If you had to survive with only one item from this kit, which would you choose? Survival isn’t just gear-it’s knowledge. Like, subscribe, and share this video to stay prepared. This is the cheap survival kit that I purchased for this video. Not ideal! www.amazon.com/dp/B08KRMMMQS?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzonthree-20&creativeASIN=B08KRMMMQS&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.3TLID5O6Q40LW&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d_asin&th=1 Here is my preferred Gear: Wazoo Survival Gear wazoosurvivalgear.com/?aff=ON3 Discount code: 2024ON3 Fire Starters: www.amazon.com/shop/onthree/list/1CD974QT7WRO1?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ons_mixed_d Water Filters: www.amazon.com/shop/onthree/list/2P23QICWB770Q?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d Shelter: www.amazon.com/shop/onthree/list/13228K5L2BPMQ Navigation: www.amazon.com/shop/onthree/list/2P23QICWB770Q?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d Emergency Long Term Food www.amazon.com/shop/onthree/list/1B20J6T6W78NO Bear Forest Knives On3 EDC www.bearforestknives.com/collections/production/products/on-three-edc On3 Ulu www.bearforestknives.com/collections/production/products/pre-order-now On3 Primitive www.bearforestknives.com/products/on-three-primitive-reserve-yours-now Discount code: Salyer10 Exotac www.exotac.com/?ref=7d2vkc2wfx Discount code: On3 PNW Bushcraft www.pnwbushcraft.com/collections/waxed-canvas-bags/products/drawstring-cinch-pack-by-pnwbushcraft Environmedica Supplements enviromedica.com/?rfsn=7682041.95ce8c9&.95ce8c9 Discount Code: ONTHREE Amazon Store www.amazon.com/shop/onthree?ref=prof_v_info On Three T-shirts on-three.creator-spring.com
People don’t realize that a cheap kit is not the right kit. Thanks for showing us the reality of that. I guess it’s better than nothing but worth saving money to invest in something that you can rely on to save your life.
When my older brother and I were little our dad got us a miniature toolbox that contained real tools, but they were child-sized. While it did not enable us to do any major construction projects, it did start us on a journey to learn about different tools, and their proper use, and how to take care of them. The same might be true for this survival kit. Whenever a child becomes age-appropriate one item in the kit could be introduced to them. As the parent teaches the child how to use it, and the child learns to be responsible with it then another piece can be introduced to them. As they do this with each item then eventually let them "graduate" to a more advanced kit. It seems like this would be a great way for parents to engage with their kids, and to pass along knowledge and skill. It could also help teach the kids that as they are faithful with the little opportunities and responsibilities that they are given that it can lead to greater things.
A couple things to point out. On the "tactical pen", the stabby end is inteded for breaking glass - although you could use both ends for self defense. The flashlight, I believe, is intended to have a plastic cylinder to hold 3 AAA batteries. So if that wasn't included you're probably hosed. And lastly: the crappy metal card things best use is it's directional function. Simply take the card and point it north and then you will be able to travel north. Works the same if you point it west. You can also point it at water to find water. It's an amazing little piece. I'd use it to point towards home though.
Well, I learned a long time ago, that your absolute very best option, when it comes to survival gear, is to buy the best quality most durable most reliable items that you possibly can get, because someday, your life might be hanging in the balance, and the gear you have purchased might be what keeps you alive.
I haven't bought a pre-made kit in a long time. I would find a "35 piece survival kit" to be highly suspect for $30, even $100. Quality and functionality in such offerings is practically guaranteed to be low or none. Thanks for the review, Jason!
Multi Pocket Survival Tool, yes, it is good, I have one and have used it many times. I would take the Spork Knife, Tactical Pen, para cord bracelet, mylar emergency blank for sure. I think it is worth the $$. Stay Safe.
I've always been skeptical on p remade kits!! I'd much rather put my own together even with my limited experience! Thanks again for another great video Jason!!
When I was first getting into prepping/survival I bought a couple of these cheap kits because I didn't know any better. What they taught me was that I needed to spend some money on real gear.
