Great presentation, Doug, and who SAYS it costs too much??? I thought the kits I got for me & mine were a heck of a deal... especially compared with other kits out there... high quality, low price, what more do they want???

Troy

Unfortunately, the timing can only be set for the show, not per slide. (I suppose someone who knew how to play with the script could modify it to allow that, but that is way beyond me) That's why we recommend doing it manually with the Next button. <shrug>

I found the slide show very enlighting and informative. I have several kits to which I have added other items(matches, micropur tabs, Gerbr milk bags, etc.). I have even bought extra mirrors, whistles and duck tape rolls. I find that all items are of excellent quality and a real value. People will always want things for less, but you get what you pay for. I have tried winding other types of cordage and it is a very time consuming process that usually takes more than one attempt. My hats off to the people who perform the labor to put these kits together. Excellent Job! Bottom line is that I would gladly pay a little more for this excellent kit. Thanks for putting it on the market.

You got that right!

I can't believe anyone is complaining about the price.

I wrote about putting together kits that I gave out as gifts for the holidays over in the Campfire section. The cost to do so, even in cases where I could buy items in bulk, was extremely high and way more expensive than buying the Ritter PSK.

Plus, as Doug showed in the slide show, the whole thing was labor intensive. By the time I got to the 10th roll of "Duck" I was more than a little tired of the process, and I hadn't even started wrapping the fishing line and heavy-duty thread.

If I had it all to do over again, I would have just bought Ritter PSKs for everyone, added a few items, and would have saved myself about $400 dollars and a hell of a lot of time.

Next year that's what I'm going to do.

Anyway, the slideshow was pretty informative. Good Stuff Mr. Ritter.

Doug--

Excellent presentation! My first job ever was as a proofreader, & it's marked me for life. <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

I did catch a typo in one caption...I think it's #41. The text reads:
"...then above the flat components, the remainder of the Pocket Survival Pak? componets are laid out."

It should be components.

David

Who says it's expensive? By the time you buy the components and have them shipped in ones and twos from half a dozen suppliers, the PSP saves them money.

Very cool.

After watching "Castaway" on DVD over Christmas, I bought one of the kits! I hope I never have to use it, but I plan on always having it with me.

Thanks, Rosa! (and Doug)

WOW, very cool.
Unfortunately, there is always someone wanting to "build a better mousetrap" therefore they want the product as cheap as possible.

It is sad when you think of it, are the "cheaper" crowd thinking of what it would cost them, or what is their own life really worth?

Owning two kits myself, I can say these are good quality kits, there is really nothing cheap about them. In fact, I would have gladly paid higher for the same thing. I have a couple of other kits and when I think of the individual cost and factor in what I would have paid myself (wages) building them, tweaking them, housing (house payment) carrying (clothes and vehicle) I think I would have went easily over 100+ USD per kit.

A very good job, a quality job and very well done.

Thanks Doug, Rosa and the other folks at AMK.

Stargazer

ASAP = Always Suspicious, Always Prepared

Good catch. thanks!

It is not the knowledgeable enthusiasts like frequent this forum that think that it is expensive, it is the general consumer and they are the ones we depend upon to sell to. Not enough enthusiasts to be even worth the effort of making the kit, :-) we have to sell to the average guy who rarely gave the subject a thought until they see it online or in a store.