I did say that!

The Primus kettle might not be proper for a pocket-size PSK obviously, but I think it might be a worthy container for any trip in the wilderness... One thing i'm wondering about regarding this guy's video; he has a 4L collapsible plastic container (great idea, kinda like the Platypus), he also has a 1L Nalgene and a small stainless steel cup... Wonder why he needed the small cup? Wouldn't the Nalgene be enough to drink the boiled water from?

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I just ordered a Primus kettle. I also carry some of the stuff in your post Bee. I have a 4L MSR Dromedary Bag with a tube and bite nozzle, two 1L Nalgenes, an old army canteen cup and stove. One of the bottles carries kit stuff like my Miox and iodine solution and other stuff. I am of the mind that you can't have too much water (within reason) especially when it's hot.

My wife picked up my bag a few weeks ago on our five mile hike at a water break and said holy bleep this is heavy. And it was without the 4L bag, just two bottles of water. So I ended up shouldering my bag and carrying my two year old because she was done hiking. She got carried for most of the five miles which I thought was unsual because she made it all the way uphill (about a mile mile and a half) on a previous hike before she konked out and I had to carry her back down. My five year old made it the whole way on both hikes! Proud daddy moment.

Gents and Ladies; I reposted this question another way today because I think it's important and a viable thought. From what I've heard from various sources, backpackers and hikers and campers and most other folks that spend time outdoors, don't put much thought into "what if's". The gear I carry when I'm "out", although it's only"Recreational" equipment, would serve me much better then the stuff I carry as EDC. My question was two fold; planting a seed in the hiking ect. communities that the equipment they carry might bear some thought as to how it would serve them in a survival situation because some day it might have to, and also thinking how you might optimize a backpacking loadout for survival purposes and still have a viable backpacking outfit? Advantages; a dedicated or even fairly active backpacker probably uses their equipment alot more ferquently the we practice with ours. From another prospective, a backpacking trip could be viewed as a survival trek. And if you could hike for 15-20 miles/day in your backpacking rig, wouldn't it make a good choice for a real survival trek? Respectfully; Jim