Outdoor Survival Kit 10 in 1 | Fire, Light, Compass & Cutting Tools

Ten things worth having when the day goes sideways

Nobody packs for the day it goes wrong. The ute stops where there is no reception, the walk out takes longer than the light lasts, and the gear that would have sorted it is sitting in the shed at home. Your torch dies at night, you cannot see, and not seeing is how a bloke trips, takes the wrong spur and turns a long walk into a search.

This is a small sealed case of tools that lives in a glovebox, a crib bag or a tackle box and stays there until you need it. Fire, light, a rough direction, something to cut with, and a way to be heard and seen. Ten pieces, and the case is one of them.

It will not feed you, it will not navigate for you and it will not treat you. What it does is stop a bad afternoon getting worse while you sort yourself out.

Read This First - This Is Not A First Aid Kit

• There are no medical supplies in this kit. No bandages, no dressings, no antiseptic, no gloves. Every item in it is a tool, not a treatment.
• Carry a proper first aid kit as well. This one gets you fire, light, direction, cutting and a way to signal. It does nothing for a wound.
• This page used to be typed as a first aid kit. That was wrong and we have corrected it. We would rather you found out here than out bush.

What It Does

• Keeps light in the vehicle: the torch lives in the case in the glovebox instead of rolling around the console flat. Three modes, and the strobe is there to be seen rather than to see.
• Gets a fire going when the lighter is wet: a flint rod and striker are moulded into the bracelet buckle, so the fire kit is on your wrist and not in the pack you put down.
• Clears a track and cuts firewood: the wire saw handles green branches a folding knife will not, and it rolls up to the size of a keyring.
• Gets you out of a car: the knife pommel and the pen tip are both hardened glass breakers, and the knife carries a serrated section for a jammed seatbelt.
• Makes you findable: a whistle carries further than a shout and costs you nothing, and the blanket throws back light and radiant heat while you sit and wait.

What Is In It

Ten pieces. Counted honestly, the case and the carabiner are two of them.

• Sealed hard case: hinged plastic clamshell with a rubber gasket and foam inside. About 155 x 94 x 43 mm, the supplier figure converted to metric.
• Folding knife and pouch: about 210 mm open, the supplier figure converted to metric. Part serrated edge, can and bottle opener cut into the handle, pointed glass breaker on the butt, nylon belt pouch included.
• Zoomable torch: slide the head to go from spot to flood. Three modes, high, low and strobe. Runs on one AA cell, which is not included.
• Paracord bracelet: the buckle carries a button compass, a flint rod with a serrated striker, and a whistle. The braid unpicks into a usable length of cord.
• Card multi-tool: credit card sized steel plate marked PRT, SOS, HELP and UNITED. Bottle and can openers, box and rope cutting edges, a serrated section, two screwdriver blades, a hex key, a keyhole spanner slot and a printed ruler, with about 900 mm of cord wound around it.
• Wire saw: stainless steel, about 530 mm, with a swivel ring at each end so it does not kink under load.
• Emergency blanket: aluminised film sheet, 1.3 x 2.1 m, supplied folded in a sealed packet marked SHOWTIME.
• Tungsten tipped pen: writes like a pen and the hardened tip is meant for breaking side glass. About 150 mm, the supplier figure converted to metric.
• Bottle clip: webbing tab with a side release clip that grips a bottle neck and hangs it off a belt or a pack strap.
• Screwgate carabiner: a gear clip for hanging the case or a bottle. It is moulded NOT FOR CLIMBING along the spine and it is not load rated.

Key Features

• Everything in one case: foam cut outs hold each piece so nothing rattles loose in a console or a pack.
• Gasket sealed lid: the current case has a rubber seal around the lid. The supplier calls it waterproof and shockproof but publishes no IP rating, so treat it as splash and dust resistant and do not submerge it.
• Three separate ways to cut: folding knife, wire saw and the edges on the card, so losing one does not leave you with nothing.
• Two glass breakers: one on the knife butt, one on the pen tip. Both are hardened points, not blades.
• Fire on your wrist: flint rod and striker built into the bracelet buckle rather than loose in the case.
• Signalling without batteries: a moulded whistle in the buckle and a reflective blanket that works as a signal panel in daylight.
• Blanket doubles as shelter: 1.3 x 2.1 m of film pitches over a ridge line as a fly, or wraps a person sitting still.
• Pocket sized where it matters: the card sits in a wallet and the bracelet stays on your wrist, so the two most useful pieces travel with you when the case does not.
• Common battery: the torch takes a single AA, the one cell you can buy in any roadhouse. It is not supplied.

