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How I Pack My Grab-and-Go Survival Bag! Amheh Tactical
Jun 21, 2025
In this video, I break down the gear I personally carry in my civilian SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape) hip pack. This compact setup is designed for quick access, mobility, and real-world practicality — whether you're hiking, bugging out, or just staying ready for the unexpected. Amheh Tactical Hip Pack (10% off with PREAMH10): https://bit.ly/4jYL0OI Amheh on Amazon: https://bit.ly/4kYTNlq ESEE Nav Cards: https://bit.ly/4nblxVj Frontier Water Filter: https://bit.ly/448ExuP Prepared Wanderer AMAZON STORE: https://bit.ly/3Jjs1iO Prepared Wanderer Patches and Stickers: https://thepreparedwanderer.bigcartel.com
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in today's video we're going to be
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taking a look at this hip pack and how I
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have it set up for a civilian sear
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survival grabandgo bag stick around
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[Music]
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so I recently picked up this hip pack
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from a company called Amher Tactical uh
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they're kind of a new company on the
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market you may be seeing a lot of these
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guys on Instagram and YouTube and um
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they have some very cool products and
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what's nice about it is uh their stuff
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is uh being manufactured in Thailand um
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seems to be a lot better quality than
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some of the other uh budget friendly
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bags out there and they do have an
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office in Vancouver so um you know they
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seem to be a pretty uh reputable company
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and um I've been pretty fortunate to
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have them sponsor a giveaway for me so
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they sent me this hip pack and I thought
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well this is a good opportunity to load
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this thing up for a very specific
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purpose now hip packs I feel really are
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probably the best way to go for a
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survival bag and I've reviewed a lot of
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different ones some pre-made ones ones
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that I've put together and they are
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always a fantastic way of having uh all
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those survival and first aid essentials
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on you that way if you get separated
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from your larger backpack or rucks sack
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the the bag that's going to contain all
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those items like shelter and food and
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clothing you still have the bare
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essentials to get you by and get you to
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the next point and that's the whole
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purpose of a survival kit is to to keep
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you alive keep you moving and get you uh
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either to rescue or to where you need to
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be so this one I have loaded up
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specifically
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for a grab-and-go bag that I can keep in
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my vehicle to help supplement my bugout
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or get home bag and this has essential
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first aid items as well as essential
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survival items so we're covering all the
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basics of land navigation signaling
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first aid water purification
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fire starting uh and even a little bit
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of shelter so there's a little bit of
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everything in here let's go through it
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front pocket I keep my backup tool
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always want to have a backup knife of
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course I'm going to be carrying a
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pocketk knife on me i might even have a
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belt knife with me in my pack but having
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a backup pocket knife I think is the way
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to go this is from Marbles and this is a
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reproduction of the US Army pocket knife
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which is a fantastic design i've had
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this one for a while it works perfectly
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has all the same tools as the regulation
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Army pocket knife even has that
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fantastic uh all or punch
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and then on mine I've added a little
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glow-in-the-dark lanyard bead that way I
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can find this thing in case I drop it
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and that goes nicely in this front
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pocket so I can get to this quickly
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the next pocket back here this is
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primarily navigation and signaling
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i have a nice little pen light
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this is from a company called let's see
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uh Tacware i think I got this on Amazon
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maybe um these little pen lights are
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very handy because you can actually put
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these on the bill of your baseball cap
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or your boon cap they clip on easily and
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then that way you don't have to carry a
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dedicated headlamp and of course this
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has a very small footprint but it's very
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bright and then when you add a diffuser
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to it it makes for a very nice little
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light to read maps by at night
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and then that diffuser actually glows in
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the dark
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back here I have a militaryissue panel
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marker this is from one of the aviation
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kits so this is just a signal panel in a
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very lightweight um kind of plastic
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material
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of course I have a whistle for signaling
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and then I've also thrown on this uh
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large or extra large can opener this is
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the GI style can opener but it's the
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bigger one another
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signaling device is this signal mirror
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from SE knives now this one has a
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protective sticker on it and what you do
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is you peel that off when you're ready
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to utilize it that way you're not
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scratching up your mirror and since this
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isn't an item that I use all the time I
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just keep it in this case and I keep
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that protective sticker on there that
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way it's always ready to go
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next item is this really fantastic
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little notebook kit that I got from SE
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knives um
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this is their any weather paper notebook
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so this is very similar to write in rain
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you can write on this and it's
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waterproof paper and you got a nice
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little notebook here right but the cool
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feature on this thing is that on the
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back of it here you have all these cards
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and we have grid readers
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uh we have um different
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cards that show you how to do uh air
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groundtoair signals
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how to determine approximate distance
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across a river uh determining distance
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traveled and then even going over the
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basis of uh topo map symbols and and
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there's some cheat sheets in here as
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well how to read a UTM
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uh grid reader with GPS or a topo map so
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very handy little items to have because
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of course even though you should be
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training on this stuff all the time and
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should have a basic knowledge of it
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before you go out in the field sometimes
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it's nice to have these backups to
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remind you especially in stressful
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situations where maybe you're not
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thinking clearly or there are people in
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your group that you can hand this to and
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have them study it and bone up on it so
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I really like this little kit it's uh it
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goes beyond just having a basic notebook
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it actually has some very good reference
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material that I can utilize
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and of course with all that map reading
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stuff we're going to want to have a
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compass and this is a Sento wrist
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compass i've had very good luck with
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this uh it seems to do very well um I've
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haven't developed any bubbles in it it
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works perfectly and it even has a little
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bit of a sighting
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even has a little bit of a sighting
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window built into it so uh very handy
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and lightweight doesn't take up a lot of
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room
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on the top of this waist pack there is a
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bungee cord retention and this is a
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perfect place to put a tourniquet now
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this one is all staged and ready to go
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i've got it opened up i've got the tab
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out a little bit uh so you notice here
