American Red Cross winter survival kit

[@GreatDane933]

cool kit that can easily be replicated with basically household items. cheap and easy to use. pretty nice.

[@whitetailsurvival2430]

Yea you’re right for sure it’s an easy kit to replicate you could make the candle with a baking tin and a candle from Walmart. It would be an easy kit to replicate it’s a great kit to take some ideas from for the common man

[@scottangel6462]

Very cool kit. Wish they would do something like this now.

[@whitetailsurvival2430]

Yea for some reason people don’t buy these kits anymore any small kits so no body produces them anymore! I think they are so interesting

[@jastrapper190]

Audio sounds great. Interesting kit. I’ve seen a lot of “vehicle” survival kits that make use of a metal coffee can and an improvised candle made of a can of crisco cooking fat with a wick. I think the main intent was you had a shelter (interior of the vehicle, with a cracked open window) and you would focus on keeping it warm and the kit revolved around the source of heat/flame/light. Snow could be melted for water over it. Other useful bits and bobs would be packed into the space in the coffee can and the plastic lid put in place. I think the Boy Scouts recommended this type of kit as it was readily assembled from common materials and cheap. Great video.

[@whitetailsurvival2430]

That’s an awesome idea coffee cans are fairly tough and having a large fuel source like Crisco would definitely last a long time. Using the vehicle as the shelter is the best solution for 80 percent of the population the seat cloth and foam plus the headliner and floor carpets could definitely be used to insulate your body if necessary. There is a lot of good information in that little survival guide that came in the top of that cooking pan.

[@dan6p]

Very interesting video and kit, not much really changed except a wee bit more modern gear, essentially just the same. Peace from Scotland

[@whitetailsurvival2430]

Thanks for coming back again i appreciate it a lot! It would be cool to do a revamp of this kit with new items!

[@LostLittleElf]

That kit is in such great condition! Not one I've seen before. That massive candle made me lol. But so satisfying to see the 40-yr.-old paper match strike first try! 30 years ago my brother flipped his car and had to walk 3 miles in a blizzard to get home so after that I made a bunch of winter car safety kits and gave them out as Christmas gifts. So if you ever see a survival kit in a red sixpack cooler bag for sale, it might be one of mine haha. Thanks WS!

[@whitetailsurvival2430]

Haha if I see one I will jump on there and buy it up and review it. The candle was hilarious to me also I expected other stuff to be in there but it was literally just a huge candle in a baking tin. It is awesome that the matches lit instantly the new matchbooks are nowhere near that good. That’s a great idea to make kits up and give them out for gifts for family. I keep a survival kit in each one of our vehicles plus my edc bag is with me I like to be prepared anyway I can. Thanks for coming back again and commenting it I appreciate it more than you know

[@RodCornholio]

Better than a lot of kits. Imagine being stranded in a vehicle in the snow. Attach the signal tape. Heat up some water. Use the thermal blanket. Get your caffeine fix. Keep the brain's glucose levels up. Not bad. Not bad.

[@whitetailsurvival2430]

Yes that’s what I’m talking about! It would be a peace of mind knowing you do have this stuff. I would love to see a modern version of this kit made and packaged the same way with modern amenities I think this is incredible for the everyday person

[@RodCornholio]

@@whitetailsurvival2430 Yes. Kit philosophy is difficult, debatable, and extremely challenging from a business point of view i.e. balancing supply logistics, quality, profit, appeal, etc. I would like to see a Pareto approach, where the kit’s contents could help solve 80% of problems. By now, we should have the data to figure this out.

[@whitetailsurvival2430]

Yes that’s an awesome concept I’ve made a few kits to sell that cover some edc/survival concepts I’m not sure if it’s 80% but it’s a good start

[@natha_ow]

Really like this kit, or the idea of it! What else does one need, in a car in winter, in case the weather turns bad. This is not for outdoor people, it's for "normal" people on normal streets. One might get stuck in a snow storm, and needs to wait a while until help can reach them. All one needs in this case is something to stay warm (space blanket + candle), have something warm to drink (tea + candles and container), collect water (bags with snow, let them melt in the car) and a way to signal. The idea of this kit is great! With the included instructions, everyone knows how to use the kit. For myself, I'd add another form of signaling. A big red flag or something. Just to be more visible. And maybe something small to eat, like an energy bar (even if it's just for moral). Other than that, I think this kit is quite complete - especially in combination with everything else that's in the car already. The general categories of items is great!

[@whitetailsurvival2430]

Yes your right I would love to see them revamp this kit as a new sale. It would be awesome I would buy one. It is an awesome idea to have a bit of food in there just like the best glide ASE ration pack that was a cool one. I went over that kit acouple months ago. The candle in this kit is like a 32 hour candle. This is a good kit thinking about the common person. You don’t need to have any advanced skills to use it. An updated kit with a sol escape bivvy would be even better to update the kit.

[@robertanderson1272]

Instead of a flimsy space blanket i would keep a wool blanket instead also maybe a couple bottles of water instead of trying to melt the snow

[@natha_ow]

@ Yes, absolutely! Always have a wool blanket in my car (and another blanket, actually), as well as a few liters of water. As an emergency kit, the provided gear is great, though. It should only be an addition to what is already in a car. Leaving without a blanket in the car in winter basically means leaving unprepared. In general, I would argue that a survival kit is for, well, survival. Like a terrible situation. Not for normal day use. Worst case basically. And a backup of a backup.

