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OOdlez: Well done on a good start & proposed amendments, especially money ($200 minimum, small bills, up to $20 bill, no big demominations), a poncho/ rain suit, 2 Bic lighters, etc. . It is not clear to me whether you're in an urban, suburban or rural environment and what is the predominate climate...

SCBrian is correct. I'm not sure why it posted as a separate thread. I've been having sporadic difficulty posting on this site. Mod, pls feel free to move my post.

Madoka: I've been trying, so far without success, to reply. I fess-up to the lousy math. For the life of me, I cannot figure out why I typed "5.7mph". But I standby the rest of my post. Very few average Americans could walk 20 miles in 6 hours or even walk that far and especially without several lon...

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Nice design. Great choice of carrier & weight discipline. I get that it's part of a larger "whole", but if you have to grab & go it is your whole kit. With that thought in mind, you may want to consider adding a sil-tarp poncho, 2AA flashlight ( lithium batteries), enhanced first-aid kit. A water pu...

My daily EDC Keychain flashlights are aFenix EO1 or EO5 ( with lithium AAA batt.s) and a Yellow Photon Freedom micro. I carry the Photon mounted switch in, on its neckholder, with its lanyard X wrapped around it. Both lights are on my keychain. It is a lightweight set-up, with good enough lumens and...

Madoka: Are you a distance walker or jogger? Your math is even weaker than mine and that's a finger and toes limitation. Walking 20 miles in 6 hours is an avg. of 5.7mph , without ANY stops. I'm a lifelong distance walker. On a good day, in cool, clear weather, with a light breeze, my current best 1...

Best bang for your buck, stick simple, practically bombproof, long lived with a lithium AAA, light, good enough lumens for most everyday tasks, really light & compact= Fenix EO1 ( or an EO5 if U need more lumens & settings). I back it up with a yellow Photon Freedom, carried switch -in, in its neck ...

The best 1AA vamp light that I know is the Gerber Infinity Ultimate. Not the brightest, but bright enough to light your way for 20'-30'. It also lasts FOREVER, especially with a lithium cell (40-50 hr.s). Decently weather/dunk proof. Nearly indestructible. Convertible into a headlamp with a hat brim...

Majorhavoc: Your first instinct on water purification was correct. The Katadyn Exostream bottle purifier will remove bacteria, viruses, & many chemical contaminants. The other alternative you mentioned, won't remove all of the above. Think about adding a 4-way Silcock key, flat folding plastic water...

Sun Yeti, my apologies for bad typing and inexplicit phrasing. What I was trying (however badly) to suggest was a pinhole viewer, that is a bored hole in the card, aboutthe size of an extra fine pencil lead. It can be used to enhance both close in and distance viewing, if you've lost or forgotten yo...

Sun Yeti: how about adding tips on estimating distance and boring two h
Oesch. Of appropriate size to read fine print without glasses?

angleofwar, Thanx so much. I've bookmarked those links.

Sun Yeti: Great idea and good text proposals. Reminds me a lot of the old Lee Nadler Survival Cards, only updated and more urban/ suburban. Consider that in thNorthern Hemisphere, most home TV satellite dishes face South. A question, I cannot quiet understand your Moon direction finding instructions...

The Zone, I'm not sure if you just made a poor choice of words or if you were just trying to sound superior. Tell me, when did self- extrication / self first-aid , in a disaster area become "flight" or "running away"? If you can't get yourself up & out of accident/ terror scene and get organized, yo...

The Zone, I'm not sure I understand your glove advice. My theory, time permitting, is to put on the EMT gloves, for liquid & infection protection , say in a first aid type situation. If I'm trying to get out of a fire, collapse or debris filled area, the Nomex/ Kevlar/ pleather gloves go on top of t...

I live and work in a highly urbanized area. My EDC/GHB Kit is geared to get me out of the smoke filled high rise, train tunnel, ash/debris filled atmosphere, during a fire or after a crash or explosion. Thus my standard but still fairly compact kit includes: small headlamp, Xcaper filter mask ( cove...

Throwback, Thanx. I'll have to re-read it to gain a fuller understanding, but I got the part about close up the hole with an airtight dressing.

vXmerlinXV, Yes I/we did. I was lead Crew Chief. It was early 1970s. It amazed me even then. The driver had crashed into the Semi ahead. It was an old flat front bus. The dashboard had just about cut his leg off. The tubing was our only tourniquet. We got it on skin and used the mouth block, i.e. 3 ...

Weatherdude: The relative merits of thee TK-3/4 seems to raise a lot of strong feelings on both sides. The first time I read the "it sucks" criticism, I researched the available on-line studies, including one done for the armed forces. Everything I read rated the TK -4, highly and easiest to store a...

Thanx to all for your informative replies. I've read everything. I mistakenly posted my first reply in the next post down. That post lists my EDC Bag Trauma Kit. But I left out the 28 French nasal airway, that is also in the kit. "medic photog", for my layman's lack of knowledge, could you better ex...

Many thanx for the good advice. I read the article, as well. A bit above my skill level, but I think I got the important parts. I've kept an Asherman, 33" Gorilla tape(2"), and a decompression needle in my small "trauma Kit". I mainly keep the needle for use by someone with the required skill level....

Very nice. Please define "water key"? Does it do what a 4 way Silcock key does? Can it be used to break car door glass? I'm with the can opener crew, as well. I can't wait for a Ti version.