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Adventure Medical S.O.L. Survival Pak

Adventure Medical S.O.L. Survival Pak description

Adventure Medical says the S.O.L. Survival Pak means Survive Outside Longer, but we know it's really named for those situations in which the excrement has impacted the propeller. The S.O.L. includes a compass, signal mirror, distress whistle, waterproof matches and tinder, a space blanket, some duct tape and an emergency fishing kit, all enclosed in a waterproof drybag for on-river use and wet weather outings. While safety comes first, and communication comes second, the S.O.L. Pak's ultralight essentials might keep your derriere intact when you're reallyoutta luck.

This is probably one of the better designed pocket survival kits...however, cost containment appears to be the predominant design of this kit. Most of the components except the heat shield blanket are of low to mediocre quality. The dry bag that hold the contents is decent and better than most "Space" blankets, but if you remove and unfold the blanket you will not be able to get it back into the kit. Getting items OUT of this bag would also pose a grave problem especially if fine motor skills are compromised such as in cold weather. You can definitely make a better and cheaper kit yourself but if purhcasing convenience is your goal then buy a couple of these kits and keep them in your backpack, coat pocket, car, boat, etc. Do yourself a favor and try to jam a miniature lighter into the kit, as waterproof matches are the only fire-starting device in the kit (ideally you should have 3 ways to start a fire).