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<blockquote data-quote="securitysix" data-source="post: 2781786" data-attributes="member: 32714"><p>If he's on a tight budget, he can start with an inexpensive pre-made kit and add to it or upgrade it as his budget allows. The inexpensive pre-made kits usually have a good base to start from but have some things in them that are just crap. For example, I bought <a href="http://www.walmart.com/ip/Camillus-Knives-3-Day-Survival-Kit/27677988" target="_blank">one of these</a> out of curiosity (I was already working on a better GHB).</p><p></p><p>The bag is actually good, but space in it is finite.</p><p></p><p>The first aid kit is pretty standard fare. Adhesive bandages, a dose of Ibuprofen, some anti-biotic cream, sterile gauze patches, stuff like that. Certainly not any sort of first responder grade kit, but it'll take care of minor boo boos.</p><p></p><p>The flash light is crap. It's better than nothing, but only barely. I ditched that flashlight and replaced it with <a href="http://www.walmart.com/ip/Ozark-Trail-20121-Ozark-Trail-225L-Flashlight-and-Ozark-Trail-50L-Headlamp-Holiday-Combo/38763668" target="_blank">one of these</a>. It's no Surefire or even Fenix light, but it's a pretty good set of lights for $10.</p><p></p><p>I haven't opened the poncho, but from what I've seen of it through its little plastic bag, it's pretty crummy, too. A large yard size garbage bag with holes cut for the head and arms would make a better poncho, but again, it's better than a poke in the eye. </p><p></p><p>Their "3 days worth of food and water for 1 person" consists of one of the Datrex type food bars (which taste awful, seriously, if the choice were between eating one of those bars and starving to death, I'd have to give some serious thought to staving to death) and 6 pouches of water. The water pouches are 4.227 ounces each. I don't think 25.362 ounces of water is really enough for 3 days, but I tend to drink at least 2 24-ounce bottles of water per day, if not more.</p><p></p><p>I tossed in some paracord (about 12 feet that was scrap from another project). I'm going to try to squeeze in a small tarp that I'll be able to use as a shelter, and then toss it into my truck as a get home bag. I think it could get me by for a couple of days if I had to walk from work to home. I'm not saying I'd be comfortable, mind you, but I think it would be enough to get me home.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="securitysix, post: 2781786, member: 32714"] If he's on a tight budget, he can start with an inexpensive pre-made kit and add to it or upgrade it as his budget allows. The inexpensive pre-made kits usually have a good base to start from but have some things in them that are just crap. For example, I bought [url=http://www.walmart.com/ip/Camillus-Knives-3-Day-Survival-Kit/27677988]one of these[/url] out of curiosity (I was already working on a better GHB). The bag is actually good, but space in it is finite. The first aid kit is pretty standard fare. Adhesive bandages, a dose of Ibuprofen, some anti-biotic cream, sterile gauze patches, stuff like that. Certainly not any sort of first responder grade kit, but it'll take care of minor boo boos. The flash light is crap. It's better than nothing, but only barely. I ditched that flashlight and replaced it with [url=http://www.walmart.com/ip/Ozark-Trail-20121-Ozark-Trail-225L-Flashlight-and-Ozark-Trail-50L-Headlamp-Holiday-Combo/38763668]one of these[/url]. It's no Surefire or even Fenix light, but it's a pretty good set of lights for $10. I haven't opened the poncho, but from what I've seen of it through its little plastic bag, it's pretty crummy, too. A large yard size garbage bag with holes cut for the head and arms would make a better poncho, but again, it's better than a poke in the eye. Their "3 days worth of food and water for 1 person" consists of one of the Datrex type food bars (which taste awful, seriously, if the choice were between eating one of those bars and starving to death, I'd have to give some serious thought to staving to death) and 6 pouches of water. The water pouches are 4.227 ounces each. I don't think 25.362 ounces of water is really enough for 3 days, but I tend to drink at least 2 24-ounce bottles of water per day, if not more. I tossed in some paracord (about 12 feet that was scrap from another project). I'm going to try to squeeze in a small tarp that I'll be able to use as a shelter, and then toss it into my truck as a get home bag. I think it could get me by for a couple of days if I had to walk from work to home. I'm not saying I'd be comfortable, mind you, but I think it would be enough to get me home. [/QUOTE]
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