Get to da choppa!!! 😂. I just don't get premade kits? Buy a really basic kit and add to it maybe?? It's a lot better to build your own. You'd make one hell of a kit for $500-$700. 🤷♂️
Great review, and great kit, I just don't foresee myself ever being in situation where I could justify dropping $500+ on a kit in one go. I'd have to be a pretty hardcore adventurer, and unfortunately I'm closer to a potato than I am to extreme outdoorsman. But this does give a good example of what a complete kit looks like, and makes me feel that my $250 worth of gear collected over time and stashed in an ammo box covers all the bases, if not as heartily.
Hey folks, sorry for the re-upload. I had to fix a problem. Maybe one day RU-vid will allow us to re-edit videos in place. On the plus side, I also added a deleted scene at the end. Enjoy!
If your going to include a filter over tabs or drops I think you have to choose the Be free over Sawyer because there is less moving parts. No o ring to loose and the biggest issue no syringe needed for cleaning
@@adventureswiththecrazyvet Dunno, some people (dunno if it's a fixed (for years probably) problem or misuse or something else) in have reported problem with the befree (flow rate going down etc.).
@@RannonSi yeah you just have to clean it. The flow rate goes down when it's dirty. I'm 800 miles in on a thru hike across America on the American Discovery Trail and it has worked great with no issues. ( Knock on wood)
The whirl pak bags are like canteens. I've used one for a week strait in Alaska at NWTC . You use your tin to purify and your whirlpaks to store and drink from.
Just a suggestion with the knife being 1095 steel, put a good coat of wax on the knife, vacuum seal it for long term storage. 1095 will rust fairly quick if exposed to humid or damp conditions.
The coating on the Esee does a pretty good job at keeping rust off of most of the blade. Just a light coat of oil on the edge and you are fine. This comes from 10+ years of Esee ownership and use.
I would do a few customisations immediately. 1). a candle! (two sides trimmed down to make it thinner (mainly for fire-starting). 2) A lighter (Jet or Bic, or both!). The ferrorod would be at best a back-up. 3). A pencil sharpener (not for the pencil, but rather for making tinder/fine kindling! Often a lot quicker than feathersticking! Works like a dream, and you can keep your pencil sharp! Just my 2 cents' worth.
For $500 I could buy the following: 1. ACR ResQ Link ePIRB or Spot Gen4 for about $200-300: This equals guaranteed rescue. 2. The 5 C’s for about $50 to take of business while I’m waiting for rescue. 3. Save about $100-200 bucks for the beer, pizza, and lap dances when I get home.
Not being a troll. Not worth $500 or $700....for the cost, you should not have to ad anything! WAY short on IFAK supplies, must have tourniquet, and coagulation sponge at least, way short on water purification, and needs at least a few energy bars. A quality kit, but incomplete, therefore too expensive at any price.
You're pretty off with that assessment . The dynamic rope and fall rated carabineer alone are over 100 dollars a 100 dollar knife... You people have been indoctrinated by china mart. LoL, but your china mart kit ain't gonna do you any good.
@@steadilyreadypreparedness7068 Not sure what pipe you hit before making that statement but 8mm static rope is basically .60c/foot. And a biener is no more than $20 tops. 🤷♂️
Nice video. I bought the older version of this on many years ago. It was the one that came in the red bag and had the ESEE 6 as the knife. I paid $215’ish for it, direct from ESEE. Prices sure have gone up.
Nothing in this kit gave me the impression it was worth $700. Here's a clue. If you have to add your own gear to it to make it complete then its not worth it! I loved that empty tin. Just wow.
@@talisikid1618 well sir, "the companies buy in bulk and transfer some of the savings to us" argument stands but ... you can always buy some gear like axe heads and steel frying pans second hand. They aren't; for the most part; degraded over time and if you shop around, some stuff can be bought for pennies if not free.
Not true, most people have no clue about survival or what to buy for it, they would spend more money on junk just to die in a survival situation, or they can buy a survival kit and at least have a chance, some people are very aware of this subject and would probably be better off buying their own stuff and building their kit but with the price of shipping and gas going up maybe save money
@@polarisnebro2074 omg this information you’re telling me is common sense I’m talking about the 95 percent who watch tv and think the government is their friend
The rope in the kit isn’t meant to climb on. It’s BlueWater accessory cord. It’s great stuff. With that length you can use the cord to tie yourself a Swiss seat climbing harness & rappel on a carabiner using a munter hitch. You’d have to add 150’ or so of high test bank line or something to rappel down though. Unless you did add line to rappel with the included pieces to the puzzle are useless & excess weight.
