The safe use of Spikes, requires multiple solutions. Your first goal should be for a covert deployment, one that does not provoke a reaction from the target vehicle which can be dangerous to all of us. The second goal, is a system which is tough and will not come apart and require officers to enter the roadway to retrive the Spike system.

Covert, Concealment, Cover

Our goal is to not provoke a reaction from the driver of the Target vehicle. Autospike is designed to slide across the surface of the road, by being pulled towards you or slid away from you which we call a curbside deployment.

The Autospike accordion frame uses black and brown sections to break up its apperance on a highway or offroad. Autospike has the safety advantage of elimination of what we call POST Deployment Adjustments. (PDA) Auto Spike is also wider than other systems and you ar more likely to spike your target.

Superior Winder, Cord-Reel and Deployment Sleeve

A good portion of the incidents with spikes have been due to a Cord-Reel and or a sleeve that was defective. In such cases officers entered the roadway to recover spikes and were fatally struck. Auto-Spike does not use sleeves, but has a much tougher frame, made of a durable elastometric nylon. Auto Spike and other accordiaon brands have a much better safety record because of their durable frames and heavy duty cords do not fail the officer.

Winders

Winders are very mis-understood, Spike Strips are their safest, when the cord lays on the ground and is not handled by the officer. A cord elevated subject to getting snagged by a car and dragged onto the roadway. In addition a cord elevavated is easy to spot by the driver of the target vehicle.

Spike Devil’s loop winder is a yo yo style winder, no doubt the fastest, safest, winder on the market. The beveled edge allows the cord to freely leave the winder, no matter how fast the officer moves. The winder can be tossed onto the ground and the winder will still despense cord.

We were asked by a departments to make a Cord-Reel that was indestructible and serviceable. We came out with the toughest one on the market and with the big mouth service port. When they saw it, they said it was like a Fisher-Price toy, you could not destroy it, and it was easy to use and service.

pike Belts design is superior, our curved edges are designed to float over a curb, and not stay on the road. Our system is made of tough ballistic nylon, designed not to come apart in traffic and dump the Strips. We use a 360 handle designed to grab from any side, so your officer wastes no time in deployment nor retrieval. Our winder system is much simpler, and can be deployed much further with less effort. Spike Devil has taken the measures to make Spike Belt much simpler than other multi-sided systems and as safe as accordion type systems.

Our spike is one piece, and its tightly fitted in the foam Strip, The Strip has a top and bottom corrugated carton panel designed to hold the spike if it is pushed through, but not picked up by the tire. We use a plastic tube bag designed to protect the contents from the weather. Notice our handle wraps around the sleeve and is accessible from any angle, this makes Spike Belt easier to grab and retrieve or deploy.

Cord-reel problems: The Cord reel has to be opened to deploy, then closed to adjust on the roadway, opened up to seek safety, closed again to recover. All these actions are in seconds, and the leading cause of why officers grab the cord, elevate the cord, to snag cars, and struggle with the deployment process. All this due to a cord reel being locked up, or to complicated to function. When they struggle they remain dangerously close to the curb, susceptible to a deployment where a system is torn, and they enter to recover spikes, and many other issues.

Trooper Kilgrow, used a Stick and a wound up cord, this cord lays on the roadway, and was designed to be handled, low close to the surface, and only for moving the system. In the photo above notice the Accordion systems deployed and cords are laying on the surface and the officers not visible. We have added the loop winder design to all our products, due to its speed and safety. Winders like these do not use a crank that has to be handled, and the officers has to think. The cord lays on the roadway, and we feel this will make for the safest multi-sided system on the market.

Accordion systems can be re-used many times, and some can be converted into a trainer by pulling Spikes. Our Spike belt, unlike lesser Multisided designs, can be re-purposed as a trainer so you don’t lose your investment. We did this by using a foam core, that goes back to its original shape, and allows for multiple hits. We think training is a very important part for officer sucess and we made the Spike Belt to be re-purposed after its use, as a trainer model. simple pull the spikes out, and mark the unit as a trainer with a special patch that is velcroid to the system.heavy duty and tight fitting