He’s got a comforting voice and demeanor 👍🏼

@@tweezerjam he does ey lol

it's on the to-do list

Are these still available?!

True... but they cheaped out on the tinder. Including the spark wheel is nearly useless without a tinder than can actually catch those cooler sparks. If I recall correctly... those spark wheels are usually paired with Tinderquik tabs. Used correctly that pairing can light quite a few fires as you can just tease out a little fluff at the end of a tab... spark it to flame... and use that flame to ignite your tinder before extinguishing the tab to use the rest later. They could have included a small amount of charcloth instead which honestly could be produced incredibly cheaply with scrap 100% cotton material. As is... not sure a birds nest of the jute twine they included could catch those sparks. Your average person given this kit isn't likely to know how to find and process tinder fungus. If all you had was this kit as is... you'd need to figure out how to make and save some char material from your first fire.

@@Jakoshdw That jute twine can definitely catch those sparks just fine. This is definitely just a basic kit and more of a launch pad to work from to better customize it. My biggest issue with this and the SOL kit is the way the case is molded adds a lot of bulk at the expense of usable space. Having that custom mold to hold the knife, compass, and spark wheel seems like a good idea on paper since you don't have to open the kit to use the light for example, and you have the knife, compass, whistle, and light easily accessible, which would likely be the most used items in the first hours of being lost and in need of rescue (by yourself or from others). But those specialized slots can't carry anything else so there's just a lot of odd bulk that serves nothing but a very specific purpose. By removing all that fancy molded slot stuff, and simply making a plain box, and putting all those items inside that box, you'd have a box which could be made to the exact same dimensions, yet have a larger internal volume and storage capacity, which would allow you to pack more items inside of the box.

Misunderstand me right 😇 Anything is better than nothing but I would prefer a reusable/thick mylar blanket over a dozen of these kits. In different climates, you obviously need different equipment. I live in southernmost Sweden so a flashlight and knife might come in handy but a compas is wasted space for me. I have a package (actually several that I can give to my friends if needed). They contain a reflective 4 point belt (around your waist and over your shoulders) and the cheapest Mora knife in existence (about $2 each). A store sold flexible belly bags for $2 each so I bought some and filled them with different stuff I had at home. The Water filter was the most expensive thing but I managed to get a rebate since I bought 20. If portability or look is the most important thing, I have failed. If local usebility is prioritized, I'm close to perfection.

Well, there's always that. The original SOL Origin kit was actually fairly good, however, and would make a nice component in a larger kit or bag.

Don't get me wrong, but I don't really see what for you would need such survival gear in the UK anyways. Much to my chagrin where I live (Germany) there is basically no spot on the map where you are further than a 1 hour walk away from civilization and wherever that might be, you will be surrounded by bicyclists and hikers and agricultural infrastructure and farmers on their tractors and the such. As far as I know, it is pretty much the same in the UK. In most of Europe it is pretty much impossible to get lost. You'd have to go to Norway or somewhere like that to get yourself into a situation where a survival kit might actually be of use to you on European soil. The point being, wherever you could go where you might need such gear, you probably can get it legally when you get there. That said, whether it is needed or not should not be relevant. Wanting it should be reason enough for being able to get it in a free society and I strongly oppose weapon bans. I wish I could emigrate to the USA and live somewhere where you still have actual wilderness and places where you can at least in theory spend days without meeting someone else. Here I can't even walk the dog without having to jump out of the way of some bicyclist, tractor or car every 2 minutes.

@@TrangleC We would be glad to have you! Plenty of room to get lost here in the States.

@@TrangleC I know what you mean, but I love survival stuff, so I have thought of scenarios where it might be useful. For example, hiking in an area with no phone reception. If you just sprain an ankle you could be stuck alone quite easily. In that case it would be useful to have a torch, a mylar bivvy, and perhaps a means of making a hot drink while you wait for rescue, and possibly a whistle too. It may not be essential for survival, but it would ease the situation. Good luck in finding your wilderness 😊

@@JUNIORK1974 Hehe, not sure if this is a friendly invitation or a veiled way of saying that I should get lost. Either way, I am too old and too useless (no valuable, rare skills) to get a green card and make a new life in the USA. Of course, I could sneak in over the southern border, as half the world seems to be doing at the moment, but that isn't my style, if you know what I mean. Besides, even if I would be enough of a low life to immigrate illegally, I would still not know what to do career-wise and how to find a job.

@@nicolab2075 Yes, I was into the survival stuff too, which is why I am still subscribed to this channel, but my obsession died down a lot in recent years. For one, I am too aware of the fact that I most likely will never need the stuff, for the aforementioned reasons and even my fantasies about some "End of Civilization" scenario where I could be some lone survivor roaming the remnants of a crumbled civilization don't really work for me anymore the same way they used to. I guess it is just because I am old (45) and not in good shape and single without kids. Me surviving would be highly unlikely, even with the best gear and it also would be pretty pointless, hehe. Besides, I live like 1 mile away from one of the recently deactivated German nuclear power plants, so in a WW3 scenario, even with it being shut down, the Russians would probably still nuke it just to make sure it can't be reactivated again and because their missiles are not very accurate and nuclear power plants are hard, well protected targets, they would probably throw something big at it, which means the most likely scenario would be that I just wake up to being air fried in my bed one night and wouldn't even have the time to realize what is actually happening, let alone get the opportunity to stumble through the ruins for a few more days or weeks and die of radiation poisoning.

chances are Votagoo people just take the SOL survival kit with them when searching for factory in China, then just said something like this "we want this survival kit with our branding, our colour and let me see which parts or contents of the kit we can make cheaper" and viola, another suvival kit is born

Congrats!

Maybe watch the video? Your question is addressed at the beginning.

Good point

yes

Even better!

I thought about it, but I already modified the SOL kit in that video so I didn't really feel I could add anything special this time around.

Yeah, it sucks. I think the only reason it's in there is to access the batteries lol

Yeah, I figured it might be something like that. The extra batteries, however, made me wonder if it was using unsold stock.

A couple of companies had stopped using button compass and switched to more realiable ones, you are right.