My Survival Pack (M.S.P)

I'm the type of person that likes to be prepard for just about anything so I created a survival pack with one thing in mind, It's better to have it and not need it then not have it and need it.  I wanted the basic survival Tool Plus other things  I thought would be use-full. Also it's starting to get colder in Minnesota where I live so I have added some good cold weather gear too.

Step 1: Main Container

Main container is a lager metal coffee container. It Serves as the survival can plus water purifacation ( boiling ), cooking food, water storage. There is 100ft of orange paracord, 50ft black paracord wrapped around the coffee can. you can never have to much rope!

Comments

[aisforaction]

Excellent kit! It gave me a lot of good ideas to beef up my own. I know I'm a little late on this one, but I would also recommend adding a small mirror for signaling.

[417561]

I like it but you don't have any first aid or sewing gear but aside from that its a pretty awesome kit

[pTEARgriffin]

Thanks for the comment. I do have a small sewing kit. And a few first aid supplies would like a more comprehensive first aid kit. I also added some water purification tablets and a mre to the pack.

[BLUEBLOBS2]

You could just use some sticky notes or something like that as a replacement for the pad of paper.
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[BLUEBLOBS2]

What did youy use to spool the duct tape onto? Did you buy it? If you did, where did you buy it?
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[BLUEBLOBS2]

Where did you get those glow sticks?
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[pTEARgriffin]

I bought them at mills fleet farm.

[BLUEBLOBS2]

On steps 2 and 3, I would use masking tape and a Sharpie to label the Altoids tins so you can tell which one is which.
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[BLUEBLOBS2]

What about travel-sized deodorant (even though you might not need deodorant in the wild)?
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[iamde123]

you could ad an axe

[The survival dude]

YES! GERBER! FINELY!

[The survival dude]

Leathermans SUCK! GERBER ROCKS!!! ARMY CARRIES GERBER NOT Leather man

[nekoheehee]

I would recommend instead of the glow sticks, a Life+Gear LED glowstick/flashlight. It's got a couple hundred hours of light as both a glowstick and a flashlight. The glowstick also have a mode that blinks at a slow pulse. I've found that the glowstick portion can be unscrewed and used as a storage compartment for matches, paracord or a number of other little things. The seal is even slightly water tight with a rubber O ring. And lastly, the end of the glowstick comes off to expose a basic whistle.
They're like $5 at home depot and come in several different colors.

[The survival dude]

I think they sell them at Staples for $2-$3 (not sure but i THINK).

[qwerty2008]

I had this same 5 in 1 survival whistle and the flint fell of when I opened the package.

[The survival dude]

Damn Chinese! Never trust Chinese-made items.

[birdbrain5381]

Just a thought: no need to add a tripwire. You can take a few strands of the inner core of the paracord. It's light and thin, plus your paracord serves double-purpose.

[Aaronius]

great screen name.
Nice assortment to you kit. Remembering the TP is Vital!!!!

[voyageur10]

Just use a pine cone.

[pTEARgriffin]

Thanks for the comment.

[KittyF]

I'd add benedryl or other allergy med, great for allergic reaction to Whatever you may run into, even helps with ivy or bee sting as long as the reaction isn't life threatening.

[bamibert]

I think you can loose the big fishing hook, you are not going to be fishing for whale. I really like that yoyo fishing rod, take two instead of the big hook

[Robot Lover]

Great kit! The only thing is I think that you most likely would not need a hook that size because that is mostly used for shark-fishing. Otherwise good ible!

[pTEARgriffin]

I had it on hand bought awhile back for cat fishing never caught anything on one before. but it could be useful for other thing other than fish idk what. but it fit so I added it. thanks for the comment.

[eharris8]

Immodium will make you sicker for longer by keeping the bacteria inside of you. It's good for emergency train/car rides but otherwise avoid it if possible.

[punkhead58]

I think a survival situation with minimal drinking water available would classify as an emergency. The water/food bourne pathogens might take days or even weeks to kill you; dehydration can get you in 2-3 days (depending on weather).

[Robot Lover]

Now that I think about it, it could be used for other things like hanging a tanned skin or dead animal.

[maxbgoldsmith]

Add Imodium. Nothing worse then diarrhea out in the field...

