A Homemade Compact Survival Kit
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2020
- Here's a compact wilderness survival kit that I've been working on. I'm also working on a more "urban" survival kit of the same size that I'll show in a future video. Enjoy!
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What a lot of people fail to do, and one of the most important thing is.......Once you put your kit together actually go out and spend a night somewhere and rely 100% on your kit. You'll find out what you really need that works for you. People tend to buy a lot of cool stuff they see on TH-cam but really has no useful functionality. But man is it cool. Kits are good but you have to practice a few times a year.
I should recommend taking a candle and coating the matches in the melted wax to make them water proof
I would also recommend loading up the lighter with some other stuff like wrapping it in duct tape or gorilla tape. Gorilla tape can be an amazing fire starter. Plus inside the roll of tape you can add little stuff like fishing line and hooks and any thing else you want
I thought I was the only person fascinated by survival kits. Outstanding work and I really enjoy your format. Clean, simple, easy to understand. Also a good, well practiced voice that is easy to listen to. Bravo.
Thank you! Yeah I've been fascinated with compact survival kits, and especially compact survival kits, ever since I was a kid.
I search these kind of videos for things I don't already have. The trick candles are a brilliant addition! ~ Thanks for that one.
Don't know if it would be economically viable or not, but you should sell these kits. This is damn near a perfect mini survival kit. I'd buy one for sure!
it's $100 just in knives.
@@djomegaminusI have to be honest here. Rushing off to Amazon every time a new 'dingbat' takes your fancy is silly and expensive. My kit has stuff that I've had for YEARS and I know how to use. I've sourced things from second-hand shops and my current EDC is housed in a bright red fabric pencil case lined with stout see-through plastic that somebody gave me. It's long enough to hold a toothbrush. Oral hygiene is SO important in a survival situation. Anyway this pencil case has several individual compartments and fits EVERYTHING. It drops in my handbag. But I wouldn't mind getting some of the stuff in the video...
What's stopping you from putting one together yourself? He tells you everything that he puts in his kit, and it'd certainly be cheaper to source everything yourself instead of paying for someone else's labor. And it's probably not economically viable unless he upcharges an insane amount.
I've learned from putting together a couple kits myself that "survival kits" is one of those things that you really benefit more from doing it yourself. Not only is it cheaper, but you benefit more from knowing what you need for what you have in your area, and it will be different than what someone else puts together. Like this kit is fine and all, but I find it to be a bit too large for what I consider to be a true survival kit. It needs to be something I can easily take with me, because what use is it if I don't have it when I need it? Ideally, it should be small enough to fit in a typical pants pocket. If not that, then small enough to throw in any bag. This one is too large. And while that means it is more capable, it makes it less likely for me to have on a typical trip, which is when you'd least expect to find yourself in a situation where you'd need it.
Putting something together like this yourself can be quite the fun exercise as well. You get to learn a few things, you can get surplus or second-hand items to save money, and treat the obtaining of them as quests of sorts. And you'll value it much more than if you just bought someone else's kit.
@@susanp.collins7834 Is oral hygiene really that important in a survival situation? I would think so many other things take priority that a toothbrush wouldn't be worth the space.
Best kit I've ever seen, bravo! 👏 👏 👏
One of the most competently assembled kits I've ever seen
I thought so too.
For sunscreen, i use some lip balm with SPF 15, can also be used as ointment, tinder (with cotton), and on cold dry winter days you rub some on exposed skin to prevent moisture loss which makes you colder like sweating in summer...
That’s one of the BEST small kits of seen by far!!! & I’ve seen a lot!! Well thought through and gave me a lot of good advice! Thanks great vid!!
Love it!!! Amazing kit!! JMHO: I would add 1more sewing needle, a sun screen/bug repellent packet, 1 bullion cube, 1 caffeine pill, a mini-signal mirror and a small Fresnel. I think u could lose the small army knife (I love them too... and have dozens - but u have the big one) and maybe even the wire saw since there's one the large knife). Great ideas!!!!
Just my opinion, the one handed Trekker is one of the best knives to have in a survival situation minus a fixed blade. Which having a fixed blade is not always possible or practical. Great video. With your format and content, I have suggested your channel to some of my fellow military and civilian buddies.
My dad gave me my first victorinox classic SD keychain knife back in 1979.. I am never without one ever since.. and I put them in all my micro survival kits.. I have used the nail file for filing soft metal and even wood in a pinch and the screwdriver tip which is flat head also works on Phillips heads screws in a pinch.. the scissors get the most use in the tweezer does come in handy
I like those candles. Great idea.
