Survival has gone mainstream.

Our local grocery is selling Storm Candles and Eddie Bauer is selling a Survival Kit in a Bottle .

Maybe it will encourage a few people to think about being a little more prepared.

I saw something similar to this at Academy Sports. Aside from the fact that this is being made by Eddie - freaking - Bauer, it's kind of an interesting idea. Imagine all the stuff you could pack into a Nalgene bottle. I've been thinking about a "novel" way I could present some of my family members with a basic kit for their car. Perhaps this would work.

Besdies, with this, you've automatically got your water storage. More appetizing than a condom.

Wow I'm impressed. EB came a lot closer to an "effective" kit than I would have expected them to. You won't find me hiking through the woods with one but it's still a step in the right direction. I think the threat of terrorism has done a lot towards making survival acceptable with the PHRASECENSOREDPOSTERSHOULDKNOWBETTER. and the mass marketers like EB that serve them.

Absolutely. To be totally honest, none of this made any sense to me before 9/11. The EMS issues, though, convinced me utterly. That's when I started looking around for reputable sources of information-- wihch I found here.

The thing is, there are lots of contingencies that citizens simply can't prepare for. HOWEVER, there are plenty that we can prepare for, and in the event of a meteorological disaster like a hurricane, or a terrorist attack, the strain on relief efforts will be gigantic. Preparedness helps me, because I'm secure against more threats. Preparedness helps my neighbor, because I'm not using limited disaster-response resources to do it. And when there's no disaster, having much of this stuff handy is useful.

The Edie Bauer idea is pretty cool There is plenty you could add, but it's a nice start. I'd been thinking of storing some food and water purification supplies for my BOB into a nalgene bottle for some time now. This validates the concept. I worried about where I'd store everything while I was using the bottle, but that's what pockets are for. Or, in my case, the rest of the BOB.

Agreed. I could buy this for my wife and she could keep it on top of her desk at work, visible and accessible, as an instant conversation piece.

I had the Nalgene bottle idea myself quite some time ago. Never did anything about it, of course.

That's pretty funny. I picked up a few Nalgene bottles a couple of weeks ago because they were on sale at REI.

I planned on doing the same exact thing-making survival kits in a bottle to give to a few folks this holiday season. Kinda like the BCB Go Pack:

So far I've squeezed in a Tacoma Mountain Rescue Shelter tube tent, AMK HeatSheet2, iodine tablets, red bandanna, whistle, small StarFlash mirror, Dorcy LED AAA flashlight, a few lighters, a box of strike anywhere matches, some Vasilined cotton balls, misc first aid items, pencil/waterproof paper, some 550 cord, safety pins, razor blades, flat roll of duct tape, lipbalm, a Snickers bar in a small ziplock (for morale, might put in Jolly Ranchers as well), and I'll TRY to fit in two of those foil 8 oz. pouches of water. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I'm still looking for a cheap, but good quality pocketknife to include. I'll probably get one at the local Boy Scout supply shop and pick up a couple of the Hotsparks as well.

I'll drop this in a pouch with an Olicamp Space Saver cup and also add Lee Nadings survival cards.

I also plan on giving out Doug's PSK's and putting in some of those $1.00 CountyComm LED lights for EDC.

Here is a link to a page that had a similar set up. Click on Survival Kit in the upper left hand corner.

I read the old thread about the nalgene bottle kit, and I have all the parts, just haven't taken time to implement it yet.
Maybe in the next month or so. <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

I like that cup. I haven't seen that one in my local REI. Guess I may just be "forced" to order a couple off the website now. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I can vouch for the space saver cup. I have one in my nalgene pouch and it is good to go. The only problem is that it is a tight fit on the lexan bottles. The other (white bottles) slip right in. But, on the flip side, it does keep the bottle from coming out of the pouch!!

Garrett

The page is set up for Internet Explorer only. <img src="/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> I use Mozilla Firefox because I'm a geek. <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

I looked at that page with IE, and I don't see anything on there that's IE specific. It's just a simple page with frames. Frames are pretty bad design IMHO, but never mind that. So I pulled up mozilla, and I get a "404 Not Found" in both frames! It's like they were deliberately blocking mozilla for no apparent reason. Either that, or it had an alternate version for mozilla, that's missing. Why I don't know, because the pages I saw should work fine on IE.

You see the stupidest things on the internet sometimes.

If you build a page to use ActiveX, which is an IE-specific, it won't work at all in Mozilla. ActiveX is a huge security risk, so Mozilla is not ActiveX-enabled. The browser wars continue.

"I worried about where I'd store everything while I was using the bottle, but that's what pockets are for. Or, in my case, the rest of the BOB. "

Store a 1 gallon ziplock in your bottle. Put everything in the baggie and then you can use your bottle. Baggies tend to be short term solutions so you might think about either making or buying a nylon stuff stack the same size at the bottle with a belt loop sewn on the side. Remove the contents from the bottle and put in nylon stuff sack. Hang stuff sack by belt loops on belt.

Instead of belt loops you could use a carabiner. A much cheaper alternative would be a metal shower curtain ring. A 12 pack of shower curtain rings is only a couple of bucks and you could put a "carabiner lite" in all of your kits.

My Goodwill store had Eddie Bauer Nalgene bottles for $1 last week. Picked up a couple on the cheap. They also had off brand polycarbonate bottles for a $1.