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In today's video, we're going to be
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going through a brand new pre-made
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survival kit, and it's probably the most
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expensive one I have ever seen on the
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market, and we're going to look and see,
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is it actually worth it. Stick around.
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So, I have done a review of a pre-made
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survival kit from a company called Stay
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Ready Outdoors. Actually did two
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different kit reviews for them. Um, and
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through this past year, I've actually
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become uh kind of friends with the
0:30
owner. We chat quite a bit uh through
0:33
text and and phone calls and things like
0:34
that. We're always working on some stuff
0:36
together. And he came out with a new
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pre-made survival kit called the
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Hydraine. And um it it's incredible what
0:46
is all in this kit. But the caveat is
0:49
it's very expensive. In fact, it's
0:52
probably one of the most expensive kits
0:53
I've ever seen on the market. You know,
0:56
barring anything uh put together by the
0:59
government, right? Um it it tries to
1:02
cover all the bases and it does it with
1:06
the most premium
1:08
gear that you can you can buy. Um most
1:12
of the companies that are utilized in
1:14
this kit are US companies. Some of the
1:17
stuff is made in the USA, some of it is
1:19
not. But for the majority of it, um, it
1:22
is all US companies or what I would call
1:25
name brand companies. There are no
1:27
knockoffs. There's no cheap, uh, Chinese
1:30
junk. It's not like one of those, you
1:32
know, survival kits you get on Amazon
1:34
that is just a bunch of garbage. So,
1:36
what I wanted to do today is is uh,
1:39
actually pull this thing out, show it to
1:40
you, and go through it um, and go
1:44
through it together because I have not
1:46
pulled everything out of this kit. I
1:48
basically just got this in the mail. I'm
1:50
going to pull it out of the box. We're
1:52
going to go through all the components
1:53
that come with it and just look at them
1:56
together. And then what uh what I want
1:59
to do is then get this thing out in the
2:00
field and actually test it. See how it
2:04
uh works and what is good about it and
2:06
what's bad about it. And that way we can
2:08
all make a determination together. Is
2:10
this good stuff or not? So, let's get
2:12
right into it and see what this thing is
2:15
all about. Here is the Hydroine survival
2:17
kit. This is the way it comes. When you
2:19
get this thing in the mail, it comes
2:20
pretty much assembled. Um, all the parts
2:22
and pieces that are for this kit are
2:25
already inside of it. Um, and then what
2:28
I want to do is I want to kind of go
2:30
through this and pull this stuff out and
2:31
show it to you, but then kind of decide
2:33
if I'm going to keep it this way, if I'm
2:36
going to move some things around. I
2:37
think there's some different things I
2:38
can do to it. But this is the way you're
2:40
basically going to get it in the box
2:42
from Stay Ready Outdoors. And then this
2:45
whole system is based on this Grail
2:47
Mission uh 4.5 L
2:51
uh hip pack. This is the expanse hip
2:54
pack. And of course they include all the
2:55
tags that go with it. Um the Grail hip
3:00
pack or the expanse system is uh very
3:03
new. Um these came out I think in the
3:07
past year. Um I have been wanting to get
3:10
a hold of one of these. So, I'm really
3:11
happy that I got to check this thing out
3:13
along with all this other stuff that
3:14
comes with it. So, right off the bat,
3:17
you get a very nice,
3:19
very well-made hip pack with lots of
3:24
features.
3:26
Look at the the padding on this thing.
3:28
You have a nice stiff belt is going to
3:31
help distribute the weight and hold the
3:34
contents to your lumbar area. You
3:37
probably want to set this just above
3:38
your hips. uh a grab handle, um all
3:42
kinds of different features. So, we'll
3:43
go through those as we're pulling stuff
3:44
out, but this is the bag that you get.
3:46
And I believe you get to choose your
3:48
color. I think there's a coyote and an
3:51
olive drab that stay ready um actually
3:55
gives you that choice of picking from
3:57
green. It's uh it's almost kind of a
3:59
ranger green really. Um on the outside,
4:03
we have
4:05
one of the Grail Bob pouches. Now, if
4:09
you were to buy the um expanse or the
4:12
mission hip pack, it would not come with
4:14
this pouch. You would have to buy this
4:15
in addition. So, you're getting this
4:16
with it. Uh it's a Velcro pouch. And as
4:20
you can tell, it's a really nice pouch
4:21
because it got kind of this waterproof
4:22
zipper on it. Of course, it's got the
4:25
the Velcro backing so you can stick it
4:27
to the front panel of the hip pack. And
4:30
then it's got a little retention
4:32
carabiner. And then in here, there are a
4:35
few things. There is
4:40
UCIO
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waterproof matches. These are the
4:44
lifeboat style matches. Fantastic. Love
4:47
those. Have those in all my kits. We
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have an ExoTac Mini
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Bick holder.
4:58
And that's a pretty new piece of gear.
5:00
Uh these I think Exotac just came out
5:02
with these not too long ago. So, that's
5:04
the mini fits the mini bicks.
5:06
And then you have an exotac
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uh fire rod. And this is one that I
5:14
haven't tried yet. Um really looking
5:15
forward to taking this out in the field
5:16
and trying this one out. But it has a
5:18
capsule in it that contains some tinder.
5:22
So, you have dry tinder in the handle of
5:24
the ferro rod. There's a gasket on that
5:27
thing.
5:29
Of course, Exotac just makes really high
5:32
quality gear. I mean, there's they're
5:35
topofthe line stuff, that's for sure.
5:36
So, you get that. And then another piece
5:40
of gear that I absolutely love. Been
5:42
using these for years. This is the
5:44
Pocket Bellows brand pocket bellows. Um,
5:48
I have one that's in my Possibles kit
5:51
that I have used for many, many years
5:54
camping and it is a fantastic tool to
5:56
help getting a fire going. So, you get
5:58
one of those. So, this little mod pouch
6:00
on the front essentially is your fire
6:03
pouch. Um, your fire kit. And there's
6:06
enough room in here. If you wanted to
6:08
add a few things, you certainly could.
6:10
But they there's enough stuff in this
6:12
pouch that you really don't need much
6:15
more. On top of the mission hip pack,
6:20
you get this pouch. This is another mod
6:21
pouch. And of course, this one has a
6:24
Velcro first aid indicator pouch that
6:28
comes with it. It goes right there. And
6:31
in here, what they've done is they've
6:34
packed this with some first aid gear.
6:37
We've got EMT shears. Um, probably take
6:40
those out of the package.
6:42
In fact, let's just do that now. Let's
6:44
get some of this stuff out of the
6:45
packaging so we can actually see what it
6:48
is.
6:53
I would not um store
6:57
my stuff this way um
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cuz I want to be able to get to it
7:03
quickly. And this actually is a pair of
7:05
Maritac shears. If you're not familiar
7:07
with that company, they make some really
7:10
nice stuff. That's a good pair of
7:11
shears. They're not overly big,
7:15
nice and compact. So, got some packaging
7:18
to get rid of there. Those will go in
7:21
the front pouch. And then inside
7:25
we have a uh snake staff
7:29
everyday carry tourniquet. These are
7:33
from what I understand people who have
7:34
these
7:36
um and use them and have tested them uh
7:41
think of these things very favorably.
7:43
They they get good reviews. I haven't
7:44
heard any negative stuff about this
7:47
particular tourniquet. Um, it's a nice
7:49
one because it's compact.
7:56
It's a nice small one, but it does a
7:58
good job
8:00
and it's quality. It's not a piece of
8:02
junk. So, get a good tourniquet.
8:12
And we have a defender base if this is
8:15
from North American Rescue. Um, but
8:17
what's kind of cool is this is Lynx
8:19
Survival System. So, this is actually
8:21
Stay Ready um, Outdoors. This is their
8:23
brand. This is the first survival kit
8:25
that I reviewed for them was the Lynx
8:27
Survival System. Um, so they've had this
8:29
put together for them. And this comes
8:31
with a wound packing gauze, uh, high
8:34
vent vent compact chest seal twin pack,
8:37
and then one pair of responder gloves,
8:40
blue, size large. Uh, that's another
8:42
thing that, um, I probably will take out
8:44
of the packaging.
8:47
I mean, it's nice to have this
8:49
waterproof
8:51
stuff if you're storing this and not
8:53
going to use this kit, but if I'm
8:56
actually out
8:58
uh hiking with this thing, I want to be
9:00
able to get to this stuff very quickly.
9:04
And then inside the pouch,
9:07
you can see there's some organization.
9:11
And there's also a zippered mesh, uh,
9:15
pocket on the other side. So, uh, room
9:18
to add more stuff.
9:23
There we go.
9:25
Everything fits in there nicely. Okay.
9:27
Now, moving to this top pouch.
9:32
Open that up. We have some very nice
9:36
aramid
9:37
cordage. This is from Atwood as well. Uh
9:41
125 ft. And as you can see, 320 lb test.
9:44
So, this is really perfect for setting
9:46
up some impromptu shelters. And it's
9:49
very lightweight. Uh doesn't doesn't
9:51
really feel like much to it at all. And
9:53
then of course we have a so
9:57
uh this is I believe a bivvie.
10:05
Yep.
10:08
So much better than the standard kind of
10:10
cheapo myar blankets that you get in all
10:13
the the Chinese survival kits. This is
10:15
um so which is a great brand. And it
10:18
also has a whistle built into the toggle
10:21
right there or the string that closes
10:24
it. So that all goes on the top pouch.
