Mini survival kits
Mini survival kits consist of essential outdoor survival tools and supplies that are difficult or impossible to improvise and which are small enough or critical enough to make them worthwhile carrying all the time. Contained within an
Altoids or similar sized tin, and waterproofed using adhesive tape, these items serve as a back-up to normally carried equipment.
A mini survival kit will usually contain the following items;
* a miniature
compass (e.g.
Silva SERE 40)
*
Esbit fuel tablets for
fire starting
* a
lighter or
matches * an unlubricated
condom to carry water
* a length of
paracord*
duct tape* fishing hooks
* needles and
thread for clothing repairs or
fishing Doug Ritter provides an excellent example of a homemade Mini Survival Kit
here.
Mini survival kits can be bought pre-packed; as a result they have become more complex and standardised. Examples being the
BCB International Combat Survival Tin and the
Adventure Medical Kits Pocket Survival Pak a commercially available mini survival kit designed by
Doug Ritter.
Survival kit
