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DIY Compact Survival Kit

Step 12Poncho/Space Blanket

Poncho/Space Blanket
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Ponchos and space blankets can be very good for keeping you dry, and making shelters. Ponchos can be bigger and add volume to your kit, but they are usually stronger, thus a better material to make a shelter out of. Space blankets are more compact, and can keep heat in better, but can tear very easily. I went with a poncho because a space blanket is useless if it tears in half.

Remember to take one of these two, or possibly both if you really want to play it safe, because they both vital pieces of your kit.
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5 comments
Nov 12, 2008. 5:44 PMSilverknife says:
If the space blanket rips, isn't that what the duct tape is for?
Feb 11, 2009. 11:07 PMHeRrMK says:
Why not have a poncho made from the same material as a space blanket, just thicker?
Mar 23, 2011. 2:54 AMmaximus276 says:
why not exactly have both with a good bonding agent I am too lazy but you could do it and it would be water-proof, warm and it wouldn't smell bad from you wearing it!
Mar 5, 2009. 6:01 PMGibson_SG_95 says:
you should invent that! i would but that would be mean, and im too lazy lol
Mar 23, 2011. 4:56 AMHeRrMK says:
I have invented a thermal poncho made from a laminate of LLDPE and MPET which is that same material as a space blanket. It is 3x thicker and does the same job as a plastic poncho and a space blanket combined. It is designed to assist in combating hypothemia and keeping you dry at the same time!
Jul 24, 2009. 9:45 PMDixieGeek says:
I carry the el cheapo $0.88 cent polyethylene ponchos from Wal-Mart AND a space blanket.

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