Believe it or not, I have all of the shown devices.<br>1. Plastic whistle/match safe/ compass. Received as a child. Bulky, Junk.<br>2. Silva brass matchsafe. Beautifully made, but the cap is press fit, not screw down. It sticks very easily. I lubed it up as directed (vaseline). It seized so bad I had to remove the cap with vice grips. Heavy!!!<br>3. Whistle/ compass. Bought the same unit from wal-mart. Pretty smart but the compass is inferior and the whistle is inferior to: 1. Storm (duh!) 2. Fox 40 (duh!) 3. ACR flat whistle (really?!?)<br>Moral of the story: 1. Get a fox 40 whistle 2. If you want a micro-compass, go with the miniature Suunto watch band compass from
www.actiongear.com that has a pointer and racheting bezel. 3. Get a mag/ flint firestarter such as one made by Doan (avail. at Walmart) or Done Right. 4. For matches, get a vial of lifeboat matches (
www.actiongear.com), dump out half of them and replace with Diamond brand strike anywhere kitchen matches. All of the above are the proven, reliable alternatives. The combination of the above weighs less than the Silva matchsafe and has less bulk than the whistle/matchsafe/compass job. IMHO.<br><br>