I wanted to talk a little bit about the bags survival kits come in. If you are familiar with survival kits you know that most kits come in mini-backpacks. These backpacks are made of thin nylon that do not hold up well in the back country. They are also worn on your back which prevents you from carrying anything else. The other downfall to this is that if you are carrying your survival kit on your back you always have to take it off to get to your survival kit.This can quiet often be a problem. The reason they come in these cheap nylon bags is because they are cheap. If you search for wholesale backpacks you will see you can buy them with your logo on them for as little as a couple dollars each.
At Rocky Mountain Survival LLC we break the norm to bring you practical survival kits. Although cost is a factor true usability drove us in our decision to not use the norm in bags, after all, it is your life we are talking about. So like in many other areas we have raised the bar to bring you the ultimate in
survival kits.
Our wilderness survival kit comes in a 600 D Polyester (canvas like) material that holds up very well in the back country. It is a drop leg bag which means it hangs from a belt and sits on your upper thigh and is strapped to your leg for stability. Because of where it is worn, it is out of the way of your other gear such as a full backpack, guns, bows, etc. It is also always accessible even while wearing the kit, so you do not have to remove it to get to your
survival gear.
Our Bug-out-bag comes in the Leapers UTG tactical messenger bag made of the same type of material as our wilderness survival kit. This kit is worn over the shoulder and also has a belt strap for stability. This bag also has a concealed carry pocket for carrying a pistol and has plenty of room for personal gear. Because it is worn on the side it is also out of the way of your other gear and you can get to your gear without removing the bag. We thought about using the Maxpedition bag for this kit but could not find a reason to switch. They are both USA made out of the same material and the UTG is much less expensive and better designed so we stayed with the UTG.
These bags cost us 20 to 30 times what it costs for the typical survival kit bags but we felt that usability and dependability really mattered in this case so we went with the much better bags. We are talking about saving lives and some things just are not worth skimping on. We take
survival seriously.
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