I hope you all enjoy this latest installment of the Urban Altoids EDC Kit (Version 4.0)! Make sure you check out the PDF that matches up to this video: bit.ly/2L9ZoHe. Special shout out to musician Peter Adams for creating the MacGyver theme song knock-off and Terry Huddleston for the artwork on the sticker. Stay tuned for information on how you can purchase one of these custom kits. We're trying to get the cost lower than what I would cost to purchase all of the individual items for retail. Thank you all for your support of my channel! ~Cliff
Great Altoids tin setup. Don’t forget to include instructions on where each item goes in the tin, when you start selling them. Not everyone has your Tetris skills!
I really like how these kits have evolved. I also like that there are options available for our own personal setup and what we would like to carry. Each video gives different alternatives for personal useage. Another great video TUP and keep up the great work!
Mints, condoms, dice, cash, razorblade, painkillers. Idk what kind of life some ppl lead so that they need the number to 8 different emergency services and 4 different types of screwdrivers.
I love when I have a lime green one, all of the sudden I can't find it and then timmy starts lighting a cig swearing up and down he has had that lime green lighter the whole time.
One of my favorite EDC videos thus far. Thorough, comprehensive, concise, and chock full of ideas to glean even if I don't sign up for the complete "Altoid tetris" affair. You "earned your money" on this one, and another subscriber.
I live in Caracas, Venezuela, I have been following you for years, you have an excellent channel. I remember when in your EDC version 2.1 you talked about our country, and believe me when I tell you that the conditions here have not improved, on the contrary, they have worsened. Certainly an EDC like that is very useful for us, unfortunately for us it is extremely difficult to acquire the items to assemble it, our salary is only about 3 to 10 dollars a month. Congratulations again for your channel. I wish you success, regards.
Very sorry to hear of your desperate situation. The world is watching the situation in Venezuela fall apart and your people dying, but it seems nothing can be done without overthrowing your corrupt Government with military force. Do you see any hope for your future? Best wishes to you and all freedom-loving Venezuelans.
@@emsforlife444 Thanks for your words. The future of my country and of all of us depends on the departure of the current government. To date all attempts have been unsuccessful. There is only, as you say, a military intervention, probably foreign, since our own military are on the side of the oppressor instead of being on the side of the people. regards
El Selvático I am from the houston area and worked in Venezuela for 6 years. After Maduro took over, we were able to work for about a year or two and then the refineries started to go broke. I haven’t been back since oct 2014. I love the country and miss a lot of things. I still have friends and people I consider family there. If there is anything I can do to help, please feel free to email me ( entropy888@gmail.com). I have friends in Argentina and Columbia that may be able to ship things to you from me. If you do not get a response, then email again until you do. I assure you we are very aware here and there is a large Venezuelan community in Houston as you probably know. Best wishes, Mitch
Wow, you've put a tremendous amount of thought into this latest kit. Guess that's what happens when you're noodling around a concept for 10 years! Thank you for sharing. My only substantive comments are: 1) a white Bic mini has the advantage of allowing you to see the remaining fuel level as it's semi translucent, and 2) you and your viewers might also enjoy another micro gadget/prepping channel: MeZillch. He also scratches that OCD/MacGuyver itch that I find so enticing!
This is kind of surreal, I’ve been watching your ASK videos for years. I remember watching the first versions while running on a treadmill during lunch breaks back at my job in Iowa years ago... now I’m watching this at a barber shop waiting for a haircut in Florida. Nice kit
Excellent Prepper Tetris Skills . Very good choices for a Non government collapse suburban areas. Or natural Disaster. Nail clippers prevent future injuries and infections. Anyone insulting them are not true preppers.
Thank you! It's always a blast playing a round of Prepper Tetris. It's great to know that there are more nail clipper preppers out there in the community!
I really appreciate these videos. Your previous kits inspired me to make my own kits. I don’t own a car and travel by bike, scooter, bus, and foot a lot, so I put a whole first aid kit in an Altoids and it has been clutch. I keep it in a slightly larger things I need on the go kit. Your kits always inspire me to tweak mine and keep them efficient!
