Bought two of these and added some nice things for my daughter/hubby, and grandson. Four person tent, a 10x10 medium tarp, poncho liners to slip into the sleeping bags.
I know for more experienced, or more learned outdoorsy types of people or survival enthusiasts, etc, this kit might immediately get overlooked. What I like about your channel is that even though you're up there, you don't just blindly crap on these kits, even if they might deserve it. Even if an item is made of garbage-tier Chinesium, I've seen you still give it such items a fair shakedown. Many people look down their nose and confuse an off-the-shelf survival kit like this with a week long backpacking trip through the rockies. The bag, for example, is very obviously on the cheap side. But all it needs to do, according to itself, is hold your stuff for 5 days without the zippers busting if you drop it a few times or without ripping apart if you rub against brush or concrete surfaces a few times. You're trying to get from New Orleans to Houston by car, maybe sleeping IN your car on the way. You're trying to get out of the dust cloud caused by the twin towers collapsing and probably staying at a triage center a few days. This kit works for something like that. You're not spending several months in the Kandahar Valley. The bag doesn't need to be a Mystery Ranch or Eberlestock or 5.11 or Condor. Just needs to hold some essentials so you don't DIE for a few days. Rant over I guess lol. I love This channel. It's changed my entire philosophy of use for a lot of my gear.
yo dude.....of course ppl think of it that way its called a survival kit. Instead of blaming us consumers why dont you put the blame where you should, on these companies for false advertising or for profiteering in a time of crisis. This is the second kit i have seen after watching tons of these vids that is actually worth the money.
@@christopher480 while you are knocking shade on people, yes you go out there with your 2000 dollar BoB i can't afford that (50 bucks is even stretching it) but if i had one of these i would add stuff. i built my own (well 3 of them) from my own buying of stuff (on sale, garage sales, from friends who didn't want their stuff anymore) got better stuff. so yes you can knock us who do not make the rich dough you do i'll still be able to bug out with what i hope will keep me safe and survive for a few days. prep well, be awear, and build wisely.
@@christopher480 oh and i do agree with you of the companies that say survive for 100 years and give you a can opener and a box of matches and a dollar rain poncho. like always get informed and know what you buy.
Enjoyed the vid and the additional items added at the end. Always surprisingly interesting to see how much more is actually missing from some kits. Thx for sharing Eric👍
Great review! Yep... It's a good starter kit for those who want to get into the preparedness mindset. I always enjoy your survival kit reviews. Keep them coming as you can.
I just build my own. I get what I want and nothing that I don't. And I ensure what I get is quality products. Many companies sacrifice quality to make a bigger profit.
Wow man that's so kewl you let everyone know, I had no idea you could build your own, and no idea that companies afford their buildings and employees by this thing called profit. You're so cool, lets hook up.
I just bought this, I'm in Ireland and we don't have much of a prepper market so I bought it online from England it was €90 but with Brexit and postage it ended up being €130 but I don't really mind, just peace of mind for me. Love the content thank you.
With your additions I think its much more usefull worth to try it out in a garden, camping place, etc. I would add closing clips for food plastic bags, radio, multi tool, magnifying glass.
Those military style solid fuel stoves are best carried inside British style mess tins so that you can carry the stove fuel tabs and waterproof windproof matches together
I bought two of these literally like a week before the pandemic hit. Got them all kitted out with stuff I had around the house. One in the truck one in the house. In my truck I also carry a different bag fully loaded so I can pick which ever bag is most appropriate.
I think survival kits like this is great for having food, water, and ability to make fire. But it really lacks in shelter and bedding. We forget a survival backpack should resemble a hiker's backpack. This kit needs a sleeping bag, 1 or 2 person hikers tent, padding, pillow, a hammock, wool blanket, and a all weather overcoat.
I brought my mother and similar kit where she lives in winter flooding is olways a possibility and in the past she has been evacuated because of high water level I added a quiet a lot more but I was honestly really impressed with what you are given of the bat is impressive
A metal mug is too small for your potential needs here. You need a larger pot, at least a litre volume a person. I like the rucksack, it would do the job but doesn't look expensive enough to attract attention. With that many zips though a waterproof rucksack cover would be useful if you are in a rainy place, lots of zips let in water.
