Belt’mups

Thought everyone here would enjoy seeing this. My attempt to carry a survival kit (or at least some components) inside a belt.

Belt’mups

Just out of curiosity, have you considered doing a rifle sling like that.

Unique idea! I like it!

That's very cool. The first question I asked myself when I saw the concept (before I saw the pictures) was whether the belt loops were going to be a problem.

Still an awesome concept though. Somewhere no-one would think to look, hence why they make money belts.

Very interesting idea - I wonder what ver. 2.0 might look like?
My thinking is more along the lines of pouches (bat utility belt) for a variety of reasons.

TRO

That is very clever thinking!

One question: You write that you intend to use the tubular cover for your wire saw as a drinking/water collection straw. Can you remove the saw from the tube without damage?

Like the idea and the design.

I especialy liked the honesty that the it was not intended to be some "James Bond" or "Escape out of prision" type device, but rather just a convient way to carry gear.

That's a better design than many travel/money belts I've seen. Good job!

-Blast

Maybe I missed it, but how would you get the stuff back out? Would you have to slit the belt?

Thanks.

The rifle sling is perhaps a better usage of this idea than as a belt.

The saw comes out of the tube with a bit of work. A bit of a struggle, but it does come out.

The whole bundle on the other hand comes out quite easily. Take one of the buckles off, take one of the tri-glides off, hold it up and let gravity do its thing. I suppose that if it was an emergency, I’d be willing to slit the belt open if I had to.

I used Press’n Seal, but I would just use plain old cling wrap if I was doing it again. It’s smoother than the Press’n Seal.

Well, after spending over an hour trying to carefully recreate my blog post, painstakingly reposting all the pictures and links, and having only half the pictures actually show up, I guess a link to my blog will have to do.

I revisited this idea to make it more feasible for actual wear.

http://exploriment.blogspot.ca/2012/11/totally-tubular-beltmups-pt-2.html

You may need more than one post,it only allows so many pics per post,then it just shows the pic code,happened to me here too.

Nice set up. An easy to always remember to have stuff with you

D'oh! Oh well, too late now. But I will remember that for future reference. Thanks.

Using the search function and the word "belt", I stumbled across this very interesting thread. Great work!

As you can see here, I've been wearing a similar, though less equipped belt kit with some basic survival gear for the last couple of years.

Oetzi the icemans belt

Neat link...Looks like we are carrying on a long and venerable tradition. The ability to make fire has always been crucial.