I looked at one of these some six-eight years ago. I was curious as to anyones experience/comments/experience with them. I thought the bottom to be small to use as a cooking vessel. The contents could be replaced with what worked better for me. What are your thoughts?
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bcb survival kits?
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I have had several "Survival Kits" in tin form over the years. Quite a few years ago, Emerson Knives offered one from Katz. I have had them from Katz, BCB and Penrith. Penrith is the only one truly worth the money in my opinion.
My review on the Penrith Survival Kit.
They are all basic kits that you can add and subtract items from...
My review on the Penrith Survival Kit.
They are all basic kits that you can add and subtract items from...
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BCB Military Survival Tin
Features:
1] Water resistant tin
Yippie.
2] Vinyl tape
Grab a bit of duct tape you've got lying around
3] Button compass
In abundance separately from really tiny super quality ones to the generic also ran plastic button jobs.
4] Knife
Of a quality you wouldn't give ya mate. Stick a SAK in there.
5] Matches
L00K cheap filler. Grab some lifeboat matches from your packet, or Swan Vesta, and stick in a mini lighter.
6] Pencil
Scavenge from the spine of a teen girl's diary.
7] Purification tablets
Snag a few from your Lifesystems packet or whatever.
8] Snare wire
Strip wire from electrical flex, it works.
9] Candle
Tea lights are £1 for 100 here in a pound shop
10] Flint & striker
Nothing to write home about. It works but I think it comes under the category of 'my first'. Shit man, I see accounts of folks here that can't get anything other than optimal tinder lit with a posh one so
11] Hacksaw blade
Who doesn't have broken hacksaw blades
12] Fishing kit
Dunno what's in that. Is it better than the one people send their kids out to catch crabs with.
13] Whistle
Generic lifejacket thing. Fox amongst other slaughter those.
14] Sewing kit
Pence from my regular domestic sewing stash. I'm sure that can be improved too.
15] Safety pins
Doesn't everyone have a stash of these despite never actually recalling buying any specifically.
16] Wire saw (finger looped)
Never tried one I liked. Gave up.
17] Survival instructions
Don't panic Mr Mainwaring
18] Accident evaluation form
Seriously, FOAD with ya pretentious crap.
19] Signal mirror
Hooray, like you didn't have one anyway. Is it any good, there are quite a few on the market. It might be.
20] Tin hanging handle
That spool of wire you bought for moulding your own beach-casting grip leads could make a huge pile of these.
21] Tinder
A PJ ball is so cheap its almost free. Top it up with other virtually free stuff; rubber band, pinch of woolly wire.
22] Water bags
Are they as good as the flat bottomed ones that can be got from Mothercare.
23] Single edged razors
Chuck a couple of Stanley blades in.
24] Adhesive plasters
Or use a little roll of something good.
In sum, I suppose it's ok in a bargain bucket kind of way if you are a townie that doesn't do anything practical. Personally I think most people could just scavenge through stuff they already own and match that let alone exceed it.
Then there's the container itself. If I wanted to build an RAF mini mess tin type kit I'd use something like this or this as a base platform.
Features:
1] Water resistant tin
Yippie.
2] Vinyl tape
Grab a bit of duct tape you've got lying around
3] Button compass
In abundance separately from really tiny super quality ones to the generic also ran plastic button jobs.
4] Knife
Of a quality you wouldn't give ya mate. Stick a SAK in there.
5] Matches
L00K cheap filler. Grab some lifeboat matches from your packet, or Swan Vesta, and stick in a mini lighter.
6] Pencil
Scavenge from the spine of a teen girl's diary.
7] Purification tablets
Snag a few from your Lifesystems packet or whatever.
8] Snare wire
Strip wire from electrical flex, it works.
9] Candle
Tea lights are £1 for 100 here in a pound shop
10] Flint & striker
Nothing to write home about. It works but I think it comes under the category of 'my first'. Shit man, I see accounts of folks here that can't get anything other than optimal tinder lit with a posh one so
11] Hacksaw blade
Who doesn't have broken hacksaw blades
12] Fishing kit
Dunno what's in that. Is it better than the one people send their kids out to catch crabs with.
13] Whistle
Generic lifejacket thing. Fox amongst other slaughter those.
14] Sewing kit
Pence from my regular domestic sewing stash. I'm sure that can be improved too.
15] Safety pins
Doesn't everyone have a stash of these despite never actually recalling buying any specifically.
16] Wire saw (finger looped)
Never tried one I liked. Gave up.
17] Survival instructions
Don't panic Mr Mainwaring
18] Accident evaluation form
Seriously, FOAD with ya pretentious crap.
19] Signal mirror
Hooray, like you didn't have one anyway. Is it any good, there are quite a few on the market. It might be.
20] Tin hanging handle
That spool of wire you bought for moulding your own beach-casting grip leads could make a huge pile of these.
21] Tinder
A PJ ball is so cheap its almost free. Top it up with other virtually free stuff; rubber band, pinch of woolly wire.
22] Water bags
Are they as good as the flat bottomed ones that can be got from Mothercare.
23] Single edged razors
Chuck a couple of Stanley blades in.
24] Adhesive plasters
Or use a little roll of something good.
In sum, I suppose it's ok in a bargain bucket kind of way if you are a townie that doesn't do anything practical. Personally I think most people could just scavenge through stuff they already own and match that let alone exceed it.
Then there's the container itself. If I wanted to build an RAF mini mess tin type kit I'd use something like this or this as a base platform.
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I have the BCB Osprey canteen, plastic cup, metal "mess" cup, cooker, plastic lid and camo pack combo. It is exactly the same thing that they issue to UK (all NATO?) troops - it is excellent quality but all a bit basic and low-tech nevertheless. This is real trooper stuff!
When I am going backpacking I take my titanium cookware and my Nalgene bottle - much lighter to carry and easier to use!
When I am going backpacking I take my titanium cookware and my Nalgene bottle - much lighter to carry and easier to use!
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That's why I like the Penrith. It's not a BCB. 