@@KitbashedSurvival There’s even enough to cut it & make a Prusik loop with double fisherman knots to back up your rappel & make a Swiss seat. Again, you’d have to add bank line or something to the kit to rappel down on.
I think for 600,- this kit would still be a good value! The obvious expertiese and exelent choice in gear is worth paying a bit for. but for 515$ its a steal of a deal! Especially concidering for what and to whom you are giving your Money! And the beauty fo it is that they dont make you pay for fluff! Like small rolls of Toiletpaper or Offbrand Kleenex. Thats all stuff you can and should add yourself depending on your need!
Not impressed still to much money for what they give you..for that you should of got a tent and a sleeping bag..and a big fero rod..and still might be to much money..
Good kit but I would dump their cordage/rope and replace it with paracord (or Survivor Cord) and bank line. Also add a bandanna and flashlight for one of the blankets.
Way too expensive! I just checked and the bag alone, nothing inside is $180! I'm sure the quality is great and will last for 100 years but I want one that will last for 25 years with MUCH cheaper price, then I'll replace it.
I love your comprehensive videos! People can get a free inside review on a lot of survival kits before making a purchase (though those kits are not available to me where I'm from, we can't even order from Amazon). But still, we can put together our own kits after seeing the practical contents most decent kits have thanks to channels like these. Keep up the good work!
Great video, thank you. Easter must be out of their minds charging $135 for two tiny bags. A well made toiletries bag would do the same job for a few dollars. Also, would suggest not filling up the bag with too many extras or when you need to use the vacuum packed items for real it would be difficult to repack the bag. Better to carry the tin of basics in your everyday coat and have a bag in your daysack for the more exotic items?
Good kit great vid but I would swap out the rope for some 550 survival cord and move the signaling items to the outside so you can get to them PDQ as getting rescued is the main idear but great vid many thanks
Really! 25 feet of rope! Let's see! Ascending, and descending! So after thing it off! Not much left to go anywhere! And if you double it up so you get your rope back. You're really short on distance!
The rope in the kit isn’t meant to climb on. It’s BlueWater accessory cord. It’s great stuff. With that length you can use the cord to tie yourself a Swiss seat climbing harness & rappel on a carabiner using a minter hitch. You’d have to add 150’ or so of high test bank line or something to rappel down though. Unless you did add line to rappel with the included pieces to the puzzle are useless & excess weight.
I will die before I see 100 k that's why I get used military gear like my kabar knife and a G.I issues pack but I do like the EECE bag .I live in Oklahoma and love the outdoors flat land and some trees is all we have with a bunch of lakes and rivers ...o and another thing you can watch your dog run away for 2 weeks flat 😂😂
$500-$700 And it's not even a full sized pack. No hatchet or folding saw. The space wasted on a mere 25 foot of climbing rope, they could've had a few hundred feet of paracord or bankline. It's an overpriced gimmick kit for gullible buyers. Wouldn't expect less from ESEE, they've always been overpriced. For the price of the knife in this kit (143.50 on their website for the cheapest esee4) I could get a kabar bk7 and a good folding saw. At most I'd pay 350-400 for this kit. It does have some good stuff in it.
I love your reviews...But ESEE asking $700.00 for that???? and you finding it as a "deal" for $515.00????...oh Hell no...$150 for the bag?? Ummm No! ESEE over prices just about everything of theirs. I guess they bank on the old WC Fields saying "there's a sucker born every minute". There are kit bags on the internet very similar for MUCH less. You can get a similar kit bag for between $60 and $85 perhaps not the quality of that bag...but then how often are you going to use that? It's for survival...so pretty much one time.
Most of the stuff should be part of your normal gear, e.g. climbing rope & caribiner, knife and head lamp. And having spare carry straps? Really? There is very little in that kit that I would expect to be in a survival kit. A survival kit must be assembled to address emergencies. There is nothing medical in there except for 1 bandage. This kit has a lot of room for improvement.