Check the sparker scraper. That bear grylls type almost always has a rolled over edge that's sharp to scrape with. Use your thumbnail. The kit, it has a knife, fire, and cordage. That's the most basic survival "kit". Everything else is extra. Some of it's crap, but you do have the basics. The compass, pop out the inside from the case and print your own rosette. Nice cheapo custom piece. Btw, the air bubble is an easy fix with an insulin needle. The pen, everyone laughs at but it's something that EVERYONE should be carrying anyway. Is the knife worth $5? Not to me but it works. Is the cordage worth $5? Well, I made and sold a thousand of those bracelets. A foot of bracelet is approx 10' of cordage and that's a buck. The buckle is another dollar. Fire rod? Yeah, I know what it's called. Easier to type fire. Yeah, I'd go five for it, but it's $3 if you look around. For $16? I'd buy ten and switch out the crap with good stuff and give them to the boys in the family. Great chan, sir! Just found you tonight. Subbed!
If I had to survive with just one item from the kit? Maybe the compass. I am far from being a 'survival expert' but would have a better folding knife, a couple of ways to start a fire and the like in my pockets on a regular day and more than that if I were going into the woods For $16 maybe this could be a 'starting point' for someone on a budget. Get this to at least have something then each paycheck, etc. replace one or two of the pieces with upgrades. After a while maybe the only part left of the original kit is the case and the person who couldn't afford to build a nice kit all at once had something, at least, Now, for $30 a person could probably just buy a few things to supplement what they already have and maybe not fool with the kit. For instance, I would think that most people who are 'survival' minded would already have at least a decent pocket knife, maybe a serviceable belt knife, a couple of BIC lighters and the like. You can easily put together a better FAK (not trauma kit) at Dollar Tree on the fairly cheap - they have premade first aid kits (mostly bandages in a plastic case), gauze, antibiotic ointment, pain killers, etc. The Dollar Tree locations around me also usually have small spools of paracord type cordage (looks like Paracord and what I have gotten actually has inner strands, IIRC). So, put a AA battery in the kit (not in the light until needed - I have had lights like that and all the ones I had, at least, did use AA), build a better FAK, pick up a decent, cheap tarp, some Dollar Tree paracord and put all that and this kit in a haversack, etc. then replace the compass, saw, etc. as you could afford to do so. Just my thought.
The harbor freight survival kit is similar to this kit. Alot of the same items in it include the spork knife and flashlight. walmart also has a survival kit with similar items. They must all be made in the same Chinese factory.
My father bought my son this same kit a couple of years back when he was 7 or 8. He’s loved it, abused it, hasn’t broken a lot of it, but has carved a pile of pokey stabby things, lit a few fires, learned a lot and made some memories with it. So I completely agree!
Someone gave me that kit as a gift (they must have bought life insurance on me with the savings) I've used the ferro rod. I use the spork all the time for lunches on the road. The pen works pretty well and works as a glass breaker so I keep that in the car also. The rest is pretty lame. The case is pretty water tight if you don't abuse it. keeps a phone dry in the rain or on a boat... adapt and overcome cheap gifts.
Is it just me or have those button compasses and cheap compasses gotten a lot better these days? It seems even the cheap ones work decent enough. Always better to have a decent quality one of course but if you don't have much money the cheap ones seem to work
One item? The knife. Everything else can be made with the knife. It's numero uno on the survival pyramid. Second is fire, third is cordage. The knife can be used to make the fire and cordage etc. Everything survival is based on those three. For hundreds of thousands of years, a survival knife was a piece of flint the size of your thumb. That spork would be considered a miracle by those who know how to use it.
I wonder if they sell those sports on their own. I would love to put one in my tackle box in the boat. I would come in handy for a shore line catch and cook. Or for eating a can of Spaghetti-Os while waiting for a big cat to bite your line.
The survival card tool...that gets everyone thinking stupid, it seems. Lol! The saw, use it to scrape tinder off that stick. Fastest and best tinder maker there is. Screw feather sticks. The scraper edge you used on the stick? Try it on your fire rod. That edge is the best fire rod scraper there is. The wrench? One of the easiest and advantageous projects on one of those cheapo kits multitools....use your dremel or file to remove the rivets from the multitool and replace them with nuts and bolts that FIT THAT WRENCH. You should have a tool that adjusts your multitool no matter the brand. That microscopic hex on a Gerber? Slot it for a screwdriver. The survival tool also makes a chisel, a drawknife, a hatchet, a compass if yours is magnetic like most are.
