Altoid box Survival kit

[mlawson]

Does anyone have an example of a survival kit in an altoid box?

 

[diablero]

Here are a few links:

http://www.donrearic.com/survivalkit.html
http://lynx.dac.neu.edu/m/mbennett/minikit.html
http://www.survival.com/best.htm

I don't have any pics of mine. Shortly after putting it together I got hooked on Cinnimon Altiods and went through quite a few tins of them. While cleaning out my ride, I chucked my survival kit along with the empties Would have been a good idea to slap a ranger band or some 550 around it to differentiate it from the many "dead soldiers" LOL

diablero

 

[acv]

http://www.equipped.com/drperskit.htm

Do a search in the forums section of equipped and you will find lot's of kits.

Adam

 

[longbow50]

Here's mine. I added a small LED light and some paper to the kit after this photo was taken. Actually it's a penguin mints tin but it's the same size as an altoids tin. It lives in the pouch on my Becker's sheath as you can see in my avatar image. The folded plastic bag is a 1 gal. Ziplocked freezer bag to hold water. Couple of trick candles, an ink pen cartridge, fishing kit w/snare wire and paper clips, pain, upset stomach and anti-diarhea meds, minor first aid, fire (matches have wax coating on heads) small Vic SAK.

 

[robert33usa]

Several years ago I made a website dedicated to such kits. Here is the link if your interested:

http://www.angelfire.com/il3/bobsplace/Secondminikit.html

This is the page dealing with altoids kits, but the main page has other types of small kits as well.

 

[TOB9595]

nice, informative site robert33usa.
Thanks guys, I'm getting lots of good info here.
Tom

 

[Captn Ron]

I have replaced the striker on the scout fire starter with a P-38 to help cut down on weight.

 

[V Shrake]

An excellent "over the counter" survival tin is the Penrith Combat Survival Tin sold by Brigade Quartermasters. It's about 20 bucks and has a great selection of basic stuff, although it's a good idea to go through and remove/replace some of the stuff and use the space to add your own little touches.

Also, while the Penrith tin is larger than the Altoids, it will still fit in most pockets, and has 2 added advantages: #1, obviously, is that you can get more stuff in it; #2 is that the tin itself can be used to cook in, although in small amounts only; But a tiny pot is better than none, and this is, after all, a pocket kit for EDC use. To make cooking in the tin easier I drilled a small hole in each corenr of the tin, so that I could use snare wire to suspend the pot over a fire.