The answer to the BIG QUESTION...NO!...Not the best headlamp...not the best carabiner...garbage bags...empty altoids tin...basic version fishing kit...25' of rope to make an ascent or descent? So after knots, how far of a descent can you really make ?LOL And a cheap mess kit with trinkets in it. $700? Really? And brand name doesn't automatically mean high quality. No offense intended toward the presenter but Esee can't be serious. The individual pricing doesn't work either. I'm pretty sure Esee is getting this stuff bulk for way cheap and marking it up even when you buy the separates. Save yourself the money and put together a high quality bug out survival bag for less than half the price.
Nice being sponsored!!!! U wouldn't even pY that much for a $50 kit.. I'd kit Bash ur review on this item but not spending money on on what p eople are saying wtf
I'm late to the game, BUT... I would NOT buy third kit, not because the prices of the individual components don't add up to the actual price of the kit, but because, like many "name" brands, those component prices are highly inflated. The same items could be assembled from other sources for considerably less, even if you factor in labor. Like too many companies, Esee, a supplier of albeit high quality goods, has raised its prices to match their own hype. They have assembled an impressive kit, but there are better kits for less than half Esee's price. Oh, and by the way, that bag is not worth $130!
I totally doubt that the carabiner and rope are for climbing. It's for a different use such as fastening items together without duct tape. I've seen a crapload of climbing videos to know that you cannot climb anything with a rope and a silly carabiner. You need an actual ascender with a harness and prusik hooks to do that. If you buy this kit, DO NOT use it for climbing. I know it's not for that purpose.
500? Gotta be kidding me. If I'm going for quality, I'll pay more than 500 to go for real kit with proper bottle and water filter to start with. There are so much things missing or inadequate I don't know where to start, yet you say this kit is about quality? Lol. This kit is a rip off
The problem is the $140 bag and map holder. You can get really decent quality tactical backpacks that are sold at Big5, Marshalls, and Walmart that only cost between $25-$40 and are much bigger. You can get a waterproof thing for maps for $20 or less too. I got that same esee 4 at Walmart for $81 before tax. I mean, its still a good start to a survival kit, but at least a full $100 is wasted just to give you a smaller bag. All that extra stuff you added could've been bought with that $100 and couldve been included at no additional cost had they just included a reasonably priced pack.
Seems to me your continually bragging on the quality of the gear in the kit in my opinion to make yourself feel better about the massive amount of money the kit cost when the truth and reality of the matter is you could assemble one of these yourself of even better quality for half the cost… plus hardly no water purification ability no protein and very modest medical. You’re just a shill!
I don't really understand the philosophy of use for these kits - seems like you would have most of this gear already if you were going into terrain where you might need this. To me, a survival kit must be much smaller and lighter than this to encourage you to take it on outings where you aren't likely to already have this type of gear already.
You hit the nail on the head. I believe the phrase is, all the gear no idea. I'm sure the manufacturers laugh hysterically every time they sell one of these.
@@AggyGoesOutdoors Its a hobby I suppose 😂. I can spend hours packing my fishing kit for a days fishing then use the same handfull of items. I then cut the kit down, and always end up wanting what I left behind 😂.
I guess if you where new to survival gear and did not know much that this would be worth it. I love ESEE gear like most and there knifes are second to none but after 30 years of trial and error you learn how to fabricate your own kits. I use sewing bobbins to store fishing line and industrial upholstery thread on because you can carry 100's of yards without taking up any space. A mini sewing awl is a must as well for repairing heavier material such as tents and boots. Auto fishing reels are inexpensive small and valuable in a survival kit as well as a Silky pocket boy saw. H and H compressed gauze, chest seal and CAT tourniquet are all small and easy to pack items. This kit could have been so much better but for the 727.76 they are asking for on there site is just crazy and completely unjustifiable IMHO. 150 just for the small bag! But then again, to each is there own.
Exactly. All this stuff is not really that quality, it's just boosted with marketing.I own a 160 Esee knife and my 70 Gerber Strong Arm is much better.
Well done sir. I noticed a lot of criticism in the comments. I suspect some of your viewers have lost sight of the idea that when they customize their kits, it will be to suit their skills and preferences...
No, I kept sight of that. What I haven't lost sight of is how some manufacturers like Esee like to soak their customers with overpriced gear. (like their knives to start with). The price of an Esee 4 is way overpriced.
@@gopherstate777 I see. I'm sorry if you felt personally attacked by my comment. That was not my intent. I really enjoy this channel. Perhaps I am the one who's lost sight of the fact that some subscribers really enjoy this channel by being critical.
