I Finnaly managed to "complete" my Previous survival kit your all so familiar about so I got bored and decided to make a secondary more basic kit for winter.







So as you can see its in a coffee can and is pretty basic with big bulky items.

It incluuuuuuudes so far,

6 Coleman Campfire starter sticks
About 18 Cotton Balls
Medium Jar of Vaseline
Tin Of Vapo Rub
Burts bees Wax Lip Balm
Box matches
Lighter
2 Cigars
1 Hankie
Small Knife
Firesteel pup
And soon a hand fulla Halls cough Drops


Would love feedback

Also Does anyone know what the best way to remove the Spray in liner would be?

2 cigars? I would replace with a Clif or Tanka bar and a tea bag or two. Personal preference, I guess.

Would bring water to a rolling boil deal with the lining?

Why Vapo Rub?

Would a Heatsheets or something similar make sense? And a small flashlight?

Vapo Rub is one of them "cure alls" that I like the tin is small enough and cheap enough. Any form of space blanket takes up way to much space in the small can and I believe during the winter I would Keep a Heatsheetz in my pocket where I know it would constantly be with me survival kit or not. And yes I just added a little Solar powerd keychain light to the kit.




As with the Space blanket any form of food bars or such are to big and would increase the size restraints for most the needed items. And I do not think Boiling water would melt off the liner.

There is some room left in the can which Fits maybe say a tightly folded up full size bandana. Im planning on getting some jute twine to add to the kit.

Remove the liner with fire. Light a small charcoal fire and surround the empty can with the hot coals. It's worked for me in the past. What kind of can are you using?

Maybe I missed it but where are you located Frisket? A Florida winter kit looks a little different than a Montana kit.

I always found extra white gas, a good stove like a MSR XGK and a large pot for melting snow and ice to be mandatory. A light mounteering snow shovel as well. Of course if you live in a place like FLorida, your needs will vary.

Perhaps it would help if you explained why you chose some of these items. Some items (lip balm, matches, lighter, knife and cough drops) don't need an explanation. Are the cotton-balls multipurpose items or are they strictly used as tinder? If strictly used as tender, why not replace them with Tinder-Quick?

Jeanette Isabelle

A winter kit?! At least you have lots of time to tweak it!