Thanks for upgrading my little tin box. While on a bicycle ride in Istanbul. My rented bike's fender lost a screw. We did not have a screw, but we had Kevlar string, the small pocket knife, and towelettes. We quickly made repairs and continued our ride. Tin was small enough that it easily fit in my pocket. Thanks again.
Very neat and compact kit that has a few useful items. Then it comes to the matches, I've personally opted for a lighter, although I'm not a smoker either. I do however keep it in my pockets, and gives me more uses than matches would, especially when considering that a match is wasted when blown out by the wind, but then again my scenario for EDC pretty much counts as an "outdoors" type kit as I'm on the road more often than not. Either way, your kit is well thought out in my opinion, and you've adapted it for your daily use, which not a lot of people realize when putting a kit together, well done
Thanks for the video. I have been carrying my edc in a tin for 3 years. It is small stuff that is nice to have but a pain to carry in a bag or pocket, so the box was brilliant. By the way, I got my box from you and it has been brilliant to carry. Thanks
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One of the best kits I've seen on here. Actual practical items. Considering my normal EDC is flashlight, multitool, knife, pen, pistol,...I'm wanting to piece together practical items other than what I already carry. Everyone is different and should not copy another's kit, but tailor their own kit to what their everyday needs are.
Your kit in a tin contains several useful items. The problem with keeping the light, knife, and multitool inside the box is that it makes them more difficult and slower to access when you need them. Opening the box to get to the knife, for example, takes time and risks spilling the other kit contents. How about keeping a few of the kit contents on the outside of the box? Thanks for the video.
Yeah, this is pretty much my philosophy for a kit I'm putting together. My base edc is my keychain, which has a victorinox manager, flashlight, peanut lighter and small pill container. I usually have some other larger folding knife as well. So no knife, light, lighter, pen, pills, etc will be in the tin (I am planning a small folding razor blade though). It should leave me room for some bigger useful things like a car charger and small cable, mini sharpie, etc.
Smh. The whole idea is portability and compact containment. Yeah let's put out important and expensive stuff OUTSIDE the tin so its really bulky and easy to lose. 🙄🤔😲🤯🤣🤣🤣🤣
Good little pack. I would stuff in a mini Bic lighter. Space is limited in a tin, but ya gotta have it. That boker knife is pretty perfect for tin packs.
Nice kit. I have made a number of these over the years with similar items (except the Play-Do). I'd like to answer a number of the comments questioning the convenience of taking stuff out of it. The kits I carry in my POCKET are primarily for emergency and first aid use. I do have a number of edc items in it but seldomly take them out because I carry a primary knife and Chap stick in another pocket. I do use its fiber cloth to clean my glasses once in a while and have used the lighter a few times to like a cigar. The most important item in all my kits is a spare car key, that has saved the day a couple of times. I put a lot of time into building them all with the hope of never having to use any item in it. Go figure, huh.
I like the spare key idea. Even if it didn't have the chip you could really benefit from being able to get into your car and a non chiped key barely takes up any tin space!👍
I think you have some really smart ideas and showed some very useful items and tricks in a small size box. All could be a good thing to have for anyone. If it were mine I would need more Band-Aids ready on the top of the box lid. 😂
Nice kit, Take a look at mini clipper lighter (made in Spain) Unlike mini bic it is refillable and reflintable and you can carry just flint-wheel part to produce sparks and start a fire (works well with cotton balls or toilet paper)
@@FittoSurvive In case you'll have a clipper review some key points to discuss: Clipper uses ISObutane (instead of butane) makes difference when it's freezing or below freezing temperatures. The Nylon 66 polymer (that clipper uses) is a better "plastic" then many other lighters and "more fireproof". Clipper is designed to be held upside-down to light "smoking products" or tobacco in a pipe - gives bigger flame when tilted upside-down. Clipper started production about the same time as BIC and gain popularity among "tobacco-alternative pipe smokers".The iso-butane is purified multiple times and supposedly has less odor when inhaling smoking substance then lighter is still light. I like the clipper "gas button" doesn't get depressed accidentally in a pocket (some people put zip-tie on a bic to prevent it from happening). Removable flint-wheel part has many advantages in starting a fire and drying a lighter if it gets wet. Flint in Bic lighter is (imho) a better quality then clipper - but clipper flint is replaceable and you can use better quality flint and adjust the spring by stretching it a little bit. Clipper can be bought in USA in Walmart for about $1 (about the same price as bic) - clippers mini online for about $2. I put some of the miniclipper flint-wheel inserts on as jacket zipper-pulls. The insert is used to pack tobacco or other smoking products in a joint or a pipe. The lighter can be used to prevent flies to enter an open bottle of wine.
