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Adventure Medical Kits Pocket Survival Pak

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Prepare yourself for the time your trip doesn't go as planned—this Adventure Medical Kits Pocket Survival Pak™ is a must for backcountry travelers.

Small, waterproof and re-sealable, this kit contains 27 items that may assist in your rescue and add comfort while you wait
Contains: Rescue Flash™ signal mirror, Spark-Lite™ Tinder-Quick™ waterproof fire starter, Fox 40® Howler™ whistle
Also includes a compass, 50 ft. of heavy-duty thread, sewing needle, 4 safety pins, 2 in. x 26 in. duct tape
Plus 10 ft. braided twine, 6 ft. stainless-steel wire, heavy-duty aluminum foil, pencil, waterproof note paper
Also a sharp scalpel blade, 4 fish hooks, 1 snap swivel (size 12) and 2 split shot lead weights
Adventure Medical Kits Pocket Survival Pak includes a contents list, detailed instructions and Fresnel magnifier for reading detailed instructions

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Adventure Medical Kits Pocket Survival Pak Customer Reviews

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Adventure Medical Pocket Survival Pack

4.8

(based on 9 reviews)

88%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

Effective (7)
Packs small / compresses (6)
Simple to use (5)
Good instructions / manual (4)

Cons

Best Uses

Backcountry camping (6)
Day trip (6)
Kayak / canoe / rafting (6)
Road trips (6)
Camping (4)

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- Avid adventurer (4)
- What Is Your Gear Style:
- Survivalist / minimalist (3)

Reviewed by 9 customers

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Dec

2007

(17 of 17 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Finally, the perfect survival kit

By like2hike

from Apex, NC

About Me Avid Adventurer

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Pros

Clear Instuctions
Easy To Pack
Effective
Simple To Use

Cons

Best Uses

Backcountry Camping
Campgrounds
Day Trips
River Trips
Road Trips
Winter Conditions

Comments about Adventure Medical Pocket Survival Pack:

This survival kit is a nearly perfect compromise between the conflicting requirements of providing a good array of quality items that work well and can really help you in a survival situation while maintaining a small, conveniently-carried size, light weight and reasonable cost.This kit could be easily improved after purchase by the addition of a very small butane cigarette lighter which will provide a far greater number of potential fire lighting attempts and also the addition of a micro-sized flashlight such as the Photon Micro Light, for instance. Both of these items can fit inside the survival kit's pouch. These points and others are covered in the instructions. However, this kit as shipped, even without additions, is a complete and very useful product and no modifications are truly necessary. The sheet of survival instructions carried within the kit is a masterpiece of concise, useful, comprehensive and easily understood information. Every detail of this kit has been painstakingly designed to an almost obsessive level by Doug Ritter, who is arguably the foremost expert in survival preparedness. You can gain an appreciation of this fact by visiting his website, [@], which has a wealth of free survival related information including an exahustive explanation of the design of this kit, why this particular assortment of items is included, how each item was chosen or designed from scratch for this kit, and how to use each one.Every adventure into the wild should be accompanied by a survival kit like this, whether it is a full-blown expedition or merely a family picnic or day-hike. All it takes is a bad stumble or a turn down the wrong trail with fading daylight to create a situation where these items could be potentially life-saving and of great comfort.Resist the temptation to think that more is better when it comes to wilderness survival equipment. The single biggest problem with emergency equipment of any kind is that it is absolutely useless unless it is available when needed. A slim few ounces of essential gear in your shirt pocket is far better than a pound of useful equipment that you left at home. The AM kit addresses this problem by being both affordable and also small and light enough to be comfortably carried in any pocket. But it is up to you to actually drop it in your pocket.

Sep

2007

(9 of 9 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

This kit could save your life!

By Big Joe

from Camarillo, Ca.

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Clear Instuctions
Easy To Pack
Effective
Good choice of contents
Quality items in kit

Cons

Best Uses

Backcountry Camping
Day Trips
River Trips
Road Trips
Winter Conditions

Comments about Adventure Medical Pocket Survival Pack:

Pros:
The Pocket Survival Pack has some very useful items in it. Since none of us were programmed from birth with how to survive the unexpected, this kit and some practice with its contents will greatly improve your ability to be found if you get lost, stranded on the road less traveled, or become separated from family members.
Best of all its size and weight make it very convenient to put it in your pocket and forget it is there until you need it. Maybe a bear runs off with you pack and other supplies, or you kayak overturns and you loose your other gear, you will be far better off with this pack in your pocket than without its contents.

Cons:
This kit does not cover all possible survival situations, but is a great start for personal safety, and the safety of loved ones.

Note: This kit is reseal able so you can read, practice and reread the instructions. In addition some of the items are consumable (i.e. will be used up if you truly practice with them, so you may want to buy two, or you can get inventive on how to restock things like the aluminum foil, or the Spark-Light Firestarter and Tinder.
On a final note the vinyl pouch the kit is contained in has a place to attach a lanyard to, so if it does fall out of those summer shorts you can sill have it tied to you belt.

