Lumen flashlight for self-defence

[Nerd_1991]

How many lumen do I need if I want to blind a home-thief for 30 seconds at least? I don't want to make him/her blind for the rest of their life. I live in Denmark and we are not even allowed to use pepperspray as self-defence in our own home.

[Hairy Hands Harry]

Maybe use a flash camera? Or a laser pointer. But a big flashlight can also be a club.

[potato]

you don't have bats or knives or crowbars or blunt objects in denmark?

[Nerd_1991]

Origineel geplaatst door Harry The Gamer:

Maybe use a flash camera? But a big flashlight can also be a club.

How many lumen is there in a flash camera? I'm not going under 500 lumen.

[Nerd_1991]

Origineel geplaatst door potato:

you don't have bats or knives or crowbars or blunt objects in denmark?

Yes we do, but I want to blind him/her first.

[Triple G]

Depends if the thief wears sunglasses or not. Or a welder mask.

[potato]

Origineel geplaatst door Lonely.Mother:

Yes we do, but I want to blind him/her first.

you can do that with the aforementioned objects

[L1qu1dator]

Origineel geplaatst door Lonely.Mother:

I live in Denmark and we are not even allowed to use pepperspray as self-defence in our own home.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU3PNGXcypg

[Nerd_1991]

Origineel geplaatst door potato:

Origineel geplaatst door Lonely.Mother:

Yes we do, but I want to blind him/her first.

you can do that with the aforementioned objects

I want to blind them from a distance, without having to throw anything at them.

[potato]

Origineel geplaatst door Lonely.Mother:

I want to blind them from a distance, without having to throw anything at them.

here you go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPd0RSTVDzY

that would probably cause permanent damage to their eyesight, too

[Nerd_1991]

Origineel geplaatst door L1qu1dator:

Origineel geplaatst door Lonely.Mother:

I live in Denmark and we are not even allowed to use pepperspray as self-defence in our own home.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU3PNGXcypg

Yes it really sucks.

[Triple G]

Origineel geplaatst door Lonely.Mother:

I want to blind them from a distance, without having to throw anything at them.

If You want to do it from a distance, You could fill the house with gas from the oven, and as soon if he trespasses You blind him with a simple firelight from the other side of the house.

[Hairy Hands Harry]

Another idea. A small fire extinguisher. The Aerosol cans. You can keep several around the home. That should muck them up for a while. Had this idea with someone that could not keep any kind of weapon in their car.

[Angel]

If light power is a problem, a simple flickering flashlight would do the trick to disorient people. They use this method in government agencies and military. As a self defence device, this is probably a lot more versatile as it's a compact item and can be carried anywhere.

[Nerd_1991]

Origineel geplaatst door potato:

Origineel geplaatst door Lonely.Mother:

I want to blind them from a distance, without having to throw anything at them.

here you go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPd0RSTVDzY

that would probably cause permanent damage to their eyesight, too

Now that's what I'm looking for. Actually, I don't care if they get blind. The video made me laugh lol. I appreciate your answer.. I just don't want to spend too much money, so If someone actually knew how many lumen it would take before someone got blind, then I could spend less money.

[potato]

Origineel geplaatst door Lonely.Mother:

Now that's what I'm looking for. Actually, I don't care if they get blind. The video made me laugh lol. I appreciate your answer.. I just don't want to spend too much money, so If someone actually knew how many lumen it would take before someone got blind, then I could spend less money.

"About 300 lumens are required for self-defense flashlights to briefly blind an assailant. Anything beyond 300 will accomplish the job faster, but 300 is usually enough to blind them long enough for you to flee or at least put some distance between you and them.Apr 6, 2021"

300 is minimum so if you get at least that or higher then it should be enough