I call mine my POM Kit. Stands for Peace Of Mind Kit. It's 1.5kg of weird stuff packed into a black and white plastic zip-up toiletry bag. When I go into the dorp to do shopping it drops neatly into my handbag. When I scootle off into the bush to do bird photography it drops neatly into my backpack. Part of it is in two little pouches - my 'ouch' pouch (medical/hygiene) and my fire kit. I have Bioplus Chews, 2 sachets of sugar, 2 beef stock cubes. My SAK. Phone plus spare battery and funny little head harness so I can use the phone torch hands free. Lots of stuff.

Thanks! I'm back in Brazil now and should be getting out to the bush as soon as things settle down a bit. Glad you enjoy the videos.

Great explanation of the differences. Thank you for posting this!

After many years living in the bush I learnt 1 thing, bic lighters are great on a fine day. I lived in the mountains where the annual rainfall was 24 feet or 7 meters a year one drop of water is all it takes to stop a lighter,

Great presentation my friend. Thank you very much for sharing. Very thorough. Be safe out there.

Nice job. Thanks for taking the time to show it..........

Great explanation Mac. Thanks for your demo. Your idea of being in the bush seems so much more simplified than others that are out there .

Mac, my friend, that was a great help!!! Thank you for sharing that info. The landscape there is gorgeous. God bless. Have a wonderful Resurrection Sunday. John from Upstate NY

Excellent information sir! God bless you as you continue to serve Him!

Nicely done. Well thought out. Thanks!

a thick leaf bag is warmer than space blanket so to have both is good

Good kit and vid.

Mac, great concept, I use a fanny pack as my possibles bag since these are the items you will use most often. This way you will have easy access without taking off your whole pack. My survival kit bag has a belt loop on the back so if I want to do a short hike away from camp, I just attach the survival kit to the belt of the fanny pack and I have my possibles bag and survival kit with me. The canteen rig can attach to the belt as well.

8:30 you can find these containers at walmart or most finshing stores. We use them to pack lures, artificial fishing lures. I don't usually carry a survival kit most because of the weight. But I got good ideas form this. thanks for sharing

Say Heah Rev. Colhane, I hear you, and I also hear we bush craft in different inviorment so our necessities might be a little different and how we carry them. Sure some things are the same, yes a compass, type of cutting tool's even shelter. for instance I will carry a tarp and prolly a heavier one than perhaps you would use, I pack a couple of different size blue tarps of decent quality in my pack which could be 3-5 day pack or smaller then my tarp will fit the occasion size wise. I think an Altoids Tin ican be used in many environments so that can be the same for my bush crafters. But I've done this a few 24's myself and I like a Survival Belt, on it I will carry for instance my Belt Knife, a 2Hawks Double Bit Hatchet, and my Wicked Tough Saw, I also have a Necessities Pouvh, I can also add-on a Canteen and still be comfortable incase I wasn't to scout a new area away from our base camp. Let's look closer with a magnifying glass on my Knife Sheath, I first of all like to have a Pouch on it, I also have a Victorinox phone case that's about 2 time Sarge than an Altoids Tin, which is very lite made out of a good ballistic nylon attached to the bottom of my Knife Sheath, Also at the pawn shop I got a buckskin purse it sort if looks like something that actually looked like it was used in days of old, I think I paid $3.00 for it ot has a flap for a cover and a shoulder strap so I can carry it over my sholder or under my arm and it doesn't get in the way of my pack but it's extra space and I can use it as a add-on or as a seperate container for portability if I want to take it in when scouting without having to take my back pack, This is my system and it does change because I change so it changes to meet my immediate needs and the type of trip we're on and what we'll be doing. For example, when I first started off a few 24's ago, I was a 3knife carry and at that time it seemed just right and it worked for me at that time, I I grew in my lassion, my tool's changed, I brought it down to a 2knife carry a large knife and a small knife and basically that's where I'm at. At that time I even carried up to a 4knife carry, that's alot if knives to carry for a 3-4 day trip..but there I was a Rambutt in the bush heh heh heh, Today I still like to carry a larger knife with a smaller knife, One of my lighter set for example is my Rodent 5 with my Rodent 3, my heavier carry would be like my Rodent 7 and my Rodent 4, Oh, I like to carry a neck knife especially for camp vhores, like a Browning Independence Fix Blade or my Skookum Bush Tool or my Jeff White which is a very affordable knife but a food ine, I have tge French Trade Knife I really like it it's durable and very lite. When I carry really lite my Stromeng KS 9 Lueku and my Bhuku LiL STAK get a work out the KS 9 is what Lars Munson used across Canada. So it all depends what your environment is and for how long your excursions are and what kind if climate your in and the weather at the time of your trip is. whether is winter or simmer. Other type of tools, Is a axe better or is a machete works better for that specific enviorment, I use my Rodent Rucki as my Summer Long Knife to go through the Brambles where for some reason I don't need to use it in the Winter, but yet I can still chop with it or baton if I wanted too, a very versital tool. Thanx for sgaring your knowledge and expertise, very interesting, Thanx.

