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Bottle & Canteen Survival Kits - From Budget to Expensive
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Mar 16, 2025
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today we're going to dive into bottle
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kits canteen kits from cheap and
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affordable to more expensive stick
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around it's going to be a good
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video prepared wander in the man cave
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today and I want to take a look at
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bottle kits or canteen kits uh these
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have become very popular among Bush
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Crafters survival people um it's a
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really convenient way of carrying
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minimal amounts of gear and there's a
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couple different ways you can go with
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these kits and of course in today's
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market there are tons and tons of
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options and I want to show you a budget
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friendly kit that I put together and
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then what I would consider more of a
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high-end kit but still pretty affordable
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I believe for what you're getting with
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it and how they're different
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but how they achieve the same goal and
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that is to give you a convenient way of
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carrying water in a few survival
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Essentials so let's just jump right into
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it and see what you guys think so we're
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going to be looking at two different
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kits I put together and one of these um
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I've actually did more of an extensive
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video on it's changed a little bit but
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it's basically the same thing and it's
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this canteen kit and this is all based
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around found um this Vault can
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Titanium canteen set and their canteen
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bag which I think is a great uh setup
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for sure and we'll go into that a little
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bit
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deeper and then for the folks who are
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interested in the budget stuff and I
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think we all are at some point this is a
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bottle kit that I put together using
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primarily some Walmart uh
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fines that you can get in the stores
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right now so let's see the difference on
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these two and what they have inside of
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them I think last summer I put together
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a video uh showing this canteen survival
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kit and I believe at the time I was
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using a Keith titanium canteen set and
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that's basically the same company that
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makes the um heavy cover canteen set
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it's they're exactly the same just
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different
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branding um and
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this particular canteen in here this is
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um a canteen set you'll see a lot in in
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different stores different companies
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different badges on it um I really don't
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know how this works with the
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manufacturing of these things because
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Vault can sells this canteen
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set but uh this one is marked
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gritter and then I believe the
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Pathfinder canteen titanium canteen sets
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the same one so I believe they're all
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manufactured in the same Factory and
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then just basically rebadged uh for
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different companies different brands but
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this one says gritter on it but it's the
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exact same one as the Vault can and what
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I like about this particular
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canteen is it's more Square less oval
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it's a little bit wider uh so it's a
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little bit more
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stable uh it's a very good canteen
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setup and then inside the Vault can bag
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which I love this canteen bag it's it's
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perfect for this stuff it
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fits um a spork I got a titanium Spork
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in there it fits the there's actually a
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pocket with a velcro closure for the lid
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so the lid fits in there right and then
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if you reach in
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here you can pull out the two different
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[Applause]
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cups so we've got
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a smaller cup and then we've got the
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main
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cup smaller cup um actually is pretty
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good for a makeshift little bowl to eat
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out
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of you see that I've used mine over the
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fire several times but it has a nice
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locking handle on
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it and then the
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cup I really like the the handles on
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this cup because your the way your your
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hands fit in there your fingers fit in
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there and it's more squared off or
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rectangle shaped I guess uh than a
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traditional canteen cup which is more
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oval and this just makes it a little bit
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more stable you know especially when
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you're setting it down or putting it on
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a small stove it just works better so
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that's the canteen
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setup and then the pouch
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and you see that there's the uh little
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pouch for the lid the back of it is
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Molly so you can actually attach this to
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a larger
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backpack you've got your securing strap
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that keeps the canteen in but then you
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have two pockets you have one large
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pocket on the side and you have one
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large pocket on the front and this front
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pocket is perfect for fitting a stove
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and I've
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got my BCB fire
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dragon um I've done reviews of this
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stove before I've used this uh in videos
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and what I like about this is uh it uses
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alcohol gel instead of the esbit so it
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doesn't stink as bad Burns pretty hot
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you can get three gel packs in there and
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it's got this little wind screen that
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goes in the back so it's a pretty nice
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stove setup it's much bigger than the S
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bit as you can tell much chunkier but it
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fits this pocket perfectly and actually
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there's room in
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[Applause]
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here put my big
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lighter and I really don't even have
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this thing maxed out you can add of
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course uh some coffee
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packets um maybe a small soup packet
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some bullon cubes whatever you want to
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add to it but there's room in this large
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front pouch to add more things and then
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on the
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side it has a kind of a skinny long
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pouch and this is a perfect
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spot for my
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Victorinox I think this is the Ranger
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grip 78 or 79 I don't know I can't
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remember the nen clature on it but uh
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it's it's a beast of a knife um it's
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almost too big to pocket carry
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but putting in in the canteen kit is
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perfect because then I have a cutting
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tool and that's going to be pretty
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helpful in doing chores around Camp so
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there's the canteen pouch of course it
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comes with a shoulder strap that's
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removable it's a thin strap it's not
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particularly a great strap but this is
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what it comes with um it also has a loop
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handle that detaches it's paracord
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weaved I really don't like it don't find
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the need for it so I removed it um it
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comes on and off but that is part of the
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of the bag if you're looking for one of
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these and I'll have links down to this
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stuff um in my Amazon store for things
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that you can get at Amazon like this
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Volcan bag and the of course the Volcan
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canteen set too and then I wanted to
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show a more budget friendly option for
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you guys this is something that I put
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together with some components from
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Walmart um if you check out Walmart
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especially in the stores they are
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running some sales on different items
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one thing that is coming up for sale
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right now is um a clean canteen 40 oz
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bottle this is stainless steel it's
