Amazon $25 Survival Kit Review. The LC-Dolita 17 in 1 Survival Kit. Is it any good?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 เม.ย. 2021
- I purchased this survival kit off Amazon for only $25. It had an overall 4.5 star rating with most rating being 4 or 5 stars. I wanted to see if you could buy a cheap Chineese kit like this and have it actually be useable. Or, if the overall kit wasnt practical, were some of the components atleast quality enough to get you started while you save for something better. Check it out and see how I modified it to be more practical!
Check it out and let me know what you think in the comments!
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Solid. I personally would put it all in a freezer bag instead of that case.. Good review!
A freezer bag would have done a much better job than the original case too! I broke the case up and only kept what was useful. The case didn’t make the cut, lol. Thanks for watching!
I was laid up with cancer and all my gear was on the other side of the state. I could not get a knife shipped to Boston (behind enemy lines).
I needed a knife, so I ordered the kit and an EDC sling pouch, just so I’d have something to occupy my time. You’re right, the price of the kit was well worth the knife.
I kept the knife, the light (it’s decent), the brass compass, (I noticed you didn’t get one), the survival bracelet (mine worked) and the pen (who doesn’t need a pen?). Oh and I kept the spork combo (it’s useful).
I tossed most of the rest and kept a few things to build starter kits for friends.
The spork was the thing that sold the kit when I saw it. 😂
I got one for Christmas and it includes a medical kit, it came in a pretty nice high quality mollie pouch instead of a box.
Wish you best wishes for your soon to be benchmark of first 1K subscriber.
Really Amazing survival kit and also very cheap
Nice you made that a great entry level kit! If someone wanted to go to the next level they could even add a Lumintop Tool 2.0 AA or other decent AA flashlights for $20 and have better flashlight with decent mode spacing. But then its like a $75 kit.
I bought a similar kit at Harbor Freight, out of curiosity.
I immediately removed everything and most of the items have been assigned tasks elsewhere. The box and foam are the only things left together.
A spork was the thing that caught my eye. 😂
Sporks, and foons, are irreplaceable. LOL 😃
This is a really nice kit and you can't beat the price
Nice, informative
The strikers are usually made to pull out in order to make it easier to strike.
I got 2 of these kits and both were glued into the clasps.
Yeah, I've had a few of them and never had an issue getting sparks off them. I wouldn't use it as my main fire starter, but I reused one when I made my own paracord bracelet.
Also the credit card tools aren't bad once you've sharpened them. Just keep it in your wallet.
I would also put in there small simple fishing set.
I would love a companion video how to use all the things you recommended in this survival kit.
So you want me to show you how to use a whistle, knife, flashlight and bracelet? Most are pretty straight forward but, I can make you a video with instructions if you'd like.
@@NEP_ChrisYou have got to be one of the more condescending people I have seen. You will have a better response and kick back to your channel if you tone down the useless attitude.
Bought this at Menards for 15$ a few months ago. The spork and knife alone are worth more than what I paid for the kit.
It would give you a fighting chance if you had nothing else. I wouldn’t put my life on it though. 👍
Try turning the striker around. It works great
Mine works decent . I like it
👍
Maybe you should make a video using these tools in a faux survival situation. That would probably make a decent vid to be honest....
This is decent enough for unforseen emergencies
That little keychain light is really good and will last longer than that shitty flashlight
You aren’t wrong!
Survival kits are super valuable. So glad Amazon has a little one for a decent price.
What you get in the In the
Kit may depend on which country it's sold in because that pocket knife is illegal in the UK as you can't carry a spring opening knife
Agreed. I usually have to search through a lot of listings before I find one that can be sent to me. Many are unable to be shipped because of “local laws and regulations “.
Non of the knives I have are legal here except possibly the blade on my multi tool. Just because the idiots in charge say you can't have something, doesn't mean you can't have it. You just have to be a little more subtle in public.
what about first aid? a few bandages and such might be a good addition...and flat...and possible a small fishing kit...could fit one in the ziploc bag that silly wire saw is in...
Striker is supose to come out.. and you probebly geld the striker backwards. Also got to scratch a few times to get the paint off. Mine works fine. Also the lense in the light is a firstarter.
Thanks for the review. Lol @made in China with German instruction.
The saw is actually really good u should try it first bro
I have used SEVERAL of these saws. They all break the second you put a little force on them.
