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UPDATE: I don't know how else to say this but this is probably the most important of all the steps. I'm sorry there is no flashy images, no fancy graphics, no videos, nothing exciting; but real survival real real survival is knowledge. Knowledge and that can come in all forms you can make all the "Survival Kits" you want but without the knowledge on what to do with it your dead. One great way of knowing if you can survive in a situation is to know how to use your surrounding. I'm not going to try and tell you how to survive cause I don't know what your situation is. If you want some information on how to survive in various places read this guide/pdf.
Army's Survival Manual. it's very lengthy but it includes a $#!!-load of information.
http://www.ar15.com/content/manuals/FM21-76_SurvivalManual.pdf
UPDATE: I don't know how else to say this but this is probably the most important of all the steps. I'm sorry there is no flashy images, no fancy graphics, no videos, nothing exciting; but real survival real real survival is knowledge. Knowledge and that can come in all forms you can make all the "Survival Kits" you want but without the knowledge on what to do with it your dead. One great way of knowing if you can survive in a situation is to know how to use your surrounding. I'm not going to try and tell you how to survive cause I don't know what your situation is. If you want some information on how to survive in various places read this guide/pdf.
Army's Survival Manual. it's very lengthy but it includes a $#!!-load of information.
http://www.ar15.com/content/manuals/FM21-76_SurvivalManual.pdf
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I can't seem to find them anywhere!
I can't really think of any case when one of these would be required to survival...
Ok, maybe the gum can be used as a makeshift adhesive. But for that purpose I'd rather use fishing line or a thin wire.
If you have a spoon, then you can use that for mixing anything.
a teabag has several uses and not just for making tea; a water filter to filter from unknown source, the string can tie stuff together, and the paper on the end can be a trail marker. The gum can also be used as a fishing bobber, adhesive, or sound distraction. The beef flavor can be used as an emergency source of protein and the package can also be used to collect tiny amounts of water from leaves.
One thing I did add to my kit is an emergency contact list just encase, which is a list of various emergency numbers like AAA, 911, and family&friends numbers.
No question is stupid, i'm sorry if I made you feel that way. It had been a long week, and I was just exetremly tired.
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nice instructable!
Also, the beef flavor would hardly provide any protein, but I include something similar (a beef bouillon cube) and also tea for a couple of different reasons: if you're cold and fighting hypothermia you can drink hot tea or broth but hot water would just make most people puke (body's natural reaction); and it can be a psychological boost to have a comforting hot drink to keep fighting for survival (remember you need to keep the survival mindset and the willingness to stay alive in harsh and lonely conditions).
Even though some army survival guide uses condoms for water storage, they've actually been proven to be very bad for that. Not only are they easy to break, they also don't hold much water. Latex also tends to stick together after it's been wet once. A clear plastic bag works much better and can also be used as a solar still to collect water if you wrap it and close it tightly around a tree branch with leaves in the sun. Water from the leaves will condensate on the plastic bag. Dual purpose, yeah! :)
As for the beef flavoring for protein I don't know what to say about that, in that I'm not a food expert, but it does have a lot of salt and it fits nicely into an Altoids tin but so does a couple of beef bullion cubes so your choice. don't know what to say about the tea.
condoms for water storage... yeah latex is bad, especially if your allergic to it. They do have a condoms that aren't latex and aren't non-lubricated. A plastic sandwich bag would work too and both fit nicely in an Altoids tin.
These two kits in are what I started out with, I change items around to how I use certain items, update items that need updating, change things around so nothing is completely the same. For example I took the shoestring out and replaced it with fishing line. I had to replace the gum and tea in Altoids tin because it got wet (NOTE: Altoids Tins are not water-proof, if going for a swim and your Altoids Tin is in your back-pocket make sure it's in that condom/plastic baggie before you go swimming)
Actually I update my kits frequently as I use various stuff in them throughout the years, so some things remain the same and some things change, but the following kits is just one example of kits. If your kit looks differently it's probably because you felt you didn't need what MINE needed or didn't need. Either way, I just hope the following helps someone, doesn't matter who just hopes it helps someone.