Excellent review, as always! Right off the bat, I would add a couple of bottles of water to those side mesh pockets. The stove only came w/4 fuel tabs, enough to bring maybe 8 cups of water to a boil. No way would it reconstitute even half of the supplied freeze dried food. I guess the assumption is it's to get you started until you can set up a cooking fire, but would have nice to have at least 4 more fuel tabs. All the packages seemed to be 4 servings, and are non-resealable. Throwing in some gallon size zip lock bags would allow you to cook only a portion of each food type at a time and save the rest, allowing for some variety over the course of 5 days. But this kit does seem like a decent foundation to build into a more complete, capable grab and go emergency preparedness bag. Thanks for doing these reviews!
Thanks for the review. I think that one more bag of water pouches would be appropriate for the "minimum" required, although you'd nee much more water to prepare those freeze dried meals. I'd also add beefier water, shelter and Fire modules. Cheers.
I'd like to see a video where you built it out into a kit! The contents are decidedly cheap but I suppose a kit like that isn't intended for someone like me- it's a starter for folks who otherwise wouldn't have anything on hand. For that I suppose it's a decent foundation to build on. Interestingly I have found few things to be as subjective as food! Personally I find the Wise foods to be a waste of money and only borderline edible. IMO you're better off getting the Knorr/Lipton rice & pasta varieties (about $1/ea at Walmart) as they taste better and are cheaper. But everyone will have a different opinion about food. I like Mountain House but of course, it's fairly expensive. I do have a case of those little water pouches although I kind of kicked myself for buying them; it's about the least cost effective way to have water. It's really hard to beat just having Nalgene bottles and filling them at home. That's not a set-it-and-forget-it option though, you do have to rotate through the water. I tend to agree with you that SARS CoV-2 is not going to destroy human civilization. Still, the time to buy an umbrella is before it starts raining. If anything good comes out of this pandemic it's maybe that folks will finally realize that it's not crazy or fringe to have some emergency supplies!
Great video and the fact that other survival things were added. When I was camping with my Scout troops, I used to have a back pack that I got at a thrift store for about $2.99 that I used and would keep packed with clothes sleeping bag hygiene and cooking essentials. I no longer have the back pack because I passed it on to another Scout that needed it after I stopped my involvement with Scouting. I do have another knapsack that could work as my bug out bag if needed. Watching several different videos about what to have in a buyout bag, I now am going through my Scouting/camping stuff to gather what I have at home and putting together a bug out bag and building one for myself.
You boil the water in cup and put the water inside the pouch, that way you don't need to clean the cup. That's the way they teach it in military in Finland.
@@SusanLand These meals are designed for military/camping/survival. You only have to boil some water, add it to the pouch, and leave for about 20 mins, then eat. You could boil one cup of water with half a cube I think.
This is a great start for a short term emergency. I like the fact that you have plenty of room left to add to the kit. I just wish the bag was a little higher quality, would be worth paying a little more imho. If the bag fails when you need it you are totally hosed. Too bad they don't just sell refill packs at a lower price for those who don't need the bag.
Great vid. So, you’ve got 4 servings in each food pack, but you’re alone. Do you eat it all? If not, what to you do with the extra food? Trash it? It would be a shame. Maybe one should add freezer zip-lock bags to keep it, or some hard container.
That's the difference between it and Mountain House. Their pouches (MH) comes in with a zip lock so you could reseal it if you're not cooking all of it.
Those flashlight have been at Dollar Tree. They have a small battery. You had it switched to batter power. If you switch it the generator you will see it isn’t very bright. Mine broke on the second use.
The problem with the food packaging is it is four servings. That means you need to cook for two meals at once and eat it twice in a row to try to stretch the meals for five days. As you point out the calories are way too low 1200 per person per day would be rock bottom. I also didn’t find them that filling either. There are other long term food solutions that would be much better. You could use these as a base to add other foods to.
