#184318 - 10/05/09 01:31 PM
Re: Have you ever had to use your "Kit"
[Re: Tyber]
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Veteran
Registered: 11/01/08
Posts: 1530
Loc: DFW, Texas
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Food is the "normal" thing I wind up using, but we witnessed a REALLY bad wreck back around last Thanksgiving that put much of it to the test.
Long story short, unless you are a sales rep. for Kerlix and 4x4's you don't have enough with you, period.
The FAK and many heatsheets were used to good effect, and my FAK was completely revised once we reached our destination.
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#184332 - 10/05/09 03:06 PM
Re: Have you ever had to use your "Kit"
[Re: Desperado]
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Product Tester
Pooh-Bah
Registered: 11/14/04
Posts: 1928
Loc: Mountains of CA
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Not entirely. Mostly the flashlight. Almost got stuck on a 4x4 trail 3 or so years ago with a buddy in his rig, I had my pack, and was prepared to stay the night! I would have gotten good use out of my hammock, food, cooking kit and wool items ![smile smile](/images/graemlins/default/smile.gif)
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#184344 - 10/05/09 04:24 PM
Re: Have you ever had to use your "Kit"
[Re: Todd W]
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 12/18/08
Posts: 1534
Loc: Muskoka
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An item here, an item there. Never all together, but every thing at least once over time.
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#184347 - 10/05/09 04:31 PM
Re: Have you ever had to use your "Kit"
[Re: scafool]
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Enthusiast
Registered: 12/31/06
Posts: 301
Loc: NE Ohio
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I constantly go to grab my fleece hoodie from my BOB when it gets cold and I didn't prepare.
My wife also loves having the wool blanket handy when on road trips. I like it cool, she likes it a hundred degrees.
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#184348 - 10/05/09 04:39 PM
Re: Have you ever had to use your "Kit"
[Re: el_diabl0]
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Geezer
Registered: 06/02/06
Posts: 5357
Loc: SOCAL
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Not necessarily the specific items in my kit, but I have other identical gear I use all the time. Most of the gear in my kits made it there because I liked it, so bought another for back-up. Most of the kit gear is back-up.
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#184359 - 10/05/09 06:47 PM
Re: Have you ever had to use your "Kit"
[Re: Tyber]
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Cranky Geek
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 09/08/05
Posts: 4642
Loc: Vermont
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BoB and my war/plague box? No. But my ditch kit and a lot of BoB goes with me camping, so it has been tested under "training conditions".
My EDC is my GHB. Last winter, just after the new year, my vehicle had some issues and it reached the point shortly after work that I felt I could not safely get home with it. I got it to my garage (about a mile and half from work), left them a letter and the key and walked home. Spent a week and a half hoofing home with the same kit (could catch the bus in in the morning, but I'd miss the next to last bus and it was an hour wait for the last one, so the heck with it, walk the hour and a half.)
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#184360 - 10/05/09 07:08 PM
Re: Have you ever had to use your "Kit"
[Re: Tyber]
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Veteran
Registered: 09/01/05
Posts: 1474
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Never had to use my entire EDC kit at once. Most used stuff? Wet Wipes, Duct tape, small zip ties, an antacid or bandaid, nail clippers, multitool.
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