I was thinking of purchasing an atwood bug out bar to suppliment my EDC, but I am not sure how good of a pry bar it will be. Would it help me escape from an office building or a car? It is only six inches long, so I think that I won't be able to gain much leverage. I cant see it being able to open a heavy fire escape door or a car door.
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What have you pryed with your Atwood Bug Out Bar?
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Hi NitricO-
If you're trapped in a car, don't play around with a prybar. Smash the windows and crawl out of the wreckage. In the office scenario, if your building is in smoldering ruins with the exits jammed shut, the last thing you'll need is a prybar. You'll just be lucky if you escaped with your life.
These great prybars will likely have many more utilitarian uses than emergency ones. You don't need to justify to yourself why you should or shouldn't buy one.
~ Blue Jays ~
If you're trapped in a car, don't play around with a prybar. Smash the windows and crawl out of the wreckage. In the office scenario, if your building is in smoldering ruins with the exits jammed shut, the last thing you'll need is a prybar. You'll just be lucky if you escaped with your life.
These great prybars will likely have many more utilitarian uses than emergency ones. You don't need to justify to yourself why you should or shouldn't buy one.
~ Blue Jays ~
In an office building, I'm looking for a large fire extinguisher. That will pound pretty darn hard against a door or window frame. Of course, smashing a window and leaving is a good option if it comes to that.
Cars, well if I'm conscious, I'm attacking the windows. Glass punches are cheap.
The bug out bars are great for opening crates of ammo and other similar items. I think of them as a utilitarian tool, not an emergency item.
Cars, well if I'm conscious, I'm attacking the windows. Glass punches are cheap.
The bug out bars are great for opening crates of ammo and other similar items. I think of them as a utilitarian tool, not an emergency item.
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Get a tempered steel mini pry bar from your local hardware store for under $10. In fact get several. Very useful around the house. Put one in your bug-out bag if you want to. For what you pay for an Atwood you can get a handful of these handy little things and have 'em where your need 'em when you need 'em.
They should be with the rest of the pry bars. Or try www.grainger.comcardimon said: