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As promised, part two of reviewing and
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unboxing a brand new survival kit that
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is probably one of the most expensive
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ones I've ever seen, but it's also
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probably one of the most complete ones.
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Let's take a look at part two today.
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[Music]
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All right. So, if you guys uh tuned in
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to part one, which was actually the
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video dropped yesterday. I went through
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this survival kit and I only got partly,
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you know, partway through it. So, I
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thought what I would do is I'd do a part
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two video and do the remaining items
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that I didn't show in that video. Um, so
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if you haven't seen it, you're just kind
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of stumbling upon this video, go back.
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There'll be a link somewhere and you can
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go back and look at uh part one and that
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really goes in depth on the pack itself.
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This is from Grail. This is the Mission
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4.5 L uh hip pack. U but also it
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includes a lot of the interior items
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that come with this survival kit. And
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then today's video we're going to be
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looking at the extra items that I didn't
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get to. But what you need to know about
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this before we get into it is that this
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is from a company called Stay Ready
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Outdoors. Stay Ready is a company that I
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have been working with for the past uh
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year or so. I've reviewed two of their
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other pre-made survival kits and just a
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brief uh introduction to that company.
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Um it is um owned by a gentleman who uh
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used to work in law enforcement. Um I've
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gotten to know him quite a bit. His name
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is Charles. He's he's a really great guy
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and he um the part of his company is
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focused on overland uh equipment and he
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does a lot of in that community. He does
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a lot of overland type stuff, but then
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the other portion of it is survival gear
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and he is very passionate about in
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survival. Um and everything that he has
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on his website at stay readyoutdoors.com
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um is all top quality stuff. There's not
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a lot of junk. There's no um you know
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big box type stuff that you would see
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like on Amazon or Walmart or whatever.
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These are these are from good companies,
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a lot of US companies. He really
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believes in spending the extra money to
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buy the absolute best and also to
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support US companies and that's what he
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tries to do. So, um, what he likes to do
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at his store is come up with these
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pre-made survival kits because he feels
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there's a need in different types of
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outdoor communities where people don't
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know what to get. They don't want to
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spend the time going from website to
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website, store, building their own kits.
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Of course, if you do that kind of stuff,
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if you've done it yourself, you know, it
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can be timeconuming. It can be kind of
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expensive. Um, and sometimes you don't
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always get the best stuff. So, what he
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is doing is he's putting his ideas into
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it and curating uh top-notch equipment
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and then combining it for a price um and
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then selling on his site. And like I
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said, I've done two other videos of his
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kits and they're fantastic kits. I
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really enjoyed those. I thought those
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were really well thought out, but there
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were a few things that could be changed
3:33
and were lacking. And then this the
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hydraine uh kit based on this Grail
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pack. So just a real quick overview.
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This is the Grail 4.5 L mission hip
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pack. It comes with these additional um
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Grail pouches that are attached to the
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pack. They can be taken on and off. And
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go back to part one. You can see what's
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in these. But those come with this kit.
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So these are additional items. But one
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of the big items that wasn't shown in
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the first video and really um is
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probably one of the main reasons that
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this this gear is more expensive than
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others is because what this comes with
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and it's another piece of Grail gear and
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it is
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the Grail
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Geopress titanium
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bottle. So, if you're unfamiliar with
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Grail, this is a filter bottle. Um, you
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basically take this thing apart, and I
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can show you how I do that, but I'm sure
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you're familiar with these. Most people
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are.
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So, you pull the cartridge out, and this
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is the the water filter. And then what
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you're going to do is you're going to
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fill this titanium cup with your dirty,
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contaminated water. And then this is a
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press type filter. So, you're going to
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press this down
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like that.
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And then that dirty water is going to go
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through the filter system and it's going
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to hold the clean water and then you can
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drink or pour directly from this. Now,
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why are grail filters so good and
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probably why are they so expensive?
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Well, for one thing, they're one of the
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few filters that does um all types of
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filtration for giardia, cryptosperidia,
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also does heavy metals um and it does
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viruses. So, for an international
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traveler, a Grail bottle is a great
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solution to take with you because you
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can fill this thing up with questionable
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water sources, even, you know, your
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hotel water, water you get on out on out
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um out in public when you're on tour.
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Put it in this, run it through the
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system, and now you have purified water
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or filtered water that is clean um and
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it's not going to get you sick. But the
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upgrade on the Grail is this titanium
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cut because that is um of course one of
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the items that
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if you follow any kind of particular
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method 10 C's, 5C's
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uh whatever we always want to have some
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type of metal container because metal
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containers give you the ability to boil
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water. So that is another way of
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treating water, but also it is a way of
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cooking food,
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um making coffee, things like that. And
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a titanium cup um is a great way of
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doing it. Um it's lightweight, it's
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strong,
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heats up very well. Um I like titanium
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quite a bit. So when Gra came out with
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these, I thought these things were
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pretty cool. So we have a nice lid,
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and the lid actually has drain holes.
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Uh, also this titanium cup has butterfly
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handles,
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but it also has another little feature
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that um I haven't seen on a lot of other
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cups and pots. It has a little D-ring
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here on the side. What this allows you
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to do is is to run some 550 cord through
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this thing. And then if you have to
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lower this to uh scoop up some water out
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of a water source that's maybe kind of
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far away, you can do that. Also, it may
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give you the ability to hang this over a
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fire. Even though it's going to be a
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little bit off um kilter, it should
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work. But that's something um we're
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going to test. So, one of the future
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videos is going to be taking this kit
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out and testing all these different
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features and particularly testing this
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grail system and this uh cup and see how
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it does on an open fire with a stove,
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how it does with the actual filter
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bottle and processing water. The other
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thing that you may have noticed is this
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bag. Now, this bag is from Campcraft
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Outdoors,
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and it is a um basically a a pre filter
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for your grail. And um this was included
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in one of his bottle survival kits that
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I did a video on. And I actually used
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this thing um as a pref filter and
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showed you how I did that. And what I
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did is I attached a piece of string or
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rope to this and I lowered this over an
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embankment into a creek and pulled out
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water, brought it back up to me and then
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was able to filter that dirty water into
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my um my
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you could see it did a really great job
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of filtering out all the the big chunky
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stuff. And so this uh seems like a very
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unassuming piece of gear. It's just a
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piece of canvas um cloth and sewn into a
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bag, but um it makes a fantastic pre
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filter for your your grail and any other
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kind of filtration system that you're
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using. One of the optional items that
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comes with this kit, and this is your
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choice if you want to get this or not,
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it will lower the price a little bit. Um
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is adding a knife. Um, a lot of times
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people don't know what kind of knife
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they should be getting for survival kits
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or, you know, using for bushcraft. And
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when people ask me, even though I don't
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consider myself any kind of expert, um,
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I feel that Essie Knives is probably one
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of the best value knives out on the
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market today, they make just fantastic
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quality blades. Um, a really good
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warranty on these and one of the best
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heat treats in the business by Rowan.
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Um, also really nice coating. Uh,
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comfortable handles. Uh, this is the SE4
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and this is the optional blade you can
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add. And, uh, comes brand new. And
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you're going to get the plastic sheet
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that comes with it along with the
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accessories that come with the, um, the
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SC4, the clip plate, and all the
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hardware so you can uh, attach this to
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different stuff or wear it on your belt.
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But um what they've done at Stay Ready
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is they've included this piece of
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material and this is from Full Tank
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Tactical. And if you are familiar with
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Full Tank Tactical, you probably are
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because if you watch my channel, I have
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reviewed a lot of their gear. It is a US
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company uh made in the USA and they make
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very cool high-end tactical uh
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equipment, kit bags and backpacks. And
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um this is one of their latest
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creations. This is the Durk sheath
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cover. And what this allows you to do is
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attach your knife sheath in a variety of
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ways to your gear. So you can lash it to
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Molly. You can use this Velcro
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strap as a dangler and wear this on your
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belt. So you got a lot of different
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options with this. And it comes off very
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easily. It's just threaded on with the
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bungee cord. So if you don't want to use
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it, you don't have to. But this is an
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additional item that comes with the
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knife and with the kit if you so choose
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to have it. And it's a fantastic upgrade
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because this gives you more modularity
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and options for how you use and mount
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your knife. Another item that's included
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with this kit is 550 cord. Of course,
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550 cord is such an important um item to
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have in survival kits. It's a
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multi-purpose.
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Uh as you know, 550 cord has inner
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strands that can be removed. Those
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strands can be used for sewing, making
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fishing line, whatever. But 550 cord is
11:08
fantastic because it is so strong, a
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high test. It's 550 lb test with this
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rope. And you get 100 ft of this. But
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what's great about it is this is
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actually from Atwood Rope Company. And I
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love Atwood because they're an Ohio
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company. So that that's kind of near and
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dear to my heart. Um, but they're also
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just really great people who make a
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really great product. And Atwood makes
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some of the best 550 cord on the market
11:34
today. And you get 100 ft of this. And
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then the last item that comes with this
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kit is a headlamp. Now, um, if you
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watched any of my videos, you will know
11:44
that I usually include a headlamp in
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pretty much every kind of kit that I
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build and put together. Headlamps have a
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huge advantage over flashlights uh
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because they allow you to work
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hands-free in the dark, but also if you
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are navigating or hiking on trail at
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night, you can light your path. Um and
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you can keep your hands free uh for
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stability and for holding your
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equipment. Um and of course, if you're
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hunting, you know, headlamps are are
12:12
such a great item to have. But this is a
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headlamp from Nycore.
12:19
And I reviewed this headlamp in the past
12:20
with some of his other kits. This is um
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kind of a cool item because it it's a
12:25
very lightweight headlamp. It has the
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shock cord uh headband on it with
12:32
adjustment with this cord lock. So you
12:35
don't have a big heavy strap. Um doesn't
12:38
take up a lot of room. it it kind of com
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gets very compact very easily. It
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doesn't take up a lot of space. Uh but
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it is a very capable headlamp. So we've
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got a white light
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with different brightness levels.
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And we also have a red light. And I like
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red lights just because they kind of
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help um preserve that that night vision
13:06
that you develop when you're out. um
13:09
they don't blind people. Uh they also
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don't travel as far as the white light.
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Um it's not as visible. So you get a
13:17
nice little nightcore headlamp. Of
13:19
course, it's adjustable for angle. And
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what's cool about this thing is that it
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is a rechargeable headlamp. It has a
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USBC
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uh built into the side right here,
13:33
right there. And it comes with the cord.
13:36
But if you take the nest out power bank
13:40
that this kit comes with and I showed
13:42
this in the video in the part one video,
13:45
you allows you to charge your headlamp.
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And
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uh why are rechargeable headlamps so
13:52
great? Um well, I mean there's there's
13:54
definitely arguments for both sides of
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battery or not having a battery. I like
13:59
rechargeables uh because it allows me
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not to carry as much stuff and batteries
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uh don't last. They do um have a shelf
14:08
life and they take up a lot of room.
14:13
But here now I'm charging my headlamp.
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And that's great because if I charge
14:18
this power bank um all the time and keep
14:21
it charged up and in my pack when I go
14:23
out and take it with me, I have the
14:26
ability to recharge my headlamp. I have
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the ability to charge my phone. Um,
14:30
which is, you know, key for
14:31
communication if if something happens.
14:34
Uh, so I like this system. I don't have
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to worry about do I have double A's, do
14:38
I have AAA's, you know, what do I have?
14:40
Um, how many do I have? Do they are they
14:43
any good? Sometimes you go to grab
14:45
batteries and they and they're they've
14:47
crapped out on you. So, the power bank
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system with this Nycore headlamp is a
14:53
great solution. Another additional item
14:56
that they've included with this kit is
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this tag. This is um I believe these are
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made by the the Meritac company um is a
15:07
afterburner a glow tag. And what this is
15:09
is just a piece of rubber that um is
15:12
glow-in-the-dark. And these things glow
15:15
quite a bit. So, if you charge these up
15:16
in the sun or whatever and um use them
15:21
at night, they are great for marking
15:23
your gear, your pack, uh your campsite,
15:27
whatever. On the outside of the pack
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also comes with a climbing rated um
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locking carabiner.
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Now, with 550 cord, I wouldn't repel
15:37
with it. Um you certainly could probably
15:39
make an improvised seat out of it. I
15:42
wouldn't want to do it. to be very
15:43
uncomfortable, but it's nice that
15:45
they're including a locking carabiner
15:47
with the kit. It just gives you more
15:48
options. Um, and certainly it's also a
15:50
great way of um hanging your gear um
15:56
from a tree limb, getting it off the
15:58
ground.
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You know, one thing I would add to that
16:02
kit is a poncho of some sort. And with
16:04
this um strap system that's on the
16:07
bottom of the grail pack, uh you don't
16:10
have to put your water filter under
16:12
there. You can put
16:15
a poncho under here, which I think makes
16:17
a lot of sense. And that way now I have
16:20
a component that's going to uh keep me
16:23
dry u and can be used as a shelter
16:27
improvised. But then you're going to
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ask, well, how do I carry my water
16:31
bottle? Well, this is the cool thing
16:33
about this Grail pack. Um, you know,
16:35
along with these pockets on the outside
16:40
there. So, your Grail is going to fit in
16:43
this in this water bottle pocket
16:44
perfectly. And then you have another one
16:46
on the other side. So, it rides pretty
16:49
well.
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I think the the thing to do is to get
16:53
this out on the trail for a hike and see
16:55
how this thing holds up. Um it once this
16:58
thing is loaded up with everything
16:59
that's included, you're over eight
17:02
pounds worth of gear. Um and that's dry
17:04
weight. That's without water. So once
17:07
you add water, the thing is going to get
17:08
a lot heavier. So I don't know how it's
17:09
going to perform holding all that weight
17:12
in a waste um pouch this way. So as I
17:15
promised, I want to tell you about the
17:17
giveaway of this bag. Um I'm not giving
17:20
away this bag on my channel. What's
17:22
going to happen is Stay Ready Outdoors
17:24
is going to be giving away one of these
17:26
kits. So, what I would do is go to the
17:29
link down below to Stay Ready Outdoors,
17:32
um, sign up for their emails, um, and
17:36
get notified. And I think this, uh,
17:38
giveaway is going to be dropping here in
17:40
the next couple of days. And then that
17:43
way you guys will have a chance of
17:44
winning this thing. Um, and then I want
17:48
to reiterate if you don't have the money
17:50
to buy this whole kit, which I totally
17:52
understand, and I'm not saying you have
17:54
to, go to Stay Ready Outdoors and look
17:57
for the component items that I just
17:59
showed because all these things are
18:01
available to you. The hip pack, the
18:04
knives, the the first aid stuff, the the
18:06
Grail water system, all this gear can be
18:10
purchased separately at Stay Ready
18:13
Outdoors. and that way you can build
18:16
your own kit the way you want to and
18:18
maybe save a little money. So, as
18:20
always, thank you so much for watching.
18:22
Thank you to Stay Ready Outdoors for
18:24
sending me sending me this and allowing
18:25
me to show it to you guys. Um, thank you
18:28
for their continued partnership. Um, it
18:30
has been a blessing working with th
18:32
those people and I really enjoy the
18:34
things that they're doing. Um, be on the
18:36
lookout for more stay and prepared
18:39
wanderer survival kits. some stuff is
18:41
happening in the future and hopefully I
18:44
can show you that stuff soon. Um, but as
18:46
always, thanks for watching and we will
18:49
see you next time on the Prepared
18:51
Wanderer.