Ive not been sprayed with pepper spray but I have but shot in the face with bear spray. IT SUCKED.

I was on kodiak island with some of my guide buddies after a long guiding season. We went to a buddies cabin on Amok Island just across the inlet from Larson Bay. We had been drinking most of the day and beside the cabin door was three air horns. They are used to scare the bears away. Well, to our surprise one of three air horns was actually bear spray. I was blowing an air horn and another guy grabbed another can to blow that air horn and I got a solid hit in the face of bear spray. I don't recommend it to anyone.

I can't relate but I've been told from a few guys that have been hit with both pepper and bear spray that bear spray has more "burn" than pepper spray. I have no plans to find out.