Comprehensive Lightweight Survival Kit by Ozark Mountain Pre

My lightweight survival kit that goes into my daypack on short outings in the field. This kit, combined with my EDC, contains all the essentials for a short term survival situation.

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Education

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• wilderness
• survival
• kit
• 550
• cord
• ozarks
• fire
• steel
• nalgene
• ray
• mears
• dual
• survivor
• primitive
• skills
• bushcraft
• arkansas

[SignedSign]

I agree on a extra small pocket knife in the kit, out in the woods a knife has so much more uses than a pair of tiny scissors, you have 3 options to make fire, but only the small scissors as a backup knife incase you lost or forgot your pocket knife your carrying

[bluemountaingunworks]

@SignedSign I carry 3 knives on my person EDC; a 4 1/2" fixed blade in a belt-sheath w/ firesteel, a Swiss Army in the pocket, and a Leatherman Wave on the belt as well. Got it covered! Thanks and God Bless, Jerry

[TheMasterofsurvival]

ifyyou are making akit like that keep a pocket knive in there, like the ones you can get at hardware stores for 5 bucks or so

[bluemountaingunworks]

@TheMasterofsurvival Great idea!  Merry Christmas and God Bless, Jerry

[wb5mgr]

Great kit! Couple of suggestions... I'd roll up a ziplock bag in the nalgene to use for holding your kit items when the bottle is full of water. Scrap those scissors and get a pair of Klein or Ideal communications scissors (much tougher). Clip a good carabiner on the bottle loop to attach to your belt. Add a bandana in the bottle, very useful. Small signal mirror would be good too (countycomm).

[bluemountaingunworks]

@wb5mgr Those would all be very useful additions to this kit. Thanks so much for the ideas. Merry Christmas and God Bless, Jerry

[juki0h]

put a satelite phone in there too

[Frooshmeister]

I use a leatherman wave as well, it's served me well for over 12 years. You might want to use a metal container so that you can boil your water. Chemically treating your water won't kill all the viruses/parasites. If you filter it with a bandana or a sock filled with rocks/dirt/charcoal then that would work but I wouldn't drink any water without boiling since it is 100% foolproof.

[SignedSign]

addition.. I disagre on the comment to add a fresnel wallet size lens, the already included firesteel does the work 10 times better and last for 3k strikes (years of use) not to mention the firesteel makes a awsome nighttime signaling device as the intense bright sparks from the firesteel can be seen from miles away, you can even signal in morsecode with it (sos), but to get back to the lens, you rarly find yourself in a survival situation in good sunny weather when it can even be used.

[juki0h]

your missing one more crucial tool for making fire, a fresnel wallet size lens, cheap and super light and compact.

[Smith28Adventure]

Great kit, very large though. You could fit the same amount of stuff into one of those little tin kts. Without the bottle of course..

[swilliams2482]

In the title, you stated "Lightweight". I must agree, that you have achieved that goal. When it comes to survival, I tend to pack heavy, but to each his own. I'd suggest adding a few small items that would be well worth their weight. A peeless whistle like the Fox 40, signal mirror, blaze orange bandana, and a few poly bags for water collection. In addition, I'd look into a better compass. The one on the whistle is ok, but there are so many better choices. Just my opinions. Good job overall.