Check these out:<br><br>http://www.bisonbelts.com/Catalog/capsule_large_661474.htm<br><br>http://www.bisonbelts.com/Catalog/capsule_661471.htm<br><br>Pete

There are other cool things on their web site as well. Pete

Nice looking and decent size but unfortunately they won't fit rolled bills - just a little short. The price is great though! I bought a couple of them and am wearing one on my key chain right now. Still looking for what will fit it and be useful. It is empty right now.<br><br>Does anyone know of a similarly priced capsule that is just about 1/2 inch longer - my dimension requirements are for US bills. Others would be different.

Hi. This is my first post, & I wish to share my limited experience with the Bison Capsules. <br><br>I first learned of the Bison capsules earlier this week while browsing this forum, and after work, went to REI & bought the smaller size (only size they had in stock).<br><br>I, too, was not sure just what to do with it, but found that it will indeed hold at least one rolled US bill . I experimented with a $1 dollar bill, but other denominations are the same size. It might, just might, hold two bills, but I doubt it.<br><br>Fold it in half lengthwise, then roll it up. It's lying on my keyboard as I type this, with a US$1 bill in it.<br><br>BTW, I think this forum is FANTASTIC!!!

I bought one of their survival whistles (at least, I think it was one of theirs - it looks identical to the one in the photograph) and stuffed a cotton ball inside the secret compartment. Then I dropped it in a coffee cup full of tap water and left it there overnight. When I shook it off and opened it the next day, the cotton was as dry as when it went in. With that, and the key-flint and SAK on my keychain, I would have no worries about starting a fire, even after a severe dunking in the river. (The key-flint is an idea I got from this forum - I crazy-glued 4 Coghlan's lighter flints to a key blank and carry it on my keychain, along with a SAK Classic.)

I carry some of them lighter flints in my survival kit but I cant find a good handle for them. I have just used a micro knock off leatherman that I keep with me to hold it. can you send out a picture of this key thing?<br><br>ballonman

I'm afraid I don't have a digital camera. I may be able to borrow one and post a picture, but I don't know if a picture will be any more enlightening.<br><br>I've made up a bunch of these - I made about 10 of them for a Wilderness First Aid course I taught this past summer, to hand out to the students as "keepers". I also made a bunch of much cheaper ones for a group of Boy Scouts/Air Cadets/Saint John Ambulance Cadets for a Wilderness Survival Camp we ran on the Labour Day weekend (end of August). <br><br>Basically, if you look at almost any key, you'll see there's a fairly deep groove running down the length on one side. Squeeze some Crazy Glue into this, then put your lighter flints in so they're resting in the groove. I've found that I can only put 3 flints in at a time; make sure they're snugged up against each other. <br><br>The ones I did for the WFA course, I went to Revy building supplies and bought about 10 key blanks (Klassen KW1, if you're interested) and CG-ed 5 flints to each one. When I tried to do the same for the Cadet camp, I had trouble finding anyone to sell me key blanks. Walmart wanted to charge me full price, and insisted on running the key through the machine (they seemed to think that, for security reasons, they weren't allowed to sell key blanks). I went to the nearby "Anything for a Buck" discount store and bought 4 cheap padlocks, each with 3 keys. I threw out the padlocks and used the keys, but this was definitely a "skinflint" (no pun intended) solution. The keys were so small that I could only fit 3 flints on them. However, they will ignite a fluffed-out piece of cotton wool, so they are functional. Obviously, they don't have the power of a Military Match or some of the other commercially prepared sparkers available, but for everyday carry and just playing around they're pretty neat.<br><br>(I didn't invent this - someone else on this forum pointed me to an earlier post which described it.)

Does anybody know if these Bison capsules (the large one) will hold a standard PR flashlight bulb (or 2)? I am looking for a container as small and pocketable as possible for spare bulbs.

Thanks.

I only have the small Bison. Internal diameter is 12mm at the best. I do not have a PR bulb so cannot test fit, but I am guessing this would be too tight.

I carry spare bulbs in a thin plastic tube with red push plugs that I got some allen screws in. I see these at automotive stores sometimes.

You can find larger stainless capsules from various medical suppliers for larger things like PR lamps.




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http://www.jfainc.com/pillfob.html
http://www.medids.com/PILL_PAL.html

Thanks, Schwert. Those look really good for what I have in mind. Waterproof and sturdy. Probably one of those would even be the perfect size. Unfortunately they do not publish the interior dimentions. Maybe I can contact the manufacturer for specs. Meanwhile, if anyone has any of these and you happen to know if it would fit a standard flashlight bulb (the common kind that come in most cheap 2D flashlights), the info would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

I have seen these as well and I want to get a couple for my PSK and key chain. I plan to use them to hold water pills or motrin or something. I think that about the only thing I could use them for is a pill case.

Garrett

I have both the skinny and fat stainless ones in the first image.

The fat one will easily hold flashlight bulbs. It is 42mm tall, 20mm diameter outside with a wall thickness of about a half mm. So figure the ID is 19mm. I know you could put maybe 2 bulbs in here with some cotton for padding and tinder.

The skinny one is 50mm tall and 12mm outside diameter, again about 11mm ID. Probably not going to fit a bulb.

Here are the Bison short and skinny stainless together as fire and pill kits.

I thought US Dollars wouldn't fit either until I changed the way I was rolling them. You can fit 1 bill in the small bison by doing this:
1. Hold the bill so you can read it
2. fold it in half, right to left
3. fold that half of the dollar into thirds... right to left (so you have 3 flaps that fold up)
4. Now you have a sliver of a bill that you can still somewhat read... and the width is a bit smaller than the length of the bison capsule... now roll it up or down.. your preference...you'll have to do this pretty tightly. sometimes it takes me twice to do it
5. Amazingly, this is now just smaller than the bison capsule. Place it in the capsule going in the same direction as the capsule closes (it's easier as it doesn't catch the lid as you close it)...

Now you can have money in a small Bison capsule and nobody ever guesses you have an emergency $50 always with you... It's saved me several times in shopping emergencies... and I always immediately refill it! Have fun!