I always think things like this are cool but I can never really carry such a kit because everything I carry has to be my pocket and be relatively convenient / easy to access pretty readily. Putting a kit like this together could be good for my fishing pack or the small sling pack I take to work, but in a blue collar job / life I find limited situations to need an entire kit like this. I carry a yellow birch outfitters pocket pico organizer. It holds my pocket knife of the week, 4" adjustable wrench, and fisher bullet pen in the " front " 3 slots that I can reach into my pocket to retrieve without taking the organizer out, then a notepad and some bandaids in the middle, and a couple miscellaneous things in the back zipper pocket like my pocket toothpick that I don't mind drawing my organizer to retrieve. My pocket light gets clipped into my pocket, and my small Sebertool m4 multitool goes in my watch pocket.
Yeah, I understand what you mean. There's no way I'd carry this in a pair of slacks or pants without a side pocket (like cargo or tactical pants). Sounds like you have a really nice EDC too!
Maybe putting the Piece of Paper and Bandages in the Lit for easier access. That way you don't need to unpack everything to get to them. 🙂👍 i like the kit, the goo stuff is a nice idea. Maybe some silica gel to keep moisture out as much as possible, to protect the light and everything delicate but thats just an idea.
@@FittoSurvive Great decision! I watched a bunch of your videos! They're really good! You just got yourself a new subscriber :P Best of luck in your RU-vid channel! If you keep up this quality, I'm sure you'll go far! 👍🏻💪🏻🤝
A nice kit! Hard to believe so much can be put in such a small space...Are there additional items that you could add in a second tin to complement the first? Good job!
Thank you! It really is amazing how much you can fit. Theoretically yes, but it would probably be more convenient just to find a larger tin or just use a larger bag/pack.
@@FittoSurvive Yes, you are right, I was just thinking that certain items can go in one tin, like 1st aid items, & then other related items in the second tin...
Nice setup. An idea for you: put some cotton ball stuff in the bag with the matches. That way you have a bit tinder and the wool will present the heads of the matches rub at each other. That way they don't desintegrate themselves. It's also a tip for pils. When they are loose together in a box and are move around like in a bag or pocket the crunch themselves to dust over time. That's the reason why there is a cotton ball in some medication flasks with pills.
What a great little urban EDC ! There's quite a few things here I've never seen before. I can think of one addition tho', a credit card size magnifier 😆 Thank you very much for going to the effort of supplying Amazon links 👍 PS: You forgot to mention the ranger band makes excellent (but foul smelling) emergency fire 🔥 starter. A tiny birthday candle is a good addition too.
Thank you sir! The credit card sized fresnel lense is a great idea!! Never thought of adding a birthday candle before, but I can see how it would really come in handy. True, the Ranger band can be used to start a fire... Or smoke signals... 🤣🤣
It's more like an urban emergency survival kit. I don't think you use all that stuff on a daily basis... But beside this it's a nice kit for urban environment. More for redundancy and emergencies but it can come in handy. Well done for what it is! Cheers from Germany!
Glue a small solar panel on the tin to charge your flashlight with. Could run the wires inside the flashlight via a hole ( sealed with silicone) and the light would charge in the tin. Also add Imodium, very small and can save you some huge issues.
Nice kit. Mine have a lot of the same items. I don’t have a knife or flashlight since I have those in my pocket. The fork is cool but I can’t think of where I’d need it.
Zip ties. True story: while on our way camping in Mongolia it started to rain. Mongolia is high desert so this was a rare occasion. The fellow who owned the van turns on the wipers only to have the driverside wiper fail. A few zip strips provided a quick temporary fix.
I like it. I'd add a mini Bic, electrolyte tablets, paper clip, Bobby pin, debit card from an account you open but don't use, color copy of driver's license, butterfly closures, tiny flashdrive and SD card. Lock picks can save the day. Do they make a spoon to go with that fork?
