If I were to buy one "ready made" it would be the "ESEE Comprehensive Survival Kit w/ ESEE-6 Knife". It's not cheap, but it comes with a heck of a knife, and quality components.
Just my .02.
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If I were to buy one "ready made" it would be the "ESEE Comprehensive Survival Kit w/ ESEE-6 Knife". It's not cheap, but it comes with a heck of a knife, and quality components.
Just my .02.
One of the things that got me interested in building a survival kit was after discovering another site where someone compares and contrasts commercially available kits. It got my gears working and I started thinking about what I could do better...
Along the way I had fun, spent way too much money, and most importantly ended up learning a lot about survival as I put in a lot of thought as to what to carry and why. Which is interesting, because I find that the more you learn about the subject, it seems the less likely you are to find yourself in such a situation in the first place.
Pre-packaged survival kits have their place in my opinion, but of course one must work with a few constraints. How to keep the cost low so people will actually buy something that is an afterthought to most, but ensure the contents are of sufficient quality and reliability to save your life; how to keep the size small enough that they'll actually carry it and have it when they need it; and finally it needs to be complete, and that means items that expire. Too many people will open the kit for the first time only when they need it, and try to learn some of the tricks of how to use the items on the fly. Not a good idea.
At the end of the day, I agree with those who see prepackaged kits as a starting point. It's better than nothing, but it's a gateway tool: it's real value, IMO, is up to the user and how motivated they are to take a good hard look at what they can improve upon, and in doing so, how to use the resources they have to their fullest potential. The kit I still use to this day started out as a BCB tobacco tin sized "SAS" survival kit, and I don't think I have even one item in there that came with the original kit, having replaced the items and improved it over time. I'm still constantly improving it, and planning on what to get next. My philosophy of use has also changed over time, going from an EDC supplement to a stand alone capable kit.
I'd really like to see someone do another large scale compare and contrast / review of some of the commercial kits available, since a lot of new kits have become available since the reviews I saw elsewhere, and I think it'd be cool to have a section for user submitted PSK's to be peer reviewed as well.
Regards,
Rob
What's this nonsense about another site? There are no other wilderness sites. Don't fall victim to that folk lore.
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