By that I mean, having discovered the ETS web site, and now the Survival Forum, and having started assembling my own kits ... I find that I am looking at everything in a different way. Will that fit in my kit? Can I use this doo-dad for something else? Will this less expensive (read, Wal-Mart) thingie work as well as that top-of-the-line catalog thingie? Am I ever going to find the perfect kit? You get the idea. Has anyone else gone through this?