I must say your approach for the survival kit possibles pouch is really good. Have u tried to have the survival kit and p.pouch in one bag, as one entity? I cant stop working on smth similar but including some first aid. Why u dont carry some important medicines in your survival kit or possibles pouch? Just wanna know your thoughts on that.

Thanks for sharing, you've given me some great idea's for my own kit.

Great Video

great video full of awesome information! sharing this on Facebook so more people can get this good info!

Very Nice! I'm one of the folks that have been confused at times as to the difference's of these two terms. Seems often times the two concepts seem to merge. I really liked your personal definitions of the possibles pouch and the survival kit and feel that it suites my needs well as a better organization tool. Thanks again : ) Sara

awesome video, i love the kit, you've pretty much covered it all in the 3 of your kits.

Lots of possibilities with that word. It actually gets stuck in my head sometimes.

Nice kits and good information Mac, thanks!

i am definitely taking some ideas fom this. just a question: why not take a heavy duty trashbag instead of the painters drop cloth? they take up the same amount of space and the trashbag is more resistent

All good items and well thought out, thanks for sharing. Take Care :-))

thanks for the video it made me think about the redundancies of my possibles and how i should put an extra kit in the trunk -boyce

Well said & well done. Very thorough!!

Alright...Im glad Im not the only guy who likes to take a few packs of coffee with me! The Starbucks pouches are the perfect size. Nice kit.

Great vid Mac..Im going on the hunt for some of the little things you mentioned today...Its kinda raining today and dont have anything to do..Hows G ..did he get his camera yet? say hi..

A lot of mini survival kits, (kits you take with you when you do not think you will need it, but you take with you anyway) I see on KZfaq seem to rely on the fact that there is well, garbage in the northern forests that can provide material (containers, metal sheet, plastic, old fence wire, etc.) for use in survival. When you and your friend are out in the bush do you see discarded items that can be used for this, or is it a more pristine area without much modern "material" there?

@Rprecision Heal up my friend, I always enjoy seeing you and you compadre attack the jungle. I just started rewatching your 6 day trip.

Add a pair of boot laces to the possibles kit, Great vid

Olá Dave, vi alguns vídeos seu no canal mestre do mato e gostaria de saber se você tem um canal em português? Sou Brasileiro e gosto muito de seus videos.

Solid.

Hi. Love this video. Good explanation between kits. Could you please post, as a reply to this comment, the link to where you review your alto ids tin. I can't find it. Regards, Mandeep Singh

Parabéns pelos videos, estou sempre acompanhando vc e o Giu...SAPS

Dave do you have a video right after you won Alone?

good video , i have most of that or coparable in mine, but i definately want to make osme improvements, i want to get a good neck knife kit on the go too,

"Thats my story and I'm sticking to it!" Very informative video, thank you for taking the time to differentiate between the different levels of preparedness needed for wilderness activities. Has made me re-organise my own gear into a (I think) better managed system. One more sub to your channel to check out what other pearls of wisdom are on offer!

@ReadinessLinks That's a good idea, but I usually don't lack for paracord in other locations.

I really enjoyed this vid. thanks for sharing

@thenrylee I carry several rapadura in 25 gram blocks, it is a raw sugar, pure energy and very compact. I have been very impressed with how much energy they give, especially when you are really hungry.

You mentioned food. All I remember hearing was salt, sugar, and bullion cubes. Do you carry anything else in your "possibles" or "survival" pouches as far as food goes?

@saradreaming Sara, if you find yourself ever tearing into a survival kit to get stuff to use on a regular basis you should reorganize. Emergency supplies are for emergencies not daily living. Likewise if your survival kit contains all sorts of stuff not directly related to actually "staying alive" it should be rethought.

Oh Yeah the Fanny Pack, At the Sportsman Show I got a sort of Fanny Pack with 12 Gauge holder for the belt, I use that in bear country.

nice vid mate like the possible v survival kit doing a vid on that myself nice one.

@paleo52 Yes, they are very popular down here. I've been using this hat for years.

Obrigado. Eu devo fazer mais videos em portugues.

@Rprecision When I get over the tendinitis in my right elbow. I'm missing my blades.

best kit man, pena que no brasil nao temos produtos especificos para sobrevivencia, mas temos que improvisar, e improvisando aprendemos ainda mais a ser auto-suficientes, agora RAPADURA tem de monte hehehhehe, falando em comida, nos fizemos o BACON ASSADO, ficou uma delicia, grande abraço.

