on the Amazon web page. You will not know what model you've ordered until you get it in the mail. You'll find the Model Number on the cardboard insert in the blister package, but not on the gun itself. I found it difficult to get information about this issue on the seller's website, too.We are not talking about a Swiss Army Knife here. Both the Sabre and the Ruger/Sabre are dangerous weapons. It is not wise to trust the manufacturer of any dangerous weapon that does not make instructions for its weapons easily available. If the only instructions you can find are a tiny PDF link near the bottom of Amazon's web page, that is not good enough. An instruction sheet (orlink to one) should be the first thing you turn to when you unpack any new weapon.