Since I recently updated my photos of my PSK, I figured I'd throw it up here for the good denizens of ETS to pick apart.

The Case



The case was meant to hold a small (laptop-size) portable hard drive. Shown with the waterproof bag it lives in, and 32 oz. bottle for reference.


Case Opened



Case open to show packing of contents


Contents



AMK Pocket Medic FAK
AMK Pocket Survival Pack
Katadyn water purification tablets (in PSP bag)
1 quart-sized freezer bag for purifying water with tabs
Fenix E01 flashlight
Leatherman Squirt P4 keychain multitool
CRKT Mt. Shasta locking folder
2GB USB drive with photos and encrypted vital docs
cotton bandana
AMK Heatsheets blanket
emergency poncho

This PSK lives in my EDC bag on the off chance I can't get to my GHB in the car. It is intended to get me through an unplanned night or two outdoors but be small enough that all its contents can fit in my pockets if need be. It should never need to stand alone (even my EDC and the other stuff in my EDC bag would help alot), but it should give me a large advantage even if I have no other gear.

Any suggestions or comments are welcome.

Some safety pins, paperclips and a few zip ties take up little space but greatly increase your ability to fix stuff. Maybe some spare batteries for the flashlight? Lastly, a small radio to keep up with news can be handy.

-Blast

I guess the pocket survival pack has safety pins, duct tape and quite a few other goodies. In fact I am sure it does. Same deal with your first aid kit.

I tend to have my stuff distributed more in my pockets but it is pretty much all the same stuff.
I don't usually carry safety pins, whenever I carried safety pins I was always getting stuck with them and they never held things together very well for me anyhow.
I do carry a small sew kit.
My sew kit is just two needles with thread, one black, one white taped to a card. The card has 2 slits at each end and the thread is wrapped through them then covered with a layer of tape to keep it together. The black thread is waxed linen button thread. The white thread is waxed dental floss.
They ride inside my wallet with my fishing kit, which is just 6 hooks taped to a card with fishing line wrapped around it and strips of tape to hold the line in place, just like the sewing card.
These ride in the credit card slots.

I also carry snacks.
Usually small zip lock bags of raisins or trail mix, not the little boxes because they get crushed. Not chocolate bars because they melt. Not big either, just enough to fit in a jacket pocket.

Well, before I digress to much, your kit looks good.
It does not seem too bulky.

Prehaps a band or patch of that high vis glow in the dark/reflective stuff sewn on the pouch just in case you dropped it somewhere at night. I dropped my black blast match before and it took me 30 minutes to find the stupid thing. I got some of that tape on all my non-tactical survival gear now for that reason. Works like a charm when you need it.

Hey Blast!

The safety pins are in the DR PSP (of course). Paperclips and zip ties are a good call; it's a good thing this little bag stretches a lot.

Oh, and the spare batteries and radio (which is also a flashlight and charges from solar or crank) are in the mini-bailout-bag that this is in, which also has an Esbit stove, 16oz steel cup, Gerber Multi-plier, Gerber folder, 50' paracord, headlamp, Cliff bars, spork, and water bottle. All of which is in the EDC bag. Which complements my GHB in the car. Which is backed up by my BOB...

...Did I mention I'm a gear junkie?

Hiya scafool,

Thanks for the feedback. I tend to go light on my person since I am rarely more than a meter from the EDC bag. So that is pared down to wallet, keys (with DR Photon and SwissTech Utilikey), Leatherman Charge, Leatherman c301, Victorinox classic, folding pen, mini-Bic, and bandana. Any DR PSP is an emegency sewing kit by default, but I also have a travel sewing kit in my EDC bag and in my desk. I like to keep my buttons where they belong.

Cliff bars hold up well in bags, and even pockets short-term. I buy them when they go on sale, since I don't really eat them unless on a walk or if the need arises.

Hi Taurus,

I will look into it. The case is somewhat rigid, so I'm not sure how hard it would be to get a needle through it. The dry bag it's in is pretty high-vis, so I am at least good on that front.

Can't see the pics lots of info though.

Lee

Sorry; server hiccup. The pics should be back now.

Finger nail clippers. Aside from the obvious, they make cutting small zip-ties much easier.