I bought the Leatherman/Tonquin kits(first aid, survival, and repair) as gifts for my family. I ended up buying them for myself. Each one comes with a specific Leatherman. Raptor for the first aid, Signal for the survival, and the Wave+ for the repair. One of the Signals tools is a fire starter. It’s removable from the tool. They weigh nothing, so I purchased several spare ones to keep in my bag.
I normally build a Dakota fire hole when stealth camping here in the UK. I try to use a diffuser strung up above like a branch or fern to try to dissipate the smoke.
Great ideas to make a fire. Another item that you can carry is a magnifying glass. They're cheap, you can find them anywhere. I think you can even find a credit card style magnifying glass that you can carry in your wallet.
Ive had bic lighters in my bug out bags for yrs just recently pulled one out to use and i found the flint had disintegrated to dust. I had four in the original bag and that inside a vacuum glad freezer bag, all 4 were useless. I then checked all 4 of my bags and all bags had useless bic lighters in them they were all about 4 yrs old. just FYI
That's a great point you brought up. We keep our bic lighters as part of our EDC, that way we don't have to worry about keeping them in a pack and them getting exposed to extreme heat or cold, which can crack the housing, as well as rust out components and lead to fuel leakage, especially with long term storage. Our packs have a Ferro rod and stormproof matches. EDC we have a bic and a fresnel lense, and a smaller ferro rod as well. Since we are in the Northeast, we remove our membrane water filters during the winter so they don't crack, and that's a great time to go through your pack each year to check through all of your components if you're not training out of that same pack regularly. A lot of bugout bags are extra bags kept for emergencies, so it's important to go through and change out anything with expiration dates, oil up your knife or other tools if they need it, and remove anything that can freeze in the winter, etc.
Dear The Survival Summit and anyone reading i hope all is well. I just want to say that Jesus Christ loves and cares for you. If you haven't done so please accept Him as your savior and Lord. And remember to enjoy and cherish all that is good and right in life for we only get one life and we don't know what tomorrow will bring.
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I bought the Leatherman/Tonquin kits(first aid, survival, and repair) as gifts for my family. I ended up buying them for myself. Each one comes with a specific Leatherman. Raptor for the first aid, Signal for the survival, and the Wave+ for the repair.
One of the Signals tools is a fire starter. It’s removable from the tool. They weigh nothing, so I purchased several spare ones to keep in my bag.
I normally build a Dakota fire hole when stealth camping here in the UK. I try to use a diffuser strung up above like a branch or fern to try to dissipate the smoke.
Great ideas to make a fire. Another item that you can carry is a magnifying glass. They're cheap, you can find them anywhere. I think you can even find a credit card style magnifying glass that you can carry in your wallet.
Only if the weather is nice.
A BIC will start a fire when out of fuel if you have rich/fat wood or charcloth.
A good knife and a rock that will spark will ignite them too.
Ive had bic lighters in my bug out bags for yrs just recently pulled one out to use and i found the flint had disintegrated to dust. I had four in the original bag and that inside a vacuum glad freezer bag, all 4 were useless. I then checked all 4 of my bags and all bags had useless bic lighters in them they were all about 4 yrs old. just FYI
That's a great point you brought up. We keep our bic lighters as part of our EDC, that way we don't have to worry about keeping them in a pack and them getting exposed to extreme heat or cold, which can crack the housing, as well as rust out components and lead to fuel leakage, especially with long term storage. Our packs have a Ferro rod and stormproof matches. EDC we have a bic and a fresnel lense, and a smaller ferro rod as well. Since we are in the Northeast, we remove our membrane water filters during the winter so they don't crack, and that's a great time to go through your pack each year to check through all of your components if you're not training out of that same pack regularly. A lot of bugout bags are extra bags kept for emergencies, so it's important to go through and change out anything with expiration dates, oil up your knife or other tools if they need it, and remove anything that can freeze in the winter, etc.
Dear The Survival Summit and anyone reading i hope all is well. I just want to say that Jesus Christ loves and cares for you. If you haven't done so please accept Him as your savior and Lord. And remember to enjoy and cherish all that is good and right in life for we only get one life and we don't know what tomorrow will bring.