does anyone carry a whistle?

[Laurentius]

I have been known to take a tin whistle or a piccolo out with me into the woods, and a small e flat piccolo is extremely shrill in the high notes, I don't doubt that it carries. Never mind standard emergency signals is there a tune one can play when one is in danger - nearer my god to thee, when sinking in quicksand perhaps

I do have a whistle/compass and torch thingy that came with a pair of Karrimor KSB's that I have put with my FAK. I've got one or two other small whistles lying around, some I consider a bit dubious. I used to have one of the dubious whistles, on sale from the likes of Millets and Go Outdoors on my keyring till the fipple came out. I was not impressed. As for the plastic ones, they all seem a bit fragile to me, If I could find something that would not split or collapse if you drove a car over it, I might consider it a good buy. My 'tin' whistle would survive that test, it is very solid brass, something of equivalent quality would be quite a find

 

[apj1974]

If I could find something that would not split or collapse if you drove a car over it, I might consider it a good buy.

If you drove your car over it, wouldn't that mean you had a car with you. That's a pretty good survival kit, so you wouldn't need the whistle!

 

[Laurentius]

Well I dunno, I suppose I ought to have said if you put your foot on it. I myself have sat on a variety of things that have not survived the experience.

 

[Big Geordie]

Like most of you I've got whistles scattered throughout my kit. Wouldn't ever go out very far without one!
G

 

[Adze]

Another vote for a pea whistle - pretty much everyone in the UK has been subliminally conditioned by the things, from P.E. at school to football on the telly, everyone hears it and takes some form of notice. Just as QDanT said re his Thunderer, a whole street will stop for a split second (this is an observation, not an instruction to test the hypothesis!) if you give it a good toot

 

[Mesquite]

Yup... always have one on me. Comes in handy when I want the dogs to come back

 

[leealanr]

Always!

Lanyard on BA or round neck if walking.

Strobe on BA as well, always!

Alan L.

 

[Scots_Charles_River]

One on my rucksac top zip, in my bumbag kit and one on my BA/PFD.

Nick

 

[John Fenna]

Always have a couple with me - wood, horn, antler or good old plastic - especially if I am in the hills or on the water!

 

[Spikey DaPikey]

Always have one, its so light to carry that it makes sense to have one

 

[maddave]

Always have an acme tornado on my keys and several more dotted about my kit. One attached to the first aid kit, one attached to my compass and one on my firesteel

 

[harpo]

i never leave home without it!!and its bright orange..nice.

 

[PREPER]

One on my key ring.
One in my kit.
One of my rucksacks came with one built into the chest strap buckle!

PREPER............

 

[Tiley]

Yes. And I know how to use it...!

 

[J4C3]

I use the Orange one featured,the kids have it and when they go off too the loo they feel a bit safer knowing they can call us if needed

 

[Danceswithhelicopters]

Yep, always carry one.
One in the survival kit, one in the FAK, one on mt chest strap on a built in buckle. Even with a GPS and a top quality grid reference you will still need a whistle to home in on you especially in rough, undulating, dense terrain.

 

[welshwhit]

Yep,
I have one on the drawstring of my rucksac and a few dotted around, when all else fails, make lots of noise!

Drew

 

[jimfbte]

Aloha,

I carry two whistles when I'm on a hike with friends or group. (Hike=American term; can't rememeber the Brit term).

For example: If we're lost/injured and one person goes looking around, he takes a whistle with him. The party remaining/waiting has the other whistle. This provides a communications channel between them. It also doubles the signaling-for-help factor.

If the scouting party loses the way back to the main party, the whistle helps him re-locate the group.

It's such a cheap and ligihtweight insurance. Prolonged shouting only results in a hoarse throat. Besides, I cannot whistle, with or without fingers, one-handed or two.

Second thought. As much as I like pea whistles for its more distinctive sound, the pea drives me nuts with its rattling, so I prefer pealess ones such as Fox, JetScream, Perry, Storm or similar.

Jim FBtE,
Ancient hiker
Honolulu

 

[Proudfoot]

and here's one for all you scuba divers out there

http://www.whistleworld.co.uk/shop/Storm_Safety.html

after all one never knows

 

[ex Member swampy99]

I have one with a British army penknife ciirca 1950 and peanut lighter on some hi viz paracord around my neck when ever I go out for a tab. In the Australian never never you cant get a signle on a mobile phone so have to have a sat phone. Plus in top pocket of bergan an orange air marker panel and heliograph .

About covers it if you take a fall.