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single wall so you can place this in the
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fire if you want to and it is it is
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clean canteen there's the the logo this
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is a name brand product and I some
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people reporting these as cheap as seven
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bucks
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uh think I've seen them at $14 or $17
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but either way that's a good deal for a
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40 oz stainless steel bottle and
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then of course you got to have a cup in
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case you want to make some coffee on the
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fire when you're
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camping and this is the stainless steel
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cup that they sell at Walmart it has no
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markings on it so there is no graduation
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marks for
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uh measuring but it's a nice heavyduty
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stainless steel
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cup and the 40 oz bottle fits right in
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there and 32 oz n jeans will fit in
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there perfectly cuz they're the same
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diameter as
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this nice butterfly handles but it's
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good heavy gauge stainless it's not
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going to bend or warp on you and it
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nests with that water bottle
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perfectly and then of course you have to
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have um a good bag to carry all this
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stuff in because that's kind of the
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point and this is the Ozark Trail water
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bottle bag that they're selling and this
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is currently on sale too I've SE I've
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been seeing posts about this on social
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media it comes in black and I think
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there's a tan
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version so when you get this thing the
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shoulder strap is is pretty junky um not
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very wellmade so I replaced it with this
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uh Max Edition uh shoulder strap that I
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had in my gearbox makes it a little bit
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more comfortable gives me some more
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adjustability so that's an easy fix the
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zipper pull on it was pretty crappy so I
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replaced it with one of these and then
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the shock cord that goes around the neck
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uh that was very junky I think it wasn't
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even an elastic cord it was just like
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some cheap nylon cord I just removed
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that and then inserted actual real
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elastic bungee cord and a good cord lock
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to make that a little bit more stiffer
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and uh just better security and what's
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nice about this pouch is beside the
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price which is super cheap uh you've got
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a padded handle carry handle you've got
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d-rings for your shoulder straps but you
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also have a d-ring down
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here so if you want to carry the bottle
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carrier this way like on your side you
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can and then like the canteen pouch it
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has a main
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pouch that is pretty
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generous pretty good size and I don't
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even have it maxed out but I have a few
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things in here so I've got
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um my Swiss
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Tech multi multi-purpose knife right
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there I think you can get these at
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Walmart online love this thing kind of
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the Swiss Army knockoff but it's it's
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nice because it's got this
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textured uh G10 handles on
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it cool little tool and then I've put
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together just a little
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tin with some essential
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items so when I'm out hiking or out and
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about with the family I've got a few
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things with me so I've got some
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Band-Aids there is uh some trail marking
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tape for
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signaling I've got a little oite
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flashlight
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and then there is a paper towel that you
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add water to and that expands for
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cleanup and then a
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whistle and then some homemade fire
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starting tabs so just a few little
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things could certainly add some more
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stuff to this if you wanted to but
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that's just an idea of some things you
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can take with you
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in your
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kit and of course tons of room left um I
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don't even have this thing maxed out yet
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so lots of survival items you can put in
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here depending on what your purpose for
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this bag is this is going to be for
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hiking and you may not need as much uh
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but if
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you're actually doing some exploring you
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may want to add a few more things and
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then in the front pocket I've got my big
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lighter
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with some Gorilla tape
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and lip
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balm and outside here I've got some hand
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sanitizer I picked this up at Walmart as
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well I think last year a couple years
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ago little hooks here on the side that
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swivel so you can hang your
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keys hang your hand sanitizer your
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bandana whatever you can put some stuff
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on there and that's going to give you
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some Essentials to
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carry and that fits down there pretty
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well and then you can cinch this
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up that'll cover
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it or what I do I actually just roll
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this
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down so it exposes the
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lid and then I tighten that
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up that holds it in so it's not as
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wellmade as most bottle bags are it's
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certainly a cheap option it's Ozark
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Trail you know what do you expect right
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but it's pretty decent and it gets the
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job done and then you know if I destroy
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it um I can certainly get another one
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there's lots of options for these
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bottles bags um Condor Max Edition I'll
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make an enclosed bottle bag they
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actually have a cover in Molly all over
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them in a big pouch a lot of guys like
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those because then they can add pouches
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to the outside I know that uh Grail just
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came out with a bottle bag system it's
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pretty expensive but it's it looks
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awesome uh so lots of different options
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out there but the whole point of these
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kits is to have the essentials
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uh when you strike out from a base camp
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or if you go hiking so you've got water
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you have a pouch that's big enough to
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hold survival items like whistles
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matches
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lighters signal panel uh things like
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that and then of course utilizing metal
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containers like the clean canteen or the
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Vault can style canteen titanium canteen
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you can boil water in these um to
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disinfect or make your water safer to
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drink and then you know having a cup
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just gives you the ability to also turn
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this into a brew kit and carry some
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coffee with you and make coffee or some
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kind of food on the trail and you don't
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have to carry a gigantic backpack
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everywhere you go you can have one of
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these in your vehicle and you're ready
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to roll so these are the two kits I put
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together hopefully you found this
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information useful all right guys that's
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all I have for today hopefully this gave
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you some ideas of how to build your own
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bottle kit if you haven't done one I I
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suggest you do it because it's a
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fantastic way of having all your
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Essentials in a small package when
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you're in Camp or if you're out hiking
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with the
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family uh walking the dog whatever you
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have some stuff with you and uh you know
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depending how much you want to carry
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just depends on how big that that bottle
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bag is going to get but it has the main
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component which is the ability to carry
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water and boil water which is such an
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important facet of survival and keeping
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yourself alive in a bad
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