Excellent kit. As I have one of your custom saks, I'd skip the boker and the leatherman. I have all the tools I need on the sak. This would leave space for a mosquito repellent wipe of two and some other odds n sods.
Nice kit, but keeping it all compressed seems like it would keep any of it from being really handy. I keep an Olight Baton 4 in my pocket, so it's instantly useful. I have a little belt pouch where I keep small versions of a screwdriver, Sharpie, ballpoint (which I cut down myself), mini-Post-it note pad, and a few other things. I get at something in there at least once a day. Meanwhile, I've got a bag in my car that has real tools and supplies for less common needs.
@Fit to Survive Thank you! Seriously, you should sell these... I've seen sooo many videos/shorts of similar ideas that just don't make the mark, either having ridiculous things you don't need, missing things you should have or aren't very compact. This is truly the BEST with realistic and useful items! I would love one in my bag and my car, but also know family & friends would use and appreciate this perfect EDC kit as gift!!! Again, thanks for sharing and best wishes with your channel & creative ideas!
Great video as usual! Bought lots of EDC stuff like this and after years l realized that most of it l never used… l mean if you live in a city, no much need to carry around all this stuff
I haven't read all the comments, but have you thought about added a sheet of moleskin? Also I would move some of the bandaids in the top so you don't need to dump the whole kit for a small cut.
I like the items in your EDC, I do think for a fraction of the price of both the Leatherman Squirt and the flashlight, there are more cost effective alternatives since EDC is really just for a back-up, so the items are probably not regularly used. I see on these videos that a majority carry a regular size leatherman and/or Swiss Army multi-tool in their pocket anyway. $62 for a tiny multi-tool back-up doesn’t seem practical. Only my opinion. I think it’s a great tool for sure, just not practical for what it’s being used for. Also, while a lighter may take a little more room, if opting out of carrying that, I’d swap your current matches for the “strike anywhere” matches. Then you don’t need to worry about whether you lose your striker or it’s gets soaked for whatever reason.
Good kit, love the contents. Not meant to be a “challenge”, if you have time it would be great to see the kit put through its paces. If it’s an EDC/survival kit, and if space allows, then I’d probably add some water purification tabs, a small ferro rod (the ones that Fire Fly make for Victorinox knives would be ideal as well as some tinder also made by same company but I think they’re call Fire Ant). If you’re able to get a small BIC lighter or a Clipper lighter or a peanut lighter then you’ll be on a winner. Might be an idea to use waterproof and wind proof matches instead of standard matches. I guess you may have to use a slightly larger tin. Good kit nonetheless!
@@FittoSurvive Might be worth looking at a brand called Clipper, I’m in the UK so I don’t know if it’s available in the US, I’d be surprised if it wasn’t but they make a small lighter which also has a removable and replaceable spark wheel. Alternatively, there are brass mini peanut lighters but you’ll probably have to seal it with some tape (Gorilla or electrical tape) to help stop the lighter fluid from evaporating. Hope that helps and all the very best in your EDC adventures.
Why not use a Victorinox Compact? You can then get rid of the loose matches (just replace the toothpick with a firesteel from tortoisegear), the loose needle , the loose can opener and possibly the Leatherman (if you can live without the plyers)...
Add a fire steel. They have small ones that will fit in this type of kit. If the kit were to get wet the matches might not be able to make fire. Too important to be the only fire source. Plenty of metal stuff already inside to be used as striker without having to add that. Otherwise cool kit.
The tin is a nice space for bandaids and sutch but i think the multitool and a good victorinox come in handy in your pocket not in a tin. Also would at a lighter in the tin. Way better than matches. That you don't smoke = a longer lasting lighter for crafting, medical you name it.
I get what you mean. Yeah, I originally had a mini Bic in the kit, but it took up a bunch of space, so I ended up removing it. But I do agree that the lighter is an important survival tool even for a non-smoker.
Having a pair of disposable nitrile gloves in a small resealable plastic pouch, might eliminate the need for soap by preventing hands coming dirty in the first place. Or actually soap is good to have when you've already soiled your hands but if you know that what you're going to do will make your hands dirty, why don't use gloves.
