Falcon Safety Super Sound Horn - 120dB Loud Emergency Alarm (Model 3001.1228) for Home Security, Outdoor Activities & Safety Alert

I've been wanting to buy an airhorn for awhile for a few reasons, but bought this one after reading the reviews on how it quieted barking dogs. I'd previously tried yelling, using a high pitched alarm and a dog whistle. None of these worked.I live next door to an old moron who keeps getting dogs and dumping them into a pen in his yard. He hardly ever interacts with the dogs and doesn't even feed them daily. Lately they have been working dogs that weren't a big deal, but a couple months ago he got a mutt that barks and whines constantly whenever it sees somebody. The dog is not stupid, just lonely. I have over an acre of land that I let my own dogs play on (with supervision) and I could no longer enjoy being outside with this dog barking for hours at a time. I did get in my neighbors face about it, and got nothing but a 70+ year old man whining like a toddler and making excuses. Next time I took my dogs out, I used this little air horn and told the dog to be quiet. It did the trick. He shuts up and goes back in the dog house.The can is small and can fit into the inside pocket of my jacket. It does make a pretty loud noise, but not so much that you would need to use earplugs. I now have peace and quiet again and look forward to using this for other sounds that are annoying and need to be destroyed.I got this horn to scare black bears away from my deck, after a visit by three of them last Winter on a mild day. The local bear rescue place told me that bears don't like loud noises and recommended this horn. I haven't had to use it yet, but I did toot it once to see how loud it is. The answer is "very". But it is actually a very tiny device - you'll probably lose it and not be able to find it when you need it. So I keep it on a table by the door.Edit on 9/30/15: Had a visit by a black bear the other day. He wasn't causing any problems, just looking for a snack before hibernating for the winter. This one was probably around 100 pounds, knocked over my bird feeder pole and started rooting around in the bird seed in the yard. But then he headed toward the house. After taking his picture, I got the horn and gave it a short, half-second toot. The bear went running away like there were pic-a-nick baskets down the road and he had just gotten his invitation! Conclusion: this horn is VERY effective against black bears. I'll be carrying it on my daily walks around our backwoods neighborhood - along with a can of bear repellent spray and my .357. I doubt very much I'll have to use those last two as long as I have the horn. The last thing I want to do is to hurt a bear.I keep this right by the house phone, which is the one being hounded by IRS Scammers & solar energy telemarketers, etc. We are on the FTC Do Not Call Registry & still getting many calls everyday. They do not listen & continue to harass us so I bought this with 2 refill canisters & keep it next to the phone. One week later & the amount of calls are dropping... also works well on those calls where the caller just sits there breathing. Not fool-proof but at least i feel like I'm back in control & can get some sweet satisfaction from being harassed. Our home is our sanctuary... How dare they intrude when you've begged them to stop?! I love this little gadget... Works perfect, perfect size, great investment to feel better!I should mention... Many years ago when I was a single mom I kept getting unnerving, sadistic, prank phone calls by some unknown creep at all hours of the night (before cell phones & caller ID). I bought something similar to this & it only took one time blasting them & they never called again. I remembered that & thirty years later here we go again. Highly recommend this product for above purpose & for walking your dog in case other creatures roam your neighborhood without a leash. We have coyotes & skunks in our neighborhood sometimes at night. A small blast from this is just enough to scare them off.Just puts a little control back in your life & I really like that :)This is a super loud horn. I bought it to keep in my small boat. I need to tell you, though, that it is very small.This is only about five inches tall, including the horn. The can itself is only three inches tall and about 1 1/2 inches in diameter. The horn protrudes about 2 1/2 inches out. It easily fits in my tackle box, and I am considering buying a couple more of these for safety. I read recently that the one thing that scares a criminal away fastest is a loud horn. If you found yourself in a home invasion situation, or walked in on a burglar, even if you had a silent alarm system, it is going to take the police several minutes to get to you, and a lot can happen in those minutes. This is small enough to carry in a purse, or a pocket, or just to keep handy somewhere in your house. I can guarantee you that this horn will turn heads a lot faster than a whistle!! Whether you carry a weapon or not, you can use this to call attention to yourself and whomever is trying to commit a crime against you. It will be a shock to an assailant's ears, and he might just decide you're not worth messing with!! It's also small enough to carry when hiking or camping. It is very light weight, and you could also use it as a backup horn for a larger boat that is already equipped with an electric horn. I can think of dozens of uses for this, so it will be money well spent, no matter what!!very small can