Great job on making this kit usable. If anyone has unfortunately purchased it, perhaps they will see this and adjust it.

Paused at 6:30 to add my contents before I see yours. I'd change the compass for a button compass. Put in a lighter or at least some matches, a Whirl-Pak bag and water tabs, toss the tool card in exchange for a mirror, add a sewing needle, maybe more fishing line and a small lure, some tinder-quik, and maybe replace the whistle but maybe not. Now to see what you add :)

A few months ago I found some great uses for those multi tools. The 'saw' makes a great fiber comb for making cordage. I used a rock to pound it into an old fallen tree and pushed a stick through one of the holes then leveraged a chunk out of the tree to get at some dry wood. It was October and everything was wet, the log was pretty rotted but I did get some good tinder. I also used it to split a bunch sedimentary rocks looking for fossils. All that and I still wouldn't recommend one to anyone, but they have a tendency to multiply. I've never bought one intentionally but they always seem to come in kits and random stuff. Oh and I scratched a bunch of trail blazes into rocks. None of theese things I would do with gear I valued, but at least I got use out of one.

I laughed when I saw that great big compass 😄 I knew you were going to toss that🙂

3 or 4 ranger bands around the outside of it would be a smart addition

50 years ago there was a similar multi tool called a WalHawk. They were made in USA and good. As I recall, you could use the saw to cut a notch in a branch and then use wire to attach the tool to the branch making a small hatchet. Good video. Good Luck, Rick

Watching Eric do these kits, it really helps know what to buy and not to buy to get a basic kit to build on. Three thumbs up!

The cheap multi tool that can opener works really good and I found it works good on your fire steel

you could put something small in the hollow end of the whistle and put a piece of tape over it to keep it in...maybe some tinder or fatwood shavings...

At first glance, I thought that BIG compass was a Decoder Watch. I have different survival tins that I make up and I am always trading this for that. I usually get red or yellow self adhesive reflector tape and cover the outside of the lid with it. You can signal at night and somebody can perhaps find you in the dark. I always carry one or two bright colored balloons that I can blow up. They carry water but can also be used in daylight as a signal that you can be spotted from the air. I always use electrical tape to secure needles, sharp box cutter blades, matches, etc. to the inside of the lid. Things that are flat but don't put them where the bottom lip of the tin meets the inside of the top of the tin, that can prevent proper closing ability of the tin. Over the taped to the lid items, I often cut to size a piece of white board (thin) that I cover those lid items with. You can use the board to write on, help start a fire. I have used the board on the bottom as well to cover things like band aids and folded money. I carry some ear plugs and a mini Bic lighter that I wrap about twenty to thirty feet of dental floss around and secure it with tape. I have also wrapped a needle in the floss as well. I carry fold up scissors, a small folding knife, nail clippers, a strong magnet that has a small key ring attached, it's the size of a dime. I also fit a little light in like a small pen that also has a red laser pointer you activate with a separate button. I buy them at the dollar store, they are used as a play thing for your dog or cat. I like making my own kit, I have found that bought ones just never seem to add up to much. They never have the items that you require for your purposes. I like how you upgraded the kit. If that cost thirty five dollars? You can put together your own awesome kit for that kind of money.

I bought one of these years ago and I’m still living.

For those of you who are putting together your own kit of just looking for budget items for hunting, camping, fishing, etc... Don't underestimate your local swap & shop. The closest of 3 to me is where I've picked up 3 Gerber multitools each been $5- & $13-; rod & reels well under $10-/ea.; ropes, twine, strings, etc... Also always available things like axes, machetes, hatchets, pruning shears, vast array of handtools, gadgets like the red plastic card, lights, headlamps, medical supplies hygiene supplies, camping equipment, rugged / outdoor clothing, all sorts of knives, etc. etc.... Sometimes things like archery, ammo, & military surplus. Best part is they are aware that they will need to haggle to sell. If they are the rare ones & don't... just walk away. 1/2 will stop you & others will wait until you come back after walking the rest of the event. Just saying, don't underestimate swap & shops.

