This is going to be a long one.

Contentslist Jim’s large survival kit (24 hours/ longer), packed in red backpack.

Outside of pack with gearkeeper:

1 Photon microlight
1 zip-knife

Signalling group:

1 Coghlan’s Survival Signal mirror
2 Coghlan’s 4-1 function whistle
1 roll orange trail-tape
3 lightsticks 12-hrs (green/red/white)
1 cell phone
1 batterie powered cell phone recharger

Fire-starting:

1 Bic lighter
1 Fire-steel
50 Coghlan’s wind/waterproof matches (2 boxes)
15 pieces Coghlan’s emergency tinder
1 pink-lady candle
1 Survival candle 36-hrs
1 Esbit folding wing stove
20 solid fuel tablets
12 firesticks with match-head
1 fire-lighting instructions sheet

Sharp stuff:

1 fixed blade knife (don’t know yet wich one)
1 folding saw
4 utility knife blades
1 sharpening stone (v-shaped)
1 multi- tool (leatherman)

Water / food group:

4 bottles water (1/2 quarts, total of 2 quarts)
6 emergency food rations ( 1903 kJ each)
2 Platypus water bags 2 litres
11 boullion packs (6 beef, 5 vegetables)
6 salt packs
5 sugar packs
4 creamer ”
1 pepper pack
4 tea-bags (foil wrapped)
20 glucose tablets (energy-boost)
50 micropur tablets (water purifying)
2 sierra cups
1 eat/ cook set

Medical kit:

1 assortiment bandages
5 band-aids medium/ 10 large
10 alcohol prep-pads
4 ORS packs
3 ointment compresses (no antibiotic ointment)
5 gauze pads (1/16)
1 pair vinyl examination gloves
10 Paracetamol (Acethaminophen)
1 tube Betadine 30 gr.
2 triangular bandages
3 quick- dressings nr 1
1 quick-dressing nr 2
1 Universal bandage
2 elastic bandages
1 pack of absorbent cotton.
1 roll of adhesive tape
1 razor blade
1 Emergency- shears
1 pair of tweezers
3 safety pins
1 Syringe (5 ml) and 2 needles

Shelter / personal protection:

2 Coghlan’s Thermal Blankets (not a space blanket)
1 orange tube-tent
2 emergency poncho’s
1 pair working gloves
4 vinyl gloves
2 muskito headnets
2 shade-hats
1 pocket-size tin of Vaselineand chap-stick
1 bottle of camp-soap
1 bottle insect repellant
1 bottle of sunscreen
2 roll toilet tissue
2 flexible sunglasses ( self made from photo-roll)

Fishing-/ trapping kit:

2 floats (bobbers)
50 ft Brass wire
100 metres fishing-line
2 blinkers
3 under-lines
1 assortiment fishing hooks
10 lead weights
1 fishing knots instructions-sheet

Multi-purpuse group:

1 magnefying glass
50m of waxed dental floss
100 ft nylon rope
1 sewing kit
1 waterproof outdoor notebook
2 golf pencils
6 cable-tyes xl
8 cable-tyes medium
2 HD aluminium foil ( 3/3 ft)
2 sponges
2 garbage bags (blue/ 30 gallon)
8 waterproof zip-lock plastic bags
1 LED Light ( 9 LED’s)
2 LED Headlights ( switch able 4/8 LED’s)
8 extra batteries headlights
3 extra batteries ‘normal’light
1 Recta base-plate compass
2 neck-lanyards
1 roll Duct-tape 9 metres
6 coffee filters
1 carabine hook

1 STOP- banner positioned on top of contents
1 Coghlan’s survival – guide ( for when someone else uses the kit
1 contentslist

This kit is made for a short (24 - 48hrs) survival situation(but will sustain life much longer)
and is also based on doug's aviation survival pak.

Any comments?

I used to have a coughlans 4-1 function whistle, it almost fell apart, after some use and the compass got stuck. Not recommended.

i would add some lighting things: like flashlight or headlight. The light sticks usually aren't very reliable. *edit* i see you got 2 LED lights, missed it the first time. Mine experians with multi LED lights with more than 3 or 4 LEDs are in general bad. Most of them are not very reliable and made very cheaply.

might post more later, have to go to class first.

First of all, for what situation is this kit made for?

I seen some contents with a 2 in front, although reduncancy is importent, carring to much makes a kit to heavy. Which means it will be more likely to be left behind. Assuming this is just for one person. If it's for 2 persons, you might consider having 2 kits instead. That way you will never end up with no survival kit.

i see a compass, but no map.

getting a combination or sunscreen and insect repelant, saves time and space.

and some questions:

where is the syringe for?
whats a zip-knife?

The coghlan's whistle has a compass, but the primary compass is the Recta baseplate compass.

There are 4 flashlights in the kit: Photon, flashlight and 2 headlamps

There are no razors in the kit, but utility-knife-blades. They work fine.

He mentions them in his multi-purpose group.


Jim, are you going to make us beg for pictures? <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

no pictures yet, will follow soon.
(still waiting for those items......just kidding!)

The kit is made for a 'averaged'24 hrs or longer survival, BOB situation
in a normal klimate. The kit is made for two persons, I never go alone in the outdoors, and I don't want to give the impression that I'm expecting that something will happen. Therefor I carry the survival equipment.

A compass is just included, because it is expected. The number 1 rule is to stay where you are!

I didn't know that there was a sunscreen/repellant combo available.

A zip-knife is a tool to cut a seatbelt after a emergency, also called a 'raft/ emergency or crash- knife'. It is included because most of the kit's contents is vacuum-packed.

The syringe is included for all sorts of things, like draining a blister or in the worst-case-scenario, to preform a tracheotomy.
(Yes, I know how to do that)

What is the weight of this kit?

Weight is about 16 pounds, 8 kg

Good pack. I might suggest a 2l water bladder in addition to what you have already, a cell phone and tiny earbud radio, a jacket of some sort -- maybe lashed on top.

I never liked the tube tent -- quite heavy. Maybe a superlight backpacking tent?

Think about a street/ region map and list of friends/ relatives to contact.

Teacher ro