Wow, £100 = $162US...that's a lotta tobacco tins <img src="images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

I'm uncomfortable with the potassium permanganate in general. Isn't it highly flammable and also poisonous? Also, are Puritabs similar to our Potable Aqua tabs - water purifiers? I'm leery of putting medicines (the Immodium & Anadin) next to water purifying tablets.

He's also got a magnifying glass, a flint striker, matches, and emery paper (for the matches). All that stuff is fine, but I'd rather have a Bic lighter. At the least, I'd have some Strike Anywhere matches that don't require carrying emery paper. (He may be unable to get SAW matches in the UK, though.)

He makes the statement that when everything is soaking wet, the emery paper might save your bacon. If everything is that wet, he's going to have a hard time building a fire unless he's practiced a lot.

I would also like to know what he's actually caught with that snare wire. He doesn't mention any enclosed instructions for someone who's bought his kit but never trapped anything before.

Hmmm, in reading over my comments, I sound terribly negative. I applaud anyone who has taken the trouble and time to put anything at all together. He's already ahead of 99% of the population just by doing this!