How to pack in your survival kit
50 Items For Your Survival Kit and Bug Out Bag
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hi folks canadian prepper here so summer
has arrived and you guys have requested
that i show you what i keep inside my
bug out bag so that's what we're going
to talk about today let's get to it
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okay so today we're going to talk about
what's in my bug out bag now i don't
want you to think that this is something
you have to emulate to a tee everybody's
circumstances and needs and skill sets
are going to be different so this is
just to give you some ideas for what you
can put in yours now the backpack that
i'm using is a marcor 45 by van quest
i'm actually going to be switching this
out soon for another pack just because
i'm trying to experiment with things
which are a bit more discreet so stay
tuned for that video but in terms of the
cool factor this is as cool as it gets
this pack is built exceptionally well
it's very durable materials i know that
is going to last me for decades i've
used many van quest packs with
regularity and they've never failed me
great stitching all the components are
really heavy duty so for that reason i
still sport the van quest as a bug out
bag so this is a 45 liter pack now
that's just what the volume is on the
interior of the pack as you can see here
you can attach a lot of things to it and
that's one thing i like about vanquest
packs there's a lot of molle packs out
there that i see people don't actually
use the molly webbing so i'd only
recommend that you get a pack with that
molly webbing on it if you're actually
gonna put it to use so as you can see
here i got a lot of pouches i have a
bottle holder here i have a pocket
organizer on this side i have a fast
pack which can be used for either first
aid or just other supplies but it's fast
access
then i have another first aid kit
attached to the outside and there's also
this space
in between here which you can put stuff
in as well so all in all i would say
even though it's only a 45 liter pack
technically speaking in terms of
internal volume you can attach another
20 liters of stuff on the outside so
you're getting you know roughly a 65
liter pack now for me a bug out bag is
for the purpose of getting home it's
also a survival bag it's also a bag that
i'm going to be using frequently when
i'm out in the wilderness this is not
just going to sit in the closet
sometimes it is sometimes it's in the
vehicle sometimes it's in the bush it
really depends what my circumstances are
so for that reason this is subject to
change with the seasons every season is
going to be different my winter bug out
bag is totally different from the summer
bug out bag
so starting on the outside we have a
nalgene stainless steel bottle
these are great because you can put them
right on a fire
and there's no plastic components that
are built in it's a single walled
stainless steel bottle
so very multi-purpose it's the only pot
that i have in this kit and for me for a
bug out bag you don't want to do too
much redundancy as you can see we're
already starting to get up there and
wait right now this pack weighs around a
little over 40 pounds for me that's
nothing and because this pack is so
comfortable you can see the nice thick
shoulder straps and nice lumbar support
that they have here this is a very
comfortable pack i can wear this pack
and hike with it for hours with no
issues and i also do a lot of physical
fitness so for me 40 pounds is nothing i
could easily carry 50 60 pounds if i
needed to no problem so on this side
here we have our silky zubat saw
so this is one of my favorite saws from
silky it's in terms of ergonomics if if
there's something that i'm going to have
to be using for a long period of time
the silky zubat because of that pistol
grip is something that i'm going to want
to use as opposed to a folding saw
now
because of the recent release of the
outback series of saws by silky i also
have a
pocket boy here which is stuck in there
and so this is the pocket boy outback
so as i indicated on that video these
are built to be more durable they have a
nickel plating
and they're just built to be tougher the
blade is slightly thicker and this is
something i'm going to be able to use in
a pinch but it's long enough
that if i needed to say
cut a small log that i'm going to use
for my firebox stove to cook a meal then
i can do that with relative ease and it
just fits right in there into this
vanquish accessory pouch
now on this side of the accessory pouch
you can see i have what's called a bear
flare this is good for signaling for
personal protection
it's also good for lighting fires in a
pinch but as the name denotes it's for
scaring away
bears now as you can see it's not
readily accessible but i do keep it on
the exterior of the pack all i have to
do is pull it out of here and it can be
