Thanks hiker1. I covered this in another post but the reason I have the FAK in a pelican case is because I do a lot of motorcycle riding and need the kit to survive both torrential downpour and crashing (if I'm the one who needs the kit, I want it to survive!).

As to having the kit in the bottom, I know it's the worst place for it but I consider it to be alright for my needs. Everything in the pack which is on top of it are in two waterproof Outdoor Research dry bags which can be yanked out in seconds to get to the FAK. Everything else in the pack are in the numerous outer pockets. I'm in the process of trying to find a better way to pack the backpack. It will be hard but I'm at least going to try and stand up the FAK on it's side so it can be pulled out without disturbing anything else.