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The Ultimate Altoids Tin Survival Kit, by J.C.R.

…back over this article and size up the pre-made kit.  I would also recommend that if you buy a kit; fill it in with some of these items.  There isn’t a survival kit in the world the will be delivered to your door with a laminated picture of your family with encouraging words written on the back.  This kit does at least have seven out of the “10 essentials” represented.  This kit combined with the Everyday Carry Items that I wrote about and was posted on Survivalblog.com on September 20, 2011, you’ll have a great start if the trip goes bad.  The overall message here is to have some type of kit that will give you an added advantage if you are ever unfortunate enough to have to need a survival kit. I hope we have given you something to think about no matter what size kit you put together….


Personal Survival Kit– The Pocket-size Giant of Preparedness, by R.B.

The Personal Survival Kit (PSK) is everywhere. If you Google it, up come 10,400,000 entries. What is it? Peace of mind, a force-multiplier, a breath-mint tin full of miracle producing ingredients, or maybe not! The PSK can be purchased ready-made online or in any camping store. These kits are diverse in contents and in price range, some being quite expensive. They are interesting but rarely are they exactly what any specific real-life survival situation requires. You will always have to add or subtract components in order to achieve the ideal kit. It is better to take the time and make your own PSK. The self-made kit will make you think about what survival is all about. The process of selecting each component will put you in direct contact with its function and your commitment to its possible future use in your hands. The plethora of Internet how-to videos is presently…


Outdoor Survival: Of Belts and Tins, by Randy in S.C.

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…read, and there will be that much less room in your mind for fear. If you can, gather wood and tinder and make a fire. As soon as you are missed, people will be looking for you. Nine times out of ten, someone will find you before very long. Running around aimlessly makes you harder to find and increases your chance of injury. Your M1 Garand belt survival kit will give you the tools you need. Practice provides the skills. A calm demeanor allows you to use the tools and skills to best advantage. Some Useful Links Undecorated New Altoids Tins Reproduction WW2-style M1 Garand Belt Credit-card ‘survival tools’ Field & Stream Survival Kit in an Altoids Tin Altoids Tin First Aid Kit Altoids Tin Backpacking Stove Another Altoids stove, using cardboard and paraffin wax for fuel Mighty Minty Boost Solar IPhone Charger Raspberry Pi Computer Case Minty MP3 Player…


What Does Your Survival Portfolio Look Like?, by J.H.

Every single skill, tool, ability, or prep for survival that you acquire should be viewed as an asset. With that state of mind, you can look at your chances of survival in various situations, evaluating where your strong and weak spots are. Just as you would diversify your financial portfolio through multiple investments in different areas, you must do the same with your survival portfolio. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket! If you don’t have a survival portfolio, it’s time to build one. Having an organized approach to survival helps keep your mind from screaming and the fear of the unknown at bay. While fear is a natural and healthy response and an excellent motivator, as humans, we can choose to keep our panic “in the basement”, allowing us to go forward when faced with situations that are severe or traumatic. This idea defines bravery, and bravery as…


A Micro Survival Kit for Everyday Carry – Part 1, by M.B.

…on my person. Could I start a fire, illuminate my surroundings, and perform other basic tasks? What tools would I choose for a very small kit that I could carry with me every day and in almost every location? I set about designing a micro survival kit. The purpose of this kit is for the individual to have a few essential tools in a kit that is small enough that it will be carried every day. The trick is deciding which tools are essential and finding examples that combine high quality, small size, and lightweight. Another factor is cost: the kit should be inexpensive enough that similar kits can be made for friends or family members. We also need to find a carry system that allows the kit to be carried easily — so easily that it won’t be left behind. You may never be in the middle of a…


Fishing Kits and Survival Fishing Techniques, by Henry D.

…lightweight addition to add to their kit. My only disclaimer is that you should use the kit and adapt it to your needs and skill level before having to use it in a life or death situation. Having a kit without the knowledge to use it will certainly lead to your early departure from this earth. Kits are small and compact because carrying a fishing pole, even the travel kind will only take up space and add unneeded weight. It’s merely inconvenient and illogical to carry modern gear. As we all know, “Ounces equal pounds and pounds equal pain.” I like to categorize my kit in a level 1 and level 2 tier. Contents of level 1 will carry over to 2 with their addition. Tier 1 Emergency Pocket Sized Fishing Kit-This kit should be in your bug out bag or get home bag. It is for an emergency and…


My Budget Possibles Bag, by Liber T.Y.

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…is 11 inches tall, just under nine inches wide, and a little over three inches deep (not counting how far it can stretch). With my gear inside, it weighs 6lbs 2ozs, which is extremely light. As a result, any aches on your left shoulder would be extremely minor and would only appear after a long time of continuous wear (it’s happened to me that’s how I know). BandaNna The accompanying picture is a blaze orange survival bandanna that I got at a hunter safety class (I’ve written an article about this on Survival Blog). I’ve included it because I can use it to strain water, signal (it’s blaze orange remember), or use as a tourniquet.     First Aid I have a 66-piece first aid kit that is sold on Amazon for $9.95 in the succeeding picture. It contains: One pair of scissors Eight alcohol prep pads Four antiseptic cleaning…


Letter Re: The Ultimate Altoids Tin Survival Kit

…small containers of liquids and gels to the kit.  I commonly have access to dental supplies and some of the containers are quite small and seal up very well.  I was thinking I might add some vaseline to help give my kindling some staying power or a little bleach to help make me feel safer about the water.  So once you decide you need a tin for 10 different situations, how do you keep them all straight?  It turns out that Altoids actually makes a variety of different flavors of mints and each flavor is color coded so you can easily color code your tin to your situation.  How great is that?  Also, if you just don’t think you can fit a standard Altoids tin into your pocket or purse, Altoids also makes Altoid Minis which come in miniature Altoids tins.  Now you have no excuse.   – T.N. in Tennessee…