[pTEARgriffin]

Thats A great addition will have to get some in the pack. can I find it at A pharmacy? Thanks for the comment.

[greybunny]

Why do you specify sugar-free gum? If anything you need extra sugar in an emergency. I would add things with more sugar, and carbs because a few tuna packs won't last very long. You could add things like koolaid packs, sweetened instant coffee, and for the med kit asprin (not excedrine or whatever) because it does way more than settles a headache. There's not enough balance. You have a whole bunch of trash bags, rain ponchos, ect but no food, water or instant water purification, I guess you're assuming to collect the water in the can unless you have super heavy duty bags. That being said, kudos on carrying tin foil.

[higginbo]

one advantage of Sugar Free gum is that if you break a tooth you can pack gum into/onto the part still attached to your mouth to protect it till you can get professional help. Sugared gum can hurt your tooth, so Sugar free is better for that purpose. Wax also works well. Just a cool first aid thing I've picked up along the way:)

Also, unless I'm mistaken Excedrin contains both aspirin and acetaminophen, so presumable it would help with heart attacks and other things where the blood thinning properties of aspirin would be desirable.

Nice work on the 'ible pTEARgriffin by the way.

[pTEARgriffin]

Thanks for the Comment. I like the use of the sugar free gum, never would of thought of that.

[pTEARgriffin]

I had the sugar free gum on hand so I used That. instant coffee packets and those instant koolaid, lemonade packs would be A great addition to the pack. I do want to add water purification tables but You still have to find water. waters heavy so I didn't add any to the pack, Its kept in my car where I normally have a few full water bottles. Thanks For The Comment.

[robosnitz]

Instead of a coffee can, pick up a clean, unused paint can.They usually have them in hardware stores as well as paint stores. They come with a handle and a metal top. Punch a small hole in the middle of the top and add an eye screw with a washer and nut and you have a handle for the top. There's a coating on the inside, but as long as there's liquid inside the container, it causes no problems. Paint the outside of the can, heat treated barbeque black spray paint.I've boiled LOTs of water for purification and it works like a charm. It also retains a lot of heat.The metal top won't degrade as the usual plastic coffee can lids do. And they usually don't cost more than a few dollars.

[UnifyNoob]

Good idea!

[MacTGR50]

Awesome kit!

You may want to pack an extra pair of socks if possible, also fingernail clippers are nice to have for nails and fishing line...

It is a good idea to have sun screen and a folding brimmed hat made of synthetic material. Also pack an extra pair of sunglasses and prescription glasses if needed. Keep your old lenses or old frames so that at least you have something if you lose your good pair.

A .357 Mag is a great weapon to have...pack some pest shot for an easy kill of many small rodents and snakes. You can also use .38 shells in addition to the .357, which makes it a great option for taking down bigger game as well as using very common shells.

[dcarter5]

so how much would this all coast (includeing legg strapand kniffe case with shaperner)
and thats was amazing im going 2 make one and i might share with my boy scout troop :P
rate 5mill stars

[pTEARgriffin]

I don't know the exact cost of everything, A lot of the stuff I had on hand.
The gerber LMF || knife on cabelas.com goes for $99.99 I got mine on amazon for under $70 (leg strap, case and sharpener included)
The Leather-man WAVE goes for around $55.00
gum $.99
6hr glow lights $.79
12hr glow lights $.99
candles $2.79
ponchos $1.99 each
emergency blankets $1.99 each
Magnesium fire starter $3.99
Flint starter $4.99
5 in 1 survival aid $1.99
Food pouches $1-2 each
Para cord bought 2-1000FT rolls for $50 each
The rest of the stuff I had on hand, shop around to save some money.
Ask friends and relatives to save coffee cans and altiods tins to save on cost
I added A surefire LED flashlight to the back pack $80 dual light levels 15 lumens and 200 lumens last for days on low. Plus 12 batters $12 in waterproof case

With the light, leather-man and gerber knife there could be $200-$300 in the kit (not cheap) But like I said had most of it on hand. The rest of the stuff could be acquired for under $100

Hope that gives you an idea of the cost.

Thanks for the comment!