@@private15 true,but in most survival situations you will need more calories than usual. If you are planning a low calorie diet om a survival situation you might want to rethink it. I think you should at least cut in half the time period you expect these to last
I was wondering just how bad the food was going to be, and I've had some fairly gruesome one's, sky high in starch & chewy cardboard taste wise, so I am pleasantly surprised. However obtaining enough water might be a interesting challenge.
inhave always wondered when you add "too" much water" that you are getting water into your system, meaning that i a shtf sit. the added water would be good for you. (yes it would be soupy) but you get the food solids and the water which yo keep hydrated. but that's me (like most people they would like it less soupy) but to keep positive more water more hydration.
helpful AS A Starting point for an earthquake, hurricane, or tornado survival situation.. for a day or two. As always, Water is the big issue (as you point out). All that freeze dried, but no water... smh. But, these things were pretty much a gimick for The Wise Company to clear product as they re-branded to ReadyWise.
I know that the water provided is supposed to just get someone started, but it's only 2-1/2 cups. Recommended for a bug out situation is 1 quart (1 liter) per day. The recommended 2 pouches a day is only one cup.
Nice job. I wish you would have attempted to cook that meal with the equipment they gave you. It seems there's only enough fuel for one meal. If you boil the water (4 cups required) in the cup (looks like 16 oz.), where do you cook the food ? Could the food have been cooked in it's own bag ?
Actually the playing cards are an important piece of equipment for being found if your lost. You just start play a game of solitaire and no matter where you are someone will appear and say " That card plays there".
Two lighters. At least they put in Choghlans waterproof matches. One of my all time favorites. Reliable and the strikers are waterproof. Unlike the one's UCO et al. use. Incidentally notice that the cup/cooking vessel looks nothing like the one on the cover?
None are for sale atm but I make my own anyway. But I like this chennal because it has gave me a idea to a bag u can live out of for 10 plus day. And it's the same size as that
I seen a review of Wise and they didn't cover the container as you did so the food didn't come out as well. Personally I would take Mountain House, only 2 servings per pack, but you put the water in the pack which saves you on using a metal container. I like the review you did. Have you done a review of Seventy2 Pro by Uncharted? Try it if you can, it costs about $600 last I saw which is a bit high. Thanks for great review. Take care and stay well. I have subscribed.
I don't know why people buy these freeze dried food, even though this is sold by a company that specializes in it. You need valuable water, a mess kit, a fire where you may not want to be seen or an expensive gas fueled stove, they don't contain very many calories, and they're quite expensive. Go with the emergency food rations with honey and peanut butter and you're set for cheap meals. In an emergency they don't need to taste well anyway👍
@@thegreatmilenkograpeflavor1523 They lost a class action suit for misleading claims about their nutritional content. Also Mountain House has an article on their website about Wise long-term food pouches containing very high oxygen levels and thus not able to store long term.
Another good video. This looks like quite a decent set up for the price. Put a knife in the kit and you'd have a chance with what you have. Perhaps the challenge would be in NOT doing our own upgrades to it.
My biggest concern with this bag is that it requires so much water to hydrate the meals and then there is barely enough water to even drink. If they put a decent bottle and cup nested together, I would feel much better about my chances using this bag.
Don't laugh at the water ingredients; a lot of bottled water has a bit of mineral added for PH, taste and shelf life. Holding in my hand right now a Great Value bottle: •Purified water •CALCIUM CHLORIDE (taste, shelf life) •SODIUM BICARBONATE (PH)
Shame the cup doesn’t have a lid to speed up boiling and I can see burnt fingers from that handle! Having to set up a stove to boil water to make food is a bad strategy, the kit should have food bars to eat on the move. Is there enough solid fuel to boil the water for all the dry food provided? For a ‘5 day’ kit the bag should have room to carry insulation for sleeping warm at night, otherwise it’ll be immediately discarded for a bigger pack. That orange flag is barely a signal, in many woodland areas it’ll just disappear amongst yellow/orange leaves. Like so many other kits this is just a bag of ‘stuff’ without a clear strategy for use.
For short term emergency needs, I would personally rather have in my kit some ready to eat foods (eg energy bars) or optional cook foods (e.g. ramen, which can be eaten dry without cooking). This eliminates the need for a cook kit / fuel (and therefor significantly reduces the weight of your kit) and the need to stop to cook if you are in the move. However, Wise Foods’ main product line is dehydrated foods, it’s not surprising that’s what they will put in their kit. Thank you for this review video!