A Young Man’s Preps – Part 3, by St. Leibowitz

…with, but no actual food in the bag or on my person. I liked to think that I could’ve survived The Walking Dead-style with that kit, but I would not have, because both the kit and my skill set were not realistic. I think of my kits now in terms of functions. The kit itself is a tool, made up of many other smaller tools. So here is a much more realistic, updated “preparedness tool kit” assembled using some of the things I talk about in this article. This is not a “everything you need to go hunting or live in the woods” kit. This is a “spend one day in the woods poaching to get around the Duke of Joe’s meat rationing” kind of kit. It is a survival small game hunting kit, though it could be upgraded into a camping kit very easily. The bag contents: One .22…


The Power of Three, by Jerry S.

…a lot, then maybe a small survival tin should be in your hunting coat at all times.  A great little kit for that is the Altoids Survival Tin.  Google it and you’ll find all kinds of neat things to stuff inside of it.  As you read the fiction books and watch television, make mental notes of what would have been helpful to have for certain situations.  Look for items that can serve a multi-purpose.  Tin foil and Duct-tape pop in my mind here.  There are some great videos on Youtube.com that cover every known kit you can imagine.  Lots of great articles have been written in the blogs as well.  You can’t use what you don’t have, so always be thinking about this.  Bug-Out Bags are in a constant state of evolution and are updated as other situations come to mind. Lights and Power: Try thinking of three ways to…


Prepping From My Purse by S.M. in Arizona

…I also like Hi-Mark thread and dental floss for heavy duty repairs.  Include lots of safety pins. * Small screwdriver – Try to find one small enough to fit in the sewing kit (mine is from an old sewing machine).  These are great for fixing broken desk legs, computer carts, hinges, etc.  It beats calling the maintenance man and waiting.  If the screwdriver is small enough, it can be used on tiny eyeglass screws. * Small first aid kit – this needs to be larger than an Altoids tin so it can hold large Band-Aids, dressings, antiseptic, gloves, and tape.  I have an even larger first aid kit that I keep in the school supply cupboard (inside a lunch box), which I can grab on my way out the door.  You can never have too many first aid supplies! * Hat with a brim in front to keep the sun…


Recycle!, Recycle!, Recycle!, by Heghduq

…need is an Altoids container some dryer lint and a disposable lighter with the wind guard removed. Put the dryer lint into a small plastic bag (sandwich bags work well for this) fold the bag over several times to ensure that the lint will not get wet. Seal it with some duct tape and place in the tin with the disposable lighter. The Altoids Gum tins work best for this as they are half the size of a standard Altoids tin. Add this to your Jiff kit and your good to go. 3) Coffee cans – Everything from a cook stove to food storage. 4) Plastic weave Cat Food, Dog Food and Livestock Feed bags – Can be recycled to make sand bags. So keep those bags they are tough as nails. 5) Two Liter soda pop bottles – Water Storage 6) Pop Ice brand Popsicle wrappers – The log…


Low Power Amateur Radio Transmitters and Transceivers, by David in Israel

…an Altoids mint tin with a battery and some cut to frequency magnet wire for an antenna provides a good survival radio for cases where a survival group is separated across the country like in Jim’s novel “Patriots”, during the long winter nights. Expensive kits can work multiple HF bands but are mostly larger or cost much more. Some interesting kits are the $160 range AT-Sprint 3 which is a multi-band 80M, 40M, 20M surface mount kit that can fit in an Altoids mints tin. (BTW, it won’t be back into production until late summer, 2007.) Another larger and easier to build kit is the $55 SW+ series in 80M, 40M, 30M or 20M from Small Wonder Labs, Wilderness Radio makes some good kits like the $90 SST which can be built to cover on of the following 40m, 7.032-7.042; 40m/novice: 7.105 – 7.115; 30m, 10.105-10.120; 20m, 14.046-14.064. QRP radios…


Letter Re: Everyday Carry Items

Dear Mr. Rawles, In reference to J.C.R.’s article on Everyday Carry Items, I have a rather nondescript looking purse that I found at a thrift store that I use for Everyday Carry (EDC). I keep using that purse to carry because it is so handy with it’s numerous compartments inside. I have found nothing like it! In one of those compartments, I keep a “Mini Survival Kit”. I saw this at the SurvivaLogic web site. It fits in an Altoids breath mints tin. It’s the handiest thing ever. SurvivaLogic recommended matches, fishing hooks and line, flash light, compass, knife (high quality with file, toothpick, scissors, tweezers), and a mirror.   In my kit, I put a small picket knife, just a boring old knife I had; maybe someday I will move up to a better one if I find one. I also put in a flint with striker, a small flashlight with AAA battery…


The Art of Getting Home, by Shattered

…something you can travel in. Keep a gym bag with a fresh change of socks and a set of running clothes along with a pair of lightweight sneakers if you regularly go to work in an office environment. This will doubly add an excuse to use the gym that is no doubt located somewhere in or near your office, benefiting you for obvious reasons. Additionally, you need laminated set of maps to get you from your office to your car with alternate routes all marked or highlighted. An Altoids tin survival kit, you can easily design your own or download instructions on the internet; you’d be amazed at what will fit into an Altoids tin. Here’s what’s in mine: Bic mini lighter 1 alcohol prep wipe 1 dose (2 pills) of cold and flu medicine 1 porcelain spark plug shield broken into three pieces wrapped in sandwich wrap 1 4×4…