MFG...

My take is that you throw together the cheapest kit that you can afford -- that is what I am doing... Can't afford MREs? Buy pop-tarts on sale. No sebenza? Buy the $10 knife from Wal-Mart. Better quality is, of course, better. But I would rather be stuck with a cheap knife instead of stuck with no knife and half of the money for a $300 sebenza in my pocket..

I would gather the makings of an extremely cheap kit, and then gradually upgrade over time.