Compact Survival Kit

Compact Survival Kit: “In this video, I’ll show you what I keep in my compact survival kit. This kit is designed to hold what I need for a survival situation without a lot of extra weight. You can toss this bag in another bag, in the back of your car, or a variety of other locations.”-EverydayTacticalVids

A compact survival kit can be a great asset when you don’t have a lot of space of you need to travel light. Check out this awesome video by Everyday Tactical Vids for an awesome suggestions.

hey everybody it’s Tim from everyday

tactical vids and today we’re taking a

look at this which is my compact

survival bag the actual bag you’re

looking at is the Voodoo tactical and

large deployment bag and I have reviewed

this already you can find that on our

YouTube channel but the concept behind

this bag is that I have a larger

survival backpack that I keep in my car

and I wanted something that was smaller

lighter weight easier to carry I can

carry with the handle here it also has a

shoulder strap you can attach as well

and I will unload this entire bag show

you all the items that are in it but

right now let me just talk about some of

the things on the outside as you can see

I have some tech links and some

grimlocks

from ITW and these are great if you want

to set up a Ridgeline for a shelter or

if you want to carry something on your

bag set up a clothesline whatever it

might be

these can be very useful down here on

the end I’ve got two different items

first one is my Columbia River knife and

tool eatin tool and that has a variety

of functions as well and then this is a

very cool item from ultimate survival

technology so imma take it off the bag

here this is a tiny little light

basically you turn it and see if we can

get to come on there and then if you

twist this portion off totally you can

actually turn the battery upside down

and it becomes a strobe so that’s great

for getting attention and making

yourself visible in the woods

particularly at night so those are the

only items I have on the outside I’m

going to empty out the bag and then

we’ll talk about what I have in inside

the bag as you can see I’ve got quite a

large variety of items here and I’ll

talk through each one but just take note

that if you’re creative and how you

store items inside of other items you

can actually get quite a bit in that

expanded deployment bag starting down at

the end here this item is huge when it

comes to being in the Northeast there’s

so many ticks out there so something

that has that you can keep the bugs away

that’ll keep the bugs away and you can

see this is 40 percent DEET

there are more powerful options out

there but this is the one that’s readily

accessible you can buy it at a Walmart

you can buy it at an outdoor store

variety of different places

moving on you can see I have some gloves

these are actually made by mechanics

very nice gloves very durable you can

see they’ve got some reinforcement here

on the top and then on the bottom as

well

on your fingertip on the thumb these

serve multiple purposes one is just

general warmth these aren’t going to

keep you as warm as a pair of you know

heavy wool gloves or something like that

or wool mittens but they will give you

some warmth and also depending on what

you’re doing if you’re really working on

something hard or aggressively that you

got to be pulling on or tearing on this

is a way to protect your hands in that

process so another great item to have up

here you see a couple of the food

options I have these were like a buck

apiece you can pick them up at Walmart

they even actually sell them at places

like Cabela’s or other outdoor stores

good to have a protein source and then

rom and this stuff will last forever and

if you can get some water and something

to boil it in right there you can see

you’ve got some food so this isn’t going

to last you for six weeks obviously but

this will take you you know through a

handful of days to actually have

something as soon as you hit the woods

that will provide sustenance for you up

here you can see I’ve got a blaze orange

bandana and this can be used for a

variety of things if you need to signal

somebody if you want to leave it at your

camp hanging from a tree so you don’t

lose where your camp is obviously you

can use it to carry things lots of uses

for a bandana so another key item there

this is lip balm and this is used for

multiple purposes again you’re going to

see that theme with all this stuff for

most of this stuff multiple uses for a

lot of these items here one of the

things that bugs me is if you know you

get really terribly chapped lips or

sunburned lips it’s nice to have

something to actually take care of that

and because this is petroleum-based you

can actually use this as a fire starter

as well so multi or multiple uses for

that got a compass here and obviously

that’s for travel I would like to get

one that has you know the mirror up top

and you use that for signaling and other

things as well but at least a basic

compass in my kit this is a headlamp

from Princeton Tech and it’s the fuel as

you can tell bright dimmer dimmer and

then a strobe setting and then

off if you I think I talked about this

in another video obvious we got this for

about 15 bucks and I got it at Cabela’s

Princeton tech makes amazing stuff high

quality things great to have a headlamp

instead of a hand flashlight you know

fleshly I have to hold in your hand

because it does give the freedom to

operate you know hands-free if you’re

walking if you have to walk at night or

if you’re trying to do something night

both your hands are there for free

because you’ve got a headlamp on moving

on to some other items this is a

multi-tool made by Winchester so if I

open this up with one hand it’s not the

highest-end multi-tool but it is a

multi-tool that has a variety of

different things including pliers and

you know other blades and such on it

does have a little saw blade in there as

well so good to have a multi tool you

can use this obviously for a variety of

different things and it does have a

knife on there I do have another knife

but you’re going to also see one of the

themes for me is repetition for some key

items my pocket New Testament with

Psalms and proverbs as you guys know I’m

a pastor full time this is for you know

reading getting your mind off your

troubles encouragement both spiritually

psychologically emotionally whatever it

might be and I didn’t want to bring a

full-sized Bible so here’s the option

I’m going with got some duct tape and

notice I say duct it’s actually real

tape for working on ducts if you were

you know doing something at HVAC got a

couple rubber bands that you can use as

well and I always say this will make

sure you get high quality duct tape if

you’re buying duct tape don’t buy cheap

stuff and then find out it doesn’t work

moving down here a little bit I’ve got a

tiny fishing kit you’ll notice that I

don’t have fishing line