Nice kit. Solid on shelter, fire,water and decent on first aid. Being found is very important so I'd certainly put a real signal mirror in the kit and there are so many sizes out now. If one thinks the knife is a bit large or heavy, you could always plan on using your EDC knife and putting a smaller folder or even fixed blade in there. At the end of the day, the owner must be confident in the contents which is why making your own is best.
What a great kit! One idea/suggestion, if it will fit I would replace the coffee filters with a bandana. SO MANY uses and imo a must have in any survival kit. Thanks for the great videos & kit breakdowns. I love your channel
Your always better off , just making your own . It will be the most relevant to the conditions of where you live .
great kit :) proving the point that the BEST kit you could ever have is the one you make yourself for yourself
I am so glad that I watched this video. You gave me some fresh, new ideas for my EDC kit. Thank you and please keep up the great work.
Best survival kit is the one you never have to use. This one is a darn good one if you did need one. Been a survival kit obsessive for fifty years + and yeah I love the container like crazy. Lol.
Truth is that people should have this kit in their cars and a lighter version (sans the trekker?) in their backpacks. Light paracord wrapped around the elegant looking tin (oh how could I even say such a thing,lol) and all that tucked into a ziplock freezer bag. A half this size flint stick and yeah use the small knife as a striker because if ever you actually needed to do so who cares about the rear bit of the blade in such a situation. More tinder let's say just for a rainy day? Lol. I think magnesium shavings mixed in tinder just might get that fire going when it’s really needed.
Love the tube tent + space blanket combo cause survival means warmth which is harder than most people think when you are cold, wet and could use some sleep.
Aw heck, throw a couple of instant oatmeal packets in there, you know your hungry if you actually need a survival kit. Most 'useful to have' kits help you get past a spell of bad to the bone stormy weather. More food that is actually food is better than candy. Protein bars, protein mix/ powdered milk, dry Ck. Noodle soup/ramen what have you.
Warmth, shelter and geez I’m soaked and freezing, and God love ya, he's got food in there too! Lol.
Best survival kit I’ve ever seen (maybe add some thin steel wire lol) no joke. Kudos! Really first rate kit.
You definitely play tetris. Very nice. If i was lost in the woods, I'd certainly be reassured with this humble tin.
Yeah it is a lot like Tetris, lol
Wow, you packed an ass load of gear in that tin. The bivy shelter and space blanket is awesome. Great kit. If you could fit an airplane bottle of booze that would be round it out but being so packed i would totally buy it
Keep doing what you are doing, you have the format just right and I look forward to every Video that you make. Look forward to the urban one.
Great kit. You should market this a very well thought out survival kit possibly the best I have seen. Thanks for sharing
This is fantastic. I would pay for this kit any day. Nice work.
Hell of a good kit from a guy that sees tons of them and has a feel for what is and isn't necessary.
Very nice well thought out kit! Great idea on including two water and shelter elements! Super channel!
you could use a straw to add sunscreen just melt one end closed put sunscreen in and melt the other end closed.
Or use something like a Seal-A-Meal. Make your own packets.
I was going to suggest the same thing.
I just commented this, before I read your comment.
Sunscreen in a survival kit ?? Come on...
@@andyndi6717 Maybe they live in a desert, or have a medical condition, or whatever. Each kit is different because everyone has a different set of priorities
great kit ! you can replace one of the toothpick from the two SAKs with a "Firefly" (a ferro rod shaped like the toothpick hole of a SAK)
or just get the alox version that doesn't have the tweezers and toothpick and that is significantly thinner
Excellent survival kit ! Very impressive !
Friends of mine sons are 11 12 will be making them a kit similar to yours, thank you for the ideas.
Great kit! Thanks for sharing it!
Nice kit. Built something similar, but a bit larger. Few more of each kinda thing... I'm using a fairly inexpensive multi-pocket fishing vest to carry it and a bunch of other stuff.
Sun screen: Make your own. Take a straw and heat seal one end. Fill with the sun screen. Heat seal the other end. The length selected by how much sun screen you want.
The small baggies you use to store some items can be used as as fishing floats. Place a piece of neon flagging tape inside to increase visibility. Melt a small hole above the bag seal. Melt not poke the hole. Melting forms a rim around it so it is less likely to tear out. To use inflate reseal and tie your line in the hole.