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it's not moving it's not coming out
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easily this is very secure until I need
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it and I think having a tourniquet just
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makes a lot of sense
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on the back of this pack there is Molly
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built into this and or webbing that you
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can actually attach this to a larger
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backpack if you want to the belt does
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come off uh it there is buckles on each
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side so you can actually take the belt
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off and then this just becomes a pouch
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back here we have a very large open
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pouch now what I would do with this is
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when I'm getting ready to leave my
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vehicle and head out or I'm you know
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walking away from camp or whatever I
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would grab any maps that I have or any
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documents that I need to to secure and I
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would put them back here this is a
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perfect place for that that way they're
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against my body they're protected but I
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can access them easily
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moving to the inside
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a pretty generous pocket i believe this
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bag is rated at like 3 lers something
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like that 3 and 1/2
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there is a slip pocket in the back and
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in here I have
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the survival blanket from So this is a
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one to two person blanket
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uh windproof waterproof and there are
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actual survival instructions printed on
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the blanket so you always want to be
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able to maintain body temperature and
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also get out of the rain and the cold
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and this will help you do that
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then we have a water purification kit i
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have aqua tabs and then I have one liter
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uh whirl bags that I can drop a tab into
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and treat dirty water with and I keep
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them in a nice little heavyduty plastic
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ziplockc bag to protect it
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then I have a basic first aid kit this
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has uh sunscreen insect protection cream
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there is a little razor in there there
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are some small uh pads uh there is
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band-aids there's a tick ID card a tick
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key there's some butterfly bandages so a
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variety of items
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to help treat minor wounds and to also
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get rid of ticks because that is always
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such an issue in the field
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down at the bottom of the bag I keep a
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hunk of 550 cord i also keep a small
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hunk of bank line
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a glow stick
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and then this little uh Frontier
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water filter is kind of a a nice little
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emergency filter that supplements the
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water treatment uh tablets and bags that
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I have cuz with this I can actually put
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this hose on this and drink directly
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from a dirty water source quickly so if
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I need to grab water very quickly
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because I'm on the move this is what
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this is for and then the water tablets
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or the purification tablets or the bags
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that's for treating more water uh for
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down the road but this is my immediate
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need water filter and I'll put links to
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some of the stuff below in my Amazon
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store if you guys are interested
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and the last component in this kit is in
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this water uh proof bag this is a little
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bag called an alos sack very nice a
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little bit heavier duty than a ziplo i
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have a lot of different sizes of these
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and I keep all of my uh repair materials
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and fire making equipment in this bag
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and here is some Kevlar trip line
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perfect for sewing fishing repair
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whatever you need to do with it
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80 lb test and there's about 75 ft on
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here
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i also keep a couple different types of
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wire so we have brass wire which is good
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of course for trap making and then
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braided wire um which is also great for
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that but better for repair so a couple
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different types of wire
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a ferro rod
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Gorilla tape
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of course having a Bick lighter uh is a
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fantastic item to have but putting it in
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one of these ExoTac fire sleeves I think
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is just a really great idea because so
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the rubber tab actually is holding the
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button down and now if you're trying to
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build a fire you can get that under
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there and you don't have to hold that
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button the whole time having your finger
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close to the flame just makes it a lot
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easier to work with and then when you're
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done just pull that off and then of
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course it has a protective cap
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keeps everything nice and sealed
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along with fire making I always like to
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have some type of metal container uh the
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Altoids tin is perfect for making char
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material and what I do is I have a cut
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up bicycle inner tube that is of course
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a flame extender right there tinder on
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in itself and then inside the tin I've
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got some fatwood i have some man-made
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tinders and then underneath all that I
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have some char cloth that I've already
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made so I can use that to get a tinder
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bundle going but then once all this
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material is exhausted I can use the tin
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to make more chart material that way
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I've always got a way of starting a fire
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along with that fire steel
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and then the last item I have is a wire
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saw now a lot of people will you know
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really crap all over these wire saws and
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yes there are some really bad ones this
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is actually a um Americanmade wire saw
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that is issued in the Air Force uh pilot
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survival kits it is a lot more superior
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than some of the junky ones it actually
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has teeth on it you can feel it you can
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cut yourself with that um if you do the
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right technique these will won't break
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but you have to watch what you're doing
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and of course you can use it as a wire
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saw on itself with with your hands or
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you can make an improvised bow saw but
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you might as well have some type of uh
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tool with you that can cut larger pieces
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of wood if you need to there's nothing
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wrong with one of these you just need to
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know how to use them properly so there's
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some of the items out on the table so
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you guys can see this stuff like I said
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before I think these hip packs are
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always such a great idea for survival
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kits easily grab and go you can always
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have them on you uh they're not in a
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backpack that can be uh separated from
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you it's on this is actually on your
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body and it's easily accessible and then
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of course if you need to take it with
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you or let's say hand it off to somebody
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else it's easy to do because it's all
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contained
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and I like to have basic first aid items
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as well as basic survival items in these
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kits um of course I always carry a more
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extensive first aid kit with me and as
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always I'm going to have a larger
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backpack that's going to have my food my
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shelter uh clothing
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rain gear all that kind of stuff but the
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essentials for surviving for starting
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fires for repairing things for staying
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warm this is the perfect little bag for
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that and uh I think it's going to work
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out pretty well for me
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