Altoids TIn Survival Kit Update

It has been a while since I did anything with my Altoids Tin survival kit. I have acquired a few additional items, but progress has been slow while I have been concentrating on different things.

I decided to make a few substitutions as well, and see how well it all goes. I'll probably end up with a couple of complete kits by the end. I wanted to get everything together first, and then worry about trimming it all down to fit in the Altoids tin later. With that in mind, I grabbed the tin from the watch I received for my birthday as a handy storage container. It has a better seal on it that the Altoids tin, even though it is quite a bit bigger. I also purchased an Essential Day Pack Bottle from Eddie Bauer that has a number of survival items in it while shopping today. It was only $10, so I consider this quite a score.

Kit itemsItems for Altoids kit

• First aid antibiotic
• Multitool with integral flashlight
• Bottle opener

Eddie Bauer Essential Day Pack BottleEddie Bauer Essential Day Pack Bottle

• 1 L plastic bottle
• Clip
• Waterproof matches
• Multitool
• Flashlight
• Emergency blanket
• Foil
• Whistle
• Mirror
• Duct tape
• Paper & pencil
• First aid supplies
• Compass
• Salt/Sugar/Boullion/Tea
• 1 L plastic bag

For now, I'm stealing the matches, foil, paper & pencil, first aid supplies, food, and plastic bag and stuffing them in the watch tin.

New Project: Altoids Tin Survival Kit

From the Art of Manliness, here is a photo gallery of a survival kit crammed into an Altoids tin. There are a few caustic comments on Field and Stream about the usefulness of such a limited kit, but the point is that you could have this to hand literally all the time, which ensures that it is there when you need it, and it is an interesting exercise to compile such a kit for anyone who ever goes hiking, camping, or on long car trips across the desert.

Altoids Survival Kit

So I decided to make just such a kit, and report on the items and cost of doing so. Here is the first batch of items:

• Altoids, $1.69
• Potable Aqua, $7.49
• Princeton Tec Pulsar White LED flashlight, $6.99