With a little knowledge, it wouldn't be difficult to assemble a much better kit from off the shelf parts that wouldn't cost a huge amount. That said, no kit is useful if you don't know how to use what's in it. Better to learn how to use the stuff, what works what doesn't BEFORE you need it. Then tailor a kit just for what you've discovered works for your needs and will be in a WAY better position than if you're just some guy who bought a cheap survival kit online and tossed it into a bag "Just in case".
Add a quart plastic bag....spot a problem and fix it. You guys spot all the good probs. Second fix, drill a 1cm hole in the box in a corner. Plug it from the inside with a rubber cork. When you need, pop the cork, fill the box like a canteen, and then cork it from the outside. Turns a plastic first aid kit into a nifty canteen!
look at the available kits online... Then make you own based on them with high Quality gear, you might triple the cost but exponentially increase the usefulness. Talk to a hunter about that. Not a safari guide one.
If you had to survive with only one item from this kit, which would you choose? Survival isn’t just gear-it’s knowledge. Like, subscribe, and share this video to stay prepared. This is the cheap survival kit that I purchased for this video. Not ideal! www.amazon.com/dp/B08KRMMMQS?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzonthree-20&creativeASIN=B08KRMMMQS&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.3TLID5O6Q40LW&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d_asin&th=1
Here is my preferred Gear:
Wazoo Survival Gear
wazoosurvivalgear.com/?aff=ON3
Discount code: 2024ON3
Fire Starters:
www.amazon.com/shop/onthree/list/1CD974QT7WRO1?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ons_mixed_d
Water Filters:
www.amazon.com/shop/onthree/list/2P23QICWB770Q?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d
Shelter:
www.amazon.com/shop/onthree/list/13228K5L2BPMQ
Navigation:
www.amazon.com/shop/onthree/list/2P23QICWB770Q?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d
Emergency Long Term Food
www.amazon.com/shop/onthree/list/1B20J6T6W78NO
Bear Forest Knives
On3 EDC
www.bearforestknives.com/collections/production/products/on-three-edc
On3 Ulu
www.bearforestknives.com/collections/production/products/pre-order-now
On3 Primitive
www.bearforestknives.com/products/on-three-primitive-reserve-yours-now
Discount code: Salyer10
Exotac
www.exotac.com/?ref=7d2vkc2wfx
Discount code: On3
PNW Bushcraft
www.pnwbushcraft.com/collections/waxed-canvas-bags/products/drawstring-cinch-pack-by-pnwbushcraft
Environmedica Supplements
enviromedica.com/?rfsn=7682041.95ce8c9&.95ce8c9
Discount Code: ONTHREE
Amazon Store
www.amazon.com/shop/onthree?ref=prof_v_info
On Three T-shirts
on-three.creator-spring.com
The whistle knife spork. That was naturally pretty neat
People don’t realize that a cheap kit is not the right kit. Thanks for showing us the reality of that. I guess it’s better than nothing but worth saving money to invest in something that you can rely on to save your life.
When my older brother and I were little our dad got us a miniature toolbox that contained real tools, but they were child-sized. While it did not enable us to do any major construction projects, it did start us on a journey to learn about different tools, and their proper use, and how to take care of them. The same might be true for this survival kit. Whenever a child becomes age-appropriate one item in the kit could be introduced to them. As the parent teaches the child how to use it, and the child learns to be responsible with it then another piece can be introduced to them. As they do this with each item then eventually let them "graduate" to a more advanced kit. It seems like this would be a great way for parents to engage with their kids, and to pass along knowledge and skill. It could also help teach the kids that as they are faithful with the little opportunities and responsibilities that they are given that it can lead to greater things.
A couple things to point out. On the "tactical pen", the stabby end is inteded for breaking glass - although you could use both ends for self defense. The flashlight, I believe, is intended to have a plastic cylinder to hold 3 AAA batteries. So if that wasn't included you're probably hosed. And lastly: the crappy metal card things best use is it's directional function. Simply take the card and point it north and then you will be able to travel north. Works the same if you point it west. You can also point it at water to find water. It's an amazing little piece. I'd use it to point towards home though.