Great Kit! Thanks for sharing.
Well thought out kit. Was really impressed
Nice job I really like the container. Thanks for sharing
Very impressive! I'm buying some of those coffee filters today. What a great idea.
Great kit. Can't think of anything more I would put in
I actually switched to number 95 paracord.. I can carry more with me generally about 30 ft.. it's smaller and lighter yet plenty strong for a Ridgeline.. and other chores along with my survival tin kits I also have a small zip bag that contains 2-Sol XL myler emergency blankets.. and a THIN mil trash liner folded up to make a bro's bed.. use one mylar blanket to make a tarp shelter and the other one to wrap yourself in.. I also added a small tea candle and some waterproof matches ..mini.bic lighter
Put the sunscreen in a cut off straw with both ends melted closed.
Most things containing any type moist ingredient will start to oxidize when exposed to air, this includes liquids, lotions, creams, etc.....
they sell small little packets of sunscreen, as small as 1/8oz on amazon. i always keep a bunch in my EDC pouch living in a tropical locale and it has saved my butt from sunburn many a times
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I really don't see the point in sunscreen If you don't have enough to reapply it
@@friendofcoalIt won't BE exposed to air - it will be in a plastic straw with both ends sealed shut. To access it you stick a tiny hole in the CENTRE of the straw with a pin and applying pressure to each end with your two thumbs and two forefingers you squeeze the requisite amount out through the tiny hole. You close the hole with a tiny piece of duct tape.
The trick candles and coffee filters are two things I need to add to my kit thank you!
very well thought out and put together. That is a decent kit.
I like it, well thought out. Not sure about the mini Victorinox but I love the larger ones, especially with a saw. I personally own that one, great knife
Actually that small one that looks like a toy is great for fixing fingernails, and blade is good enough for small wood shavings. So it is actually useful.
@@JohanSimonsson more useful with a saw
Wow thats alot of stuff for a small container. I like this.
Only the best comes from the best. It is now our favourite too & will duplicate it into our compact kit complimentary to our fully kit first aid bag. Cheers mate.!
Very entertaining and informative. Please keep it up. Thank you!
That's a pretty good and comprehensive kit you put together mate. Sure it will help in an emergency scenario.
Good kit. That box holds a lot!
Ha! Good man, I swear by Taster's Choice. Love it so much, I don't even need to be in a survival situation to appreciate it - I enjoy it every morning at home.
I like that signal mirror, looks like it would go well with dog tags! I also like the trick candles since they'll stay lit!
Impressive collections.
Great little kit I really like it
Great job everything in its place. Good deal .
I love that kit! Nice job. I have watched many of your videos and I like seeing how you supplement pre-made kits. I have been trying to create a little kit like this that I can keep in a bag or purse, and I am terrible at it! hahaha. I am going to use this video as a model and see what I can do. It can get expensive to pull all of this stuff together, but I feel like buying a pre-made kit is also expensive and sometimes the quality of the items suffers and it seems like the kit would be risky to rely upon. I think I would rather just try to make my own, even if it costs a little more. I like that you have a good knife/multi tool in there and a bivy sack, and overall it's a not too much but not too little type of kit. I really enjoy your videos, thank you for continuing to create and review these items. :)
Great vid, would love to see the survival bag as the next step up!
Excellent kit build man
Nice kit. Thank you for your video.
It looks like a pretty good little kit to just have in the car if you are separated from your primary kit ... you aren't left "helpless" ! I'd suggest tossing in a tube of Decent SuperGlue - in case your bivy tears, shoe rips, or applied over a deep laceration/avulsion will help close it/reduce bleeding. And it's small. Maybe a lense out of a cheap Dollar Tree 6 power reading glasses to start a fire. It's small as well. Maybe double the first "tablets" and get a tube of glucose (for energy)
You can make the sunscreen packets with lengths of straw and a vaccum packer to seal up the ends of the straws
I do this as well! I you don't have a vacuum sealer, you can just melt the ends with a lighter.
Will they go bad?
Great little kit! Can see why it’s your fav. Consider packing emptied heavy aluminum foil stand up bags from ground coffee. Can cook, carry spare water, etc. Folds into nothing...
My "sewingthread" is 20m of 0.20mm braid fishingline (powerpro, fireline...), much stronger then regular thread but still great sewingthread.