You can't do much climbing or repelling with 25 ft. You need that much just to fashion a harness for yourself leaving nothing to climb with. 60 ft is the bare minimum needed and even that won't get you to far.
And you need to anchor the other end as well. 25' of 8mm cord is just odd. A lot of bulk/strength for no real purpose,. So it's a waste. Would have been better to put in 100 ft of #36 bankline, which could have many uses.
In my opinion Esee is a very overpriced marketing scheme, drawing in the survivalist of the world with knives that are mid grade but marketed to be "THE BEST". I owned an Esse knife for 4 years along with my Gerber strong Arm, I prefer without any doubt the 70.00 gerber over my 160.00 Esee. As far as all the other gear in this kit I have itemized it and compared each item to items I have purchased elsewhere, and all in all I have better gear than whats in this kit and totaled all my gear piece per pice to match this kit and it totaled 267.56 with better gear. Marketing B.S.
with $ 700, or 500 ... I can buy a 40-liter backpack, a Nitecore HC30 and two batteries (which I own and consider perhaps the best pocket and head torch for € 50), I can also buy a Mora knife, a leatherman, a 7 inch knife a folding hacksaw an ax and a machete, many meters of lanyard, a filter to purify the water, cooking pot, compass, fishing line, hooks and lures, canned and freeze-dried and much more.we include a good book on survival techniques and not four stupid cards. considering that this is a survival kit / BOB when we put inside a valid knife and a leatherman for example a wave, the HC30, the other tools do not need to cost a lot. I use a 10 € hatchet to work. I also have more professional and performing ones but the 10 € no name one works very well, same thing goes for the folding saw. let's not forget a sharpening stone or a file, very very important thing that ESEE did not include in the kit. the knife edge can get damaged immediately and we may have to restore it and a knife that does not cut is useless. we consider a kit / BOB as an emergency for 72 hours and not as a bushcraft kit to work over time. even 500 $ / € seems excessive to me.
Good review but that kit is still seriously lacking in the shelter and signalling areas. For $750 or even $500 it should have a decent bivvy bag and a PLB. Space blankets and a 5x5 piece of nylon are not a proper shelter, and a torch, whistle and mirror are far too unreliable in a real emergency. Imagine a broken ankle or serious hypothermia, cold, wet, windy conditions with a bad hand injury so you’re trying to make a shelter one handed.
Its a good looking kit and had some great items but I don't personally think its worth it. I know your paying for premium products but I cant help but wonder if you can build a near identical kit with premium products of other names for around £300 instead. Great review though.
A good size bow saw blade with 2 metal key rings (or wing screw/bolt) and u can make a primitive bow. Fold it along the outside of main compartment and make sure its in a sheath so it doesn't wreck anything.
Not worth the money.....just "Boys Toys". Most folk who are interested in survival stuff will have some of the items at least. A survival kit should contain items that are appropriate for your (proposed) location. The knife, like certain other items should always be on your person (belt or pocket) and not in a kit. What is missing? Correct me if I'm wrong but there is no lighter. A Bic would do. The easier fire starting, the better. The best survival kit is knowledge.
The stuff contained coincides with the stuff other famous survivalists says its the most important. The only critique I make is that it should be organized in a different manner making accessibility to small items more easily. What happens if you have to use the Mess can to cook? Where do you set all that stuff aside? I don't mean to be picky. I really like this kit and I would buy myself but I thing it should organized differently maybe making the pack a little bigger with more pouches inside.
I like these vids as they are great for gear ideas and building your own kits. The MSRP and even the $500 spent on this kit is way too much for what you get though. I love Esee and have a few of their knives including the Essee 5, 6 and Izula. Funnily enough I hardly use them as my Cold Steel SR1 and SRK and my Schrade SCHF26 keep delivering and while they take a beating, they always deliver. This kit you're paying for the name. While I do think it's a nice kit, I can put together 2 or 3 kits for the same price. My go to survival kit has more to it and a beast of a knife (Schrade SCHF36) for $180. Also, as climber, 25ft of rope and that 1 carabiner is useless as you can hardly make a proper harness with that amount of rope. If you're in an area where you're going to need to descend using rope, you need to carry rope and a lot of it + your harness and carabiners. That space would be better used with 550 paracord and bank line for cordage. As for your comment about putting together your own kit vs the price of this kit. My $180 kit includes a full fire kit (6 ways of making around 50 fires), a full trauma kit (including 2 Israeli bandages, z gauze, NPA kit, CAT-T and a boo boo kit with bandaids and pills) Sawyer mini + water purification & collection, a tarp + stakes, 550 paracord, high calorie food rations, US Army mess tin, Victorinox Huntsman and Schrade SCHF36, homemade fishing kit and collapsible fishing pole, kevlar cord + snare wire and heavy mil trash bags, my sleeping kit (all weather sleeping bag and blow up pillow) This is a cool bit of kit but way over priced and lacking in a lot of gear.