Well, I learned a long time ago, that your absolute very best option, when it comes to survival gear, is to buy the best quality most durable most reliable items that you possibly can get, because someday, your life might be hanging in the balance, and the gear you have purchased might be what keeps you alive.
I haven't bought a pre-made kit in a long time. I would find a "35 piece survival kit" to be highly suspect for $30, even $100. Quality and functionality in such offerings is practically guaranteed to be low or none. Thanks for the review, Jason!
Thanks for providing the best survival content and in an entertaining way 😂. I actually like the whistle knife spork
Bought a similar kit from harbor freight almost identical 😂😂never die in the woods make great mylar blankets. Thanks for video and laughter
Multi Pocket Survival Tool, yes, it is good, I have one and have used it many times. I would take the Spork Knife, Tactical Pen, para cord bracelet, mylar emergency blank for sure. I think it is worth the $$. Stay Safe.
I've always been skeptical on p remade kits!! I'd much rather put my own together even with my limited experience! Thanks again for another great video Jason!!
When I was first getting into prepping/survival I bought a couple of these cheap kits because I didn't know any better. What they taught me was that I needed to spend some money on real gear.
Great video brother
Shoot... it's already better than what I normally carry! ;) #algobuster
Check the sparker scraper. That bear grylls type almost always has a rolled over edge that's sharp to scrape with. Use your thumbnail. The kit, it has a knife, fire, and cordage. That's the most basic survival "kit". Everything else is extra. Some of it's crap, but you do have the basics. The compass, pop out the inside from the case and print your own rosette. Nice cheapo custom piece. Btw, the air bubble is an easy fix with an insulin needle. The pen, everyone laughs at but it's something that EVERYONE should be carrying anyway. Is the knife worth $5? Not to me but it works. Is the cordage worth $5? Well, I made and sold a thousand of those bracelets. A foot of bracelet is approx 10' of cordage and that's a buck. The buckle is another dollar. Fire rod? Yeah, I know what it's called. Easier to type fire. Yeah, I'd go five for it, but it's $3 if you look around. For $16? I'd buy ten and switch out the crap with good stuff and give them to the boys in the family. Great chan, sir! Just found you tonight. Subbed!
The spork is cool I got one years ago. I now keep it in my pack
Tactaspork!
The wrench thing is made for the camping gas stoves valves.
Yes SOL makes good one saved my backside when I did a solo over nighter in PA during February a few years back.
The “shabby end” of the pen is a glass breaker (probably carbide). Also, if it’s like mine, it unscrews and has a handcuff key on the other end.
If I had to survive with just one item from the kit? Maybe the compass. I am far from being a 'survival expert' but would have a better folding knife, a couple of ways to start a fire and the like in my pockets on a regular day and more than that if I were going into the woods
For $16 maybe this could be a 'starting point' for someone on a budget. Get this to at least have something then each paycheck, etc. replace one or two of the pieces with upgrades. After a while maybe the only part left of the original kit is the case and the person who couldn't afford to build a nice kit all at once had something, at least,
Now, for $30 a person could probably just buy a few things to supplement what they already have and maybe not fool with the kit. For instance, I would think that most people who are 'survival' minded would already have at least a decent pocket knife, maybe a serviceable belt knife, a couple of BIC lighters and the like. You can easily put together a better FAK (not trauma kit) at Dollar Tree on the fairly cheap - they have premade first aid kits (mostly bandages in a plastic case), gauze, antibiotic ointment, pain killers, etc. The Dollar Tree locations around me also usually have small spools of paracord type cordage (looks like Paracord and what I have gotten actually has inner strands, IIRC).
So, put a AA battery in the kit (not in the light until needed - I have had lights like that and all the ones I had, at least, did use AA), build a better FAK, pick up a decent, cheap tarp, some Dollar Tree paracord and put all that and this kit in a haversack, etc. then replace the compass, saw, etc. as you could afford to do so. Just my thought.
By the time they deliver you can build a nice kit to stick in the vehicle. Still handy for the money for sure though.