I have a similar bag but much bigger. And it's _loaded_ with camo gear. I'm a bird photographer. But I'm also a 65 year old woman in South Africa and I'd really rather _not_ be seen.
Good clean review, bag is 3 out of 10. Food no protein just carbs, no water in hot environment , and as you showed no cover, cut, fuel for stove or half of items for survival. Good for someone who has no real idea.
@@KitbashedSurvival thanks for the response, dang that sucks, I'm going on a trip to Colorado in February and I would sure love to have that backpack in my rental
The flashlight . I have owned several like this one . the lite has a Not Rechargable watch battery inside. It is turned on by a switch on top. If you do not turn on battery the squeeze lever will make the light lite just for the moment the little generator is in motion. They are a fun toy. I love them, but The battery will Not Never Ever Charge. Dispite what the liar Chinese say on the label . it is LED so the tiny battery will last a while when new . give it to the kids or if you're like me play with it your self but do not use it as a survival item .
kind of cheep.. how are you going to cook the food or boil all the water you will need to drive and make the food.. everything looks like the cheapest junk they could get to fill the bag..
I don’t like Wise. They ALWAYS overestimate their portions by at least 2X. Often times the “portions” are off by 4X. So anything they tell you divide by at least 2 if not more for portioning. All of their foods are packaged for a “family.” So not good for solo use. I personally try to stay away from their products. They seem kinda shady.
Another very well done vid :) with all due respect though please stop mentioning adding items to every kit you talk about.....honestly the prices on these kits are so inflated they dont get it both ways........you rip ppl off on the price then i should not have to add a single thing...this is akin to war profiteering.......
Mountain house is trash brother. Come on 😂😂 way better ones out there try Packit gourmet, backpackers pantry, Wild Zora. Packit Gourmet is by far the tasting in my fat opinion
Great. Nothing is more useful than food you have to cook in a survival situation. But wait. You don't even have enough water for your meals. There is realy nothing you can consume directly?
Bought two of these and added some nice things for my daughter/hubby, and grandson. Four person tent, a 10x10 medium tarp, poncho liners to slip into the sleeping bags.
He seems so wholesome. Love his content.
I know for more experienced, or more learned outdoorsy types of people or survival enthusiasts, etc, this kit might immediately get overlooked.
What I like about your channel is that even though you're up there, you don't just blindly crap on these kits, even if they might deserve it. Even if an item is made of garbage-tier Chinesium, I've seen you still give it such items a fair shakedown.
Many people look down their nose and confuse an off-the-shelf survival kit like this with a week long backpacking trip through the rockies.
The bag, for example, is very obviously on the cheap side. But all it needs to do, according to itself, is hold your stuff for 5 days without the zippers busting if you drop it a few times or without ripping apart if you rub against brush or concrete surfaces a few times. You're trying to get from New Orleans to Houston by car, maybe sleeping IN your car on the way. You're trying to get out of the dust cloud caused by the twin towers collapsing and probably staying at a triage center a few days. This kit works for something like that.
You're not spending several months in the Kandahar Valley. The bag doesn't need to be a Mystery Ranch or Eberlestock or 5.11 or Condor. Just needs to hold some essentials so you don't DIE for a few days.
Rant over I guess lol. I love This channel. It's changed my entire philosophy of use for a lot of my gear.
yo dude.....of course ppl think of it that way its called a survival kit. Instead of blaming us consumers why dont you put the blame where you should, on these companies for false advertising or for profiteering in a time of crisis.
This is the second kit i have seen after watching tons of these vids that is actually worth the money.
@@christopher480 if that's your view of my post, it means you didn't read it correctly
@@christopher480 while you are knocking shade on people, yes you go out there with your 2000 dollar BoB i can't afford that (50 bucks is even stretching it) but if i had one of these i would add stuff. i built my own (well 3 of them) from my own buying of stuff (on sale, garage sales, from friends who didn't want their stuff anymore) got better stuff. so yes you can knock us who do not make the rich dough you do i'll still be able to bug out with what i hope will keep me safe and survive for a few days. prep well, be awear, and build wisely.
@@christopher480 oh and i do agree with you of the companies that say survive for 100 years and give you a can opener and a box of matches and a dollar rain poncho. like always get informed and know what you buy.
Good to see someone reviewing the food independently.