Limits

Everything below is a straight answer about what this kit will not do. Read it before you rely on the thing.

• It is not first aid: no bandages, no dressings, no antiseptic, no gloves, nothing medical of any kind. If you want that covered you need a separate first aid kit, and you should have one anyway.
• Ten pieces includes the packaging: the case and the carabiner are two of the ten. Count the working tools and you get eight. We would rather say that than let you count them on the kitchen table and feel done over.
• The compass is a button compass: a small liquid filled disc set into the bracelet buckle. Held flat, away from the vehicle and away from the knife, it will show you roughly where north is. There is no rotating bezel, no sighting line and no way to set declination, so do not plan or hold a bearing off it. If you are navigating properly, carry a real baseplate compass and a map.
• The carabiner is not for climbing: those three words are moulded into the spine of the clip. It has no load rating and it is not a safety device. Hang gear off it, nothing else, and nobody's weight ever.
• No battery in the box: the torch needs one AA and the supplier does not ship cells. Put one in the case the day it arrives, because a flat torch and no torch are the same thing at three in the morning.
• No torch output figures: the supplier states no lumen output and no runtime, so we will not print one. Judge it as a small AA pocket torch, not as a duty light.
• No fire starter strike count: flint rods get quoted in the thousands of strikes and none of it is measured. The supplier gives no figure for this one and neither will we.
• The cord is not rated: the bracelet braid and the cord on the card have no stated type and no stated breaking strain. Use them for lashing, tying and bootlaces. Never for anything that holds a person.
• The blanket is thin film: it is single layer aluminised plastic. It tears on scrub and on sharp edges, it does nothing for you if you are wet underneath it, and it is best treated as a one trip item you replace rather than refold.
• Knife carry is on you: the rules on carrying a folding knife are different in every state and territory, and we are not qualified to advise you on them. The supplier does not state a blade length. Know your own law before you put it on your belt.
• These are compact tools, not workshop tools: the card, the wire saw and the small folder are what you carry because they are light. A proper saw, a proper knife and a proper torch all beat them, and if you have room for those, take those.

Q & A

Is this a first aid kit?
No. There is nothing medical in it. Every piece is a tool. The name on the web address still has the words emergency aid in it because changing a web address breaks every link pointing at the page, but the kit is a tool kit and the contents list above is the honest version.

Are there really ten pieces?
Yes, and you can count them in the photos. Just know that the case and the carabiner are two of the ten, so you are getting eight working tools plus a box to keep them in and a clip to hang it off.

Is the compass any good?
It is a button compass in the bracelet buckle. Lay it flat, stand clear of the vehicle and the knife, and it will point you roughly north. That is enough to keep walking the same way instead of circling. It is not enough to navigate on, and we are not going to pretend otherwise.

Does the torch come with a battery?
No. It takes one AA cell and the supplier does not ship batteries. Buy a couple and put a spare in the case.

Can I hang off the carabiner?
No. It has NOT FOR CLIMBING moulded into it and no load rating at all. It is a gear clip.

Will it fit in a glovebox?
Yes. The case is about 155 x 94 x 43 mm, roughly the size of a large phone in a fat case, so it sits in a glovebox, a centre console, a crib bag or a tackle tray without taking the space you need for anything else.

How long is delivery and what does it cost?
Delivery is free to Australia and New Zealand. Allow 10 to 14 days from the day you order, and up to three weeks to regional and remote addresses.

What if something in it is faulty?
Get in touch and we will sort it. Returns cover faulty or not as described. Change of mind is not covered, so if you are buying it for the knife, check your state rules first.

Specs

Watch It

Neither of these was filmed by us and neither shows this exact kit. Go by the contents list above, not by the video.

A walk through of a kit of this type. The closest one we sell is the Outdoor SOS Survival Kit 13 in 1, which carries more pieces in a bigger case.

Starting a fire with the striker on a paracord bracelet