feedback and critique please...

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91xlt

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I would appreciate feedback and critique on this PSK, I put together…
It will be used in a smaller fanny pack for solo day hikes

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Otter Box 2000
25’ Orange Paracord
AMK Small Em Blanket
Reynolds Oven Bag
Hefty Qt Ziplock Bag
Bark River PSK w/ sheath and 10’ green mason line
Sharpener, pen type
Mini Bic w/ jute cord wrap
4-Fire Tinder
6-MP1 Tablets
14-Strike Anywhere Matches
Mini Button Compass
Repair Kit Stick, w/2 yds ea, elect tape, duct tape, 24ga Grn wire, and 20’ #69 OD thread
20’ Brass Snare Wire
Princeton Tek Photon Lt
AMK Mini Rescue Mirror
ACR Whistle
Ranger Ferro w/ Hacksaw Blade Striker
3-Baiting Needles
2-Alcohol Swabs
2-Antibiotic Ointment
3-Iodine Pads
50’ 8# Spider Wire
25’ 20# Line
Lg 11/0 Hook (Gaff)
3- 1 ½ Curly Artificial Baits
3-Fly Artificial Baits
6 ea Snells, #6, #8, #10
6 ea Sinkers, BB, #7, 3/0
6 ea #12 Swivels
3 ea 18” 30# Berkley Steel Leaders
 
Looks good! I'd add some medications maybe. I also recently sqeezed in an extra trash bag. Nothing thick or fancy, just a kitchen bag for extra shelter or enviro protection.

I'd also add some more water purification tabs, and maybe something else for boiling water. Ive been going back and forth between alum foil and a folded mini loaf pan.

Maybe switch out your bic for a peanut lighter?
 
I'm surprise not to see more feedback!

Have you had a chance to spend a night with it yet?
 
91xlt said:
3- 1 ½ Curly Artificial Baits
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These have a nasty habit of eating plastics -- I'd be concerned about them interacting with other components in ways that could result in an unpleasant surprise when you need the kit.

Substitute marabou crappie jigs in their place.
 
Nice kit. Suggest you add an antihistamine like benadryl for stings, bites, etc. Also an anti-diharreal.

For my kits, I think about what is going to make me most comfortable to spend the night out. Nothing wrong at all with the emergency blanket, I like the AMK small bivvy.
 
Wow, that is a well thought out kit.

Aside from what others have sugested that looks great.
And good idea on using cloth twine on the light, there is nothing worse then trying to get zip ties off.:D
 
Nice kit - how about water purification tablets, hard candy, soup bullion or maybe those powdered soup packets in ramen packages? Might as well add in something that can be consumed in an emergency, or the first night of an emergency...
 
Zaner has a good suggestion. If you ever accidentally stored a crankbait w/ a worm/jig/grub next to it you will understand what he is saying. Makes a big mess. Otherwise I think your kit is quite nice and well thoughtout. Good job.

Just a thought. If those otterboxes are "worm proof" then you are GTG. Otherwise above appllies.
 
Nice kit. I would go for smaller fishing gear unless you are after saltwater species.

Something I did to save space was to put my AM space blanket in a Seal A Meal bag and vacuumed the air out-- it is about half the thickness when packed that way and better protected in the thicker freezer bag material.
 
Yes, Zaner01 is right. Those Curly Baits will eat plastic and leave you with a sticky goo of a mess. I am with you though, those little baits work great and I am keeping them, but I am taking Zaner's advice and getting some of those crappie jigs to see how well they work for me.

Here is how I keep them. If you vacuum seal them or just seal them without the vacuum in the bag, they hold up very well in those vacuum sealable bags. The bag and baits seem to have no reaction to each other at all. I have some that have been in those bags since 2004 and they are both, bag and bait, in PERFECT shape. No stickiness at all, and actually slide around in the bag like it was filled with oil or grease. I thought I had them very dry when I sealed them, but over the years, you can see the juices that have leaked out of the baits again. At least the juices stay in the bag and not all over other items.

I have never vacuum sealed one of those AM Heat Sheets, but I have with a couple different space blankets. After a few years, the blankets were all shot and stuck together. Just something to think about.

One thing I would add is some bug juice. Nothing is worse than spending the night outside, and getting eaten up by bugs. I always have an MRE Tabasco bottle filled with bug juice or in a little bigger kit, I use an empty water purification tablet bottle filled with bug juice. It just makes an unexpect night outside easier. Also, dip the caps on either the Tabasco bottle or water purification bottle in wax to keep it sealed until needed.
 
Great kit and very well thought out!

You don't have any type of survival guide in there. If you could fit it get the 1-2 Person AMK Heatsheet blanket as it provides more shelter, more visibility and has survival instructions printed directly on it.

If the larger blanket won't fit consider downloading Doug Ritter's PSP survival instructions and printing them directly onto Rite in the Rain paper. I got the instructions from the Adventure Medical Kits website a while back and should still be there.

1 Big Bunker has good advice on bug juice. I don't include this in my PSK, but it can be a sanity saver and a life saver, depending on where you live and any diseases the bugs in your AO carry. I put bug juice in small eye drop bottles. Walmart sells Artificial Tears for $1.00 and it has less chemicals than most to wash out. I put bug juice in one and Dr. Bronner's castille soap in another and these go in each of my BOBs and in my backpacks. Small and light.
 
very well done any critique i would say is going to come from you useing it looks like you got it covered. well you might add a small clorine tablet for water purifacation but looks great.
 
ok, lets see if i can answer some of these...
the mp1 tablets are water purifications...
i will need to re-package the curlys, thanks for the heads up!
i will also try and squeeze a few more med tablets in there...
i have jute cord wrapped around the lighter, not a tie wrap, i am oppossed to that also, and for those who may not have tried, they can be tough to get off, beware of this. also, the jute cord is an excellent tinder/firestarter, seperate the threads and spark'em up...
i agree with most of the suggestions also, just for this kit, do not see me able to squeeze much more into it...i will use a more extensive kit for longer or extended trips/outings

some real nice suggestions!
 
I think it looks like a good kit. I second the peanut lighter suggestion-I'm going to order some asap.
 
for bug juice I have the kiddie wipes. granted its nothing compared to ben's 100, but a Health Canada study showed no improvement in longevity on skin past 14% deet, and even by 7% the plateau had started. so, slap it on every 4 hours or so. I prefer B12 during the summer, keeps the skin nice and sour for the skeeters. besides I get enough chemicals in my skin anyway, don't need more if it won't help.
 
Good kit if for no other reason, it is small.
Big kits do not get grabbed as you run out the door or leave the truck in a hurry.
I can go a long way working from my fanny pack but my BOB is of course more comprehensive.

A small scissor like the Gerber fly tier scissor would be nice.

I'm working on a modification to a Stanley Wonder bar that will allow prying, digging and some batoning or bark removal. I located a company that makes them out of stainless.

Pete
 
looks great to me :thumbup: i, personally, would toss the matches and try to squeeze in a pocket chainsaw (not the handles or the tin case, just the saw).
 
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