@@NEP_Chris noted, but you should have tested it before throwing it out to be fair to the product.
@@stevenwilson5556 as I said, I've use several and they all break. Dont know what else to tell ya.
About a $7 value in my opinion
Bro is hungry in this video I could literally hear his stomach grumbling
Probably the dumbest comment I’ve had on a video yet. Congrats.
@@NEP_Chris thanks
I like how everything is black so if you drop anthing it'll be nearly impossible to find. Those plastic cases are terrible. They easily break in one way or another, especially the latches and the hinge. If anything you're better off just finding and buying the knife by itself, same with the whistle. They give you a pen but nothing to write on. Only things I'd keep are the knife, ferro rod, whistle, and survival blanket.
Quick search on amazon and I found a near identical knife, only difference was the handle had a green biohazard symbol zombie patterned handle and the blade doesn't have partial serration (which I think is a plus) for $7.98, and a similar whistle for $1.59 in aluminium, and a different but similarly priced titanium whistle for $1.97, Also found similar paracord bracelet for under $4. Space blankets like that can be found for under a buck. I personally wouldn't even buy the cheap paracord bracelet though, and I wouldn't keep the one in this kit either. Nor would I keep that flashlight for anything other than home use. I think you'd get a better launching pad for a small kit by purchasing one of those sardine can kits from WalMart for about $12. A lot of cheap, yet usable stuff in those kits, and it saves you the time to source out sone of the stuff. Add a reasonably priced knife and a few other things, and for about $25 you could easily make a more useful personal survival kit than what this thing offers.
@@Eidolon1andOnly lol i bought the kit and reviewed it so no one else would make the mistake of buying one thinking it would serve them well. Honestly, the knife was pretty decent. Same with the flashlight. The 2 of those items alone were worth the whole kit. The fire steel is the same exact same one that comes with the Gerber Bear Grylls survival knife so it’s not too crappy either. It was just a video I did for fun. 👍
@@NEP_Chris Don't get me wrong, the video was great, And I'd agree that between the knife, the flashlight, and the ferro rod, it's worth the price because sourcing those out independently would be rather expensive or roughly the same price. In fact if I were to consider those items as a gift, I'd buy the kit and disassemble it, give out the useful items and give those to the people I like, and the lame items lije the pen, key light, etc to the people I don't like as much for a stocking stuffer, LOL. I'd like to see your take on a similar style knife that amazon by a company called Albatross which is selling for about $13. It's a 6-in-1 which is supposed to come with a built in flashlight, whistle, ferro rod, seatbelt cutter (which you forgot to mention about your knife in the video), glassbreaker, and maybe a compass? That could be the slightly more expensive one though. The knives look similar but seem pretty gimmicky. I think they sell a 15-in-1 style for about the same price you paid for this entire kit, LOL. Be fun to see you check those out. If the blade is solid and at least one or two of those things aside from the glass breaker and seatbelt cutter seem halfway decent, I might just get a few since the price is right. They come in other colors for an additional $2. Sorry for sounding like a Negative Nancy, new subscriber here. Usually I like to end on a more positive note about the content creator or the video itself but I was so distracted by the fact this thing included a pen but no paper, LOL! Still checking out a few of your videos.
@@Eidolon1andOnly my videos are ever evolving. I’m still learning to be comfortable and not awkward in front of the camera. Also still learning how to edit. Keep an open mind while you watch them. I also love buying and reviewing cheap gear. I like finding out what is trash and what is treasure. I have a few items that I picked up recently that I will be reviewing soon.
@@NEP_Chris I actually don't think you're awkward, you come across as just a genuine down to earth guy, that's why I subbed. I am currently watching your review of the $15 amazon kit and I busted a gut when you dropped nearly everything into the trash!
My knife that is solid tang was 25 bucks. Idk if i want to trust my life on the 25 dollar kit
same kit $13 on ebay
How about actually using stuff. A knife might feel good but then falls apart after first use. A good review would be actually taking it out and using stuff. Then you would get an idea how decent the gear really is.
And FYI - you didn't break the bracelet - that little blade is meant to come off and can be better used as a striker when detached.