My braid is wound on the bic and a piece of ziptie, that allow me to store the needles (2) in the space between ziptie-lighter-line.
Suggestion for the fishing kit, put fishingflies in there (gold-ribbed-hares ear and Red-tag are my choise), they may give you fish without bait (and other animals that eat bugs).
Great suggestion, if you dangle a fly in front of a bullfrog he'll snatch it just about every time.
100% agree with the flies, always have better luck with them normally plus they are super tiny and dont require u to get ur own live bait
I also put some medications in a small ziplock bag and I write the expiration date on each medication.
I have a Maxpedition Beefy stuffed to bursting with enough stuff to get you by for a long time except for food and water. I have everything from water purification and fire making to temporary shelter, first aid and just about anything else you might need to get you through most emergency situations and it's not a bunch of "tacticool" or useless flashy wallet emptying gadgets. I also hooked it to a chest rig so I can throw it on over my clothes and under my pack if I happen to be where I can grab it also and won't have to take off my pack to access important and frequently used items. Something a lot of people don't think about is adding one or two heavy duty contractor or barrel bags to your kit to be used as shelter, poncho or ground cover.
Outstanding kit! A couple ad suggestions, if you don't mind.
Wrap the mini bic in hempwick, saves a lot of fuel.
Add a 1 quart zip lock bag to dump the contents if necessary, as an additional water container, for foraging or gathering tinder.
I appreciate the classic as a backup, but I would choose a small (cheap) fixed blade neck knife.
I think you have a fantastic kit. I'm not trying to be critical, only helpful.
I love your videos. Keep them coming.
It’s always fun to make a survival kit
Very well done !
Awesome kit!
Great kit! If you can find them Trader Joe’s had all in one coffee packs that also includes creamer and sugar. You might also want to think about a small square of moleskin and a packet of insect or bite relief packet.
Just a thought for all these kits that you have supplemented with various meds. I would put a label on the bags with the meds expiry dates so that you know when you need to replenish them.
I do replenish the meds every couple years. Thanks
My new favorite channel. 10/10
Wow thank you!
New to channel and I'm getting a lot of ideas from yours. Big fan of bug out bags and survival kits. Thanks for the video.
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Nice! I could make out components from at least 4 other kits you videoed. Defiantly saw some stuff from BCB and adventure medical kits! Looking forward to seeing what else you can create!
Well thought out!
Incredible survival kit
Good kit that he put together.
Thats is a nice set-up. Would be a good thing to carry in the car
Beautiful kit
Love this video. I was always waiting for...
Norewgian here new fan, just wanna say these little kits are great and all in a cast away situation but real survival most importent thing is the clothing you have on you including shoes. And having a good light tent and sleeping bag, a real bag and ground mat not that sol crap that might be good in a desert. And having some food you can eat while walking that don't need heating up. And atleast 2 liters of water in 2 water containers.I could go on but get the point people.Also those micro fishing kits, anyone who actually have not done any fresh water fishing will be in for a suprise as most will go hungry.Getting a fish to bite can be super hard most of the time.Fish can be real emo and very cautious.
I agree that shoes and clothes are one of the most important survival items you can have.
Overall excellent kit. I would try to get a pot grabber in there if you are even considering boiling or cooking in that tin. That 1H trakker is in my EDC, but I have replaced the toothpick with a ferro rod (search victorinox firefly to find it, not an actual victorinox product) and have a few tinderquicks stuffed into the body of it. This makes the knife itself a fully contained fire kit. Nothing beats a modern lighter though.
May I suggest a headlamp? You can put sun screen in large straws. I believe they make mosquito repellent wipes. I personally like a Victorinox Swiss Champ if I am going to have a SAK. One of those steel credit card size tools sharpened can be used to batton or split wood for tinder.
To be honest Erick .that one of the best kit iv seen on your channel I love it .I'm not going to toot my horn but from my base o knowledge I'd take it with confidence
Superb kit. Great video.👍
keep on keepin on-loved this video
Nice kit!
