I agree that it is imperative to have all of the functions needed for the scenario with you when the torment stops and you find yourself alone crawling out of the wreckage of the down planed, dragging yourself out of the sea, walking down the desolated road etc. I have come to realize that even in my mostly suburban lifestyle there are points in my morning commute that I could become stranded far enough from others that walking would be a bummer but never so far as to be more than a days walk. OTOH there was that granny that got trapped by her seatbelt in the ditch next to the freeway so you never know...

In anycase, when I am preparing to go out I might consider for a moment if my kit for that day requires fishing gear or what type of signalling gear would be most useful or what might pass TSA screening etc in the light of the plan for that day and the risks it exposes me to. Once having determined the proper makeup of that kit I could smuggly smile and stuff the all-in-one Altoids kit in my pocket (as I do now) and commend myself for being prepared for everything. Or I could select a few mini-kits from the dresser-top box of mini-kits and stick them in my pockets. In either case I am depending upon the things in my pockets staying in my pockets and being there when I need them. If something like my fire kit can jump out of my pocket so also could my all-in-one altoids kit and in the eventuallity that I were depending upon the all-in-one altoids kit I would have lost much more than just my fire kit.

OTOOH, If I wanted to carry a kit soooooo securely that it wouldn't be separated from me it would be easier to duct-tape just one altoids tin to my backside than a bunch of little mini-kits <img src="images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />