I want a small plastic container with plastic cap. I have found some other glass ones here in town @ pawn shop but their top has a smaller diameter than rest of vial. Idealy I want to be able to put hooks, sinkers, needles and safety pins witthout having problem getting out of them and should be small enough for a altoid tin or bcb survival kit tin.
I found one website but they want bulk orders.

In case there are confusion, this is what I'm looking for (from
POCKET SURVIVAL PAK slideshow):

Nalgene make some straight sided vials that are pretty good, and have a fairly tight lid (they snap on, instead of a screw cap).

For a cheaper alternative, you can look at 35mm film canisters, the small tubes candy comes in (M&M minis, for one) the tubes that contain small amounts of OTC meds (tylenol, etc...) - there are a lot of possibilities if you keep your eyes open.

Nalgene travel vials

http://www.sciplus.com

I've used my discarded plastic glucose tablet vials to store things in, but not in a PSK or FAK The problem is the cap slides inside the vial on those too. Another idea I had was Allen shotgun choke tube storage vials, but they are too large, and again the same cap problem. I use the Allen 6-vial choke tube storage pouches.to store up to 2 weeks worth of meds in each for camping, BOB, etc.

Try REI they stock lots of little vials.

The Container Store is great - if you have a retail location nearby, even better. Lots of polycarbonate containers of all sizes. I love that place.

I got some from the link below (scroll down the page for the plastic ones):

http://www.lifestylestore.com/ls_vials&goodies.html

The glass ones have a neck that is slightly smaller than the rest of the bottle. The plastic ones are the same inner diameter all the way down. But that's because the plastic walls are thicker than the glass walls. So the plastic i.d., while constant, is smaller than the glass i.d. The o.d. is the same for both glass and plastic vials. They have screw tops. They would easily fit in an Altoids tin PSK. I think these are too small, diameter-wise, for fishhooks and safety pins (except small specimens). They are from a prospecting supplies store - normally used to store gold samples and such. I don't know about minimum orders. Their shipping charges seem pretty high to me. I avoided that because I have one of their brick'n'morter stores near me.

Other oddball places to look are homemage perfume supply stores. Check out "perfume vials" or "perfume supplies" in a Google search. Along with "prospecting supplies". Actually, I just tried Google with "little plastic bottles" and "little plastic vials" and came up with some decent looking potential suppliers.

For something like what AMK uses in the PSP, try Brownell's. They have tubing with caps in the shop supply section of thier catalog. Or Ebay, you can usually get smaller quantities that someone's remainders or scraps that are big enough to be useable.

You can also use paintball tubes, or plastic test tubes, but if you cut them down, they don't seal quite as well any more.

For plastic vials try a coin shop or coin collecting supply company such as Whitman. They come in a couple of styles. I have some that are square shaped to facilate better storage. I have some that are round.

I have a couple of 25 cent tubes that I have set up for sewing/ fishing kits. I took three plastic sewing machine bobbins and wound them with upholstery thread, 30 & 50 lbs Sinderwire braided fishing line. Drop the needles down the center of the bobbins and finish filling the tube with hooks, sinkers, ect.

Best thing is that you can buy only what you need. No need to buy in bulk.

Yes, those dime-size coin holder tubes will just almost fit inside an Altoids tin. Almost...

They have them at our local hobby/art/crafts supply store ("Hobby Lobby") in case you have one of those type of places near you. That's if you have some kit that's slightly bigger than an Altoid tin to put them in.

TicTac boxes perhaps??

I have used some plaastick tubes with snap on lids that had spices or candy sprinkles in them from a grocery store. some lids go on outside and some on inside.

Hello Mgjscdhl:
You may want to try these websites which have been posted here before.

http://www.specialtybottle.com/index.asp

http://www.clmorgan.com/gvial.htm#tiny

Both companies sell plastic vials that may fit your needs.

Take care,
Stargazer

backpackinglight has some tiny stuff.

http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/xdpy/s/Packing%20Systems/index.html

How about here? .....they sell small quantities....

http://www.testtubesonline.com/5ml_Transport_Tubes_with_Caps_p/221-0002.htm

If you happen to know someone (or come across and ambulance or someone who works in an ER) May I suggest asking for a 'blood tube'. I draw a lot of 'labs' enroute to the hospital and found that I carry 3 (of the 4) that are just the right size. These 3 are also plastic. They have plastic tops that 'hold' the rubber stopper in place. The ones I use are Purple top, Green top and Blue top. You can easily pull the plastic tops off (and with it comes the rubber stopper). If you want you can remove the rubber stopper and just use that to 'close' the tube or you can reuse the entire top. Either way it 'reseals' well (enough to be dunkable and keep things dry for quite awhile) (I haven't tried the dunk test for time duration so I won't say how long it'd be good for). Not massive in size but if you ask nicely I'm sure you could get a few at no charge.