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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    Its a great light, I use it everyday.....so many features
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    i use loads of the shorter ones for my belt stuff, nice to keep everything sperate, spreads the weight, gotta love molle
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    a small PSK tin for emergencies would be limited, a larger survival kit however obviously far more usefull this reminds me of several scenarios involving my kits... might have mentioend earlier in thread...while cycling across the city at uni, on way back from lecture. had small kit, think it...
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    Any water based activity does change things as it drastically changes both chances of losing gear underwater, and becoming wet and exposure being an issue, so an emergency kit then is vital...but not everything in a PSKtin, like Minotaur said fishing kit.
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    nothing wrong with carrying PSK, and often the contents are backups if main items die or go missing, main thing is generally otehr non PSK items work better, so PSK only ( ratehr than raiding a PSK) is rare in UK, as we geenrally have other kit, or wait for other people to help or throw money...
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    ive got some of those tins still, did have one as a fak and also a psk when i was younger. my belt FAK is similar but ina capsule...pills, plaster, compressed towel, needle, tampon....and shemagh on bigger pouch kit...
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    in case it had any mentions, just been checking through Colins survival coarse manual for SAS, i think it was printed in 60s/70s , its all typewriter written and faded pen notes, no mention of tin so far i can find, that could be a later lofty creation, but a lot of the drawings of traps seem to...
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    There is a great overlap between EDC/Possibles/Survival Kit if people carry EDC items that have use in wilderness survival, then they are the same and EDC=Survival Kit sometimes If youre a businesman, EDC might = Briefcase ( + contents) If youre a woman EDC might= Handbag. its simply then...
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    A bottle kit wont fit in a a smock/trouser pocket when you have army loadout on, a messtin kit ( as per lofty book) will fit in army issued gear the nalgene/bushpot kit, aka mors kit, is better for bushcrafters etc, because its a different role.... big thing is any type of PSK is not to be...
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    yes, a tobacco tin is definitely more for stealth, or so small that you wont have a problem taking anywhere, for more practical the Mors Bushpot kit , or even a trangia messtin is far more practical. a good resource is Build the Perfect Survival Kit by John McCann, goes in to details on kit...
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    I was about to say the same thing most people nowadays are carrying EDC, as i it not sealed, varies by person, sometimes just modern where if anything goes wrong, throw more money at, like buying cofee/extras/uber , or usefull backups/contigency like above birthday candles, that can also be...
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    if im using GPS i could get most of a day, which is twice as long as my motorola... i use my torch almost daily, but then phone and torch have a lot of urban use... so if you had a stricly wilderness loadout, things change i dont have good night vision, and think its stupid to risk injury...
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    easy user replaceable, like they used to be before everything went thin and waterprooof
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    So much nowadays can be charged by 5v USB, used to be people take loads of spare batteries of different types for everything nowadays Cameras, phones, tablets, radios, flashlight, plasma arc lighters, fans, GPS, watches to name just a few USB chargeable.... on belt kit i use flashight as a 5aH...
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    So you are carrying a PSK, its just down to different form factors....
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    exactly 0.0478% for housefire, but people still have household insurance.. The people that say "why do you carry all that", will be first in the queue should it be needed as they will be the ones without anything....
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    by weather i really meant tornados/tsunamis....i suppose natural disasters in most ways we have worse weatehr than a lot of countries due to unpredictability and changeability....although italy has more rain!! regarding kit names PS Tin....is a bit redundant in UK/US once you get past the...
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    ive always used my floor, helps keep my feet dry..... i think we had 20+ toilet rolls in pantry anyway, and about 12 bags of flour. i know loads of people started baking during covid. my flour stocks went down to as low as 4 bags i think as we didnt plunder what was in stores....it was...
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    I wonder how many people here organise PSK as part of playing autism/adhd bingo?