Originally Posted By: Russ
EDC for survival? — not really, that kit is much bigger with much more capability than I need for daily use.

I did used to carry EDC for survival. My Altoids tin kit that was put together for hiking. I had a larger kit in my hiking pack, but the backup Altoids tin kit was always in my hiking pants pocket - in case I set my pack down to rest and then fell off a cliff or something. I always made sure to keep my pants on when resting, you know, proper trail etiquette and all.

But after a while, I said to myself: do I really need firestarting, whistle, signal mirror, etc. when motoring around the city? So I abandoned the Altoids tin kit in my pocket for around town.