The Best Personal Safety Alarm in New Zealand | Personal Safety Alarms NZ
The Best Personal Safety Alarm alternative in New Zealand
What personal Safety Alarm is the best?
It could be said that the best personal safety alarm on the market, is the one you have on you at the time. There are a multitude of personal safety alarms available on the market in New Zealand, but not all alarms are built the same. As with any product, when it comes to personal safety, it pays to shop around and do your research, after all if you are going to invest your hard earned money into something as important as your own personal safety, then it stands to reason you are going to want to get the best value for money you can.
A good personal safety alarm will offer a number of stand out benefits such as an
- Extremely loud alarm
- A strobe light in some form or another
- A long battery life
- A lightweight design
- A rechargeable battery
- A portable design with the ability to carry the alarm anywhere such as on a key ring or key chain
The best sort of personal safety alarm, will offer all of these functions and more in once compact device. A good example of that would be the birdie alarm from She's Birdie. These little alarms are quite amazing and manage to include all the above functions into one compact and attractive device that packs a loud 130db alarm along with it. One of the down sides to this alarm of course is that it is not stocked in New Zealand, and it comes with quite a hefty price tag. In fact one of these alarms will set you back almost NZ$60 not including postage. So you might find your self asking?
Why do I need a personal Safety Alarm?
When it comes to personal safety , in particular with violence towards women in society, the statistics are horribly concerning. In a recent blog post, the Ministry for Women in New Zealand (women.govt.nz) talk about a 2018 Report carried out by the World Health Organization, which notes that;
The World Health Organisation conducted a 2018 analysis of prevalence data from 2000-2018 across 161 countries and areas and found that worldwide nearly one in three, or 30%, of women have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner or non-partner sexual violence, or both.
These numbers are very concerning, and more recent reports show that these numbers are steadily increasing. With regards to New Zealand statistics, the Human Rights Commission published a report into Workplace Bullying and Harassment in Aotearoa New Zealand (2022) which noted that 38% women have experienced sexual harassment in the past five years, as well as 23% of Men.
The Human Rights Commission have published a new report, Experiences of Workplace Bullying and Harassment in Aotearoa New Zealand (2022), which found that 38% of women have experienced sexual harassment in the past five years compared to 23% of men. It also goes on to note that young women, bisexual workers, and disabled workers are especially likely to experience sexual harassment. One just has to read the news on a daily basis to see that these statistics stack up and are a sadly accurate state of society as it stands today.
Having a personal Safety Alarm or Personal alarm keychain with a loud siren, bright flashing led light, that will help deter potential attackers will go a long way to providing you with a better peace of mind. So,
What is a personal Safety Alarm and how do they work?
In New Zealand, the use of tasers and pepper spray is illegal and limits the options available for self defence options. A Personal Safety Alarm is a small, easy to carry portable personal security device. When they are activated the emit a very unpleasant, shrill and loud alarm as well as a bright flashing led light to help draw attention to your distress and assist in deterring potential attackers. Exposure to noise over 85db for prolonged periods of time can cause permanent damage to ones hearing, and these personal alarms produce sounds in excess of 130db, equivalent to the noise produced by a jet plane passing over your head at low altitude or take off, and the frequencies generated by these devices can be very painful to the human ear. So how does this help you?
In the first instance, the loud and shrill sound of the blaring siren may be enough to deter a would be attacker in the first place, and they may take off running to escape from it. The sound may also attract attention from other people in the general vicinity, alerting them to your destress and situation, at 130+dB these alarms can be heard over a long distance, and the frequency they emit stands out from background noises.
Secondly many of these alarms come with a very bright led flashlight or strobe light. These can be very unpleasant to look at and cause damage to an attackers eyesight, and distract them from their intentions. The bright flashing strobe can also attract the attention of people nearby, the flash patterns are unnatural and stand out from other light sources in the area. So who are they good for, and who can use them?
Who are Personal Safety Alarms good for, and who can use them?
Personal Safety Alarms are the perfect choice for anyone who feels like they need a little bit of extra protection or peace of mind in their daily lives. These devices don't require any special skills to use, when activating the alarm you simply pull the pin out and the alarm sounds, to stop it again all you need to do it replace to pin back back into the body of the device.
They don't require a sim card, registration, monitoring fees or a subscription. Their ease of use makes them an invaluable As such they can be used by all walks of society, from younger school children whose parents might want to have that extra peace of mind, to older persons who might live alone. With the stats mentioned above, these alarms are great for those who like to go running alone, walking at night time, for a lone worker or night shift workers walking out to their car after work and for those who are traveling. They can be used out hiking if you get lost or in a disaster situation when you may be trying to signal for assistance and are unable to scream out or have no energy. Their siren sounds will travel much longer distances than a human voice can. Like a good Emergency Whistle, these alarms make great signalling devices, and people have also used them as perimeter alarms also.
There are so many different uses for these alarms and so many different situations in which they can offer that little bit more peace of mind. They come in a variety of different colours, they are very light weight and some of them are also rechargeable.
What Personal Alarm do you recommend?
Here at Next72Hours we have tried and tested a multitude of Personal Safety Alarms, and have a number of different models in stock, that are very similar to the Birdie alarm, but at a better price point. We stand behind out products and you can check them out here.
Our newest Personal Safety Alarms are super compact, come in six beautiful colours, have a run time of over 1 Hour and are USB Rechargeable. They will chirp to remind you when the power is running low so you know it is time to charge them, and they put out an amazing 135dB to 140db, with a powerful strobe alarm. These new models also have a vibrate function, you can set the alarm to monitor mode and if someone moves it then the alarm will sound. This is great for door handles in hotels, or on valuable items such as your bag at the gym or beach for example.
