Survival Kits: 9 Things to Look for While Making a Choice

Survival Kits: 9 Things to Look for While Making a Choice

However, just because a company declares its survival kit to be “emergency gear,” there’s really no guarantee that these items will actually be of good quality, or will be effective in a dire situation. There’s nothing worse than reaching for your survival kit during a power blackout in hurricane season, and realizing that the flashlights come with weak batteries.

Here are a few of the things to look for when you buy a survival kit.

The Kit Should Contain All Basic Supplies
You would be surprised at the number of kits out there that neglect to pack water. No matter what the emergency, water is one of the biggest necessities you will face.  It’s also common to have kits that don’t contain other bare essentials, like torch lights or matches.  Always look at the accompanying picture of your survival kit to determine if it has all the things you’ll need.

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Fire Starting Techniques– Survival The Samoan Way

Fire Starting Techniques: Come on over to www.emergencyfoodstoragepros.com for more survival techniques and unique perspectives of emergency preparedness. Watch here as Eni shows us the island way of {fire starting tecniques} with the friction of two pieces of wild Hibiscus. Fire starting without matches is essential for outdoor survival in case you ever find yourself in an emergency situation. Practice fire [starting techniques] and methods beforehand, though, because it can be strenuous work.

Hiker & Fishing Survival Kit

Hiker & Fishing Survival Kit

• Survival Kit
• Hiking Gear
• Fishing Kit
• Knife
• Survival

-1 Tin Container:

-Whistle

- 3 ft. of Mil-spec Cord – Various uses

-1 Condom for Collecting and Storing Water – Non Lubicated

-1 Maxam Falcon Pocket Knife

-1 Button Compass

-1 Pencil

-1 Mini Signal Mirror – Be Seen in the Middle of Nowhere!

-1 P51 Can Opener (Larger Version of the P-38)

-1 Fire Starter Rod

-4 Strike Anywhere Matches

-1 Cotton Pad- to use as tinder and to keeping contents from rattling – TINDER

-2 Quick Fire Tinder Tabs – WATERPROOF! START A FIRE IN THE RAIN

-20 Feet

Price: $ 14.99

Wilderness Survival: Building and using a wilderness…

Google Tech Talks January 18, 2007 ABSTRACT We’ll cover: -approapriate attire for wilderness activities (“cotton kills”) -how not to get lost Once lost: -signaling for assistance (both day and night) -building land markers to indicate direction -choosing a location for shelter -building shelters -finding and purifying water -basic medical kit and its use -basic land navigation (and direction determination) without a compass -also, well cover “child SAR”, so parents are encouraged to attend Credits: Speaker:Robert Nielsen

Surefire E1E Executive Elite Flashlight

The SureFire E1E Executive Flashlight is a high powered flashlight that fits easily in the palm of your hand. I love this little thing. It provides 15 lumens for 1.5 hours according to the specs but our testing has proven to exceed that runtime. The rugged Mil-Spec Type III hard anodized aluminum body has survived everything we’ve thrown at it. The glass at the business end is Tempered Pyrex, which is some tough stuff as well.

The tailcap switch is much more convenient than your typical MagLite. Push for momentary on, or press further to click it to constant-on. This could be very handy for signaling because short bursts on the tailcap switch makes morse easy.

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Rigging a tarp: Bushcraft

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