Emergency Kits

Today I am going to review the Quakehold! Grab-n-Go kits.  I am definitely not saying that this is the very best kit you can get.  In fact, it is a long shot from the very best kit.  But here is the deal.  If you don't have anything yet, this is a great way to get started.  It is relatively inexpensive.  It comes with everything you need for very basic survival for three days.  This is minimum.  You won't be eating very good.  You will be thirsty.  But it should help you and one other person get through most conditions alive for three days. If you want a better kit, the best way to go is to begin with something like this.  Get the basics and then start adding things that make sense for you and your needs.  The first thing I would add to a kit like this is a really good knife.  I am not talking about the big pieces of steel that people call survival knives.  Those look fun and all but they really aren't going to do the job.  What you need is a solid knife like the knives that ESEE makes.  They have a small knife called the IZULA that would do a good job as a starter knife.  Or you could step up and buy the model 3 or 4 and those would do an even better job.  I personally would prefer to have the ESEE 4.  ESEE knives used to be known as Rat Cutlery so sometimes you will find these knives with the old RAT names.  The ESEE 4 is by far one of the sturdiest, most useful knives I have found for survival situations.

The very next thing I would add to my basic survival kit is some more food.  I wouldn't go overboard.  But it would be nice to have some MRE's in there so I could have some hot food.  You can't imagine how comforting it is to have something hot to eat when things are tough.  I would also throw in some hard candy.  It is nice to have a little something to snack on. 

More on building a bug out bag, or an emergency kit later.  But I can't stress this enough, if you don't have a basic kit, get something like the Quakehold! kit to get a start.  It is better than nothing at all.