what does you think about this survival kit?

Burncycle,

If you are carrying a fixed blade knife in a sheathe with MOLLE attachment points, you may be able to roll up a gallon ziplok bag and slide it behind those loops.
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Here is my thread about my Rat Pack kit: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=465820

-- FLIX
 
Excellent idea flix , i have a rat 7 and i carry a SAK & firesteel in the pouch, i need to get me a compass like that , great idea man !
 
Hey Flix, after rereading your post I was wondering if you figured a way of sealing your food saver bag after treating water for carrying/storage?
 
Burncycle said:
Short answer, the ziplock portion of your average ziplock bag is too long and folding that is problematic.

Something like this would be good (This is probably less than a liter, but it shows an example of how a much larger container can fit into a smaller kit)



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Basically the width of the ziplock portion is tailored to fit into the container without having to fold it.

Liter sized would be ideal, so you could just pop a purification tablet in. Half liter sized would be acceptable though, you can split one tablet in two. The current gerber milk bags hold 6 oz, or .177 liters --- so needless to say it would be a PITA to split a tablet almost 6 ways.

For those who perfer altoids tins to SAS tins, I'm sure a half liter sized version could be created with it's ziplock width determined by the altoids tin length.
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I would be getting the intellectual rights on that idea nailed down. Add pleats and you have it.

As to tins, we really get hung up on the small tins. It's a great game to see how much you can get in a small space, but I've found it just too limiting. Water and boiling/cooking are the biggest problems. It is a good principle to have something that will fit in your pocket, but I haven't found any good answers. Like the one fellow who put the space blanket on the outside of the tin with ranger bands, you could add a one liter Platypus bladder the same way. There's no free lunch!

With any of these improvised water carrying systems, remember that you can weave up a net/basket with paracord to carry it. Those really interested in bushcraft could probably whip up something in grass or bark. A partially full gallon ziplock would be okay if staying put, but a challenge to keep closed if bushwacking.

These sorts of challenges are what drive the Nalgene-based PSK's. I got an idea for a thread....
 
Shotgun said:
Hey Flix, after rereading your post I was wondering if you figured a way of sealing your food saver bag after treating water for carrying/storage?
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Hi Chris,

I haven't done anything to try to seal this bag, but I guess I could make a couple of angled heat seams on the top to make the opening smaller, and possibly make a carry net out of paracord. (Of course, I'll have to ask Doc for guidance on that!)

-- FLIX
 
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