It's about time, Eric! :-) Cool to see one you designed and built from the ground up. There's not much I will criticize; for the size I think it's excellent. You could probably get two Whirl-Paks in there as they're flat, and honestly I think 10 or 12 water treatment tabs is about the minimum depending on your AO. As others have said, maybe keep the birthday candles in a small baggie in case they melt. I'm not really convinced about the candies but you do you. ;-) If you're not diabetic then I'd think salt tablets/packets will have more survival utility (you'll die faster without salt than without carbs). The coffee & beverage base are nice for comfort but for the exact same space you could include two packets of fruit flavored electrolyte base which has a lot more survival value. About the only things aside from adding more water treatment tabs in the ranger bands- since they take no extra space you really ought to add a few more. It's redundancy in case one breaks, it would add more power to keep it closed and in a pinch they burn extremely well. So if you had even five of 'em on the case they'd never be in the way and they'll extend your fire making ability. You might want to investigate flat rolls of duct tape. I've ditched my rolls in most of my kits in favor of flats because generally they fit in my various containers better. Lastly, looking back at the still photo do you have a signal mirror in there? I forget. If not that's a big thing you should add.
Still, a nice kit. There's no area where you really cheaped-out, all the items are good quality. It would be cool to see your no-holds-barred, end-of-the-world survival kit. Not really an end of civilization so much as just hardcore wilderness survival. As in, if you were going to dropped off in Yellowstone or the Bob Marshall wilderness and had to survive for a few days.
Good stuff, thanks for another entertaining video!
Thanks, Rob!
There was a tiny mirror in the kit, the size of a dog tag. I would certainly replace that with a larger one with a sight hole.
Great stuff!!!
For the sun screen you could do the trick where you seal it up in a bit of straw...
Someone gave some great advice to go out and use the kit. After I did that long ago i tossed allot of stuff and replaced things with more useful things. First glaring fail will be the water bag. I replaced that with a Hydropack flask. Still definately small enought to fit. There are many Silocone bladders and even Silcone zip bags used to replace freezer bags that work oh so much better. Next glaring thing is to have a decent light. More so a headlamp, so hands free. Petzel, Nightcore, Olite make a decent variety of either clip on lights or tiny headlamps. Switch the band to shock cord. There are videos on You Tube with instructions. Next is to ditch the birthday candles and get a 4 hour tea light in a screw tin. Or cut down a taper candle and wrap it in tin foil. Write in the Rain maks thin field notebooks even mini size. I pair with a mini Sharpie or space pen, like a 'bullet' pen. Next onto medical, the most crucial thing is to stop bad or uncontrolled bleeding. There are very tiny packets on the market. There is also mini one use super glue. After the wound area is cleaned and steriled this is what most people use. The main stays are Golriila tape and Leuko sports tape that can both be wrapped around the same plastic store card. Stick a big eyed stainless needle in between them and wind some heavy guage thread through and arounf them, voilla a sewing and repair kit. As far as a go with fishing now is to pack the Grim Workshop credit card sized survival type fishing cards, and I pack thin dark green Kevlar for its multi purpose properties. Things like hot hands or toes pack thin, Ben's DEET bug wipes, packets of Vaseline for medical, personal care and fire starting, and last I dont make a kit a SWAT T does not fit in.
This is emergency prep after all. The Aquamira Frontier pro m8ni is great, the Aquapure tabs, make sure you keep the directions and pair you water container to one or two tabs.
Wow very cool kit.
I love kits. Nice job.
Love the kit! Shining the flashlight and blowing the whistle is totally unnecessary. Everyone on the planet knows what a whistle sounds like and how bright a flashlight is. Those watching your video wearing earbuds or watching in low light really don't appreciate it either
Perfect kit for that size
I made one of these myself. You have given me some new ideas. I believe "My medic" sells the small packages of sunscreen.
Yeah, I ordered some small sunscreen packets after I made this video. Thanks!
Pretty awesome sir
Awesome! Thank you!
Love that you have the shelter gear in there. Nice kit I guess the smaller knife has the scissors? If you can fit one in I would replace the fishing kit with a speedhook when your trying to survive you want to have the best shot at catching a bite with the least effort but it is a great well thought out kit. Oh and buy some Bogata lock picks and a hancuff key and good to go on easy to use E&E gear bobby pins are useless on most locks.
Great kit, been loving your videos. The main thing I would do different is to upgrade the torch (flashlight) to a headlamp like the Petzl e-lite, or even something bigger - if I was stuck somewhere at night I'd rather have a good headlamp than a knife. I'd also take more cord and less of the nice to haves like coffee and pain killers. Finally, I watched a video where someone modified that case by replacing one of the latches with a homemade handle that folded over the lid, making it much easier to cook with. All in all though, great stuff
Im subbed. Very well presented. Enjoyed the video. Charles