Not a bad kit for the price you paid. Man you would need a lot more water just for all the food prep though.
Enjoyed the vid and the additional items added at the end. Always surprisingly interesting to see how much more is actually missing from some kits. Thx for sharing Eric👍
Great review! Yep... It's a good starter kit for those who want to get into the preparedness mindset. I always enjoy your survival kit reviews. Keep them coming as you can.
Thanks!
I just build my own. I get what I want and nothing that I don't. And I ensure what I get is quality products. Many companies sacrifice quality to make a bigger profit.
Wow man that's so kewl you let everyone know, I had no idea you could build your own, and no idea that companies afford their buildings and employees by this thing called profit. You're so cool, lets hook up.
All your videos are fun to watch and informative. Thank you sir
How is the bag holding up now? I am looking at this as a starting point. I plan to add to this bag. Great video.
I just bought this, I'm in Ireland and we don't have much of a prepper market so I bought it online from England it was €90 but with Brexit and postage it ended up being €130 but I don't really mind, just peace of mind for me. Love the content thank you.
With your additions I think its much more usefull worth to try it out in a garden, camping place, etc. I would add closing clips for food plastic bags, radio, multi tool, magnifying glass.
Those military style solid fuel stoves are best carried inside British style mess tins so that you can carry the stove fuel tabs and waterproof windproof matches together
Nice video and totally digging the old Chessie System shirt.
I bought two of these literally like a week before the pandemic hit. Got them all kitted out with stuff I had around the house. One in the truck one in the house. In my truck I also carry a different bag fully loaded so I can pick which ever bag is most appropriate.
I think survival kits like this is great for having food, water, and ability to make fire. But it really lacks in shelter and bedding. We forget a survival backpack should resemble a hiker's backpack. This kit needs a sleeping bag, 1 or 2 person hikers tent, padding, pillow, a hammock, wool blanket, and a all weather overcoat.
I subbed and like you get straight to the point and you deserve more support love the vids will get this bag for me
I brought my mother and similar kit where she lives in winter flooding is olways a possibility and in the past she has been evacuated because of high water level I added a quiet a lot more but I was honestly really impressed with what you are given of the bat is impressive
good to see you man....been following your video for awhile and learn something from it..thank you for your video on survival items.
A metal mug is too small for your potential needs here. You need a larger pot, at least a litre volume a person. I like the rucksack, it would do the job but doesn't look expensive enough to attract attention. With that many zips though a waterproof rucksack cover would be useful if you are in a rainy place, lots of zips let in water.
That's nice. I like the camouflage better than the red. Working on go bags.
Excellent review, as always! Right off the bat, I would add a couple of bottles of water to those side mesh pockets. The stove only came w/4 fuel tabs, enough to bring maybe 8 cups of water to a boil. No way would it reconstitute even half of the supplied freeze dried food. I guess the assumption is it's to get you started until you can set up a cooking fire, but would have nice to have at least 4 more fuel tabs. All the packages seemed to be 4 servings, and are non-resealable. Throwing in some gallon size zip lock bags would allow you to cook only a portion of each food type at a time and save the rest, allowing for some variety over the course of 5 days. But this kit does seem like a decent foundation to build into a more complete, capable grab and go emergency preparedness bag. Thanks for doing these reviews!
Thanks for the review. I think that one more bag of water pouches would be appropriate for the "minimum" required, although you'd nee much more water to prepare those freeze dried meals. I'd also add beefier water, shelter and Fire modules. Cheers.
For $50 that's a nice thing to have, for $130 not so sure, even in the current situation.
I wonder how much it goes for in today's Biden Inflation Fun Bucks
I'd like to see a video where you built it out into a kit! The contents are decidedly cheap but I suppose a kit like that isn't intended for someone like me- it's a starter for folks who otherwise wouldn't have anything on hand. For that I suppose it's a decent foundation to build on. Interestingly I have found few things to be as subjective as food! Personally I find the Wise foods to be a waste of money and only borderline edible. IMO you're better off getting the Knorr/Lipton rice & pasta varieties (about $1/ea at Walmart) as they taste better and are cheaper. But everyone will have a different opinion about food. I like Mountain House but of course, it's fairly expensive. I do have a case of those little water pouches although I kind of kicked myself for buying them; it's about the least cost effective way to have water. It's really hard to beat just having Nalgene bottles and filling them at home. That's not a set-it-and-forget-it option though, you do have to rotate through the water.