Hi. Great work! I suggested some time ago, that adding a hand-sewing needle and few feet of a strong thin thread (which can still be used in regular needles in regular sewing machines), and a couple of shirt buttons would be a very nice addition and will not take up any space at all, you can keep them in the MISC tin. Plus I find that keeping a 1 meter paper-based measuring tape from ikea very nice, which will go nicely in this tin , or your wallet. Oh btw Nail Clippers are must for humans. I don't understand people insulting them or you for having a nail clipper. I always have one in my pocket/keychain. Even a simple thing as nail clipper has multiple uses. Also useful to keep the nails of my kids in groomed state. Also helpful in cutting a slice of skin off if there is a shin sliver along the skin. fI also use it to file/smooth out broken nails in case a it breaks accidentally during some work, and is causing the regular annoyance. I also think that selling these tin kits would not be a great idea financially (or even time wise) , as there are very few buyers. Besides, you have shown how to make it ourselves and have open-sourced the list of items, so people can simply buy the stuff themselves and can build one themselves, that would be actually more cost effective for them. Here is the link to strong sewing thread: www.stoffogstil.no/sytilbehor/trad/bjornetrad-150-m
I recently had the idea that another option for a pocket kit is a cigarette case. They’re similar in size and some of them even have build in lighters. I also just think they’re cooler looking. Plus having the items vertical rather than horizontal should make it easier to get stuff in and out. I’m not sure if they’ll hold quite as much, but it seems like a decent trade-off to me.
Great to see an update to the Urban Altoids EDC kit. It's one of my favourite kits of yours. Also when you start selling them please consider international shipping
When you start selling these I will buy some for my cars, man bag, buddies. Funny story I made a couple of these (my version) and sent one to my buddy. He needed a safety pin and remembered there was one in the kit I sent him. He called me to say thanks that the kit came in handy when he least expected it. Your a star Cliff, shine on.
Nail clippers, sanitizer and dental floss are probably the only hygiene items I always make sure are ready to go. All three keep you disease free ish. All three have multi function. All three serve morale. PS did you know that Swiss Army makes a pretty cool multi - smal nail clipper, scissor, blade, tweezer and pick pocket tool? It’s about the size of a 1/4” thick USB drive - might fit perfectly in there and save you some space?
Great idea to use magnets to hold everything in place - thanks for sharing. I'm not superstitious, so I always carry a white mini-BIC to see, how much fuel is in there and I detach the child-safe clip. To help prevent accidental release, I grind the release lever, 'til it's not sticking out any more - and put on a cover of small innertube, great for fire starting. Instead of nail clippers, which leave a sharp edge that I always catch on something, I carry a nail file, ground to size - if you use it wet, you can touch up your blades too. In the medical/MISC- compartment I carry at least 4 water purification tablets and in the tin one or two 1 quart plastic bags.
THANK YOU! my 12 year old adores MacGyver old and new and when I showed her this video she immediately wanted to watch it! She has been on and off with prepping, but after my wife got on board, she got more into it. I love the pouch you have! On a personal note, my initiation to prepping is watching Mad Max 3 and there's an inset shot of Gibson's fingernails. They were filthy and long. I've been a big believer in having clippers with me at all times since then.
The intro and outro were enough for me to like this video!!! And of course, is one of your videos Cliff, can't dislike a TUP video with such high production value!! Hope you're doing well, take care!!!
Retired Contractor, 2 x kids in college, I always have a tool belt in the truck that will do most things, car/boat/whatever in an emergency. But have often found myself without my truck, kids dorm rooms etc, where I am headed to HD because I am unarmed for the task. Your combo screwdriver/bits/MOST IMPORTANT the ones that you include that fit IKEA, and most other assembly furniture would have saved me many times over. Personally I would would just add a #1 phillips bit (works on lots of furniture/chairs etc) and a few more torx bits. Very nice Video, thank you.
There's always room for a razer blade:) also, for Urban EDC you could switch to the 4mm bits & fit more of them. Wiha sells that 1/4 -> 4mm adapter. I do agree on the nail clipper; I've carried the Swiss army nail clipper for years! Also, I like to carry a bit of that poster putty stuff & a threaded needle. Finally, I found a small wallet that fits Altoids at Staples.