deployed within seconds
on the exterior we have the survival
lily
apple 1s knife
and
it mounts right to the shoulder strap so
it can be deployed within three seconds
i can pull this out
and that's why i mount it here it's a
perfect knife for mounting there it's a
very
good all-around multi-purpose knife the
grind used to be a
convex grind i believe but she changed
it to a flat grind which i personally
prefer i'm not as experienced as some
bushcrafters so i like the flat grind
and it's much improved for beginners in
my personal opinion
and on the exterior also have this
nitecore tk4 light it has a nice clip on
it here and it's about 200 lumens
very multifunctional you can clip it to
the top of the shoulder strap so you can
wear it like one of those angle head
lights
and i also have a headlamp in inside so
it's not my only lighting option
we also have a balfang radio on the
external obviously this is assuming that
i have somebody to talk to on the radio
but you can also pick up other
frequencies from emergency services or
otherwise on here as well on the
exterior here i have this quick
sharpening tool these are not the best
for your blades but they will do the job
in an emergency situation so it's not a
diamond sharpener a fancy you know
benchmade style sharpener like that but
it gets the job done on the bottom we
have a wool blanket which can just be
detached
like this wool blanket this is 90 wool
this is going to retain the heat even if
it gets wet
very rugged very durable you can use
this as a cloak rambo style if you need
to obviously for sleeping it's going to
keep you warm wool is one of the most
durable fabrics that you can have out in
the wilderness 90 wool gonna last a long
time
definitely probably one of the most
important pieces of kit especially at
night time when the temperature drops
with this pack you can flip it open like
this
now this pack is actually made to hold a
rifle
so you can attach your rifle up here
and
this will attach together like that and
i've demonstrated that on the channel
before but again this is just to give
you some ideas of uh what you can do
with this pack
so here i have the silky nada this one
is actually brand new i had my other
nada for probably six years and i seem
to have misplaced it for some reason
you'd think that i would be a bit more
organized but i do still misplace things
when you're reviewing gear like this all
the time and i also have a little trowel
which is basically
just uh for digging you know if you need
to dig a trench
this can come in handy
dealing with your business that sort of
thing if you want to build a dakota
foxhole for a concealed fire
and a variety of other uses
we also have these nipix mini bolt
cutters
this is going to be an optional item for
urban use if you need to get through a
fence or if you're even in the country
there's some barbed wire that you want
to avoid not get snagged on
this is going to come in very handy now
my leatherman can also perform
some of these functions my leatherman
will probably work on barbed wire but
not as well on chain length vents even a
small lock this may be able to help you
out with
so it's definitely something to consider
it's relatively
lightweight and i know that weight adds
up this is something which is definitely
more geared towards an urban survival
kit but i would strongly recommend a
small pair of bolt cutters on the
exterior here we have a power film
lightsaber now this is an integrated
battery solar unit so it has a battery
and it has a
thin film solar panel attached to it
and the great thing about the thin film
panels is that they're going to be
good even in low light
so a monocrystalline panel of this size
if there was low light or if there was a
part that was obstructed by shade would
not be able to charge pretty much at all
but even in minimal sunlight this thing
will charge and it has a 16 000 milliamp
hour battery pack that's integrated into
it and there's a couple usb output ports
there so you can charge the radio
charge my smartphone
and flashlights
now this next item is very optional and
i honestly just threw this in here for
this review because i don't think these
things get enough attention especially
if you live in a place where you're
limited in terms of the types of
personal protective equipment you can
carry
this is a flare gun okay
now there's many videos on youtube
which test
how effective these things are
for as a personal protective device uh i
would say it's probably just gonna piss
a bear off but if it's all you have it's
all you have and obviously the primary
purpose of this is for signaling so if
you find yourself
in a situation where you're lost in the
woods this is probably the best thing
you're ever gonna have if a helicopter
is searching for you it's also gonna be
good for starting a fire now the problem
with that is is that it's gonna bounce