Some stuff you can just tell is cheap by holding it. I’d love to be able to take all my gear out and film testing it but, I have a life away from TH-cam that is rather hectic so it’s just not in the cards for me at this time. My family is priority #1. TH-cam doesn’t pay me enough to keep food on the table so I work 50 hours a week. That leaves me a few hours on SOME weekends to film things.
@@NEP_Chris then this is an unboxing. Rename the video. Easy as that.
@@zorrakas320 how about no. I gave a review/opinion of each item. Go be a troll elsewhere.
@@zorrakas320 he did more than just unbox, he did explain what was good and bad about each and also gave practical tips to what to add to make the kit even better, and he gave an impression of overall value
I have started fires with bracelets like that I have several
I would say this is cheap for only 25$. There's nothing really wrong if its made in China, everything is made in China nowadays.
The only way to build a useful survival kit is *first* you must put yourself in a situation, take notes what you need and what you didn't need, then go purchase decent functional items you wished you had while you were out in the wilderness, then go out and put yourself in a situation again. Then just keep repeating the process. If you aren't doing it that way, #fail.
That’s not always true. Main reason being that not all emergency situations are the same. You may need one item for one situation and it’s useless for another. There is no guaranteed way to predict what kind of situation you will be in and exactly what you will need.
Just keep repeating the process ... until you survive the situation?
There is no try
You have to try everything or your just assuming.
Wrong. Some things you can literally pick up and know they are crap.
@Christopher Cross True.
@@NEP_Chris very true
@@NEP_Chris never judge a book by it's cover
Anyone thinking some of the items he removed are any good in a survival situaiton haven't got an idea about survival gear. Worse, they are not really thinking.
Bottle holder? You probably don't have a bottle to begin with.
The credit card survival tools are a total non-brainer. No serious expert would consider them in a survival kit if they had a choise.
The comment on the hinges of that box was perfectly valid and I think the poor design/poor quality also was shown enough,. What good would the box do with broken hinges?? Stuff will fall out.
The carabiners... you can not possible have evern seen any of those to understand they are not to be trusted for any serious usage, climbing or not. They are crap, also they are very unlikely to help you with sleep, maintaining body heat, hydration or nourishment. Use them to build a shelter? LOL.
Tactical pen? A joke.
How bout fishing?
It may be sold by German company but like a lot of things these days made in china
I just thought it was funny to see the German wording on a lot that was assembled in china. 👍
Yikes. That seems pretty sketch. Thanks for doing the work looking through it so that others don’t have to make the mistake.
Great stuff.
I try not to look at ratings. Reviews are slightly better. 4.5 my butt.
The problem with Amazon reviews is that they sometimes group several similar items together in the review section. As for the kit, I like buying budget stuff just to see what I end up with lol. The knife in this kit is pretty good. The rest, not so much lol.
So it’s not worth the money cause u getting red of everything your. Version of the kit is way better
I could make myself a better kit from the dollar store for less money lol
With the exception of the knife and POSSIBLY the ferro rod, I agree 100%. The knife was the only piece of gear in this kit that I thought was decent quality. I might do a video on it soon to see just how well it would do if I had to rely on it.
@@NEP_Chris yea pretty much just the knife. An the ferro rod can be easily replaced with water proof matches or just a mini bic lighter. I've made dollar store survival kits for half the money with better usable items. An just put them in the closable plastic soap boxes. An every kit you buy or make should have a fishing kit in it
then ud wake up doofus for 25 its not bad u couldnt even get a knife and a ferro rod if its made in us for that price
I'd keep the pen and throw everything else in the garbage
I have often wondered why humans have this very strong, innate will to survive. It all seems rather pointless because nobody gets out of this thing called life alive. Oh well, just another one of life's many Mysteries.
No reason to not go down swinging though. 👍
@@NEP_Chris how One deals with it, doesn't change the fact that it is still a mystery.
@@richardwysocki8300 Yup.
A universal meaning of life COULD be that it is simply here to be enjoyed. "The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time." James Taylor
Bro go eat
No compass is of any value now. The poles are in a major excursion and may end up settling down in a new location.
Why review a kit if you’re not going to undo the knot and test the product. Lol
I’ll assume you’re talking about the fire steel. It’s a fire steel. It throws a spark like any other fire steel. So I guess I could ask you why come and comment if you aren’t going to use any common sense?
@@NEP_Chris Liberal Know nothing about survival
It's alr
made in china...
Some aluminum foil