I tend to agree with you that SARS CoV-2 is not going to destroy human civilization. Still, the time to buy an umbrella is before it starts raining. If anything good comes out of this pandemic it's maybe that folks will finally realize that it's not crazy or fringe to have some emergency supplies!
Right!
Great video and the fact that other survival things were added. When I was camping with my Scout troops, I used to have a back pack that I got at a thrift store for about $2.99 that I used and would keep packed with clothes sleeping bag hygiene and cooking essentials. I no longer have the back pack because I passed it on to another Scout that needed it after I stopped my involvement with Scouting. I do have another knapsack that could work as my bug out bag if needed. Watching several different videos about what to have in a buyout bag, I now am going through my Scouting/camping stuff to gather what I have at home and putting together a bug out bag and building one for myself.
5 days, 4 fuel cubes, and there is no way you are going to cook one of those food packets in that little cup.
You boil the water in cup and put the water inside the pouch, that way you don't need to clean the cup. That's the way they teach it in military in Finland.
@@Hustlate That would work if these foods didn't require long cooking times, and there is still the issue of only 4 fuel cubes.
@@SusanLand These meals are designed for military/camping/survival. You only have to boil some water, add it to the pouch, and leave for about 20 mins, then eat. You could boil one cup of water with half a cube I think.
This is a great start for a short term emergency. I like the fact that you have plenty of room left to add to the kit. I just wish the bag was a little higher quality, would be worth paying a little more imho. If the bag fails when you need it you are totally hosed. Too bad they don't just sell refill packs at a lower price for those who don't need the bag.
Looks like a lot of room to add some more useful items. I wish I would have seen these at Sam's Club.
Great vid. So, you’ve got 4 servings in each food pack, but you’re alone. Do you eat it all? If not, what to you do with the extra food? Trash it? It would be a shame. Maybe one should add freezer zip-lock bags to keep it, or some hard container.
That's the difference between it and Mountain House. Their pouches (MH) comes in with a zip lock so you could reseal it if you're not cooking all of it.
Those flashlight have been at Dollar Tree. They have a small battery. You had it switched to batter power. If you switch it the generator you will see it isn’t very bright. Mine broke on the second use.
I would like to see this built out into a nice bug out bag video
Great video! Thank you for these I like watching them !
Glad you like them!
The problem with the food packaging is it is four servings. That means you need to cook for two meals at once and eat it twice in a row to try to stretch the meals for five days. As you point out the calories are way too low 1200 per person per day would be rock bottom. I also didn’t find them that filling either. There are other long term food solutions that would be much better. You could use these as a base to add other foods to.
Low calories but survival isn’t always getting lots of food.
@@private15 true,but in most survival situations you will need more calories than usual. If you are planning a low calorie diet om a survival situation you might want to rethink it. I think you should at least cut in half the time period you expect these to last
You’re not going to starve to death with 1000 calories a day. Lose weight, yes. But this is an emergency kit to help get you by.
I was wondering just how bad the food was going to be, and I've had some fairly gruesome one's, sky high in starch & chewy cardboard taste wise, so I am pleasantly surprised.
However obtaining enough water might be a interesting challenge.
I bought this two years ago and I replaced the food because it was pretty awful. Awful being a gross understatement😐
Great video .... your a master packer ... but you got me trying to build my own kits 🤗
They actually thought it out fairly well , not bad for over the counter .
inhave always wondered when you add "too" much water" that you are getting water into your system, meaning that i a shtf sit. the added water would be good for you. (yes it would be soupy) but you get the food solids and the water which yo keep hydrated. but that's me (like most people they would like it less soupy) but to keep positive more water more hydration.
helpful AS A Starting point for an earthquake, hurricane, or tornado survival situation.. for a day or two. As always, Water is the big issue (as you point out). All that freeze dried, but no water... smh. But, these things were pretty much a gimick for The Wise Company to clear product as they re-branded to ReadyWise.
