Introduction: Urban Traveler Survival Tin

About: I'm a Tinker, I love to upcycle and reuse stuff to make them usable. I believe in practical thinking and that there's always a better and easier way of doing stuff. Exsior!

I've been looking for an instructable for a Travelers Kit, all I found were instructables on "Wilderness Survival Tins". Well not all of us goes to the wilderness like me, I travel a lot for business. So I put together an "Urban Traveler Survival Tin" of some of the most common stuff that I might use when I'm out of town, small stuff that are really simple but when you are faced with a situation that you kinda need something and you don't have that small "thing" it's reall irritating. So I put together my first instructable.

Hope it helps fellow urban travelers out there.

My Urban Traveler's Survival Tin is basically
1. the Swiss+Tech Tin came with my Utilikey
2. T1 Business Card by Tool Logic
3. A Paracord Bracelet, made from 9 feet 550 Paracord
4. A Paracord Keychain made from 3 feet 550 Paracord
5. A waterproof Solitaire Flashlight by Maglight
6. A 8-in-1 Utilikey by Swiss-Tech
7. A pair of Nail Clippers

Step 1: Inside the Tin

Inside the Swiss+Tech Tin (I just removed the foam inside) are the following:
1. Paracetamol for fevers
2. Ibuprofen for pain relief
3. Amoxicillin for pain relief
4. Carbocisteine for cough (I already used them)

I cut the foil really close to the capsule to save space

5. Bandage Strips (used to be 5 of them)
6. Bottle of Betadine (Iodine for wounds)
7. Zipties (great for locking you luggage in airports, instead of using padlocks)
8. Large Safety Pins (great for repairing large tears in jeans or bags)
9. Cuetips (I heat-sealed them in plastic to keep them clean)
10. Loose cotton (also heat-sealed in plastic)
11. A small sewing kit I swiped from one of the hotels I stayed in
12. Microporous Tape
13. 2 x 2 Gauze Bandages (not here, used them for a buddy who tore his arm in the airport)

I taped two razor blades for precision cutting, on the inside of the cover tin

I also added a small Silica Gel packet to keep moisture out (you can get them from old medicine bottles or sometimes inside new shoes that you buy)

Step 2: The Paracord Bracelet and Keychain

The Paracord Bracelet and the Key Chain (you can find a lot on instructables on making your own so I'll not go into that) means that I can carry about 13 feet of paracord everywhere I go, great if one of the boxes I have in the airport breaks open, I can tie it up using the cord (this actually happened to me once, after I got home, I just retied the bracelet)

The Utilikey is great when you're out for beers, my eyeglasses pop loose, you need to pry open something.

The Solitaire is great when there are blackouts in the hotel (happened to me once or twice already)

The Nail Clippers are there for obvious reasons, hangnails, forgot to cut your nails, need to nip something, etc...

Step 3: The T1 Business Card

This is a great tool from Tool Logic, I actually keep it in my wallet (which is what it was designed for), in an instant I can whip out:

1. Precision Philips Screwdriver
2. Precision Flathead Screwdriver
3. Tweezers
4. Toothpick
5. Sewing Needle
6. Ballpoint Pen (refillable)
7. Nail File and cuticle tool
8. Small Razor Knife
9. Small Scissors
10. There's also a cm and inch ruler on both sides