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It all depends on definition of survival.... Dave Canterbury often uses teh term self reliance. Relying on people is a bit like relying on a bic lighter to work 100% of the time and never run out of fuel.... ive seen ultralight hikers just carry a mini bic and thats it for lighting...but a lot...

Nope nope and thrice nope Marmelade isnt a jam, its more like a jelly that hasnt been strained as 1. it uses citrus fruit which makes it not a jam...2 its uses more water than jams do.... So its really an orange unstrained jelly.... but awfull none the less.... Now blackberry jelly, thats...

And the thing is i find americanisms annoying, so its a bit facepalm to be caught doing it myself.... in my defense ive spend many hours researching and watching youtube videos on different nitecore headlamps the last few weeks...and a lot of the world does use flashlight....

Interesting stories both, and I agree, ive used a lot of my kit content on otehr people, probably in anecdotes already posted, one of my gripes is when people wont provide for tthemselves and just bleat for help....loads of peiple did that during covid....sometimes as if getting in trouble and...

most of mine is tools, protection is 2nd but in both smaller kits i have gloves, buff, lightweight poncho.... so theres kits, and then theres tins, i think the tins is only really appropriate for really wilderness, where its if youve lost your kit, or military were its E&E with no otehr...

Excelelnt use of poetry qutation, very impresed with any poem that features a tomahawk...

I just bought a nitecore nu20 classic this week, first time ive had a head torch because for years i stuck to cylindral hand torches that fit in an old nitehead maglite head strap, and ive been blown away by its tiny size, versatility and brightness for the advertised lumens, which makes me...

Good points, reason i carry it is : it was £1 on ali express, it was an xmas pressi, its rugged and i constantly break things, its thick which i like, and most importantly it fits perfectly on my phone pouch which has a pocket for a notepad so makes nice set..... i dont buy large amounts of...

PSK life and death, compact, EDC convenience and comfort and self reliance Possibles mixture of the two, easy of access, a less compact/compressed form of PSK but one you dip in to PSK not needed in UK really But for urban PSK, would things like fires, accidents, terrorist attacks, be...

Injuries can make all the difference, my father fell and broke his hip, his doro phone was on the side board, 6 feet from him, turned off of coarse, and my stepmotehr was outside gardening 30 feet away, and she thought he had a long nap, so he was on the floor for 5 hours with broken hip...

Even in lowland england, my motehr used to carry sleepig bag, camping bed and food and stove because she often got trapepd at work if it snowed, as couldnt leave the valley... Part of it is i woudlnt want to buy a bottle of water, pills or even plasters from a shop if ive already got them at...

some of it depends if you are carrying PSK for yourself, or for possibility of otehr people... i used the mylar from PSK once when cycling in a city because an old lady collapsed on pavement just in front of me.... was the PSK neccesary, no, but helpfull..... just saw a video on youtube about...

yes, 40 years ago EDC type stuff wasnt mentioned... but then back then you didnt have any decent tiny flashlights, a SAK was about it edc type items, pocket prybars, decent tiny torches, have made having a few usefull everyday items easier to carry...

classic case of diffent things for different people, i have a belt kit and the repair items are used all the time when im working, often away from car, head torch, elatehrman, poncho, ducttape, gluesticks etc.. so very heavy on repair items, .and because carrying sharps always FAK on belt ...

Hoestly that sounds a good selection to me...first aid kit and repair items are missing, but then when i made a kit when I was 10 i remember it being heavy on fishing wire and snares, and a later kit was heavy on ciiking, but only a tiny blanket for shelter, naivity of youth, lol.... Lots...

Thats classic EDC, probably more than a lot of muggles but part of the great EDC/PSK/BOB acronym venn diagramm....

Ive got teabags in mine, and biscoff bisuits to go with the tea.... and it has to be said, emergency biscoff could be my most used/restocked thing, even having emrgency sweetner for having a sudden cup of tea somewhere is very usefull....

Its the factory one ive got, i got it when I was 7 but over 40 years later i still use it.... have been tempted by the stirling engines, and even the model working petrol engines..

mines about the same, ive got a stationary engine...

I think ill be using up the rest of my hexamine in my mamod, u just wont take it out of my house...