Thanks for the re-upload, and, again, for spending the $ to buy the kit for the review. You might want to put a ranger band around that Bic mini, just under the fuel button, to help prevent accidental fuel loss if something presses against it in the kit.
This is a very nice kit. If I may add something in the medical side, I'd add a pair of nitrile gloves when applying first add on a wounded person, and probably a pair of chest seals.
That's certainly the most capable store bought kit you've ever reviewed on this channel! If I had to head off into the Bridgers or Gallatin Range with just my clothes and a commercial PSK, that would be the one. Value is a hard thing to calculate. For example if you had to buy all that stuff individually it would indeed cost more than $500. However, would it be the best use of the money? Take the ESEE-4 knife; it's an outstanding blade! I have maybe ten or eleven ESEE knives and they're great. For a belt knife that you'll use every day the ESEE-4 is a great option. But if the PSK is something you'll test & verify, then pack away and won't tough until you need it, then maybe a $100 knife isn't the best way to go. It won't do much that a $12 Mora won't do. Yeah, it will probably outlast the Mora but in a way the PSK is like a parachute, a fire extinguisher or the airbag in your car- something you'll use to save your life then maybe replace. If you have the cash and want the ESEE then it's certainly a great knife and I wouldn't discourage anyone from buying one. It just might be overkill for something that won't be used very much. I am a bit curious what the goal was for ESEE in making this kit. It's pretty large, not something you'll carry around with you I would imagine. Maybe it's for a vehicle? I feel like the bag is the weakest point. At a retail of $120 or whatever if you were to buy it alone you could get a very good small backpack or sling bag from Osprey, Maxpedition, or even Mystery Ranch. Doing so would make it a lot easier to actually carry with you and wouldn't hurt its ability to ride around in a trunk or back seat. Plus it would allow the addition of a water bottle or two. That seems to me to be the biggest failing of this kit. For $500 I'd like a real water container, not an improvised one. A couple of flexible Hydrapack containers would elevate this kit into the stratosphere! I think it's fair to hold this kit to a higher standard than you would a $15 SOL or Coghlan's kit! As I commented on the one you had to take down, I think the rope is kind an anachronistic thing for this kit. While I'm not an expert and climbing and rappelling I did both of those things in my youth. The included rope isn't really long enough for climbing or belaying, especially if you want to double it so you can recover it from the bottom. It's probably not ideal for extricating a vehicle from the mud either. Ideally a recovery strap would be part of your vehicle kit, not your PSK. Taking the rope out would leave room for a ton of paracord and bankline, and maybe even a steel water bottle or those Hydrapacks I mentioned above. So there are a couple philosophies- you can create the best kit bar-none for the size, or the best kit for the money. Good, small & cheap- pick any two! Clearly it's a great kit for the size, but probably not a great kit for the money. None of the individual components are bad at all, on the contrary most are top of the line. Yet the kit has to work together synergistically to work as a system. I suppose this one does stand on its merit well as a system but I think given $500 you could built a more capable kit that would allow you do more for longer. Don't get me wrong, it's an outstanding collection of gear! My main point is that for $500 you shouldn't have to add much of anything to a kit, but I think this one needs a few things before I'd want to rely on it. Great review! I didn't really notice much change from the initial posting but I'm glad you bought this one to show us all.
I'm sorry ! I do not agree with your interpretation on the price of $558.00 being a good deal . And I'll tell you why . I understand that these products are a good quality. ( That's good ) But even then I still believe they're charging too much . For the prices on the individual products . For example the knife . You said around $100 that's to much . At that price they're ripping people off . You know they're probably making at least a 100% to 125% markup for profit . I understand making some money . That's not right ! So if you base the whole kit . The same way. ........ It's dropped the price . To about. $ 225.00 give or take a little . Now that would be more of a fair price. But no the money grubbers have to have more. .... IT A RIP-OFF Don't tell me that's just how it is. That's what's wrong with this country now.