Small signal mirrors are great when you get something in your eye. I recommend wearing clear safety glasses when walking around the woods at night lol. Also I like to buy the small bicycle inner tubes at walmart and cut them in strips and pull them tightly over my bic lighters. It makes an awesome firestarter that's always with your lighter. I'm a fan of all the esse survival kits.

the credit card tool was a perfect can opener when I went on a week long trip for both opening cans of food ( I forgot a can opener ) , and when the flimsy little striker broke for my ferro rod (really cheap thin saw blade like the one you had in this kit only less useful ) , I used the " knife edge to scrape . worked pretty well.🤔😮‍💨🙂

Hey Eric....once again, a good review! I laughed when I saw the compass! I knew that thing was gone along with the SS “tool”! Your subtractions and additions were spot on, as usual. They made what was a pretty dismal pocket kit into a serviceable kit! So, great job Eric and thanks! Looking forward to the Seventy2 review, and any in between!

I am new to your channel. A recent subscriber for about a month now. I have watched all your videos They have given me some great Ideas. I have went through several of our gear bags and added or removed some itams that I felt was needed or not for certain packs.

Putting things in the little plastic pouches takes up space. The only thing that needed that were the meds and fishing bits. The kits didn’t used to be so wrapped up and you got more for your money, I guess it’s a way of making the tins look full without spending so much on the contents.

I don’t even like or carry survival kits but I love your voice and the background music so much that it’s pure relaxation for me to watch your videos. Your awesome and slowly I also get the point with survival kits. Greetings from Germany ;)

Something I’m not a fan of is that, a compass is not suppose to be used near metal. That compass has metal attached to it. It makes the compass give a false reading. Just my two cents lol. Thank you for sharing👍

Your additions definitely made this kit much more useable. Your sarcasm was hilarious too.

Throwing in a #2 pencil stub would be a good addition... 👍

I would have torn off the outer paper and just kept the matches and striker....and use some of that candle wax to dip the matches to waterproof them and make them burn better. Glue the striker inside the lid.

only thing i saw that i would change is to put the aluminum foil in the bottom section, the gear in the top could poke holes in it.

I like how you can take a piece of bologna and turn it into a chicken fried steak. 😉

I'm never sure about a button compass in a survival kit, unless its military , I tend to leave them out as I'm based in the UK and if I get lost I'm really not that far from people and I'm confident in my natural navigation and I do study the area I'm going to before hand. If I were to travel further afield then I would add a compass. ( And a backup compass, and a backup backup compass) excellent video as usual I always have to reorganize my kits after your videos as I find something useful in every one! Cheers

I enjoy ur vids very much, more so what the kit lacks or what will be added on to it. In addition, I appreciate the time and money invested in basically providing consumer awareness, some of these kits aren't worth buying untill you have reviewed them and make changes so they become edc worthy . Thank you!

I've had two wire saws in my life. Both broke the first time I tried to use them.

Excellent review and enhancement suggestions. I think tinder-quicks in place of cotton balls would be a good idea. Cotton balls burn out quickly. Or you could add a small packet of PJ instead to enhance the cotton balls as needed.

I find that if you buy the pre made survival kits it works out better if you combine three kits one for fire one general and one for first aid so you end up with a better more rounded kit overall

Mix some petroleum jelly into the cotton wool. That gives you a significantly better flame extender. I'd reseal it with a double length of Gorrilla Tape.

I have never heard anyone say “that safety pin was key to my survival”

I've never seen one of the kits include a P47 or the larger P51 can openers.

