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Vigilant Gear Kit Container

By Matt on March 17, 2014 in EDC, Preparedness, Survival

A good survival kit starts with a good container. The new Kit Container from Vigilant Gear is certainly that.

The Kit Container is made from hard anodized aluminum to keep weight to a minimum while still offering the multiple functions that make metal containers useful in this application like the ability to heat water. The lid has reflective material inside that can be used for low light signalling and its 4.1″ x 2.5″ x 1.4″ size gives you quite a bit of capacity to work with when it comes time to stock the kit.

Best of all, the Kit Container has an integrated rubber gasket and Velcro straps that can help keep the contents dry and intact. The gasket is an especially nice feature that moves the Kit Container to the front of the line when it comes to metal survival kit containers.

Check out the new Kit Container at Vigilant Gear.

20$Bandit Mini Medic Kit

By Matt on March 14, 2014 in EDC, Preparedness, Survival

Nearly every mention of the 20$Bandit Mini Kit (MK-7) that I have seen makes mention of the fact that it would make a great first aid kit organizer. It makes perfect sense that 20$Bandit is releasing med kit that is purpose built for use with the Mini Kit.

The 20$Bandit Mini Medic Kit is designed to fit perfectly into the clear, vinyl pouch in the Mini Kit and contains a few essentials:

(4) Personal Antimicrobial Wipes (PAWS)
(1) Roll cloth Adhesive Tape .25″
(2) BURN JEL (single use 3.5 g)
(2) Mole Skin (Kidney)
(1) Oval Eye Pad
(1) Wound Closure Strips (modern day butterfly bandage)
(10) Sheer Strip (1″ x 3″)
(4) 3″ x 3″Sterile gauze pads
(5) Knuckle bandages
(2) Hydrocortisone 1% Cream (1.5 g)
(2) Triple Antibiotic Ointment (.9 g)
(1) Mylar Space Blanket

It should be noted that this is more of an EDC boo-boo kit than a gunshot wound treatment kit so it is not a replacement for a proper IFAK (which anyone who carries a gun should be carrying).

Check out the Mini Medic Kit from 20$Bandit.

MSM Shear Pouch Plus

By Matt on March 12, 2014 in EDC, Preparedness, Survival, Tactical Gear

The Monkey has some good ideas. The new MSM Shear Pouch Plus takes a pretty standard shear pouch and adds the useful functionality of a tourniquet holder. This allows the user to carry two items that often do not fit inside smaller IFAKs in a compact and efficient manner (takes up just 1 column of PALS webbing).

Check out the MSM Shear Pouch Plus.

Elzetta Red Drop-In Flood Lens

By Matt on March 10, 2014 in EDC, Flashlights, Preparedness, Survival, Tactical Gear

Elzetta continues to build the suite of accessories available for their modular flashlights. The newest is a red version of their drop-in flood lens. This new version diffuses the light over a wide area and helps to preserve your dark adjusted vision. I suspect this would work especially well with the high/low tail cap to provide a low output, long runtime lighting option that preserves dark adjusted vision.

Check out the new lens option at Elzetta.com.

Ben’s Backwoods Bandanet Survival Bandana

By Matt on March 7, 2014 in EDC, Preparedness, Survival, Tactical Gear

There are a lot of “survival” bandanas on the market. Most of them are basically just a bandana with questionable survival information printed on them. The Bandanet Survival Bandana from Ben’s Backwoods actually has a few useful tricks up its sleeve.

On one side, it looks like a normal good quality cotton bandana. When you turn it over you see a piece of bug netting sewn into the bandana. The net is attached in such a way that turning it inside out turns the Bandanet into a wearable bug net.

The Bandanet can still be used is all the same ways you might use a bandana like as a towel, a head covering, a pre-filter for water, etc. The net also makes it useful as a sack that can be useful for gathering tinder or edibles.

I always carry a bandana anyway so something like this, that serves multiple purposes, could easily find a home in my kit. Check out the Ben’s Backwoods Bandanet Survival Bandana.

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