Oct

2008

(4 of 5 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Comment about the Product Picture

By like2hike

from Apex, NC

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Comments about Adventure Medical Pocket Survival Pack:

As of October, 2008, the photo of this product only shows the contents of the kit and not the container, for some reason. The kit comes in a durable, clear waterproof pouch with a ziplock-style closure that is made of thick vinyl and is the same one used in the other Adventure Medical kits such as the Pocket Medic, Travel Medic and CPR Medic kits. It makes a relatively lightweight, low-bulk kit that carries well in a pocket.

Aug

2010

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Best Basic Kit On the Market

By Off The Path

from Tennessee

About Me Avid Adventurer

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Pros

Clear Instructions
Easy To Pack
Effective
Simple To Use

Cons

Best Uses

Backcountry Camping
Campgrounds
Day Trips
River Trips
Road Trips
Winter Conditions

Comments about Adventure Medical Pocket Survival Pack:

I have used these kits since they hit the market and you can't go wrong with them. Put one in your backpack, one in your fishing tackle, one in your glove compartment, etc. Doug Ritter has designed the perfect small survival kit.

Use anything in the kit? It can happen sometimes in a non-emergency when something is needed when out in the field, etc. Just replace the component or replace the kit, as the kit is a bargain. Also keep in mind, this kit contains excellent basic components to build on if you want to assemble your own larger survival kit.

Service and delivery comments:

Excellent

Jan

2010

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Too many close calls

By xootrx

from Albuquerque, NM

About Me Avid Adventurer

Pros

Clear Instructions
Easy To Pack
Effective
Simple To Use

Cons

Best Uses

Backcountry Camping
Day Trips
River Trips
Road Trips

Comments about Adventure Medical Pocket Survival Pack:

Having done quite a bit of desert motorcycle camping, I shudder to think of all the times I could have been stranded without the necessary gear needed to survive. After seeing far too many news stories on stranded hikers and trail riders, and the mistakes they made, I decided to study this whole survival thing. From what I've learned, this little kit, and just a few basic skills, could literally save your life. I now have two of them: One for day hikes, and one for my motorcyle excursions. After watching some of the old "Survivor Man" reruns, one of the first things I realized is Les Stroud could have lived like a prince, had he taken one of these kits along with him. I still have a lot to learn, but for now, I have much more confidence, and knowledge on survival in an emergency, thanks to Doug Ritter, and the Pocket Survival Kit.

Jul

2009

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Great little survival pack.

By NRoberts

from Santa Rosa, CA

About Me Novice First Aid Skills

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Pros

Easy To Use
Effective

Cons

Best Uses

Emergency Preparedness
Outdoor Activities

Comments about Adventure Medical Pocket Survival Pack:

This is a great little first aid kit that I will hopefully never need to use. I added a fire-steel, water treatment tablets, a razor, some fishing line and a few more little split weights, and some matches (because you can never have too many ways to start a fire). It's so compact that I just slipped it into my first aid kit and threw it in a secret compartment in my backpack. Now when we go trekking I feel a little bit more prepared for the many impossibilities that could occur.

Nov

2008

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Excellent kit

By kurgen99

from Pasadena

About Me Casual Adventurer

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Pros

Clear Instructions
Easy To Pack
Effective
Simple To Use

Cons

Best Uses

Backcountry Camping
Campgrounds
Day Trips
River Trips
Road Trips
Winter Conditions

Comments about Adventure Medical Pocket Survival Pack:

This is an excellent kit assembled by the survival expert Doug Ritter.
My personal additions:Photon II light, cotton swab, toothpick, 6 Micropur tabs, teabag, flat packet of bullion, 3 strike anywhere matches and a lanyard with clasp.

Dec

2011

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

All You Need

By Trevorpdx

from Goose Creek, SC

About Me Avid Adventurer

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Pros

Clear Instructions
Easy To Pack
Effective
Replaceable items
Simple To Use

Cons

Compass

Best Uses

Backcountry Camping
Campgrounds
Day Trips
River Trips
Road Trips

Comments about Adventure Medical Pocket Survival Pack:

The easy to use "lighter style" fire starter is great for those who have limited experience with flint and steal strike type fire starter systems.

Aluminum foil had more uses then i thought possible.
1. signal reflector
2. bowl for water sterilization
3. Water collecter

Everything else is self explanatory and has many uses that can save your life while waiting for rescue or for rescuing yourself.

my only issue was with the quality of the compass. it has a tendency to get stuck, and needs to be shaken. I found that as long as you take multiple readings from one place it will at least give to a general direction to head for a road, but do not expect to be able to pinpoint your way to a town.

All in all this is a great light weight addition for any backpacker, and can fit easily into a back pocket.