Adventure Medical Kits  Ultralight/Watertight .5 Medical Kit

This is a great all around kit with plenty of room in the package to add more. I've added a magnesium firestarter and tinder, waterproof matches and container, 2 hand warmers, needle and thread, water purifier, and a bit of repair string to the interior of the silnylon bag. Then liquid skin, more ibuprofin, moleskin, bandages, and a bunch more tinctures and wipes to the water proof interior bag. I use this for every adventure, from day hikes with my children to weekends backpacking solo. Has come in very handy after sending a stick deep into my heel on the morning of a 5 hour hike out of a canyon with a 45lb pack. Get one!

This is a great lightweight medical kit, but it is NOT waterproof. Water-resistant, yes; waterproof, no. I took this kit on a half-day canyoning trip that involved some swimming/plunges. Back at home, during my usual gear inspection, I noticed there was water inside the inner-most bag. Not a little bit, either -- most of the items were soaked. I had not previously opened the inner-most bag either. REI was kind enough to replace the kit, but for anything involving more than a light splash, I will be double-bagging this in a dry sack or similar. I recommend you do the same.

It's a perfect little kit, very handy to have with good content. However, the "two shell" design is not at all ideal. Trying to get the inner (plastic) pouch inside the outer shell requires quite a bit of bending and folding of the crucial zip-loc seam - which can cause it to "pop open" in the process. In fact, even the manufacturer has the problem - the product arrived with the zip-loc seal popped open (I'm glad I checked!). If only the opening of the outer shell was about 1/4" wider, then the plastic pouch could be accessed much more conveniently and without risking a leak or tearing.

Ibuprofen and Aspirin missing, instead has plenty of Acetaminophen (6). Blister treatment missing too, I was carrying this in my backpack during day hikes until I decided to check the content before a multi-day backpacking trip, will go to the store to return it

I got this kit to replace my bulky/heavy homemade one. I was very happy with it. First off, the tough waterproof bag is awesome, and gives you security knowing your lifeline supplies are safe from the elements. The kit overall is super lightweight and compact, and fits just about anywhere. It has a nice combination of bandages, gauze, wrappings, medications, and the like. I did do a bit of customizing to it, though. I took out the super-thin medical tape and replaced it with a small roll of duct tape. I also added an extra backpack belt buckle, some needles and dental floss, and a couple of gas-x strips. This is a great product that has just what you need in a personal first-aid kit.

I pretty much bought this for the bag. I have been looking to upgrade my daypack/ travel first aid kit bag, having used a small mesh zip envelope bag forever. I like the bag fabric and seal, but the as others have noted, it’s hard to open and sort through. The top opening is very narrow and the plastic ziplock - what makes it waterproof - is stiff and difficult to pull out. The .9L seems to have a wider opening. From there you have to take everything out of the bag to sort through what you need. Not ideal in the outdoors. Also, you’ll need to add small scissors and a few other items to round out the utility of this kit.

Nice selection of products, and they seem to be good quality. But the package is a really bad design. I always struggle to fit the plastic zippered pouch inside the outer pouch. The zipper just needs to be 1/2" longer, and this wouldn't be a problem. As it is, you have to be careful because sometimes when scrunching the plastic ziplock to fit, the seal comes open, leaving it exposed to water. This is probably what happened to the other reviewer, who said it wasn't waterproof.

This is a must-have kit for day hikes and backpacking. Covers the essentials of wound care: clean, disinfect, and cover to get people on their way and get true medical care later if they need it. Over the years, I traded out the sting-care and motrin for large band aids, steri-strips, moleskin, gauze pads and a pair of latex gloves. Thankfully, I've only needed it to help other families whose child fell down and went boom. Kid slipped on something, is scuffed up and crying, and the parents are freaking out because they don't have what they need. Happens all the time, and with this kit, one can help out with road-rash or a cut. On multi-day hikes I toss in some extra everything and it's good to go. The waterproof sack may seem like over-kill and makes the kit a little spendy, but this is something you can't suddenly need and then find out it's wet and unusable. It's worth every cent.

I bought this kit with the intention of never needing it, but unfortunately, I did have to bust it out just about every day of my recent 5-day hike. It came in handy for the blisters I was plagued with (new boots are my next big purchase), the cut on my foot from one toenail slicing another toe (again...those boots were not the ones I needed!), and for the bee sting I got later on the trail (first of my life! Who knew those hurt so much?!). Glad I had this along, will definitely be replenishing before the next trip. I would suggest adding a few additional large Bandaids (or similar) if you can.

I never write product reviews, but this kit helped me save a life 2 weeks ago. I’ve been carrying this kit everywhere for the last 18 months even though I’ve never had to use it, because it’s light and small enough for me to justify the extra weight and space. I also added an emergency blanket and some contact lenses to the pouch because it fits :) 2 weeks ago I was trekking in a remote area by Peru/Bolivia border. Fellow hiker fractured their skull and it took us 13 hours to get them to a hospital, where they got sent to the ICU after evaluation. This kit didn’t have any high tech magic, but it did have enough for me to sanitize the wound and apply a dressing that was clean and secure enough for us to get through 13 hours of desert traverse, horseback rides and hitchhiking without any infection. And according to the injured guy it was better quality stuff than what the doctors gave them at the Peruvian ER. Highly recommend this kit with some basic medical training (I only have a WFR), especially for international travels. SAR simply isn’t a thing in many countries and quality medical care can easily be several hours away - it’s shocking but real that your local wilderness guides probably won’t have any medical training and your hotel most likely won’t have a first aid kit. In those cases the simplest things like pain killer, antibiotic ointments, alcohol wipes, and wound dressing can make a big difference.