The belt clip kills me 😂 I do carry one of these often. I have three young kids and anytime I go to an amusement park or anywhere for that matter what I'm going to be out all day I carry one that has things I may need, a couple of pieces of toilet paper, a few different types of medicine, a Gerber dime, a lighter, and a few other things. It's a super great idea and comes in handy almost every single time I have it. I also have one that's quite a bit bigger that I keep in my backpack that has things like water purification tablets, snare wire, fishing hooks, a thermal blanket, etc and is more geared towards actual survival. I'm pretty sure though, the first time ever saw this idea was on your channel a few years ago. Keep up the good work.
Amazing how much you can fit there. The regular bits are rather big though, you could consider using the Leatherman Bit Kit, which are probably half size of the normal bits, have two ends each, and there's an extender for them as well. The Leatherman Bit Driver or the Bit Extender do not fit the Style multi-tools, but at least help a bit (pun intended). You can actually fit such a bit in the handle of the Style multi-tool. My essentials always include a 20 liter trash bag (with handles), which folds crazy small, and/or several 1-3 liter freezer bags, which fold even smaller. Tie up with a small rubber band, which has many uses as well. It's always fun to see people's expression when someone asks for a plastic bag and you hand them a folded plastic bag the size of your thumbnail, but it opens up to a full-sized bag.
Very best EDC video in a very loooooong time - and it works with magnets - and a gazillion extra kudos for the musical theme - THE best theme for EDC come to think of it - for those in the know - enjoyed very much
I used to stockpile Altoids tins for making kits just like these. You have no idea how excited I was to find these videos......now to go out to the shed and find those tins
Except MacGyver only needed a swiss army knife. Not an edc altoids tin, an edc backpack to go along with an edc messenger bag, not to mention pockets no doubt filled with more edc gear. Just a swiss army knife. As if knowledge was more important than gear. Makes ya think.
@@basp-ef7jx "All I need are these everyday objects - a toothpick, some liquor, a gun with no bullets, bullets, and three of my MacGyver writers" Selma: "Okay" Not that knowledge isn't cool and all, and I loved MacGuyver as much as the next 80's kid - but 9/10 of what he did wouldn't work in real life. Mythbusters even tested a bunch of them. Makes ya think.
First off love the theme music in the background (me and my dad are big fans of the orginal). Second you got me into making these tins and i love it. Thanks for the tip on where to get the magnets big help. Keep on keepin on man.
Men, I live in Caracas, Venezuela, and I can definitely can use it... We have cities also you know ! And urban areas ... we do t live in the stone age ... These people my God !
Excellent video & content. Many thanks for sharing this with us and for your EDC passion that shines through on your channel. keep up the great work. 👍
You’re awesome. As I see how long you’ve been at this, and then started filming, I really appreciate all the time you put in to educate us. Great channel, thanks for all you do, hope you and the fam are doing splendid.
.I would just write to say thank you. Thank you for giving the best EDC advice on the net. I have learned such a huge amount from your excellent uploads to RU-vid and PDF documents.
Very Cool, I was very happy to see that there was an update to your kits. I do enjoy watching them and seeing what you come up with. I would love to see new mini and standard EDC kits for non-Urban situations.
I've ALWAYS wanted to give a nod to MacGyver in a video. This one seemed like the perfect video to do it on. Like many my age, MacGyver was such an inspiration to me when I was growing up. Special shout-out to musician Peter Adams for making the knock-off version of the MacGyver theme song. He's been making all of my knock-off music (e.g., Unsolved Mysteries, Breaking Bad, MacGyver). There are more in the works too.
love the McGyver intro :-). As usual - probably the most comprehensive EDC Urban kits based on an Altoids Tin. Love Your videos - a lot of my EDC is based on Your suggestions.
Haven't checked the comments to see if this has been brought up yet, but you should replace your 1/4" bits with Leatherman bits. They are double sided and flat, so you should be able to almost double your capabilities for the same form factor. Also they work with your existing ratchet and driver!
You could probably glue a vinyl or plastic credit card insert used for wallets to the top of the lid if you wanted to store more information like additional phone numbers, the stamps, or the dollar bills.
Great guide! The accompanying PDF with links to much of what's in your kit was a HUGE help in tracking down parts I wanted to add to my own kit. Thanks!