10:27
And then this top pouch
10:29
has a Velcro panel. So you could
10:31
actually put that mod pouch in here. Or
10:33
you could put maybe some kind of
10:35
different organizer if you have one of
10:36
those um elastic uh organizer panels. I
10:41
have a lot of those. I use my bags.
10:43
Could put that there and help you
10:44
organize some of that smaller stuff.
10:48
There is a pouch that actually runs the
10:51
back of the hip pack. And in here we
10:55
have some hot hands, which is perfect
10:57
because we just got 5 in of snow last
11:00
night. And then we have a contractor
11:04
garbage bag. Of course, we all know what
11:05
that's good for. Emergency shelter,
11:09
making a sleeping bag out of it,
11:10
covering up your gear, whatever. A lot
11:12
of different things you can do with it.
11:13
but it's heavy duty.
11:15
And that's a pretty decent size pouch
11:18
back here or pocket
11:22
waterproof zippers again.
11:25
We'll go to this front pocket.
11:31
And here we have
11:33
another piece of Exotac gear. This is
11:36
the rip spool tool. Um, if you're not
11:39
familiar with these, really awesome
11:40
piece of gear. So the outside is wrapped
11:43
in uh duct tape.
11:48
Then if you unscrew this, you can
11:50
actually see how much
11:53
tape you're getting. That's a whole
11:55
roll. But inside you have a sail needle.
12:05
And then here we have
12:08
I believe this is like a Kevlar type
12:10
thread that's wrapped around there. So
12:13
you have several different pieces of
12:15
equipment um to help you repair things
12:18
and it's all in a very nice
12:28
little tool. And I have several of these
12:31
in my other kits. Uh, it's just a great
12:34
compact way of having something with you
12:36
to repair your gear in the field.
12:40
We have a mini
12:43
multi-tool. This is from SOG. Uh, this
12:46
is a tool that I actually own several of
12:48
these. I put these in my bags because
12:51
it's a nice little capable um
12:53
multi-tool. Has a lot of different stuff
12:55
in it. Of course, you've got the the
12:58
needle-nose pliers. And then out on the
13:01
outside you have knife blade. There's a
13:06
mini file.
13:09
Um
13:11
there's a reamer. There's a cord
13:15
cutting tool.
13:18
There's another reamer. So we got a real
13:20
kind of a Oh, that's actually a small
13:22
screwdriver. Sorry. And there's the
13:24
reamer. And then on the other side here,
13:26
we've got a saw blade or a kind of a
13:29
serrated blade. And let's see if I can
13:32
get these out.
13:34
Screwdrivers,
13:36
bottle openers,
13:38
and scissors. So, a lot of different
13:40
tools in this
13:43
very quality mini
13:45
multi-tool.
13:48
And then we have, let's see what this
13:50
is. Okay, we have a um this is a uh
13:53
Smith's Hone um knife sharpening tool.
13:57
Now,
13:59
not a huge fan of the pullth through
14:01
knife sharpeners. This is probably one
14:02
of the nicer ones. We have a fine and a
14:04
coarse, but what's nice about this
14:07
particular one is it has this little
14:08
diamond rod. So, that's actually a very
14:11
nice little touch-up tool. Um, you can
14:14
also,
14:15
uh, do some sharpening of fishing hooks.
14:18
Um, serrated blades because you got that
14:21
nice thin rod to it.
14:24
Pullthroughs aren't always the best.
14:25
Sometimes they end up dulling stuff.
14:27
But, um, I'll have to test this one
14:29
because I don't think I've ever owned
14:30
the Smith's one and it looks like it's a
14:32
little bit nicer than some of the junky
14:34
ones I've I've seen in the past. But, I
14:36
definitely like that diamond rod. That's
14:38
that's a good good piece of kit to have
14:41
for sharpening.
14:44
Okay, coming on the inside, a lot of
14:46
stuff. We have a navigation pouch. Uh
14:50
there is a Sento compass. We have a
14:53
whistle.
14:54
We have looks like we have the Azula
14:57
navigation survival cards. And there's a
15:00
right in the rain pen and a right in the
15:02
rain
15:04
orange notebook.
15:07
So that's a nice little navigation kit.
15:09
I think I'll probably leave everything
15:11
in this because I don't want it to kind
15:13
of lose all that stuff. And we've got a
15:16
couple different little things here that
15:18
I've never seen before. This is a tiny
15:20
first aid guide and it's in a sealed
15:22
bag. This is EDC wallet size, emergency
15:26
care for anywhere, disasters, emergency
15:28
bugout, home, work, travel, blah blah
15:30
blah. Uh, pretty cool. That's neat. And
15:33
then
15:35
tiny survival guide.
