Survival Kits for the Prepper on the Go

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Survival Kits for the Prepper on the Go

1. Joe P. says:

   January 2, 2015 at 10:16 AM

   For fire starter material on the cheap you can use dryer lint also. Free and available from the laundry room

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   1. Scott Sasse says:

      November 19, 2017 at 8:55 PM

      I still prefer 000 or 0000 steel wool. much hotter and you can pack a lot into a 35mm film canister. I have 6 or 7 stashed in one of my survival kits with a ferocium rod. Very hot and light weight.

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2. Stephanie says:

   January 2, 2015 at 10:27 AM

   This is all incredably useful information , i seriously want it all. I keep a back pack ready with what seems like random items to my family, the drier lint really made me look crazy, but i’d love to have a comeplete kit and the free knife. I hope its still avalible by the time i cam afford it- i know the shipping only 5$ but still out of my budget at the moment. So if you ever have a drawing for totally free stuff, put my name in 100 times. And i totally support you on twitter!

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   1. TripodXL says:

      January 26, 2015 at 10:27 PM

      See my post above.

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3. Denny W says:

   January 2, 2015 at 10:35 AM

   Your “Meet our Experts” section is covering your your main page. Hard to read!!

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4. Tombstone Kid says:

   January 2, 2015 at 8:52 PM

   Fishing equipment is useless if you are buy a river in less then ten minutes I can hand fish don’t know if it’s legal but fish have no never endings on the belly just slide up pinch at the head a least this works for trout they sit under rocks where the water swirls easy to catch why take all that time to set up a line and wait just go grab them. Lake is a different story but your going to need a 5-6 foot pole to cast out where the fish are. I’m in Utah this technique works but you will get wet and cold so start a fire use snow to dry off get warm and eat no waiting. Every survialist needs to perfect their skills in hand fishing just watch out for fish and game don’t know if it legal but if you need to survive then do it you won’t believe how easy and fast it is I could have 20 fish in a hour. People relying on item and not skills need to worry like if you find berries grab the branch if it pricks you eat it if you grab it and nothing happens don’t eat it. Simple skills should be one of your focus not just what can I carry. Might be different in your neck of the woods but here is my two cents contact me if you want more survial skills not just items rose hips have more vitamin C then a whole orange.just a thought

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5. Prepper says:

   January 3, 2015 at 5:28 AM

   I bought the Bear Grylls Basic Survival kit and heavily modified it for my own needs. I carry it every single day 24/7 because you never know when you may need it. I attached a carabiner to the lanyard and keep it clipped to my belt with the kit in my pocket so there is no way I would lose it. My survival kit contains:

   20 metres waxed string-shelter building, lashing tools, repairs, sewing

   sewing kit-your clothing must always be kept in good condition

   orange 100 decibel whistle-travels further than shouting

   signal mirror-essential

   pencil and notepad-leaving or writing notes

   150 dollars-very essential separate it into small denomination notes with a few coins

   1 litre ziplock bags-collecting water and food

   1 square metre Al-Foil-boiling water, signalling

   50 metres nylon monofilament line-fishing, snares, sewing

   3 metres brass wire-snares, repairs

   6 fishing hooks-fishing, straighten out to use as sewing needle

   6 safety pine-fishing, catching birds, repairs

   2 eyelet screws-making fishing rod

   This is all packed into the orange nylon pouch.

   So this is what I Every Day Carry (EDC)

   Gerber Multitool

   Tactical pen

   Magnifying glass

   Pack tissues

   Watch

   Tactical belt

   Survival Kit

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   1. chuck cochran says:

      March 23, 2019 at 11:42 AM

      That’s what I do as well. The Bear Grylls Basic kit, and then heavily modify it for my neck of the woods. Some goes right in the orange bag that comes with the Grylls kit, everything else in a small sling pack.

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6. Evan says:

   January 3, 2015 at 10:37 AM

   Don’t forget any personal meds. (inhaler, heartburn) also a small tube of Vaseline can be for lips, body or fire start. Anti diarrhea tablets also recommended.

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7. obsidian says:

   January 3, 2015 at 1:06 PM

   1. A sure way to make fire.
   2. A steel pocket flask.
   3. A Multitool.
   4. A Bandanna.

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   1. KB5YKE says:

      January 5, 2015 at 11:47 AM

      An easy way to start a fire is to have a roll of paper towels and some Purel hand sterilizer. A bit of Purel on a paper towel and a flame from a match or lighter and wallah! You have a fire.

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8. Brian Sandman says:

   January 3, 2015 at 2:24 PM

   Thanks for sharing this great info and instructions!

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9. USpatriotVet says:

   January 3, 2015 at 11:11 PM

   The two best things I put in every one of my vehicles is “fine” steel wool and a 9volt battery. These two things have saved me from freezing twice in my life while hunting.

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10. BillH says:

    January 8, 2015 at 2:17 PM

    @Whiskey: Given your list: “your mind/spirit, circulation/respiration/viable health, body core warmth/shelter, security, water, defecation/urination, sleep, rescue, nourishment”. All of them except for security, water, rescue, and nourishment can be nominally provided with at most one physical tool need: a knife. (Typical kits include items that help some of the others in your list.) Best solution to security is to keep hidden; only thing to add beyond a knife would be a firearm, which is not going to fit in a pocket survival kit. Rescue is considered something to be avoided in most scenarios that survivalists are preparing for, and kits typically include a whistle and ways to make fires for signaling anyhow. That only leaves water and nourishment.

    So, it seems to me that water is the only item in your list which is not sufficiently handled in many survival kits.

    I believe that your suggestions are based on scenarios which are in some sense the opposite of what today’s survivalists are looking to prepare for. From a search and rescue perspective, you want the victims to protect themselves from the elements for a few hours or days and make themselves easy to find. The objective is to bring them back to civilization. Most survivalists are preparing to escape from civilization, not the opposite. So your list is missing a major need, which is travel. You don’t want the person you are trying to find to travel, as that makes it harder to find them, so it isn’t even in your list. And nourishment is almost irrelevant in your perspective, as an untrained person thrown into a wilderness situation is likely to die of something else before he dies of starvation.

    So I don’t believe that the kits are as irrelevant, for their intended purpose, as you imply.

    As for the rule of threes, that is an old American Indian rule that you want to have three relatively independent sources for each major survival need which is likely to be in short supply. At least some kits support this by providing three different ways to make a fire, and three ways to get food.

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    1. TripodXL says:

       January 26, 2015 at 10:57 PM

       Are you Mick Dodge’s son?

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