10 Item Dollar Store Survival Kit Challenge

After contemplating the challenge, I took a trip to the Dollar Tree and started thinking. After weighing different items and different possibilities, I came up with my list of items. I'm curious to see which items you may disagree with or approve of. I have no doubts that I could survive for 24 hours with the items I selected, but also know I could survive without any of them for 24 hours.
I'm a complete supporter of SKILLS over GEAR. Spending the time to learn skills IN THE DIRT, will serve you better than any piece of gear. I don't mean pretending to have accomplished a skill once - I am talking about putting your skills into practice. The ability to accomplish the necessary tasks with little to no resources - without a trip to the Dollar Tree. Skills and knowledge can never be taken away from you - that is the true value of wisdom. Press yourself to accomplish and achieve more. You will not be disappointed.
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[@BUZZKILLJRJR]

I love kipperd snacks.

[@RagnaroksHomesteading]

Same here. They even come with fire starter! Thanks. 🌲🦌🌲

[@BUZZKILLJRJR]

@RagnaroksHomesteading the oil from Thease snacks is yummy on chicken crackers haha 😄

[@justusupnorth8262]

Good stuff👍 Your gear doesn’t need to be the latest and greatest trendy to get you through a tough time.

[@RagnaroksHomesteading]

Agreed completely! The best gear is the gear in your hand when you need it. Thanks Geoff! 🌲🦌🌲

[@devildogsbushcraft7898]

I like what you did. Very ingenius. The pot is the cornerstone of this kit. Oorah!

[@RagnaroksHomesteading]

Oorah Devil Dog. Thank you. I agree, the pot brings it all together. 🌲🦌🌲

[@louisaziz1235]

It's great to have informational videos like yours. But, showing alternative choices as well. As well as matches (reduced to waterproof container to save space) a Bic lighter ( or 2 or 3) with a spark wheel that can be used even if the fuel runs out. For food, bring items that don't require water to prepare and use your water to drink. If you must, lentils and rice are great, but use minit rice as it takes half the amount of water. This gives you iron, protein, and carbs.

[@RagnaroksHomesteading]

Great advice. Thank you! 🌲🦌🌲

[@leonardvelasquez4162]

Good call on the black beans and Herring

[@RagnaroksHomesteading]

Thank you Leonard! 🌲🦌🌲

[@leonardvelasquez4162]

@@RagnaroksHomesteading Absolutely! Thanks! Love your content

[@RagnaroksHomesteading]

@@leonardvelasquez4162 I'm glad to have you here and look forward to the future. 🌲🦌🌲

[@mikeaden8790]

Nice low cost cacheable kit to leave in backwoods cabin too or hide on a well traveled trail

[@RagnaroksHomesteading]

Thank you. I would have to agree it would serve it's purpose. 🌲🦌🌲

[@DR-bp1yu]

So, when do we see the actual overnight? I'd love to see that. Bet you'd make an excellent super stealth camp.

[@Robertssurvivalsystems]

Nice set up. Thank you for shareing Keep up the good work

[@RagnaroksHomesteading]

I'm glad you thought so. You do the same and thank you. 🌲🦌🌲

[@GardeningWarrior]

great job if you have very minimal skills..it is truly HAVING the skills that will be a difference between life and death

[@RagnaroksHomesteading]

I agree wholeheartedly! Thanks Q. 🌲🦌🌲

[@CiaofCleburne]

Very cool!!! 👍👍👍

[@RagnaroksHomesteading]

Thanks! It was a fun challenge. 🌲🦌🌲

[@Tao_313]

Clever indeed!

[@RagnaroksHomesteading]

I thought so. 🤣 Thanks Tao. 🌲🦌🌲

[@LakeFaerieFiles]

Duck tape was an awesome idea all your choice were wonderful but I have to say I was completely impressed and amazed but the way you used the pan and lid to carry all that. Really cool

[@RagnaroksHomesteading]

Thanks Lake! That plan came together and was why I chose it in all honesty. 🤣🌲🦌🌲

[@ArkWildmansurvival]

Awesome

[@RagnaroksHomesteading]

Thanks Arkwildman! 🌲🦌🌲

[@geargriden19]

Those beans and herring sound pretty good you'd be eatin' well in survival mode!! Awesome on the duct tape sheath for the knife, great creativity right there!! *Have a good'nnn*

[@RagnaroksHomesteading]

Thanks Gear! Always trying to maximize potential and have fun thinking outside the box. 🌲🦌🌲

[@zchuss1]

We used to do this years ago with sides of a plastic bottle and tape

[@gaydungan3150]

Good choices be well love from Texas

[@RagnaroksHomesteading]

Thank you kindly. 🌲🦌🌲

[@thenuthouse5485]

Hey Ragnar!!!!! Just subbed, brother!!!! That was cool!!! I like the idea of the pot to carry everything too. They didn't have any at my dollar tree. Thanks, Ragnar!