I'd like to see you do an inch bag for a future video

That's the thing with the survival kits you get it doesn't seem to matter if you get a budget costing around £20.00 or a bigger premium one coating £100.00 that in most cases they seem like that they have been thrown together by people who spend their holidays in 5 star hotels and have never spent anytime in the woods because the kits contain A lot of stuff from unusable to useless but with some sorting out can be made into half decent survival kits that are usable base part of a larger kit

I'd even swap out that fresnel lense

That compass look like its out of a vending machine. And theres not a piece hay that multi tool cant cut through..great vid. Thank you..

Is that what stainless steel looks like at that thickness with a sort of bead blasted finish? I get the same comments regarding the expensive food products I review. I do it so you don't have to. Just like the guy reviewing his Bugatti.

I liked the tin. And you made it into a serviceable kit. But $35 for that??? Wow

Man you really got ripped off on that one.

Great review as allways, thank you sir!

6:34 I think the SOL scout kit is better and it's $10 less. You improved it MAJORLY. I probably would've left the whistle's screw top, but mostly just because I mentally don't like to break up components. Especially liked the victorinox card, cordage, and the water stuff you added. Those "multi-tools" just all need to be melted down.

Good improvements !

Eric uploaded!! Great start to the weekend 😊

You made some great improvements to that kit. Looked a lot better.

really enjoying these. thanks!! would love to see some of the 8-20 item survival kits and mini fishing kits you see on Amazon if you can ever get to them...

You didn't have a lot to work on that one!😂 Pretty junky kit but you rescued it a bit. The top half of the whistle doesn't seem great- it almost rolled away from you when just sitting on the table! There seems to be no practical way to dummy-cord it to anything either. Maybe best to bite the bullet and replace it altogether. Having used those "commando saws" you could 86 it and save some more room without impact the quality of the kit much. I'd never seen that Swiss Army card, I'll have to look it up.👍 Lastly it wouldn't hurt to squeeze a bit of Vaseline or Carmex into the cotton balls (not a ton, just a little dollop- it makes them burn a lot longer).

That multi-tool the can open do work good

First page i saw who rebuilds the kit and literally its greatt but i have one request if possible please upload a video using these fishing stuff and show how to use only these things and set a fishing line i know nothing about fishing being from a veg family and i cant find such video anywhere where they use only this material to fish whenever i search the results contains fishing with fishing rods and other fency stuff and not the real survival situation fishing using only these 2 to 4 things please help if not possible to make a video fishing really atleast make and show a video how to set the line and explain how and what to do it will be really helpful Love from India

$35?!?!?! Dang man!! You got screwed........................................................................LMAO It's sad that newbies buy these things thinking it will help them in an emergency....aye. At least we have people like you showing the futility of purchasing these things. Thanks bud!! Cheers

Do you leave those mini-storage baggies unsealed so the air can be naturally pressed out of them when you close the container?

The tin is a standard hand rolling tobacco tin size. would've held 2oz of tobacco

I think we both make the bottle opener joke and share some contempt for the tool card in our review videos, ha ha

I’m glad you’re buying these kits and reviewing them. I do get good ideas from your reviews. What do you think of the Leatherman PS4? I tend to put them in all of my kits that I build for other people.

Been watching sense 1k subs I love the vids

I've been carrying a 'survival kit' for over 55 years, and I've been carrying a compass, very slightly bigger I suspect, almost the same as that one for All that time. It was my Scout compass, and it's become a lucky charm. I have NEVER used it in anger, as it were, only to settle directional disputes. If I was to replace it with a button compass, which one would you recommend? Great video as per usual, all the best to you and yours 👍 👍 👍

The makers of this kit made a stupid choice of items considering the space that was available plus no light or water purification included? The Swiss Card was a particularly good addition to the kit along with all the other mods.

I think I would have left out the Victorinox card and put in a signal mirror.

I needed to know why it was a stainless steel kit. Now I know do I feel better for the knowing? Maybe! Are there specific plastic or non specified metal kits out there? Who knows???

Rather than taping it shut would it be better to "close" it with some rubber bands? U could make use of them later possibly

Not the kit I was expecting but fun and a bit cheaper

Amazing how similar all the tiny kits are lol. Kinda wondering about the compass. Where I am looking at that N is almost showing W on that thing.

