Adventure Medical Kits Pocket Survival Pack
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Customer Reviews of Adventure Medical Kits Pocket Survival Pack
Customer Review: What a great kit...
Summary: 5 Stars
In my quest to build my own 'perfect' survival kit, I've bought about 8 or 10 commercial kits and looked through every other one I could find for ideas and, sometimes, components. Most kits are very poorly thought out and equipped even worse. Every kit I've bought or looked through has had obvious weak points: cheep components, missing necessities or poorly thought out combinations of items (weighing down the pack with too much food and not enough water procurement or supplying several fire making components and no shelter components).
The AMK Pocket Survival Pak is the first personal survival kit that I've been truly impressed with. All of the components are well thought out and of high quality. The Spark-Lite Firestarter is top-notch. The Fox-40 Survival whistle is top-notch. The Rescue Flash Signaling Mirror is top-notch. Any of these three items would be first or second choice when building your own kit (all three were first choice for me). The rest of the kit is of quality general components, many of which will be making their way into my normal, larger kit. But, the beauty of this kit is its size. It fits the most important survival gear into a tiny (less than 4 oz), water-proof bag that easily fits into a shirt pocket, fanny pack, purse or glove compartment.
There are only three things I would add to this kit: a Leatherman Micra, a Bic lighter and a survival blanket. I already carried the Micra and lighter with me and a survival blanket or plastic poncho is easily added.
Of all of the kits I've bought or examined, this is the first one I would recommend and the only one of which I'll be buying more than one of; I'm buying three more of them so I can keep one in my truck, hiking kit and home and this one will supplement my larger pack.
Doug Ritter, the designer of this kit, also has a great site ([..]) with reviews of several other kits, if you want to see what they come with or just want to read reviews on survival gear in general.
Customer Review: Thorough, convenient, compact, inexpensive.
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been looking over Doug Ritter's website for a while and finally broke down and bought two of these kits. In short: this is a fantastic bargain, and is truly a useful set of things to have with you if the poo poo hits the fan near you. The spark-lite sparker and tinder is worth $8 alone, the signal mirror is worth another $6, and there's half of the purchase price covered right there. All of the components are very deliberately selected to be easily useful, to work together to improve your chances, and to be impressively affordable.
I found that there is enough extra space in the pouch for a keychain LED light, six hurricane matches with striking strip wrapped in foil, and 10 Potable Aqua tablets in a perfume vial. You lose the ability to fold the top over when you add these things, but I'm keeping my kit in a backpack pocket, not in a pants pocket. So, not a problem for me.
I also decided to make a more substantial survival kit for when I'm backpacking. After doing a little looking around and checking prices on the individual bits and pieces, I chose to use my second Pocket Survival Pak as the starting point. This saved me a bundle of time and effort, knowing that all of the components were very high quality and already configured to be compact and ready to go. The only thing I didn't use in the bigger kit was the tiny compass. Even the vinyl pouch became the first aid kit holder in the bigger survival kit.
In closing, this is an amazingly well-conceived set of items that you may need some day, packaged in such a way that you're likely to have them on you when that time comes. I can't say enough about this kit. Truly amazing.
Customer Review: For it's size & weight, the best I've seen
Summary: 5 Stars
I have three or four of these little gems and recommend them highly! While any kit this small is going to be pretty bare-bones, when the chips are down better the basic kit in your pocket than the 30 pound Bug-Out Bag sitting back in your living room. And all the basics are represented by very high quality items; I'm actually very impressed. The Fox whistle is very, very loud, and the signal mirror is superb. Heck, both of them are fairly expensive on their own. The Spark-Lite firestarter, when used with the supplied tinder, is amazing. I've seldom failed to light the tinder on the first strike. Again, it's small enough that there are compromises. Water is very important but is hardly addressed. You are supposed to be able to make a cup from the foil but good luck with that. The kit is designed to be non-expiring, which is why water purification tabs arent' included. Fortunately there's just enough room in the kit for a few SMALL additions. I added a small aqua-pouch to mine.
I should also point out that this kit is a screaming bargain (at least when I bought mine- the price probably varies). The kit is actually a fair bit cheaper than you can buy the individual components on their own. When Amazon had a subscription for this item I stocked up. Then I parted a couple kits out to make slightly more elaborate kits.
All in all a very well thought out mini PSK. Anyone into camping, fishing, hiking or hunting would be well served to keep a PSK like this on their person whenever venturing into the wild. Hopefully supplemented with a few choice items (eg water, survival blanket) but just the contents of the PSK could keep you alive.
Customer Review: Incredible Value and Quality
Summary: 5 Stars
I think this survival kit deserves another 5-star review. At 3.9 oz., this kit is small, and that's a good thing to me. It's amazing how much stuff is in this little bag. All of the items are of the best quality. The signal mirror is beautiful. The inclusion of a lens magnifier is something I haven't seen in almost any other kit (great backup for fire starting). I know the firestarter that comes with it is normally about $8 just by itself. I just tried out the Fox 40 Micro whistle, and it's so loud, my ears started ringing (be careful). For a complete personal kit, I would recommend adding a knife, light, survival blanket, water purification tablets, wire saw, and a water bag. For the price, you can't get a better survival kit than this. I am really impressed by the quality here. My only minor complaint is that I wish they made the bag that the items come in a little bigger. I have trouble fitting everything in there properly and keeping it closed after I've taken items out and tried to get everything back in. That's almost not even worth mentioning though because this kit is excellent. I've bought other kits before... the kinds that tell you they have a signal mirror until you find out they mean the inside of the tin can the items come in. Not cool. This AMK Pocket Survival Pack is the best.Customer Review: If you're looking for a starter survival kit, look no further
Summary: 5 Stars
I was looking at a survival kit for hikes, mainly to appease paranoia about being lost in the woods and all that it entails. If you look up kits on the internet, there's literally a million ways and thoughts on how to approach it.
I have other items from Adventure Medical Kits, and found them to be top notch. The advantage is that with this Pocket Survival Kit, a lot of the effort for searching for the smaller pieces has been taken care of, but it doesn't include everything you might need. This kit is a good foundation to build on.
The problem is that in my zealousness, I opened the bag and took things out to inspect it, and have a difficult time putting it back in. If I wanted to add anything to the bag like a small knife or water purification tablets, I'm pretty much out of luck. You might want to consider getting a Aloksak Waterproof Bags to put things in once you've got your kit built.
It's a great kit, and I'm glad I bought it even if it just sits in my backpack, never to be used. But at the same time, what makes this truly valuable is that you know what each item does and how to use it properly in the event that your life depends on it.