[@RagnaroksHomesteading]

Greetings & welcome Nuthouse! Glad you found some interesting ideas with my selections. Thanks! 🌲🦌🌲

[@jerseydevil7895]

Good, interesting video. But why didn't you go for gallon, 1/2 gallon or 6 pack of water?

[@RagnaroksHomesteading]

Thank you. In my location, water is the least of my worries. It is an overly abundant resource here all year long. 🌲🦌🌲

[@zchuss1]

Water is heavy and is just over 1lb in weight per pint....I never carry more than I need whilst I am walking to camp.

[@mrhalfstep]

Great kit. If your shower liner has magnets at the bottom edge, as many do, adding a sewing needle to your kit (stuck in your wallet or a seam in your shirt) would provide a compass as a bonus. The larger matches also give you plenty of kindling, since they are only needed for 24 hours, according to the rules. Won't need too many fires during that length of time.

[@RagnaroksHomesteading]

Great tips! The needle would be a definite advantage. I agree with the kindling idea as well. 24 hours is not a long time at all. Thank you! 🌲🦌🌲

[@frankmeadowsjr7054]

Another good thing to purchase now is live catch traps. Fairly cheap and allows you to catch food and keep it alive rather than hunting, killing and needing a way to keep it cold or preserve it. Long term not overnight survival.

[@RagnaroksHomesteading]

Greetings & welcome Frank. You are absolutely correct. Live traps are a great way to spend less resources and are self sufficient storage boxes until it's time to eat. Great point and thank you! 🌲🦌🌲

[@guy9146]

This is a cool idea. Did you make a video of you in the field completing the challenge? I can’t find it

[@RagnaroksHomesteading]

Thank you. Unfortunately life events prevented the field video but it will be accomplished once I am able. 🌲🦌🌲

[@soulandtranquility]

All this could also get you through a week or more as well. I know you wont need any of this for 24 hours, but great cheap way to utilize items if need be.❤

[@RagnaroksHomesteading]

I'd have to agree there! Gear is gear and with the right mindset you can create what you need. ❤️🥰

[@preparedliving]

Hey Friend! Great finds and good insight into your survival haul.

[@RagnaroksHomesteading]

Thank you! It was a fun challenge. It's always nice learning how others think and adapt different items. 🌲🦌🌲

[@jelkel25]

That's pretty much what most of my kit looked like when I first started as a kid but most of it was scavenged, the pot was one of my mother's old ones, took the handle off, drilled a couple of holes under the lip and a metal coat hanger as a bail handle. Bailing twine and jute twine for cordage, jute sacks filled with leaves to sleep on, did have a WW2 poncho and canteen though. It does you good to cut the kit back to basics occasionally, reminds you of what it's really all about and what you started doing it for to begin with.

[@RagnaroksHomesteading]

I agree completely. We definitely need reminders. Those are what keep us growing instead of becoming stagnant and lost. Thank you! 🌲🦌🌲

[@TNBushcrafter]

Our DT's have refrigerated food section. In there they USUALLY have thin cut frozen ribeyes. Some of that stainless at DT and various other China branded stuff I worry about the lead or toxin contents.

[@RagnaroksHomesteading]

I have to agree with your concerns there as well - not the best or even standard quality. Thanks TN! 👊🏻🌲🦌🌲

[@zchuss1]

I was told by a Canadian guy years ago. Use what you have, adapted what you find, carry more in your head than a ten dog sled.

[@RagnaroksHomesteading]

That is beautiful and profound wisdom there - sounds like a wise man. Thanks for sharing that. 🌲🦌🌲

[@OtherThanIntendedPurpose]

some decent choices, but I have to point out that those dry beans have to soak submerged in water for 24-36 hours before cooking. and then would still need more water to cook ( the soak water will be cloudy and bitter as hell, and most will be absorbed) the amount of water you have will not be enough to make a day's worth of those beans, and would leave you with nothing to drink. yes, processed food is not a great option, but in reality you can go 24 hours with out food, and for energy and comfort, a can of soup, or pork & beans would have been a much wiser choice here. I see a lot of people putting dried beans in survival kits, and if you were setting up a remote INCH shelter, then yes, they would be great, but for a get home/get rescued scenario, instant easy and no water required food is far and away a better option. for high protein , Jerky is a good option as well. the salt and oil in that fish might make you even thirstier. separate question: is the tin the fish in lined? most food tin cans are lined anymore, which protects the food, but also makes it so heating IN the tin is potentially very bad.