What's wrong with feeling and looking like Batman?? lol Great video! I always come back to see what you've updated to your tins. Been watching for a few years now. You've helped me get into edc and have definitely given me some good edc ideas. Thank you.
uh, the white color BIC lighters allow a person to see how much lighter fluid is in the lighter when shinning a flashlight through the body of the BIC lighter 🔥
Oh dang, Terry Huddleston! I bought a couple prints from him at I think Dallas ComiCon 2014 and could never remember who he was or figure out how to search for him. Thanks for the synchronicity of his involvement! Haha.
nice. fun fact, I carry the style PS and you can use the little scissors as nail clippers. they actually do a pretty good job. learned that from a backpacking subreddit.
BTW, this is off subject and you probably know about it, but just in case, Central WA Univ has a YT channel with some very interesting and well done geology lectures about the PC states. If that subject intrigues you they are great videos.
From experience... The number one must have EDC item in Ecuador is toilet paper. My suggestion being those towel tablets that expand when dipped in water and either a plastic, 5 cent/nickel, coin tube or an old M&M's minis plastic tube to store them in. While Ecuador has everything, including toilet paper, that we have here in the States...KFC, McDonald's, shopping malls, grocery stores, auto dealerships, etc. ..., not all public facilities have toilet paper or it is sold where some are located for a few cents. It being sold is only in a few locations, so having it on your person is a must. I'm guessing most of South America is the same, but I've only been in Ecuador. Their urban differs from our urban and certain laws apply as to what you can and cannot carry, so it's best to know those laws before creating any EDC tin, pouch, etcetera before heading anywhere outside of the US. My fiance is Ecuadorian and she has a huge family spread across the country. So my needs are not the same as a tourist when I'm there. It's all about location mostly. Knowing where things are, where to be and not to be at certain times, etcetera. I spent a month there, total, and carried far less than in any tin video without a problem. Not bashing the concept or construction here, but again, their EDC needs differ from ours. Cell phones, for example. If you need one, really need one, take a cheap one for two reasons. Our cells do not work there and an affordable chip has to be installed for them to work. Cell phones and other electronic devices are imported and taxed heavily, this a high theft item. A $35 phone sells at a much higher, ridiculously higher price there. I just left my cell with my fiance to keep at her place and we used hers when going out. I know what works for me in Ecuador and it is surprisingly less than what is needed here in the States. I could list what to carry, not to carry, the why's and why nots, but this would be a very long post. Point is that the environment itself dictates what is needed in the environment you're in. Again EDC in Ecuador differs greatly from EDC in the US. Learn everything you can about where you are going before traveling abroad. I took way too much on my first trip to Ecuador, and I traveled with one suitcase and carry on bag. The next trip I carried much less to the airport with me. Push comes to shove, I could probably fit all I need into a small backpack and be fine for two weeks. I left items behind on both visits. Gave new unused items away. Less to carry and worry about. Things I don't need to take there anyway. Blessings, Stephen
Good little set up. we do a small pack kit for SHTF scenarios that is designed for when things get tough and you need to find food but town isn't too safe. It includes snares, pliers, small emergency can openers, fire starter, shelter and bunch of other things. I may put one together for you to demo if your willing.
Very nice kit. Very well organized. I would put couple more things in the remaining space though: a needle for sure (so tiny, so useful, cannot easily replicate it even with tools), a fishing hook, a bit of steel wire or electric copper wire (phone line wire is also an option), a bit of nylon fishing wire (also good for repairing all sort of things, using the needle), couple of splitshot sinkers (so tiny, again, so useful), a very small led light maybe. Otherwise a very nicely though kit. Keep it up
Love it! I have used your method with just a wee bit bigger tin, and use the magnets etc. You have been a great source of information for me for practical preparation. Love this version of your kit. In my tin I do have a pen, and a lot of the same items you have including the mini tin system, electronic tools, mini manual tools, Wikipedia on a microcard, Leatherman PS, meds, and just a few extra things that I need to have on hand. And because I am a crafter I altered my tins outside surface with decoration so as to camouflage it. 😁😂 Thank you, UP, keep these videos coming!
@@TheUrbanPrepper I haven't used Imgur a long time, didn't think I would remember my password! I have uploaded three pics in the gallery there. 😊 imgur.com/a/q4fFS5X
Very nice idea. I'm thinking M. Poppins? I'm often made fun of for all that i carry in my pockets, wallet and keys. One thing I carry is hearing protection. Westone sells a product called Defendears. The orange hunter version works nice. I like to be prepared.
