In a pretty small package measuring 6″ x 5.5″ x 1″, Adventure Medical Kits (AMK) packs quite a few items. . . . → Read More: Survival Medic Kit from AMK SOL
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Download Video Being caught out in the mountains with four inches of snow on the ground in eight degree (Fahrenheit) weather unable to chop wood for a fire is NOT a good thing. . . . → Read More: Chopping Tools When I was twelve I thought the coolest thing I’d ever seen was “C-Rations”. My uncle had some from when he was in the service and they were still good. Then MREs came along and I thought they were the neatest thing since sliced cheese. When I was in the National Guard we sometimes got “boxed meals” instead of MREs and they tasted better but weren’t as easy to pack. Now there’s a new option and I’ve learned to appreciate it. This has been an on-going (about five years now) evaluation and I’m confident enough in the value to pass this along: Heater Meals. Continue reading Heater Meals “Covert”: concealed, secret, disguised. (according to dictionary.com) When I received this backpack for test and evaluation from 5.11 Tactical I wasn’t sure what to expect from a covert backpack. I mean… how do you disguise a backpack? It STILL looks like a backpack. What’s being concealed, secret(ed) or disguised is the firearm(s) and equipment carried inside. While the Covert 18 Pack looks like just about any other contemporary backpack / laptop pack, it has a few secrets to tell that are worth hearing. Continue reading 5.11 Tactical Covert 18 Pack Review Another knife in the Survival Series produced by Gerber with design input from Bear Grylls, the Scout is a basic, handy, pocket-clip folding lockblade that has proven itself reliable when needed. Just like with a gun, the best knife you can have for a given situation is the one you have at that point in time. It doesn’t matter if another knife or another design could perform the needed function better; what you have is what you work with which quite often means the smaller, more comfortable and convenient to carry blade is the tool at hand. In the case of the GG (Gerber Gear) BG (Bear Grylls) SS (Survival Series) Scout, comfort and convenience of carry are pretty high so you’d be more likely to have it. Continue reading Gerber Bear Grylls SS Scout Knife I was recently invited to join a “writers’ conference” to explore the strengths and uses of ATVs and UTVs in the Anthrocite Outdoor Recreation Area in Shamokin Dam, Pennsylvania. Not only was it a gorgeous setting but I had a blast and learned a lot too. Hosted by Kawasaki, the event was educational, well planned, well managed and great fun. My thanks to Josh Sykes of Blue August for having invited me and to all the other attendees who didn’t make fun of my ignorance. I came away impressed with the many applications these different vehicles potentially had in the law enforcement arena. So, let’s look at the two different types and some of the ways we could use them. There I was, slowly but steadily striding through the chest high grass that was so thick I couldn’t even see my feet. It was dusk and in my left hand I had my flashlight, sweeping the beam back and forth as I tried to find an easier path through the brush. In my right hand was my Buck Hoodlum, its 10″ blade serving to cut the tops off of even taller grass and ready in case I ran into any unfriendly creepy-crawlies. As I walked, alert for the scrabbling sound that would be all the warning I’d get before something grabbed or bit me, I thought about the knife. Earlier in the day I’d speared my lunch: fish fresh from the river. I’d used the same knife to clean the fish before using it to chop and split the necessary firewood to cook the fish. Instead of simply frying the fish (or cooking it over the open fire) I’d added a few other ingredients to my cook pot and added the fish to make chowder. It wasn’t the best meal I’d ever had, but since I cooked it I could hardly complain – and it was better than some things I’d eaten in my quest to survive. A swishing noise sounded off to my right and I turned, bring the knife up in an arc, swiping the head off the fifteen foot python before it could get its fangs into me… Continue reading The Buck Hoodlum Knife Review When I first got this knife for review I couldn’t get Tom Hanks in “Castaway” out of my head. If you’ve seen the movie you can easily remember the scene when he’s on the island and trying to get a coconut open. He nearly kills himself doing it. You should also remember the scene at the end when he’s at his welcome-home party and someone gives him a folding pocket knife as a gift. He looks at it; opens the blade; looks at it and smiles at the pure simplicity of it – and is clearly thinking of how great it would have had to been during his years on that island. Enter the SOL (Survive Outdoors Longer) CORE LITE “knife”. I put that in quotes because it’s more than just a knife. Continue reading AMK SOL Core Lite So, you’re planning that operation and you need up-to-date accurate weather information. Depending on what exactly you’re planning and where you are, information such as altitude, temperature, wind speed and pressure trend might matter. Now, no, I don’t see that kind of information being of importance to the police officer in his cruiser on a summer night. But for the soldiers preparing to jump out of a plane, that just might matter. For a leader who is planning an operation, environmental considerations should be taken into consideration. Continue reading Kestrel 2500 Handheld Weather Meter |
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