This is the real Leatherman Tread. I bought it used on Ebay for a fairly inexpensive price. 😅 I don't know that I would really recommend it to anyone, I thought I would use it more often but I don't. It is more just for looks than anything else I think...
@@FittoSurvive Yea, when they first came out I thought I had to have one, but decided they were too expensive. I also wondered if I'd ever use it much. Guess, I'll probably pass on getting one.
that credit card knife is smart... allthough I hate blades with holes in them where everything nasty gets stuck and hard to wipe clean... making a sandwich becomes a cleanup nightmare...
Lip balm seems to be an all or nothing thing for folks. Maybe if you lived in a really dry area like the southwest or maybe a real cold area, but I think people that use chapstick/lip balm, have tried it and get addicted to it.
It really is something that you get used to. And it is one of the things that if I don't use it, then usually my wife is asking me if I have any in my kit. So, it's a good chance to get bonus points.
My husband uses lip balm constantly, he gets very dry lips. I don't use it and rarely wear lipstick. We live in Sydney Australia, a semi tropical climate, we always have humidity.
This is why I don’t carry small torches. There are paths near me that are pitch black. Having a torch that small would do fuck all. It’s alright carrying small items, but they need to do the job. My torch is like 10x bigger than that, it still small, but it’s bigger cos it’s actually functional. No point in a small torch if it hardly does anything.
@@FittoSurvive ohh so like it’s not your main useable one. It’s just to be even more temporary if your bigger one runs out? I have a torch that’s a USB thing that is really bright that I use for the same purpose.
... it is an EDC why 2 knives and a can opener? Just why not a real usable SAK 91mm, perhaps a Vic COMPACT +saw + eventually pliers? Cable Phone to PC? Interesting. Why not an USB pendrive such as Supertalent Pico containing Puppy Linux OS (which can be booted and run only using RAM if PC hard drive is KO and machine specs available are low...) and some usable linkage or copies of useful documents you may need perhaps about insurance or car or your blood type/medical conditions or so on? Torch? Why not an head lamp torch with a detachable elastic band so you can walk or operate in the dark hands free... Ok all the medications and bandits but why not an emergency space blanket just in case you are closed inside something at cold or in case of signaling or in case to get cover by rain to twist it in a rope... Salt? Yes. But also White sugar pouch is very useful and also some 100mg caffeine pills to stay awake. Matches? Definitely obsolete. No. Mini or Midi Bic and some duct tape wrapped around so you get fire for whatever fixing reasons especially melting plastic or red-hot making nails you need to perforate something or adjust weldings contacts... Yeah, of course some cash money is ever useful. But some coins for automatic vending machines? Some business cards. Perhaps with bank or paypal refersments to receive money. A light digital clock such as Casio W202. Instead of your logo put your personal QR code with refersments so if somebody ask you ... you can simply show it and you carry weight for something useful without opening the box. A mirror can also be useful. If something goes into your eyes, for signaling and stuffs. Some zip ties.
Lots of great ideas, but I think that you have overlooked the size of the kit. There is a very limited amount of space. For example, there is no way to fit a 91mm Swiss Army Knife in a tin box like this.
@@FittoSurvive something is better than nothing certain times, but at least 91mm is not as tiny as a squirt, it is really usable, perhaps when you most need it. Some tools can't be compressed too much e.g. just look at trueutility or old Coast microtoolbox, can you afford to cut something intensively with it?
@@giuliogemino6407 I agree. When tools are made to be too small, they become less effective and harder to use. The Leatherman Squirt is pretty small, but it works for smaller projects. But the pliers are actually super nice. Even nicer than the Victorinox pliers.
I've heard the many different uses for them and the advantages of carrying one in a kit like this. I wouldn't simply because of the awkwardness of it. If I need to open my kit to help fix somebody's bike for example, I do not want a condom in my kit making things awkward and needing an explanation. 🤣🤣
Your reasoning for not having a lighter as a fire start and instead carrying a very limited supply of matches is absurd, ridiculous, and makes you're entire tin and what you have done seem useless; because you're not a smoker. Has to be the dumbest reason for not carrying a lighter. Not to mention that these survival tins are useless to begin with, so to create a reason to not stuff a lighter in there makes this extra useless.
