Unconventional/Uncommon/Unique Items in Your Kit

[tb-av]

I have been stranded before. About 1.5 hours away from the nearest gas station.

Man you need a HAM radio. with all that stuff you bought, what if you had been injured instead of just stuck? You would still be SOL.

[tb-av]

After reading this thread and buying a few things. Rethinking a few things. ... and just having so many 'things' that I don;t use that often or hardly at all.

The most unusual thing I am going to add is an instructional manual that is written in my words with large type and photos. Waterproof storage on paper and pdf.

Why large type.... all of the manuals seem to like microscopic type these days and if I were to lose my contacts or glasses they are useless to me.
Why pictures... same thing.... I may not have time to recall 'what goes where'.
Why not just re-write the manual?... Because I want it in my words. After learning the 5 step manual way. I want the two step real world way.

There are so many things we use that it's near impossible to remember how everything works. What if I remember there is a trick to figuring out what time of day it is, or how to reset a certain device. Well I don't have time to read through a survival book.

So that's going to be my addition. My spare brain that remembers the things I have available to me and how to use them quickly and safely.

I had to go to a forum,that then referenced my owners manual, on how to reset a 'service due' on my 4Runner that took me say an hour to 'remember' a 10 second sequence of pushing buttons. If I had my own survival manual, I could have solved that issue in 2 minutes.

... and the worst part would be if someone else had to use your gear to save you and they had everything they needed but no instructions.

So I have come to believe that everyone's gear bag should have an owner written instruction manual that practically anyone could read quickly and utilize.

[Caduceus]

Vaseline infused cotton balls in a zip lock bag for fire starting.

- light, compact and work like magic.

Old quote, but it's the vaseline you need. Skip the cotton balls if you want. I've smeared Neosporin from my FAK onto tinder and it works the same.

[PattonWasRight]

Old quote, but it's the vaseline you need. Skip the cotton balls if you want. I've smeared Neosporin from my FAK onto tinder and it works the same.

Nice, never would have thought about the Neosporin as a fire starter had you not mentioned. I guess that's true of any similar antibiotic/vaseline-based ointment, and they all seem to be

[Eurodriver]

Condoms and anti-biotics... you never know what kind of STDs will run rampant after the SHTF.

This is a good idea.

[K-Dero]

An old metal spile for tapping trees as a back up means for gathering water.

[3 AE]

Five hundred dollars in Ones, Tens, Twenties, Fifty's. I want to be able to buy my way out of trouble as quick as I bought my way in to trouble!

[LMT Shooter]

Five hundred dollars in Ones, Tens, Twenties, Fifty's. I want to be able to buy my way out of trouble as quick as I bought my way in to trouble!

Same here, plus 5 $100 bills

[1_click_off]

Superglue. Closes up deep clean cuts nicely. Plus several other uses, but this works like a quick butterfly bandaid.

[Buckaroo]

Superglue. Closes up deep clean cuts nicely. Plus several other uses, but this works like a quick butterfly bandaid.

Super difficult to keep after being opened. This is my only disagreement. If you have a solution I am all ears! I keep mine taped up right on the back wall of the refrigerator. (inside the unit) but this is the only way I have found to make it last more than a month after opening.

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