@ez2curanut Basically I'm never out there without a canteen and cup. In a tropical environment it is very hard to keep up with hydration by boiling water so I always make sure I have a chemical means to treat water.

It takes a real man to admit he has a purse...lol Great video!!

@Tmdkiller you're not going to be worried about your figure when you're in a survival situation, or any time you need quick energy for that matter (long distance runners/bikers carry gels that are essentially cake frosting.) i prefer ones made from fruit just because they taste better, but they're still nothing but simple sugars and carbohydrates..

No toothbrush and salt?

The possibles pouch during the Frontiersman era was both, when the need arose and a survival kit. They did not have a luxury of a survival kit that we know of today. Maybe today you might have both but during the time, especially if you read in that era, a possibles pouch was nothing more than a survival kit. Also, the survival kit that you know of today was first introduced during the 2nd work wide for pilots.

So... Have you replaced your batteries yet?

Is that a tarp hat your wearing

tem bastante coisa. tao bom quanto o meu.

Very good! Your videos are excellent. Even better if it were subtitled in Portuguese. Have you thought about making movies in 3D?!

@monkeyboy4746 Slumming or hobo survival skills are important but I take those things as targets of opportunity and they don't constitute a part of my planning.

I live in the states. Could I possibly buy a couple of those gasoline bags from you?

Nice review, Here's the truth however, when are you going to show some more machete work ?

Good vid Pastor. You can watch lots of good vids on the same thing, but you actually might really have to depend on yours. Gives just a tad more credibility,

@bowhunterpetemac I use these because they are cheap, available, and they work well. I'm looking for a supplier to sell them to me in bulk. If I make a bulk purchase I plan to make them available in the US. I need to find a source of bags with no printing on them as I don't want the liability issues involved with the suggestion they are OK to fill with gasoline.

you could do more videos in Portuguese thanks

I rate a silenced, high quality .22lr handgun a lot more highly for survival than a lot of this stuff. Staying well-FED and knowing that you can brain an attacker gives a lot of peace of mind. This runs about 2 lbs, and a lb of .22lr is 135 rds, which should feed you for years, if you also have a monofilament gillnet, some cable snares, trotlines, a couple of Conibear steel traps, as well as knowledge about edible plants. If you're not sharp eyed and very skilled with an iron sighted hangun, then a red dot sight, something like Bushnell's holosight, will help you a LOT. A lot of this other stuff can be made in the field (or done without) But you will make nothing in the field that even remotely approaches what a quiet, 10" OAL .22 handgun can do for you. It can brain deer and hogs to 15 yds or so, and a baited tree stand can arrange such shots for you, often enough. I dont trust my life to any small bag of gear, but give me, say, 20 lbs of gear (that EYE) pick and I'll be just fine, almost anywhere, short of the desert or Arctic conditions. Far better off than anyone can be with less than 10 lbs of gear, guaranteed.

excuse me sir, but allot of us are proud bushcrafters backpackers and outdoorsmen that have seriously rethought and rejected the survival tin, it originating btw not from outdoorsmen but from the airforce.

Man your vid makes mine small in comparison

Any breast milk bags? Hahaha. Hey, I'm still hoping to see that Vancouver cedar start a bow drill fire some day.

@KABARBOWIE1 LOL you said it right man, although I like some of nut´s videos too! He sure likes talking!! Lol But Mac is a much more knowledgeble man, thats for sure!!!

I'm quite unwilling to not have long johns, wool clothing, tarp, sleeping gear, medical kit. Seems way too risky for me. Normally, if i"m alone, a rental satellite phone goes along, cause it can do more for you than any piece of kit or anything you can make-find in the wild, if things get really bad for you. That might not be true in the Amazon, but virtually nobody who reads this will be in such a remote location.

I dont rate blades all that highly as items of gear, cause I aint silly enough to try to chop thru miles of tall grass or bamboo. That's what they make bulldozers for! :-) To me, a modified Condor e-tool, (so it has a real saw kerf) a 9"Silky saw blade (to be held in the vise-grip of a modified Crunch multi-tool) can do SO much more than a hatchet, machete or kukri, (and a belt knife) It's WELL worth the extra bulk. Weight is about the same. A 10" saw blade will down some really big trees, if you cut as deeply as you can, all around the circumference of the tree. Not that the survivalist has any need to cut such big wood.

See you now and "flocculator" lol

Sugar gives you empty Calories. Unless you need it for "low-sugar disease" Sorry i'm just saying.

4:15 Call it YOUR MURSE..(Man=pURSE) lol ;-)) Cheers

I must say your approach for the survival kit possibles pouch is really good. Have u tried to have the survival kit and p.pouch in one bag, as one entity? I cant stop working on smth similar but including some first aid. Why u dont carry some important medicines in your survival kit or possibles pouch? Just wanna know your thoughts on that.