typically but yeah you you'd have to aim
it into a contained area
so yeah i think it's something worth
considering anyways these are available
in a lot of marine flare kits i don't
believe you need a license to buy them
in most places i have some orange
paracord in the exterior i also have
some
other paracord on the interior of the
pack
so going inside here this is the first
aid kit you want your first aid kit to
be
very accessible from the exterior the
pack so there's a couple ways to open
this in a pinch you can just
take the zippers down like that or if
you had to
aggressively pull it open you could okay
so we have a tourniquet in here we have
some tylenol some advil
don't underestimate tylenol and advil in
a survival situation
these things can really help especially
if you have
some kind of infection or you know just
some kind of achy pain that you're
dealing with maybe you
sprain an ankle or something like that
this could be the difference between you
sitting down and capitulating or you
continuing and moving on and going to
get help i also have this little pocket
shower in here this
is primarily for the purpose of storing
water and carrying water around but it
can also of course double as a shower
hygiene may be important if you're on
the road for a long period of time we
have an israeli medical bandage in there
we have a chest seal we have a massive
wet wipe so that's basically going to be
how we're going to stay clean we've got
a lot of bandages in here
and in this little pouch here
we have
some amoxicillin i did a video on
this kind of stuff and where you can get
it i'll post a link to that in the
description
and amoxicilling could come in handy
because let's say you get an infection
and
obviously you know you're bugging out
you're out there for many days at a time
that infection could get ugly pretty
quickly so having some sort of
antibiotic at your disposal
could be
life-saving these are in mylar bags that
i've heat sealed myself
then i also have some caffeine pills
never underestimate the power of
caffeine in a survival situation it's
something that is so small but has such
a profound psychological and
physiological effect and if you find
yourself really exhausted you've been up
for 24 hours and you just need a bit
more kick because you have to stay awake
for whatever reason then this will
absolutely help you out
yeah so this is imodium diarrhea can
also be a killer in a survival situation
if you eat something that you shouldn't
i have some quick clot
in there and
some antibiotic ointment this is in a
spray form which is a lot better than
the tubes which can get kind of messy
and require you to actually touch the
wound this you don't even have to touch
the wound so it's a lot better in that
respect
you can only carry so much first aid
equipment even the tourniquet is
probably pushing it for a kit like this
but a tourniquet can also be a lifesaver
if this is an emergency pack
there's a good chance that you're going
to come across somebody that might even
be injured
so you'd be able to help them out in
that situation
as you should
so in this lumbar pouch we have our
balfang radio
the side there we have this kamenga
compass which is the choice of a lot of
survivalists and preppers exceptionally
durable very well made
and uh definitely a worthwhile
investments another thing you'll have
for life
we have some ben's deep 30 bug spray
and the reason why i have this at the
ready is because
in one of these predicaments bugs can
drive you mad especially if you're deep
deep in the sticks and some of the bugs
we get here when you factor in the black
flies the ticks wasps horse flies deer
flies mosquitoes this will absolutely be
a lifesaver we also have a thin pair of
work gloves which will come in very
handy
have a lighter at the ready just in case
we need to make a fire in a pinch and
then we also have a
brunton
light tech monocular this is eight times
magnification at 22 uh field of view the
reason why you would want a monocular or
a pair of binoculars is to save yourself
time
if you are trying to root find or you
get lost then if you can look ahead and
not have to walk up to that place when
you're not when you're trying to save
energy then this can absolutely be very
helpful in that situation in this side
pouch here
i also have a little mini fishing kit so
i have hook line sinker a few lures and
a bunch of string in there i don't
actually have a fishing rod in here but
i can use my water bottle i can do a
makeshift fishing rod no problem with a
stick okay so also in this pack there's
a little easy access point here
and you can use this for a variety of
things
this actually doesn't connect to the
main internal part of the pack but i
just have an mre in there and i also
have an emergency bivvy
and an extra pair of socks
now on the other
lumbar side they just have this
other pocket organizer here for some