You are 100% right. Never buy pre-packaged survival kits. 9 times out of 10 you'll either get subpar gear or expired supplies. Always build your own kits, never trust premade kits. I wouldn't be surprised if these youtubers doing nonmilitary survival kit videos were getting paid to give a good review, even if the kit is trash.
That's a great kit. My only complaint is that they included a twist gate carabiner. Throw that piece of death out and replace it with a William Ball Gate.
Great review. I really like the way you discussed the virtues of individual decisions and possible tradeoffs or alternatives. I would be tempted to buy subcomponents from ESEE and use a slightly larger but less expensive main bag to allow for more of the useful items (such as FOOD). The supplied bag is well thought out but the attached interior pouches appear to be fixed and that limits the options for alternative configurations. Also of note is that there does not appear to be a location for a water bottle or canteen; so this already requires a secondary bag or method of carrying hydration while on the move. I was a little surprised that you didn't include a handheld flashlight as an augmentation for the kit. I carry a small rechargeable in my pocket, but all of my bags have a slightly larger light with more power. My criticisms aside, I do like your review and your additions overall. I have subscribed to your channel and will be watching more of your content.
Love your vids ... I am a big fan . If you cut the rope in half its two swiss seats or the simpler ranger seats and one more carabiner . 550 cord is a must . 100 will fit in there . i enjoy the vids you put forth ... Be safe and continue to March.... Semper Fidelis.
This is absurd. Esee should be absolutely ashamed of themselves and anyone who pays this price should be embarrassed. Not a knock on the video. But this can be recreated for less than $150
BK2=$100 SAK Huntsman=$40 Stanley Cook set=$15 Sawyer Mini=$20 First Aid Kit=$15 Qt Plastic Water Bottle=$4 100ft 550 Paracord = $8 10X10 Plastic Tarp = $10 2x Space Blankets = $6 Camping compass, ferro rod, axe set, saw set = $15 Water purification tablets bottle set = $8 Ozark mini backpack with water bladder pack = $30 Total: $271. You can add lifeboat rations, fleece blanket, hammock, fire starters, sewing kits, and a few other things and still remain under $320. ESEE is a bit overpriced but I do think they provided a very likeable kit for the price of $500 but any more than that its I think it's a rip off.
I was w/ Search and Rescue for 10 years and I was required to have a 24 hour pack and a 72 hour pack on the ready.. Both packs full of my required items was under $200 including the pack itself..I had to set up a tarp in 5 minutes, a fire in 5 minutes and boiling water in 5.. 15 minutes can mean the difference of life and death to a lost person.
You are the first person I've seen, other then myself, who keeps coffee filters with your survival bag. I use the big white ones myself, not only can you prefilter water with them, but they are good for fire starting, first aid and wiping after you do a number two, so very useful.
I have a customized Sea To Summit X-Brew. I cut the silicon base and glued a soda cap below to adapt it to my platypus or any bottle. Heavier than paper filters but much more convenient.
To me, no way it's worth that... that robery. I'm sorry but alot of that can be gotten cheaper and still be decent stuff. For 600 bucks I could build a bigger, better equipped.. but quality is everything to me. As far as 550 price there should've been more for medical. Super nice kit just pricy, 75 percent of people aren't gonna be able to just drop 550 for a kit... good vid .
You paid how much? Seriously? Wow. I should get into making these kits up! I could really make some dough. I have an EDC and it's total cost- estimated because I alre4ady had most of the stuff around cost me ....£ to $ .....£68 say $75.
I love and stand by esee products but the kit would be good in my book but 500 bucks is pretty steep.... and the only thing I see this kit lacking in survival instructions other than the information cards
As far as those space blankets go. They are mostly a one shot use. Once you open the package your committed. They are pretty flimsy, even the good ones, and are meant to be wrapped around your body. As for the tarp, 60x60 inches isn't bad, but two GI poncho's are even better. But if you know some one who can sew, buy the material and have them sew up to the size you want. This kit is pretty comprehensive, but way over priced. Plus, I carry my survival items in my backpack. Don't need a special bag.
