I think they each should buy a Ritter psk. You can add or subtract from that. And you can buy them at REI or ship them there free from online.

Re JSHANNON's post. It might be cheaper to buy the survival packs in bulk from adventure medical. Tell your members to add a mini-bic lighter and a wire saw. Giving them a quick and dirty survival course might be a good idea as well. Just the basics. Fire, Shelter,Water and Signaling.

I don't know what your budget is, or maybe it comes out of club funds, etc. But I would get them each a PSP, add a solid pocket knife, a good LED light, a Nalgene bottle, and one of the new AMK heatsheets that are more flexible. If there's money left over, get them each a pocket FAK.

For the PSP, add in some Katadyn Micropur MP-1, matches wrapped in foil or mini-bic. It's not really advertised, but you can get AMK to put your SciFi club's logo on the kits. I'm not sure how many you would need, but this would not only be some cool geek cred, but it gives money to ETS.

If you go that way it supports ETS, if they can afford it, you can get them RSK's and Doug Ritter Special Edition MkII Photon Freedom Micro. You should be able to get the main components in one place:

http://www.aeromedix.com/index.php?_site...spfreedminiyell
http://www.aeromedix.com/index.php?_site...;amp;sku=amkseb

Pick up a Nalgene and Micropur and pocket FAK at any local outdoor supplier like Dicks, Gander Mountain, REI, Cabellas, etc. Mini Bics are everywhere - buy in larger packs.

If your budget is super small, the PSP is still a top notch value and you would have a hard time beating that even if you hand-make a lot of these.

Krell,

You might want to try Sportsman's Warehouse up on I35E and Round Grove Road near the Vista Ridge Mall. I just discovered it has has better prices than the REI near Midway and I635. The have the Ritter PSK from Adventure Medical Kits for about $21-23. Unfortunately, they were sold out on Saturday of these items but should have them restocked later this week.

You mean there is another Brian on this website from the DFW area. Are we clones?

Just remind them that there is no Transporter to snatch them to safety and no sickbay to put them right. Just by way of getting their attention......

I would opt for the Ritter PSK as well. If that is not in your budget then a good start would be the NRA kit.

Edit: looks like the price went up a bit. Still a good deal though.