other doodads so in this kit here we
have
some kevlar thread
that's for trip lines traps
we also have a
this is kind of a mini survival kit in
itself if i ever had to ditch the bag i
could take this and we have a bruton
lost hiker kit this includes a fresno
lens
and a mini compass
and i have another ben's deet wipe
so that's for insects
i also have a little right in the rain
note pad i have this lighter which has
an extended head so that if you need to
put it into a tinder bundle you could
easily ignite a fire now if this were to
fail we do have
a magnesium striker
we also have our
trip wire for camp security and in here
i also just have another little survival
kit as you can see an emergency whistle
some brass wire and a variety of other
little doodads so on the top of the pack
we can open this up
and in here i have my ultimate fire
tinder some waterproof matches
i have a head lamp for easy access it's
something you're definitely going to
need at night you're going to want that
in a pinch and i also have a spoon in
there as well in addition there's
another pocket here this is something
you're gonna use often it's a firebox
wood stove so i keep that up top
that's not only for cooking but also for
having a contained controlled fire
now if we go on the inside of the pack
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we got lots of food
that's going to be the main thing in
here so we have lots of
freeze-dried food
freeze-dried is the easiest because all
you got to do is boil water so even if
my whatever reason my firebox stove
failed me i make a fire put this on the
fire that's going to warm up some water
and i'll be able to pour that hot water
right into this bag be able to eat it
right out of the bag no fuss and you can
burn this afterwards leave no trace i
got about 10 of those in there and i
also have
an mre
the reason why i have an mre is just a
bit more diversity
um
mres have their merits i'm gonna do a
video in the not so distant future
comparing
which is better mres or freeze-dried
mres come in handy when you don't have
any water at your disposal you're going
to need water for this but you don't
necessarily need it for this and these
have much more rugged packaging which is
not going to be a huge factor when you
have a bag like this
but yeah so i have a big bag of food
i think for an emergency kit
food is probably one of the most
important things you can pack because
all of this fancy stuff you can pack and
you're going to be sitting out there on
the side of the road wishing you had
something good to eat so
try to cram as many calories as you can
into your bug out bag at least 10 000
calories if possible so you're good for
a few days and you could make that
stretch a week if you had to for sure
now in here
this is kind of my shelter related stuff
so we already seen the wool blanket
so what we got in here this is a
emergency survival blanket from titan
survival and the only reason why i have
this in here is because it's camouflage
so if i do decide to make a shelter
using these other components that i have
and i wanted to camouflage it afterwards
and add a little bit more
insulation i could with this little
emergency blanket and this just because
it's little don't let it fool you so
it's 52 inches by 82 inches so it's
definitely a sizable sizeable enough to
put over a tarp
i also have an emergency survival poncho
so if i'm in a situation where it starts
to rain and i don't have a rain jacket
on i can use that and you can also use
this to cover up your pack this is going
to be a water repellent pack but it's
certainly not water proof
also have a mini
bivvy so this is kind of a smaller
version of the larger bivvy that i
showed you before what a bivvy is is
basically it's a sleeping bag crossed
with a tent okay
so
it's going to be just a sack that you
sleep in it's great if you don't want to
have to set up a shelter but you still
want to have a way to stay warm
throughout the night then you could use
something like this this is a very thin
material i certainly wouldn't recommend
this as being your your sole shelter uh
this is just because it's so small i
throw it in there as a backup okay
i also have a inflatable sleeping mat
from cabela's it's actually quite small
and
you're gonna want something like this to
keep you off the ground because you're
gonna lose a lot of heat to the ground
and even if you didn't nobody wants to
sleep directly on the ground so you
combine this with your emergency bivvy
your wool blanket and you're pretty much
you're gonna be sitting pretty good at
that point but we're gonna take it one
further we also have this sea to summit
mosquito net okay which we can
put underneath
last but not least
are still nylon tarp
so this is a sill nylon tarp it's a
waterproof tarp this is going to provide
you most of the shelter that you're
going to need so you're going to have
your shelter you're going to have your