I know that the water provided is supposed to just get someone started, but it's only 2-1/2 cups. Recommended for a bug out situation is 1 quart (1 liter) per day. The recommended 2 pouches a day is only one cup.
They should have included some dehydrated water.
Kinda dig the hair. I'm ex-military, but it works on you, Definitely enjoy the content.
Thanks!
Nice job. I wish you would have attempted to cook that meal with the equipment they gave you.
It seems there's only enough fuel for one meal. If you boil the water (4 cups required) in the cup (looks like 16 oz.),
where do you cook the food ? Could the food have been cooked in it's own bag ?
Actually the playing cards are an important piece of equipment for being found if your lost. You just start play a game of solitaire and no matter where you are someone will appear and say " That card plays there".
Buy 1 as of backup for a camping trip to try out
Two lighters.
At least they put in Choghlans waterproof matches. One of my all time favorites. Reliable and the strikers are waterproof. Unlike the one's UCO et al. use.
Incidentally notice that the cup/cooking vessel looks nothing like the one on the cover?
None are for sale atm but I make my own anyway. But I like this chennal because it has gave me a idea to a bag u can live out of for 10 plus day. And it's the same size as that
These are for people that don't really have much of an idea about what survival entails.
They are 100% better than nothing.
One big problem 5 day but all food is 4 serving bags. From experience it is difficult to take one potion at a time from the bags and it to taste good.
Hello Steve
That kit should have came with a fishing kit or did did you put a fishing kit in this big out bag
Thanks for a video 👍
Ok...time has marched on. Its Oct 2021... Do you feel they are necessary now?
I seen a review of Wise and they didn't cover the container as you did so the food didn't come out as well. Personally I would take Mountain House, only 2 servings per pack, but you put the water in the pack which saves you on using a metal container. I like the review you did. Have you done a review of Seventy2 Pro by Uncharted? Try it if you can, it costs about $600 last I saw which is a bit high. Thanks for great review. Take care and stay well. I have subscribed.
From a nutrition standpoint I would toss out that wise food freeze dried food and replace it with mountain house food.
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4 servings means two in this days of untruths. Get use for plenty for few and hunger for most.
Great video man!
How does the beans /rice compare to Zatarans ?
I don't know why people buy these freeze dried food, even though this is sold by a company that specializes in it. You need valuable water, a mess kit, a fire where you may not want to be seen or an expensive gas fueled stove, they don't contain very many calories, and they're quite expensive. Go with the emergency food rations with honey and peanut butter and you're set for cheap meals. In an emergency they don't need to taste well anyway👍
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What a croc
I can't believe anyone still buying Wise products after the scandal with their long-term food.
What do you mean?
@@thegreatmilenkograpeflavor1523 They lost a class action suit for misleading claims about their nutritional content. Also Mountain House has an article on their website about Wise long-term food pouches containing very high oxygen levels and thus not able to store long term.
@@KaiShanIV thanks
Another good video. This looks like quite a decent set up for the price. Put a knife in the kit and you'd have a chance with what you have. Perhaps the challenge would be in NOT doing our own upgrades to it.
Thanks!
can you review the alpha bushcraft mark one survival kit? Thank you for the great content I have been subbed for a while!
Yes, I will be reviewing that in an upcoming video.
Kitbashed Survival epic!! That’s so cool! Thanks!
I'm using the food for my SAS survival kit
"There's nothing worse than too much water in a freeze-dried dish," says the man who's clearly never had a broken femur.
My biggest concern with this bag is that it requires so much water to hydrate the meals and then there is barely enough water to even drink. If they put a decent bottle and cup nested together, I would feel much better about my chances using this bag.
Steel bottle and cup to be exact.
Currently on the Wise website a $89.99 for the backpack also in red and black
Don't laugh at the water ingredients; a lot of bottled water has a bit of mineral added for PH, taste and shelf life.
Holding in my hand right now a Great Value bottle:
•Purified water
•CALCIUM CHLORIDE (taste, shelf life)
•SODIUM BICARBONATE (PH)
Thats a great bag but yes there are many ways you could improve it. Feels like its the most basic of basic bags though. Still, a great video thanks.
@Pat The Patriot Hey
That bowl is for 4 people? That would be all for me....
Ever going to test the kits?