[@anonymouslegion4928]

Of all tools available...I chose knowledge as main tool then all others even if not of significant quality next.

[@RagnaroksHomesteading]

💯 Wisdom there. 🌲🦌🌲

[@shep6123]

That’s awesome but you need more water than just one that’s only thing the dollar tree they sell for at least

[@RagnaroksHomesteading]

Yes water is very important (and you're right there being one of the last dollar items 🤣). I also have what I need to filter more if necessary. Thank you! 🌲🦌🌲

[@zchuss1]

Gypsy well and boiling.

[@RagnaroksHomesteading]

@zchuss1 Yes indeed! 🌲🦌🌲

[@frugalmum7943]

Ok, but you didn't do the 24 hour part of the challenge?!?

[@RagnaroksHomesteading]

I did complete the challenge as presented to me by Charles. My video response completed each of the required steps. Thank you! 🌲🦌🌲

[@fredfuchs3573]

I suppose if ya don't live in the desert beans would be fine me personally I would have grabbed two gallons of water and some cereal

[@RagnaroksHomesteading]

Yes, here I can find water everywhere so it is lower on my list of vital supplies. If I was in the desert I would have to agree. Thank you. 🌲🦌🌲

[@PenntuckytheCrag]

? Sardines in oil. ? Need those fats.

[@PenntuckytheCrag]

Most excellent kit. Awesome sling. Thx Brodir. Great video. Skal’ Practice’

[@RagnaroksHomesteading]

Herring has all those lovely fats as well! 🌲🦌🌲

[@RagnaroksHomesteading]

@PenntuckySurvivalhobbies Thanks Bròðir! I appreciate you certifying the choices. I thought it met the requirements of the challenge and went a step further in reinforcing truths. Skål. 👊🏻🪓

[@mannihh5274]

I suggest, you start thinking again - two items wasted on food? You don't need ANY food in a 24h-challenge! The same for the water - you need 2qt a day, so take a more substantial 1qt. bottle. The santoku-knife isn't a chopper at all, it's a slicer - don't try to baton anything thicker than your thumb, make your firewood from sticks, that you can break without a knife. I think, you'd be better off with one of their steak-knives. Go with a BIC-lighter instead of matches and get a LED-headlamp replacing one of the food items, your candle won't give much light and you can't walk around with it. That leaves you with just 5 items, I would have chosen too, pot, shower-curtain, cordage, candle and duct-tape. IMHO that's poor.

[@RagnaroksHomesteading]

Thank you for your opinion. It may be poor(IYO), but it met the challenge extended to me. Gods honest truth is I don't need any of this to survive 24 hours anywhere, as I'm sure you wouldn't either. 🌲🦌🌲

[@zchuss1]

You can split logs with a pen knife....cutting a Wedge of wood and batton that....any blade is useless if you have no idea how to make stuff.

[@mannihh5274]

@@zchuss1- you're right, I call it 'smart batoning', but these kitchen knives are very thin and fragile, even the steak-knives DollarTree offers are more suitable.

[@shaunoneill7650]

So there's no video of you actually using this stuff???

[@RagnaroksHomesteading]

The challenge wasn't about using the items, though that is forthcoming content as others have asked the same. Gods honest truth is, none of this is needed to survive a 24 hr challenge, wouldn't you agree? Thank you. 🌲🦌🌲

[@justjonoutdoors]

I think these 24 hour challenges are a joke. Other than insulation & maybe shelter, you can do without any of that stuff for 24 hours…

[@RagnaroksHomesteading]

💯 Agreed. Even the insulation and shelter come for free if you have knowledge. The mind contains all we need if the knowledge exists. Thank you! 🌲🦌🌲

[@ronaldgoodrich5460]

I agree but to make it comfortably and also practice when you can how you can. Really 72 hrs isn't really hard unless you are in extreme weather condition.

[@justjonoutdoors]

@@ronaldgoodrich5460 My point exactly.

[@wandering_not_lost]

I think the water might be useful and a knife will make it easier to make a shelter.

[@GrayManSurvival71]

Wow the audio is horrible, damn , ok video but audio made me shut it off

[@RagnaroksHomesteading]

Yes, it can be hard to shut off the natural background sometimes. Thank you! 🌲🦌🌲

[@LunchMeatTrump]

This was a random evening spent in the woods reviewing items from the dollar store. Why is this posted as a survival ''challenge''?!?! Seems like the majority of these stupid survival videos is just people reviewing what could be used and not actually doing anything.

[@RagnaroksHomesteading]

The actual challenge this video responded to was exactly what you saw. Show the 10 items that I would select to cover the specified requirements purchased at the Dollar Tree. There are plenty of other videos showing plenty of things being "done". Thanks! 🌲🦌🌲