Before I answer, let me preface this with a little information about how I handle EDC/PSK. I don't use and Altoids tin. PSK and EDC are one in the same for me and most it goes in my SpecOps Jr T.H.E. wallet. Whats not in there is on my wrist, around my neck on my belt or in my pockets.

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? #2 I am torn with the descison of which photon light to put in the EDC kit. I have an orange photon 3 i realy like but its not that bright. The yellow is the brightest 120 hr burn time color but the white is brightest but only 12 hrs I think. What do you all use and why? I don't think white is a long enough burn for my survival goals.
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I like the Photon II white. I stay out in the wood all night all the time and never use a light at all unless I drop something in the grass or need something tiny from down deep in my bag. Granted, when the moon is full and the sky is clear I may never touch my light all night but then of course when it's cloudy and/or no moon then the light gets more use. I do not foresee a need for much more than the white Photon provides although I do also carry a Arc AAA (currently sent in to ArcLight for repairs) for EDC sometimes and that little light goes a looooong time but good luck getting it in a Altoids tin with much else in there. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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?#3
I am not familiar with potassium permangenate. I have 2 providone Iodine wipes in the kit but the are bulky an only go so far. How much PP should you carry and how much is used for say wound cleaning and or water disinfection and what container should be used? I understand the different color concentrations but how much is needed for such uses and how many kicks at the can do you get for a certain amount of PP?
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I'm not familiar with PP either and don't plan to become familiar with it. Seems too dangerous to me for me to be concerned with carrying it at all. For fire I EDC a dry white cotton ball for the rare occasion when I can't muster up natural tinder. For cleaning/disinfection, purified water.... I EDC 6 MP1 tabs for water purification. For the type of signaling you can do with PP there are too many other (natural) options to bother listing.

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?#4
The spark lite tinder. It looks sneakily like wax earplugs I used to use while swimming when i was a kid but with less wax absorbed in them. Has anyone tried the spark lite with these ear plugs fluffed up, you can find at any pharmacy for a lot cheaper?
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I don't know for sure but it sure looks like it's just wax impregnated cotton to me too. I never tried the ear plugs but I'm curious also. Like I said above, I carry one dry cotton ball for tinder and only need a tiny piece of it to start a fire with dry materials. Of course the trick there is having dry materials and now even as I type this I'm thinking maybe I'll ditch the cotton ball and flatten out two or three sparklite tinders to replace flattened cotton ball currently in my wallet.

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?#5
What meds do you all put in your PSK EDC, I like Doug's antibiotics and pain killer idea and I actually own a food saver so I can shrink wrap them as well. What do you all use and why?
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Where I live it's extremely hot for 6 months out of the year and many meds could actually do more harm than good after this type of exposure. I have talked on this board and with my pharmacist about finding a reasonable solution to this problem and had no success. For this reason I only carry a 1 day supply of my prescription meds for EDC. Fortunately, without them (unless we're talking about a period of time 6 months or longer) I would suffer no seriously ill effects... just pain and discomfort. For aspirin I am fortunate enough to live in an area where nature provides a wealth of it in its natural form and that would help a little with the pain situation.