Yeah I'd like to
Love your videos, but it's so nice when the music stops. Too much "noise" IMHO.
I agree,lose the music!
Definitely. No music please!
Shame the cup doesn’t have a lid to speed up boiling and I can see burnt fingers from that handle! Having to set up a stove to boil water to make food is a bad strategy, the kit should have food bars to eat on the move. Is there enough solid fuel to boil the water for all the dry food provided?
For a ‘5 day’ kit the bag should have room to carry insulation for sleeping warm at night, otherwise it’ll be immediately discarded for a bigger pack. That orange flag is barely a signal, in many woodland areas it’ll just disappear amongst yellow/orange leaves. Like so many other kits this is just a bag of ‘stuff’ without a clear strategy for use.
Is this worth 99 dollars? I see this online for different prices.
Nice
For short term emergency needs, I would personally rather have in my kit some ready to eat foods (eg energy bars) or optional cook foods (e.g. ramen, which can be eaten dry without cooking). This eliminates the need for a cook kit / fuel (and therefor significantly reduces the weight of your kit) and the need to stop to cook if you are in the move. However, Wise Foods’ main product line is dehydrated foods, it’s not surprising that’s what they will put in their kit. Thank you for this review video!
Hey gang? With what’s coming, don’t pull a blaze orange ribbon out of your pack 😉
What do you think is coming that you have to hide from?
Love your channel
I have a similar bag but much bigger. And it's _loaded_ with camo gear. I'm a bird photographer. But I'm also a 65 year old woman in South Africa and I'd really rather _not_ be seen.
Good clean review, bag is 3 out of 10. Food no protein just carbs, no water in hot environment , and as you showed no cover, cut, fuel for stove or half of items for survival. Good for someone who has no real idea.
it's got a stove and fuel. As I stated in the review, this bag could be a good starting point to build a better kit. Thanks!
Curious about the water bottle! What brand/where did you find it?
I found it on amazon
Is this backpack tsa approved?
Probably not lol
@@KitbashedSurvival thanks for the response, dang that sucks, I'm going on a trip to Colorado in February and I would sure love to have that backpack in my rental
more humor from the buy my junk group...
Just checked Amazon
$90 plus
One requires ,,, a tray
The flashlight . I have owned several like this one . the lite has a Not Rechargable watch battery inside. It is turned on by a switch on top. If you do not turn on battery the squeeze lever will make the light lite just for the moment the little generator is in motion. They are a fun toy. I love them, but The battery will Not Never Ever Charge. Dispite what the liar Chinese say on the label . it is LED so the tiny battery will last a while when new . give it to the kids or if you're like me play with it your self but do not use it as a survival item .
Interesting. Thanks for the info.
80 bucks for 5000 calories does not seem like a great investment in preparedness.
The pack needs external water bottle pockets
When I made the mac and cheese I poured the whole thing of pasta in the 6 cups of water. Bad idea. Next time I'll know better.
Haha, nice!
Pick of junk.. my wife bought me that years ago..
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I found this in camo on eBay, very cheap. 276 dollars 🤑
kind of cheep.. how are you going to cook the food or boil all the water you will need to drive and make the food.. everything looks like the cheapest junk they could get to fill the bag..
SERVINGS FOR TODDLERS MAYBE! They don't even give you enough water to cook one of the meals. Survival my arse.
I don’t like Wise. They ALWAYS overestimate their portions by at least 2X. Often times the “portions” are off by 4X. So anything they tell you divide by at least 2 if not more for portioning. All of their foods are packaged for a “family.” So not good for solo use. I personally try to stay away from their products. They seem kinda shady.
Another very well done vid :) with all due respect though please stop mentioning adding items to every kit you talk about.....honestly the prices on these kits are so inflated they dont get it both ways........you rip ppl off on the price then i should not have to add a single thing...this is akin to war profiteering.......
Mountain house is trash brother. Come on 😂😂 way better ones out there try Packit gourmet, backpackers pantry, Wild Zora. Packit Gourmet is by far the tasting in my fat opinion
These are NOT worth anything, I got two to review and they are junk all of it.
Good vids but please get rid of the music.
Great. Nothing is more useful than food you have to cook in a survival situation. But wait. You don't even have enough water for your meals. There is realy nothing you can consume directly?