Difference between a stun gun and a taser?

Question

What is the primary difference between the two? I've volunteered to be hit by both. Both of them hurt incredibly bad, but the stun gun seemed to hurt more for a longer period of time, while the taser just seemed to hurt while I was being shocked, and a few minutes afterward. The initial shock of the taser was more powerful throughout my body, but the initial shock of the stun gun hurt more in the spot that it hit than the taser did.

What is the difference between the two?

Here are the two weapons I was hit with:

The first one was the M 26 Taser of 50,000 volts:

http://www.dggtaser.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/m26.jpg

The stun gun was a 1,000,000 volt Stun Factor Stun Gun:

http://i1.iofferphoto.com/img/item/425/940/41/o_FBlack_stun_gun_copy__att.jpg

Answer 1

The mechanics of the effects of the two are different.

both are low amperage devices, that is why you are not electrocuted.

A stun gun works on your muscle group. It basically caused your muscles to "twitch" at an extremely high rate of speed, therefor causing an enormous lactic acid build up in a short period of time. This is why you felt as if you just worked out for a day straight when you were hit with it.

The Taser works on your bodies electrical system, it overrides the normal activity by basically shorting it out. This is why when you were hit with it, you couldn't move and just froze. You lost control of your movement.

You might notice that when you were hit, or on videos, when someone has a stun gun used on them, they recover slowly. They are exhausted and their muscles are tired. When you see them recover from a taser, they are able to recover much faster, due to the fact that they regain control of their electrical system.

Answer 2

It seems like the stun gun was skin contact, where the X26 (my fav.) has a 2 pronged lead attached to the wires. Also the stun gun as you stated packed a higher voltage. The X26 is only 49.6 K and you defintely got zapped with a higher out put.

Answer 3

One shoots prongs and the other doesn't. Basically, one is used for semi long distance range, while the other is only effective at close quarters range.

This guy will probably laugh in the face of both of them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEoXyFny0...

Answer 4

One ejects electrical prongs towards the traget. The other has two electrical prongs attached to it that zap the electricity straight into the old lad... ahem the perpetrator. The tazer shoots out over a short distance and the stun gun is basically the "knife" version, which only stuns on contact.