protection from the bugs you're going to
have your sleeping mat you're going to
have your accessories just in case you
need a little bit more insulation or
concealment and of course you're gonna
have your wool blanket not quite as cozy
as a tent
but more than enough to get the job done
and it's all gonna fit in a relatively
lightweight package
now i'm going to show you guys some
stuff on the channel in the future
which is getting into the ultra light
really high price range of stuff you can
actually shrink this kind of setup down
even further
you can get air mattresses which are a
third the size of this and a quarter of
the weight so
this is our whole shelter system it all
fits in this little stuff sack here
not bad
now in here we have just a few other
knickknacks
we have some more
wet ones
we have some toilet paper tablets and we
have a tree seal towel
all of that stuff can double as
fire starter water filter you name it
even a bandage if you need it in a pinch
now i do have these extreme sticky notes
and you might be wondering why would you
have something like this well it's kind
of like flagging tape these are uh the
extreme so they're actually
a post-it extreme note so they're made
to be stuck on they're made to be used
outdoors they're made to resist water if
you got lost and you needed a way to
make sure that you weren't walking
around in circles something like this
could definitely come in handy in
conjunction with your compass and your
waypoints i also have some aqua tabs
which are going to be
how i'm going to purify water in a pinch
so basically i can scoop some water into
my nalgene drop one of these aqua tabs
in there and that's going to kill
anything that moves within around half
an hour's time that's the easiest way it
has a bit of an aftertaste but it's
better than dying also have some
multivitamins in this little kit here
you're not going to get vitamin
deficiency for probably several days but
it's just something for you to consider
i also have this signal mirror emergency
signaling device
and we also have a miniature shortwave
fm am radio which has a built-in solar
panel it also has a kinetic
charger
and apparently has an alarm on there as
well
now this is not only a receiver unlike
the baofeng radio which is a transceiver
so you're not going to be able to talk
to anybody with this but you're going to
get your noah
weather reports you're going to get your
shortwave your am your fm we go deeper
so this is the water bladder i use and
this water bladder actually has a
built-in water filter on it which
filters out viruses bacteria you name it
and if i wanted to scoop water out of a
creek it's very easy to do can just
scoop out a scoop water into this bag
stuff it into there and then it's
drinkable through this tube now the
other cool feature that this has
this is actually pressurized so what
that's going to allow you to do then
is that that's going to give you
pressurized water flow how this works is
it's two bags that are combined together
one bag is air the other is water and
it's going to allow me to have
pressurized water so if you need to
irrigate a wound if i need to give my
dog some water or maybe you want to give
somebody else some water but you don't
want them drinking out of your spout
it's a pretty cool feature it's called
the geigerrig pressurized water bladder
so it's more of a novelty item
definitely not something you need but
could certainly come in handy if only as
a way to
store water and i would advise if you
did get one of these water bladders make
sure it has a wide mouth opening at the
end
just so you can scoop water into it from
a creek and you don't have to actually
submerse it to fill it through a small
hole as you can see inside this pack
there is
laser cut molly webbing
and of course there's a way to store the
water bladder underneath there one of my
problems with this pack is that it could
be a little bit bigger they could offer
you a bit more
interior space because if you're
starting to attach pouches into here
every pouch you attach is
weight which is not really functional
weight okay pouches flaps
pockets this is non-functional weight so
i like to cut down a non-functional
weight which is why i'm going to be
considering a different approach
altogether with my bug out bags in the
future but you guys wanted to a
breakdown of what was in the bag so
that's basically what's in this bug out
bag there's certainly a lot of items
that i have
that are not in this particular kit i
could probably build 50 bug up bags if i
wanted to but you have to draw the line
somewhere let me know in the comment
section what you got in your
bug out bag i'm really interested in
hearing if you have any ways that i can
beef up this kit a little bit and if
there's anything that you think i missed
let me know in the comment section below
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