resqme The Original Emergency Keychain Car Escape Tool, 2-in-1 Seatbelt Cutter and Window Breaker, Made in USA, Yellow – Compact Emergency Hammer

Compact, but Mighty! life saver item that is a must have.
Great vehicle glass breaker. Works well in the side door windows, not for windshields. Have used several times for our rescue department. Seat belt cutter works, easier if you cut the seat belt at an angle not straight through. Have several of these in different vehicles keys and on my turn out gear. Small , but works very well, durable have used multiple times. Great product.

Useful…compact…inexpensive…Why not?
I’m a firefighter and I have used this tool many times on the job over the years and it works very nicely. There are a few points that should be explained to anyone buying this….1) If possible, wear a glove! you have to push this against the window with some force to activate it and it is easy for your hand to continue forward once it shatters. sometimes just a hole surrounded by cracked glass….it’s sharp…it hurts. If you don’t have gloves, make a conscious effort to not continue forward when the glass gives.2) Side windows are tempered glass and windshields are laminated glass. This will work on a side window but not a windshield/rear windshield. Side windows “cube’ and fall apart windshields do not because the plastic sheeting in them keeps the shards together. It is hard to kick a windshield out even after it has “spidered”.3) A good spot is usually near the corner (about 2″-3″ diagonal from corner) and there’s less chance of putting your hand through it at the corner….did I say that glass is sharp? And that it hurts? It is….and it does!4) If you’re getting someone out of a car and they’re conscious…tell ’em to turn away when you break the window…cuz…you know…sharp…hurts…5) Seat-belt cutters work way better if you can manage to pull the belt taught with your other hand.6) If you have this hanging off a fire-coat…it is very likely it will fall off…break off…etc. I stick mine in the rubber flashlight band on my helmet. Not that I wanna tell you where to stick it or…….yeah….OK…7) These don’t work over and over forever. The point gets dull. But when I get a new one, In usually test fire it on a thick piece of cardboard or soft wood to make sure that it functions.8) Just hold against window and push until it pops.That is all….stay safe…and remember…Glass is sharp….and it hurts!

It works…most of the time.
I’ve used several different type of glass breakers, so hopefully I can offer some perspective on this particular one.Unless you get a faulty unit it should break most windows, but not necessarily on the first try. It also depends where you place the unit. The smallest corner of the window is the most effective place for any glass breaker to be used.To check if the unit will actually push out the glass breaker (i.e. is not faulty), use your fingers to pull on that piece, keeping them away from the hole. If the conical tip forcefully springs out then it’s not faulty.Now, some people may think it’s faulty because it won’t break every window every time. I’m not sure if there is any glass breaker that will break every window every time in one punch. If the glass doesn’t break on the first try, don’t think that nothing has happened. The structure of the window has been weakened, just not enough to shatter. From here, you should keep pressing the resqme against the window in exactly the same spot. Most tempered windows will shatter by the second or third push.*WARNING* Be careful not to push too hard as your hand could fly through the window and get cut by the glass. Practice using the tool on other hard surfaces and you will see the small indendentation made by the glass breaker. Try to practice pushing hard enough for the spring to activate but then stop pushing. This should keep your arm from going through the window.Now, I mentioned earlier there are many other glass breakers. The spring-loaded center punch types, like the one made by Fire Hooks Unlimited, work pretty well (better than resqme) as the spring is stronger. But with these you have to push with so much force that your hand will often fly through the window. The best type, in my opinion, are the kind like those made by Zak Tools. For this device you pull back on a spring and then release it along with a weight, which strikes the conical tip imparting a great deal of pressure on a tiny spot. The best feature about this type of glass breaker is you can control the amount of force. If you pull the spring back as far as you can, the amount of force will greatly exceed that provided by the resqme and will break almost any window in one strike. And since you are not pushing against the window, there is no chance of your hand flying through and getting shredded by glass. There are also the Lifehammer type devices–I have not used these so I can’t really comment, but they look a bit sketchy.As far as convenience goes, nothing beats the resqme. The design is brilliant. You can keep it on your key chain, pull to separate from the keeper, and you are ready to go. This is also the most compact type of glass breaker. Since most people will rarely if ever need to use such a device, a convenient, small glass breaker is probably preferable to bigger more heavy duty ones.In summation, I would highly recommend the resqme to everyday consumers. For professionals (firefighters, rescue workers, etc.) I would look for a more heavy duty tool like some of the ones I mentioned, and get a separate seatbelt cutting tool (such as the one made by Fire Hooks Unlimited) that you can put on the same keychain.Advice to ResQMe: This tool could be perfect with a couple improvements. First, if it had a stronger spring that required say, 20+ lb of force to activate, then it would fail much less often. I understand some people (children or the elderly) may have trouble pushing that hard but the new device could be called “ResQMe Pro” or something like that and you keep marketing the original. A second improvement would be a harder tip, like tungsten carbide. These improvements would doubtless raise the cost of the device, perhaps even double it, but it would be worth it for a compact, convenient, life-saving glass breaker that works every time, without wearing down after repeated use to make it a more rugged tool for professionals.

Vor 6 Jahren hatte ich die Ehre die Seitenscheibe eines Audi A4 destruktiv öffnen zu dürfen, damals noch mit einem Robin Safetyboy (Große Kleidungsschere mit Dorn am Ende), nach ca 9 lauten unangenehmen Schlägen gab sie nach. Seit dem trag ich immer so einen Federkörner am Dienstausweis. Ein Klick im Eck der Scheibe, ein paar mal mit Handschuhen stochern und fertig. Mein Letzer hat um die 4 Jahre gehalten und gab dann auf als der Schlüsselbund samt RESQME und Ausweis aus 10m höhe auf den Boden geknallt sind. Der integrierte Gurtschneider ist sowohl für Gurte als auch für hartnäckige Snackverpackungen geeignet.

No la he usado y espero no usarlo nunca.

I have yet to use this (fortunately) but after hearing from a friend who is an ER doctor that he keeps one of these things on himself at all times, after seeing tragedies come through his Emerg doors, I decided I better order one for myself (and all family members too).Another friend had purchased a different brand and had tucked it under his visor but when he was in a collision, the visor fell down, along with it his safety device, which got lost in the car. Moral of the story, make use of the key chain component of this to ensure it doesn’t go flying in case of emergency.