Mini survival kit

Mini survival kits consist of essential outdoor survival tools and supplies that are difficult or impossible to improvise and which are small enough or critical enough to make them worthwhile carrying all the time. Contained within an Altoids or similar sized tin, and waterproofed using adhesive tape, these items serve as a back-up to normally carried equipment.

A "midi" survival kit, keeped in a medium tin box

A mini survival kit will usually contain the following items;

• a miniature compass (e.g. Silva SERE 40)
• Esbit fuel tablets for fire starting
• a lighter or matches
• an unlubricated condom to carry water
• a length of paracord
• duct tape
• fishing hooks
• needles and thread for clothing repairs or fishing
• Black Shoe Polish - Can be use as a fuel for fire , gives off a smell that can repel animals , marking and camoflage

Doug Ritter provides an excellent example of a homemade Mini Survival Kit here.

Mini survival kits can be bought pre-packed; as a result they have become more complex and standardised. Examples being the BCB International Combat Survival Tin and the Adventure Medical Kits Pocket Survival Pak a commercially available mini survival kit designed by Doug Ritter.

See also

• Survival kit
• Hiking equipment

External links

• Survival Strategies
• Emergency Survival Kits