Adventure Medical Kits Pocket Survival Pack
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Customer Reviews of Adventure Medical Kits Pocket Survival Pack
Customer Review: All There in an Easy to Carry Size.
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought myself one of these and was pleasantly surprised for the first time since I started buying and looking at these sorts of kits. I had just decided I was going to give up and simply build my own and I found this one...
It has what you need for starting a fire, or two. It has signaling items for rescue. There are items for finding and procuring the food you will need to keep yourself alive while you wait for resource. There is even a little compass and some minor first aid items plus the package fits into a shirt or back jean's pocket. This makes it far more likely to be the kit you'll have with you when your hunting, camping or hiking trip takes a turn for the unexpected.
The kit is not all you will need though, everyone should be carrying a good knife when they head out into the wilderness. I also agree it is a good idea to throw one of those mylar emergency blankets and/or a rain poncho into the mix. You should also take your brain and before you go, get yourself familiar with what to do in case things go wrong. Being a little better prepared can go a long way towards getting yourself out of a bad situation. This kit, a good knife and some good sense could make all the difference between being rescued and...
Customer Review: Go Fishing After You're Rescued!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is no doubt an excellent kit and I won't rehash what everyone else has said. But why the fishing gear??? Fishing gear in an emergency kit always makes me laugh. Your first priority is protection from hypothermia/exposure either by clothing, shelter or fire. Second is rescue, being found, extraction, etc. I don't think you'll do much fishing while trying to keep warm at night, and while extracting yourself or being found the next day, as is what happens in most all emergency survival situations. Fishing gear belongs in an extended stay kit or on a planned fishing trip. I know we all think about crash landing in a remote part of the world and needing to eat something after a few weeks so we better have a fish hook just in case we are near a great fishing lake and the fish are biting... not likely. I'll take a compass over a fish hook any day! Make a fish trap instead - fish swim in and they can't swim out. While the trap does its work you can prepare firewood or signal for help. Most people couldn't catch a fish with the best pole and gear anyway, never mind just a hook and some line. PLEASE Help Me Spread The Message... NO FISH HOOKS! The life you save may be your own... learn to make a fish trap. Okay, I've done my part. Good luck!Customer Review: A Pocket Full of Miracles!
Summary: 5 Stars
As a Volunteer Search And Rescue team leader and someone who has spent a lot of time of in the field, I recognize good gear when I see and handle it. The selection of items Doug Ritter personally picked (and in some cases worked with companies to have made) is incredibly well thought out and, almost more important, it is all of high quality. Perhaps the best thing about this kit is that you might actually have it with you when you need it - that part is up to you, but carrying this is no imposition. If you do need it, you can count on what is there to work.
You should consider also carrying a small first aid kit (into which you've put any personal meds). One of the Adventure Medical Pocket first aid kits will fill the bill for this purpose. With only minimal additional gear (knife, map, water, something to eat as a start) you'd be pretty well set for an active day hike - perhaps more.
But anyone can carry at least this small kit basically everywhere. Do your local SAR team a favor: don't get lost without these items! If you can be heard, stay warm, and attract attention you make it much more likely that you'll be found. This kit make all that -and more- possible!
Customer Review: I will survive
Summary: 5 Stars
Imagine this:
At first you are afraid- you are petrified- You're traveling down the Mississippi river when suddenly your canoe overturns. You are wet, cold, and your gear and your canoe float gently down the river. Unfortunatly, you were knocked out when you hit your head on the side of the canoe. Your PDF keeps you afloat, but once you come to and return to shore, the only thing you have for the night is your POCKET SURVIVAL PAK located in your back pocket (yes, it is small enough to fit in there).
For the price, it's worth it. The materials, you will find, are heavy duty and there is even a little sheet of paper in there to help you know what to do with the aluminum foil that is included - and everything else.
I did buy some water purification tablets which also will fit into the waterproof pouch. That's about the only thing that I could really see as missing from this great little kit.
Highly recommended and, for the price, well worth it. If you plan on going into the woods, take it along. It may save you life and You will Survive! ENJOY!
Customer Review: Compass doesn't seem to work
Summary: 3 Stars
I originally gave the product three stars b/c of the faulty compass. After trying the other items, I would give the package four stars.
Compass doesn't seem to work. When I turn the entire kit in different directions, the compass needle either doesn't move or it points in the wrong direction. I may ask the company to replace it.
The firestarter generates a substantial spark. Other reviews of the firestarter claim it takes a many attempts to generate a spark; my unit generated a spark immediately. I like the one-handed design. I can hold tinder in a high-wind situation with one hand, and generate a spark with my other hand. Also, if one hand is bruised, the tool only requires one hand.
It is easy to put the contents back into the sturdy bag.
The directions provide clear advice.
The white cord is supposedly for fishing. I'm surprised the unit does not include some fishing line. I guess fish are not bothered by a white cord if there's a worm on the hook.