When my eldest turned high school, I always remind her to be alert and cautious of her surroundings. She leaves the house 5:30 a.m. and commutes for an hour via public transportation to get to school then gets home at 5:30 p.m. With this daily schedule I thought of enrolling her to a self-defense class like taekwondo or karatedo for added protection. However, when I consulted this idea to my husband he shrugged it off and suggested that I buy personal attack alarms instead to protect our two daughters.

Since I don’t have any idea what it was I immediately surf the net to learn more about personal attack alarm. After reading the benefits of this handy gadget I appreciate its advantages over self-defense workshops. Apparently personal attack alarms are effective to avoiding assailants since it gives off a distress-signal when activated. This loud sound has about 130 decibels, much louder than car horns (120 decibels), it can surely attract attention from other people who can come to your rescue.