Add batteries , better bandages. garbage bag and such with the room left^^^
I got this kit, well a variant, for Christmas last year, and I also wondered what that belt loop thing was...now I know lol.
The harbor freight survival kit is similar to this kit. Alot of the same items in it include the spork knife and flashlight. walmart also has a survival kit with similar items. They must all be made in the same Chinese factory.
A cheap kit is good for my Grandkids to learn from. Have them write down what they like and what BROKE!
Great idea!
My father bought my son this same kit a couple of years back when he was 7 or 8. He’s loved it, abused it, hasn’t broken a lot of it, but has carved a pile of pokey stabby things, lit a few fires, learned a lot and made some memories with it. So I completely agree!
Someone gave me that kit as a gift (they must have bought life insurance on me with the savings) I've used the ferro rod. I use the spork all the time for lunches on the road. The pen works pretty well and works as a glass breaker so I keep that in the car also. The rest is pretty lame. The case is pretty water tight if you don't abuse it. keeps a phone dry in the rain or on a boat... adapt and overcome cheap gifts.
Is it just me or have those button compasses and cheap compasses gotten a lot better these days? It seems even the cheap ones work decent enough. Always better to have a decent quality one of course but if you don't have much money the cheap ones seem to work
One item? The knife. Everything else can be made with the knife. It's numero uno on the survival pyramid. Second is fire, third is cordage. The knife can be used to make the fire and cordage etc. Everything survival is based on those three. For hundreds of thousands of years, a survival knife was a piece of flint the size of your thumb. That spork would be considered a miracle by those who know how to use it.
The pen stabby tip is probably a glass breaker
I wonder if they sell those sports on their own. I would love to put one in my tackle box in the boat. I would come in handy for a shore line catch and cook. Or for eating a can of Spaghetti-Os while waiting for a big cat to bite your line.
The survival card tool...that gets everyone thinking stupid, it seems. Lol! The saw, use it to scrape tinder off that stick. Fastest and best tinder maker there is. Screw feather sticks. The scraper edge you used on the stick? Try it on your fire rod. That edge is the best fire rod scraper there is. The wrench? One of the easiest and advantageous projects on one of those cheapo kits multitools....use your dremel or file to remove the rivets from the multitool and replace them with nuts and bolts that FIT THAT WRENCH. You should have a tool that adjusts your multitool no matter the brand. That microscopic hex on a Gerber? Slot it for a screwdriver. The survival tool also makes a chisel, a drawknife, a hatchet, a compass if yours is magnetic like most are.
The other side of the whistle have a little plug with fishing gear sometimes 😂
Brace the scraper on the ground and Draw the rod across the scraper. Not the scraper across the rod.
Good tip!
With a little knowledge, it wouldn't be difficult to assemble a much better kit from off the shelf parts that wouldn't cost a huge amount. That said, no kit is useful if you don't know how to use what's in it. Better to learn how to use the stuff, what works what doesn't BEFORE you need it. Then tailor a kit just for what you've discovered works for your needs and will be in a WAY better position than if you're just some guy who bought a cheap survival kit online and tossed it into a bag "Just in case".
See ya on the next one
If you need 35 items to survive, then it’s more like a good living, than survival!
No container for water. But its not horrible.
Add a quart plastic bag....spot a problem and fix it. You guys spot all the good probs. Second fix, drill a 1cm hole in the box in a corner. Plug it from the inside with a rubber cork. When you need, pop the cork, fill the box like a canteen, and then cork it from the outside. Turns a plastic first aid kit into a nifty canteen!
😂 You can yell louder than that whistle
😂
look at the available kits online...
Then make you own based on them with high Quality gear, you might triple the cost but exponentially increase the usefulness.
Talk to a hunter about that.
Not a safari guide one.
I survived 40 days and 40 nights on the Kalahari Desert with that same kit! I don’t know what you’re talking about mate!😡
Wow, no you didn't.
Here kids. Spend $45 on $5 worth of crap. Like going to the county fair. 😂😅
A boonie hat and mosquito netting for the head go a long way.
Too funny.
Thanks . Pray to Jesus for guidance
Always!
junk mostly spend the buck and poss survive
He drinks socialist water (red star) 😂 I told ya! 🤣