Hey, guys how’s it going? In this video I'm going to show you my basic wilderness survival kit. I’ll show you all the contents of it and a brief explanation of most of the items in the kit. This is the updated version of my survival kit.
When I go out into the wilderness I always have other essential gear with me. This kit is just a last date resort, my final hope for survival, so it’s a basic wilderness survival kit. This is the pouch that I keep it in and as you can see it can fit on a military style pistol volt which is very important to me because that’s what I use when I go out into the wild. This is a small pouch, it’s probably only six inches from here to here and you'll be amazed that the amount of stuff I can pack into here tightly. It’s somewhat water resistant. It’s not completely waterproof but it has plenty of storage. It’s pretty durable, also it came with a shoulder strap so you don’t have to keep it on a belt if you don’t want to.
This is what it looks like opened up with everything packed inside of it. So as you can see that’s a lot of stuff to be able to fit in a small bag like this. The only thing that’s not out of the bag is the safely pins. Well, everything else is right here that I put in the bag. So first I’ll show you what I use to start fires. It’s definitely good to have multiple different ways to start fires in case you lose one or one that doesn’t work for some reason. Fire is one of the most important things in a survival situation.
So here I have a Swedish fire steel, a lot of people know what these are. Just strike it like that on your tender. This is a Silver brand match holder with a compass on top and in here I have strike any where matches which this you can coat in wax to keep them waterproof but this has an oil ring on it anyway, so it is waterproof. Here are some petroleum jelly saturated cotton balls this is an awesome tender. A candle, for it helps you start fires, let's you see at night. It has many different uses. Also, most of the stuff in this kit has multiple uses which are very important for your survival kit.
Next, I had some tinfoil a couple of different pieces, one of them is big enough to make a pot so I can boil and purify water with. This is a military style Trioxane fuel bar. You could use this to heat food, boil water, and start a fire. This is snare wire, two different sizes you can make snare traps to catch small animals. You could use it to fix things. There are a lot of different uses for that. A signal mirror with directions on the back. It’s very important. This is another signaling, device a whistle. This one will work when we and it’s extremely loud. Another signal device is this glow stick, excellent for nighttime. You can tie a chord to it and swing it around and your rescuer may see a big circle and know where you are so that’s a good thing to have in your kit.
Here I have a small pen light. It’s not super bright but at least you would have something. Also a spare battery, one triple “A” battery, some zip ties, many different uses for that, emergency space blankets. There are a lot of different uses for this. A few of them are shelter making to keep warm. You could make a rain catch to catch water. You could use it as a fire reflector and you could signal with them since they're so shinny.
Here’s a bandana, there is many different uses for this too and you can filter out water with this.
Compass, I have a couple of different compasses. This is a Silver compass, a very good brand. I have a couple different compasses because when you're lost and in a stressful situation, people tend not to trust their compasses. So if you have more than one to look at and they're all saying the same thing then you know that they're reading accurately.
Ziploc bags are very important to have in your survival kit. You can carry, you can store a lot of water in this and can carry water with them. Also, any food that you might find, so there is a couple of different uses for that.
This is the knife I keep in my kit. It’s a buck knife with three different blades on it which is very good because if one gets dull you can use the other one and whatever. Also, I keep a small tiny sharpening stone with the knife because a dull knife in the wild is pretty much useless. Here are some duct tapes, wrapped around some paper. On the paper you could obviously write messages or whatever. The duct tape also has many uses repairing things. These are needles and thread wrap around a clothing patch. So you could repair clothing and other stuff with that.
A magnifying glass also can be used to start fires or also known as Fresnel lens, super glue which you can use to seal deep wounds or cuts. Next is a wire saw if you take care of this and don’t bend them too much. They can last you a long time and they work very well. While keeping it in your kit put some petroleum jelly or Vaseline around it to protect it from breaking and drying out. Paracord, any kind of cord is extremely important to have in your survival kit. Paracord to me is the best because it’s so strong, 550 pounds and it has seven interior strands that you can take apart and use for smaller tasks.
These are water purification tablets, iodine. You add one or two of this to a quarter of water and it will kill the harmful bacteria in the water. Also, it’s very important and water is extremely important. This is a small fishing kit that I keep in my kit. It just had some line sinkers and hooks and a bobber. So you could catch fish and eat if you had to.
As you can see I have all the essentials covered fire, water, also water, shelter, navigation, signaling, and all the things in my kit have most of the things in my kit have multiple uses. I usually always have this kit with me when going into the woods or the wilderness. And if you have a kit make sure you know exactly what's in it and you should practice using the things inside of it. That’s it on the contents of my basic wilderness survival kit. Thank you guys for watching.
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