Canteen mounted kit.

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I was thinking of how Bear Grylls has a canteen strapped to him and I was looking at my Maxpedition backpack at the same time and wondered...what if I melded the two? I'm thinking of having a water bottle carrier made that has a shoulder strap and a few pockets for essential survial gear made out of heavy duty nylon. I've read a lot of the knife mounter PSK threads and thought a water based kit seems more appropriate. I mean most of us have a knife on their person all the time and it just makes sense (to me at least) to have survival gear in your water gear. The idea is to use a Klean Kanteen as to take away the weight and the hassle of having to carry both a bottle and a device to boil. And for a quick grab, have a fixed blade attached to the strap that you can take off and put on your belt, teklok comes to mind. This would be a day hike, popular trail type gear and was wondering what kind of input you guys could give me as to types/volumes of gear you'd want. I'm still a noob and was just wondering the amount of gear more knowledgable guys would take on a minimalist day hike that would be light enough not to be a pain in the ass to carry over a shoulder. Thanks and although I'm jazzed about this, it might take awhile to get an end result. I'm no seamstress.:o

Of course if you think this is a dumb idea you can tell me that too. I'm okay with critique. :)
 
couldnt hurt to have a separate water container, but for dayhikes why not just carry a hydration pack? camelbak, blackhawk. maxpedition also makes packs that are compatable.
 
I think its a good Idea A canteen or water bottle is all some people carry on a short hike, it would also be handy if someone went to go for water and got lost or caught away from camp.

I think a GI 1 qt would be good start their are canteen cases made with outer pouches that have potential I believe one of the maxpedition shoulder pouches was designed as a canteen pouch.

As for contents Just like any other kit, Cover the basics. Fire, Shelter, Signal, Water Food, firstaid etc


Try this: GI 1 qt Cup+ Stove
1 magnezium bar + tinder of your choice
10 feet 550 chord
water purification Tabs (this is a Canteen Kit)
1 lawn/ leaf bag
1 Fox 40 wistle
4 saftey pins (assorted sizes)
3 fishing hooks (can include line or use 550 chord threads)
1 needle
4 weights
1 SAK (if you dont already hav one in your pocket)


This is a start Depending upon the size of your kit you can add or subtract as needed.
 
I'd go with a water bottle-based kit, particularly a Nalgene with a MOLLE cover. Using that, you can attack a plethora or other pockets, mount it on a leg holster, add a shoulder strap, etc, and it wouldn't be too bulky. Though, I would prefer to mount it on the back of my belt, so that it stays out of the way of my side and isn't sloshing around one side throwing off my balance.
 
I´m with Rescue Mike on this one. I always have my BK-7/PSK on my belt with a US Army canteen, cup, stove sleeve and Potable Aqua and a mini-bic in the little pouch. Part of my PSK is a five liter `gasoline trasport bag` that rolls up real small but holds five liters of water. This is my baseline of survival equipment, strapped to my body at all times with a standard issue pistol belt. Mac
 
Gentlemen :) ,

I am a big fan of the USGI canteen with cup and stove nested together in the cover. The cover can be used as a cosy around the cup after water, etc, has been heated.

An insulated cover for the cup can be cut out of a foil backed windshield sun blocker.

The same shape canteen and cup dates back to WWI and is still in use. Originally, cups were made of aluminum. Sometime after WWII the cups became stainless steel.

Aftermarket cups made of aluminum are available and weigh less than steel.

http://www.campingsurvival.com/gstalcacup.html

Steve
 
I typically use a fannypack with two with t side compartments that hold 2 nalgenes (thisway I can carry my son on my back, He's still little) for a day hike to really break it down to the minimum you got to think of your most impending needs should some thing o wrong the survival chain of command seems to go fire shelter water food....so #1 would be some sort of small fire kit a standard BSA firestarter coupled with a bic lighter and some petroleum jelly saturated cotton balls in some type of small water proof container works well. Next shelter Some folks carry a garbage bag for use as a tarp, I usually carry a small tarp but on day hikes I carry 2 really small mylar emergency blankets I got them for 1.99 each at sports authority and they are really small each is about the size of a deck of cards. this gives me shelter and a little bit of groundcover if i need to unexpectedly spend the night. A stainless water bottle or perhaps a metal cup would be a good addition so you could boil water if your carried supply should dwindle.. that leads us to food (not as high a priority if it's just a night but a couple of energy bars and some bullion cubes are portable and go along way. other misc equip. would be a small yet comprehensive first aid kit. a small fixed blade knife, a sak or leatherman (with a saw) and maybe a flashlight and definitely some cordage...I sometimes forget to add this when I'm writing since it's wrapped arouns every thing I own buy cordage is always useful This may sem like alot but it's really not typically I carry my multitool and a flashlight on my belt in a dual holster form unclemikes...a fixed blade can be attatched t the strap the first aid kit can be attatche to the canteen w/small bungee cords or ranger bands a small mil surplus Mag pouches can be atatched to the straps to hold the energy bars mylar blankets and cordage, I usually like to carry my fire stuff on a dogtag chain around my neck so if things go really bad I'll still have fire I'm open to suggestions as well....Hope this helps
 
Rescue Mike said:
WHy not a CANTEEN, and a KNIFE and a small PSK??
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Yeah, the canteen belongs on the belt, so it's always with me. My belt also has my fixed blade and PSK.

Placing the gear into a Nalgene type of water bottle is fine, till you need water. The Nalgene should be full of water to begin with. I think that adding a kit pouch to the Nalgene belt carry cover, would be the thing to do.
 
I think you could easily sew the pouch of your choice onto the canteen cover of your choice and go nuts. But if the pouch is very big, the whole thing is gonna be pretty bulky on your belt.
 
Maxpedition fatboy with 2 qt flexible canteen in the main pouch. This is what I gave my son for his B-Day and it holds ALL of his survival gear.
 
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