15:38
Once again, it's in a little uh
15:41
watertight
15:43
pouch that you have to rip open to get
15:45
the get it out. So, it doesn't take up
15:48
much room.
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Whirl bags. Uh whirl packs. These are
15:53
the standup bags. These are perfect for
15:56
um adding tabs to uh water to disinfect.
16:01
And I don't know how many we have in
16:02
here. Looks like there's quite a few.
16:04
Maybe three or four.
16:10
Then we have uh Kanan provisions
16:12
personal water decon kit. So this has
16:15
the water purification tablets. You have
16:18
antid-diarral tab tablets. You have
16:20
compressed towelettes,
16:22
rubber bands, alcohol wipes, waterproof
16:25
bandages, triple antibiotic ointment,
16:28
and safety pens. So it's kind of a it's
16:31
a water decon kit, but also there's a
16:32
couple first aid items in there as well.
16:35
And I know a lot of the military guys
16:38
and tactical folks are carrying uh can
16:42
of provisions decon kits with them
16:44
because it's a very convenient little
16:45
package that holds all that stuff you
16:47
need to treat uh and disinfect water and
16:52
in conjunction with these bags. It's
16:55
it's a great uh system to have that's
16:57
kind of a backup to the the grail that
17:00
comes with it. We're going to look at
17:01
that in a minute. And then we have a
17:04
little survival tin.
17:07
Rubber band around it. And what do we
17:09
have in here? We have a signal mirror.
17:17
But a lot more stuff can go in there.
17:19
Probably put some tinder tabs in that as
17:22
well.
17:25
Got a couple
17:28
Snap Lights and that's a good name
17:31
brand. Those aren't the cheapos that you
17:34
get at Walmart. So, we got two of those
17:38
and these are both green and they are
17:40
the 12-hour kind. So, good
17:44
good ones to have. Now, here's something
17:47
interesting. This is the minor incident
17:49
field kit hospital grade superficial
17:52
wound care. So more first aid items,
17:54
cuts, lacerations, gashes, tears, and
17:57
abrasions. We have uh sterile transport,
18:01
transparent film, dressing. We have
18:03
gauze, sponge, non-adherent, sterile
18:07
pads, heavy duty bandage, waterproof
18:09
bandage, uh silk tape, specially packed,
18:12
and then splinter out lancet. That's in
18:15
a little waterproof pouch that you need
18:18
to rip open to get to. Um I would love
18:21
to see this in with the other first aid
18:24
items, but it's a little too big. It's
18:26
not going to fit that pouch. So, I don't
18:27
know if I really want to take it out of
18:29
this. I'll have to think about that.
18:33
Here's an item that uh is a lot of times
18:36
overlooked is some kind of signaling
18:38
device or signal panel. Um, this one is
18:43
very different. I have never seen this
18:45
one before. All right. I have no
18:47
familiarity with this,
18:51
but let's see. Who is this made by?
18:54
See, I'm kind of going into this review
18:56
blind. I really didn't do a lot of
18:57
research on this because I wanted to
18:59
look at this stuff with you guys. Okay,
19:01
so this is from Sword Sard D. Sword.
19:05
Sword. Sword. Uh,
19:08
Sword
19:10
Kentucky LLC. Made in Vietnam of US
19:13
materials. 100% nylon. So we have a
19:16
pretty decent sized
19:19
signal panel on one side, right? Bright
19:21
nylon material and then on the other
19:24
side there is
19:28
this multicam fabric
19:34
and it creates kind of a a pouch. So I
19:38
don't know what that's all about. But I
19:39
got to do some research on that cuz and
19:40
then there's also look there's all these
19:42
uh elastic points on it and then the
19:44
corners have tie down. So, uh I'm sure
19:47
there's some multi-purpose uh uses for
19:50
this thing and we're going to have to
19:52
figure them out and take them out in the
19:53
field and try them. We have that
19:58
ah nest out. This is the outdoor
20:01
battery. This is their 5000.
20:03
Um this I have another one of these. I
20:06
also have a Nest Out solar panel that I
20:08
like to use. These are fabulous um
20:11
battery backup systems for your phone um
20:15
and charging other devices. And what's
20:17
great about it is that they're
20:18
waterproof. And uh they will
20:23
give you the ability to charge a couple
20:25
different types of devices
20:28
there.
20:30
Hook that up to a solar panel and you
20:32
can recharge it
20:34
or charge it off your computer.
20:38
Good quality piece of kit. And then we
20:40
have a actual silky saw. This is the
20:43
F180. I believe that's what it's called.
20:47
Yeah, F-180. Um, this is a nice little
20:50
saw. This is probably like the what some
20:53
people consider the like kind of entry
20:54
level silky,