my plan is that I’ve got you know some

hooks about a lower I’ve got a bobber

and I’ll throw a couple of things in

here probably you can see I’ve got a

rooster tail which I find very

successful what to use for fishing but

what I would do is I would come over to

my paracord here and if you look inside

you can see there’s smaller strands and

I’d actually use some of that for

fishing fishing line but this little kit

and I’ve got in a plastic box that I can

store things in as well I’ve got water

purification tablets now

kamme purify water by boiling it and

other means but this is a way to pretty

much guarantee quickly that you’ll have

potable water and this one came with

another jar but the same size to take

away the taste but I just thought I

don’t really need that I don’t mind the

the taste of purified water using this

alone and not using the other tablets

and I don’t want the extra weight so

there you go I’ve got a guarantee of

some clean water I’ve got a little blade

here this is from cold steel and you can

see it’s a very very small blade this is

the mini tough light and the reason I

put this one in is that if I had to do

some some detail work you know if I was

like cutting into a fish or cutting into

an animal and then want to use this big

knife over here it’s a ka-bar BK to this

gives me an option to have something a

little bit smaller up here you can see

now this is something I just thought of

the other day but down side you can see

salt and pepper packets from Wendy’s

it’s great to get food and when you’re

hungry pretty much anything tastes good

at the woods but you can add a little

bit of flavor to it

there’s an option so I’ll just put these

inside of this can which I could use to

boil water drink water or whatever it

might be there are other options

obviously out there but I just want to

use this to show you know just a simple

can now you’ve got your container option

from your 5cz or tendencies of survival

up top I’ve got my Corona folding saw I

chose the saw instead of the Gerber

backpacks to just for now at least I’m

going to give that a shot and if I want

an ax instead of a soft or a while maybe

I’ll swap it out but there’s a good

cutting tool you know for making shelter

or firewood whatever that might be let

me drop down here to a couple other

items and here this is a bag that came

from ultimate survival technologies and

there are a variety of items in here

this is the Sparky which is a fire

starter you’ve got wet fire which is

basically a little cube that will start

on fire even if it’s floating on top of

water if it’s wet which is great

got a whistle a signaling whistle and

then on the back you have some water

purification tablets and again I left it

in this a to keep it dry and then you

can also use this little container for

other things as well down here

some hand warmers maybe not vital in the

middle of summer but you know it can get

cold various times a year so good to

have that here I’ve got a large is

basically a bread size storage bag and

it’s quite big at the when you open it

up it’s probably about you know fifteen

or sixteen inches square and this is

great because if you do find a good

water source or you know something that

you need to carry in a bag now you’ve

got this some people you know say well

you know I’ll just drink a ton of water

but if you wanted to carry back to camp

or if you want to just have it in a bag

here’s a good option very compact and

again rubber bands you can use for

multiple things firestarter just

basically a Ferro rod again I want to

have multiple ways to start fire 50

gallon drum liner this can serve or

shelter could be a poncho variety of

uses for this more rubber bands paracord

got a 100 feet here and as I showed you

before those inner strands can be used

for a variety of things as well Mike a

bar-b-que – big beefy knife very strong

you can use that for batana a lot of

different options I did want to have

this other blade over here for a more

detail work but I want to have something

big and strong as well

got some zip ties I’ll probably add a

couple more in too – this only have

three here I think I had probably ten or

so but those can be those are great for

shelter building if you have to secure

something to a tree or to a branch

that’s a good option up here something I

created I started to get frustrated when

I was out you know trying to cook meat

over fire and spend it so much time

rigging something up so you get a piece

of meat you can put it on the skewer and

then you can you know take some paracord

tie it to this end and then you’re good

to go you can set it up over your fire

so this is super lightweight I got four

of these and they’re probably twice as

long I just cut the handle down for I

think a dollar ninety seven so

lightweight and another good option just

to make life a little bit easier when

you’re out there in the woods wrapping

up here I’ve got a astronaut blanket and

that’s for warmth you can use that as a

signaling device as well I’ve got some

tubing here this is about ten feet of

tubing and this is helpful if you do get

to a water source that’s hard to get

your face down to or your cup down to

now you can get into it

if you use a solar still you’ve

collected rainwater this is an easy way

to actually consume it I do have just a

container of water nothing special about

this kind but now I know I’ve got some

food coming in I’ve got some water

coming in so this is a container to fill

with more water if I can get a clean

source of water but also just nice to

know that I do have water coming into

the survival situation and as I wrap up

over here I’ve got a fleece cap I’ve got

a neck warmer I found that if you can

keep your neck warm particularly the

back of your neck that can really help a

lot in a survival situation so that’s

why I put this in and then I’ve got a

North Face long-sleeve shirt this will

wick the sweat away from you as well as

just adding another layer of warmth as I

close out a couple final thoughts first

is that I’d love to hear from you guys

in the comments and other sections what

would you add what would you change you

know we’ve all got our different

preferences on what we think the best

things for survival are so comment down

below say hey you know I’d add this or I

take away this whatever it might be

let’s get the discussion going second

thing is that all this stuff is great

but if you don’t get out and use it and

get familiar with it it’s not worth

anything so just to you know kind of put

my money where my mouth is I want to be

out in the next handful of weeks with

this stuff probably just doing overnight

but see what’s the most helpful I’ll

probably leave the food at home so I

could you know get my own some of my own

sustenance from the wild but I’ll be

interested to hear what you guys had to

say and also I’ll give you some feedback

once I get out and use this as always

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