The other day I was thinking about the fact that my Survival pack (more of a get home Kit) sits in my truck often evaluated and re-worked, but never used.

I joke that I use it every day by applying Murphy's Law. I am prepared therefore I should not need what I have.

The question I have is, "Has anyone ever had to use there kit to its entirety?" I think that we all use our kits a little, anywhere from a Band-Aid to fix a boo-boo, to some tape to secure something or a quick use of the Para cord to tie something down to get it home from the local hardware store.

But, has anyone truly had to dig deep into your pack and had success with it.

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.

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

An item here, an item there. Never all together, but every thing at least once over time.

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.

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.

I am seeing a trend. I wonder if it is because those of us here are "situational aware" more than the average person. Thus we tend to avoid situation that would make us need the items in our emergency kits.

The fact that we have our first aid kits and our gear ready to use makes it easy for simple things like power or water outages. But I would say that for the most part being prepared puts you in the "what if" mindset therefore we don't rush into situation that would force us into needing the gear..

The most I have used my bag for is flashlights, and occasionally to start a bonfire with friends

Yes, many times, but that was when I was still and active firefighter.

I do use bits of it from time to time. Mostly tape & First Aid.

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.)

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.