[WhatsUpYou]

I forgot to add the photo of the dosimeter. OOPS
While we're at it think about EMP!
Your metal coffee can is a pretty good faraday shield for transistor devices.
My pack is not a can, even though it has some small cans in it.
I use cans to make smokless wood gas stoves, etc.
My pack is not emp proof until I wrap it in a copper screen and solder all edges together.
I have mine in a screen bag RF sealed with copper insect screen.
It then is wrapped in two layers of aluminum foil and finally an outer copper screen same as the inner.
It then is packed in a protective light weigh canvis bag to protect the faraday screen and shoved into a back pack.

[WhatsUpYou]

Mine's pretty much the same. I've used the Altoids for lots of things. For fire starting I also have a couple of the strikers from old propane lighters. Just break them apart and take it it out. It will be a little gizmo about an inch or so long and about a 1/4 inch square are round plastic device. It is spring loaded and one end is a metal contact, the other is a piece of wire that tooke the spark to the end of the little propane lighter. When you press the two ends together it being spring loaded will eventually trip and a hammer strikes the pizo electric crystal inside and will create a little arc. It can be as much as a 1.4 inch in dry air. The arc is way above the ignition temp of something like gasolilne and air mix. As you have noticed they will ignite propane air mix and propane is a little more difficult to ignite than gasoline. I also keep bees so I have a lot of bees wax around. I melt it and dip matches in it, making them water proof. I like to dip the whole match in it to make sure if they get into water the wood doesnt soak up any water either. You did a nice photo job too. I have a couple of dosimeters in mine too. Never know when a terriorst will dirty bomb us. By the way. The old wives tale about not being able to survive a dirty bomb is just that! It's BS. This isn't the place for it so I'll not elaborate. I can tell you I will survive a bomb blast of any size that isn't closer than 5 miles. You can too if you know how.
Attached is an Ebay sale for ColdWar Dosimeters and charger.
You can make a charger much smaller than this brick.
Prices are also a little high here.
I have four dosimeters, a home made charger that charges them using 12Vdc where ever I can find it. I made mine from the inverter for a small laptop pc that provides high voltage for the florecent bulbs. I converted my laptop to LED back light so didn't need the hv anymore.
Have fun and stay alive to fight another day.

[tinker234]

may isugjest to go the army navy store and buy some rations

[punkhead58]

Very nice; I wouldn't mind being lost in the woods with this kit. It's more of a bushcraft pack.

[Blechmen]

Yea Leathermans rock. you have my vote oh and don't forget to check mine out.

[radiograf]

Can I suggest you keep any drugs in their blister pack, so as to be readly identifiable. Also it may be an idea to add a few vitamin tablets.

[rich_engr]

Along with a signal whistle, a green Laser pointer with extra batteries works great for signalling at night

[pTEARgriffin]

I have one Thought about putting it in the pack. There super cheap theses days, on EBAY you can find them for $5-$10 dollers with free shipping.

[dimtick]

few things that may be useful:
water purifier/ iodine tablets along with a water bottle
led flash light
small emergency radio . there are some small crank ones that can also charge a cell phone.
hatchet.

just my thougths
nice job

[MorNuN]

A really nice and complete survival pack.
Maybe it's useful to get copies of important documents (I don't know how to say it in english, but your home's and car's document, your and everyone-that-lives-with-you's identity document, a phonebook, etc)
I would like to add some things to the food step:

Instead of packed food, I'd use canned food. It can be stored generally for 4 years and after using it you'll have cans, which you can use to boil water or as cups. And not only "animal" food. Add some peas, beans, corn or whatever you could also eat.

I'd add some honey, as it's mainly fructose and glucose, it's rapidly absorbed by our body. And it never perishes. And, you can also make honey wine ^^

Finally, I'd add some nuts (chestnuts, almonds, etc). They can be conserved easily for a long time and have lots of proteins and carbohydrates

[pTEARgriffin]

Thanks for the comments.
I like your idea of the important documents A phonebook with some emergency contacts would be a great addition.

Canned food is A great idea. You get food and cups, but they do add A lot of weight to the pack, so I didn't add any yet.

Some nuts and protein bars Is something I should add, fast and convenient to eat on the go, and good for you.

[VetDoctor]

Hello friend
You may also need a [Snake bite kit] very usefull.