Watched a lot of your videos mate and wondered if you'd thought about marketing your own Kitbashed survival kit. You know what is good and bad, and could make a really great kit up to sell. Just a thought. Regards Wayne

I alway like your reviews. I think you do a very good job. I just wish you would make some sort of rating list (The best ultimate kit, the best budget kit, the best all in one kit, etc.)

I think we're all thinking this. So I'm just going to ask. How are you going to live without the bottle opener? 😂

That’s not too bad for $35.00. You have spent much more for less stuff. It’s a good bargain because you are able to take out and replace it with your own stuff.

Big fan, good job on the review. Greeting from Romania !!

I haven't watched all of your vids, but I have never seen included or you add a nail clipper. I've always felt this was something I wanted to have with me and it has many uses besides just clipping a split nail. It's small enough that you could probably fit it in 95%+ of the kits you review. Your thoughts?

It always gets me... You can reliably open every bottle cap with any solid edge, but noo, they must waste precious space with yet another opener

thats pretty cool for a pocket kit

New Survival Kit "Kitbashed"... Hell Yes! I agree. This kit (As opened) is a complete waste of Money. The only thing I'd have done differently is kept the Matches. Those Wire Saws are a complete waste of space as they NEVER work that good. You can break little Branches by Hand quicker & easier. Thanks for yet another awesome Video! Cheers 🍻

Ehat do you fo with kits like this???

Can you review the Pocketshot Survival Kit?

has anyone relied on a kit like this in a real world survival situation, if you would you please let me know. a real survival situation not like i used it to start a fire because i was board type of thing.

What do u do with these survival kits after u review them? Have u tried to use any of them to survive in the wild? Just wondering

When are you doing the review of the seventy2 pro??

I'd rather have a vikiknox scout or cadet than one of those survival tools l, they cost about £17 but for a micro kit they are amazing

Could you do the uncharted supply seventy2 survival bag in a review.

It’s not a kit bashed survival video without mention of the one liter stand up water bag

Wow .well it's rothco .lol great repack though I'd put duct tape in stead of scotch tape

The best part of the kit was the tin, as much as I like altoids kits it's to small to really put in the minimum you need.

I just have to ask howuch stuff do have left over from Al these makeovers lol

The people that say you get ripped off have tried to build a quality kit them selves

I have a son you inspired him to make is survival kits

Cheap gear !!! but very good video again

I've been watching you for awhile now this is the first time I've made a comment no I understand you don't buy those for yourself you buy then for us before we go waste our money on them or not I have a question though what do you do with the kids after you upgrade them and bought do you sell them or put them in your closet or Warehouse unit LOL

Not worth $10 and that's being generous!

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Those lil multi tool credit cards blow

It was gimmicky. With the "stainless steel" capsules and survival card. It's much more usable now. Thanks.

Some good additions. Yeah, I am not a fan of that "survival tool."

Every time I go into the wood my kit will allow me last at least 3 days. If you go into the woods with these little kits, then you asking for it. Wasted money. Be prepared get the best stuff to do the right thing or else don't go into the woods. And for pete sake. Take a decent 5 inch knife any else smaller don't go to the woods.

Wow, that's an very bad kit for the price! Glad you bought it, not me ;-)

Those "survival cards" are... decent as a box cutter you can keep in your wallet. That's the best that can be said of them.

Everybody dumps on those wire saws but then they go out and try to cut down giga trees with them. That's not what they're for.

I'd pay 2 dollars for it.

The flat steel tool the can opener sucks. I think a rock would do a better job. The bottle opener is good but who can mess that up? The survival kit has enough junk in it to give you false sense of hope but that is the story of pocket survival kits. But we must look at them as a fire starting kit and that is all than they or okay.

very basic but functional

Just sell me the empty tin and I'll build my own kit in it

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$35! 😶