[@whitetailsurvival2430]

@robertanderson1272 that’s a great idea this kit is definitely a kit that could be used as a supplement to more items in the vehicle. I love the idea of having a wool blanket in there. I would use the space blanket to sanction off a smaller area in the car so the candle has a smaller area to heat up! Then just wrap up in the wool blanket

[@whitetailsurvival2430]

@natha_ow your absolutely right this to me is just the very basics and the utmost minimum limit that should be in your car! It’s definitely a supplemental piece of gear. I personally carry an edc pack with me that’s loaded with edc and survival gear in it. My wife’s car does have a bag that I built in the trunk with gear and a good blanket plus a spare set or warm cloths.

[@dougbotimer8005]

Modern version would be the Best Glide Emergency Ration Pack. One thing I’ve wandered is how much a Mylar blanket would help inside a vehicle? I keep a UCO candle lantern in my kit. Feel like a candle is the least dangerous flame inside a vehicle, insuring windows are cracked for ventilation. Of course, a 12 volt electric heater, like a truckers lunch box, would be safer, if it is safe to run the engine and keep the battery charged.

[@whitetailsurvival2430]

O yea I did go over that kit also. I loved that kit. For some reason a few people didn’t like it. I love to have a source of food with me in a situation like that! An extra heat source in a vehicle is a hard one to come by without the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning but it’s possible I would like to test out the space blanket in a vehicle to see how the work. It probably wouldn’t hurt to keep a detector in there with a set of battery’s just to be safe.

[@dougbotimer8005]

@ good idea, had not occurred to me, a CO detector is pretty cheap.

[@texmex8220]

For some privacy I use those foil reflective window sheilds on all the windows and this winter I really found out how much those insulate the windows. Easily 15 degrees warmer inside with 2 people. If I was to use a mylar blanket and some tape to make a shell inside with a candle I'd say it be pretty warm.

[@Davepars7]

"I know most of you here are over 40" I feel personally attacked.

[@whitetailsurvival2430]

😅 not an attack at all it’s just what the stats say in my KZbin studio app. Believe it or not most of my viewers are over 50! I guess people my age and younger just do not care about survival or preparedness. I will be 32 this year and it actually saddens me that there are very limited people my age and younger that watch my content. A lot of older people don’t realize you can subscribe to the channel and receive notifications of when I make a video 😂. I have like 10,000 return viewers per month but I only have 2700 subs that leads me to believe that subscribe button is just not understood

[@whitetailsurvival2430]

74.3% of my subs are over 45 and 51.2% are over 55 years old. 😂 tech isn’t always the strong suit for people that age. I have to help my dad all the time on here and he’s in his mid 60’s he has no clue what being a subscriber means he thought it was something he had to pay for.

[@karikovacs3824]

Thanks!

[@whitetailsurvival2430]

Thanks again! I appreciate it!

[@JohnH-rd3xy]

Hey, Brent! Morning, sir! We have 3degrees F here right now so you have us beat! "Real feel -5". Not sure why you're up at this minute but raising my second coffee to you! Great vid to wake up to! Thank you! The sugar is eternal. Sugar never goes bad. It's actually an antiseptic. Even the hard candies that turn to liquid in old survival kits are still good. The old military kits and life boat rations etc used to tell you to not bother unwrapping the old cellulose wrappers, just chew them up. Cellulose is a beneficial dietary fiber. Plastic, not so much so. Same goes for soggy bouillon cubes. Don't bother unwrapping, just boil them as is. The tea is heat pasteurized like all tea. If it's not molded, it's good to drink. Tea loses flavor with age, though. I've got teabags in thirty year old kits that I wouldn't hesitate to boil up if necessary. Car kits...my constant suggestion is a twelve pack of assorted Chef Boyardee and a flat of bottled water....a good wool blanket....and a pretty bog standard car kit with a solid fuel stove like an Esbit or a Coghlans or a Firedragon or an alcohol stove like a Trangia or a Redcamp etc. That kit would be pretty easy to replicate and improve on, though. Great vid, bud!

[@whitetailsurvival2430]

The time I posted it is when I was getting my first cup of coffee. I get up at 4:50 am for my regular job. Sometimes I take my extra time after getting ready to post a video 😄 That’s an awesome amount of knowledge I don’t know too much about old food like that and your definitely right about the extra kit items to put into your car I keep a get home bag in mine with a whole sleep system and freeze dried food. Thanks for the info that’s awesome to see I appreciate it a lot!

[@TheRealJackOfTrades]

An excellent kit. Would be a cheap and easily replicated gift for friends and family. Add some coffee, chick or beef cubes. A small thermometer. Plenty of room, and the candle has gotta be at least 12 hours. Excellent presentation

[@whitetailsurvival2430]

It’s a 32 hour candle if you light 3 wicks at a time it’s 20 if you light all 6. You’re right though I think it’s a great kit if it’s for the regular everyday person the survival guide has a lot of good info in it. I would love to see a new version made!

[@new-bieginnerhickingbackpa4602]

Hello bro here in Tennessee it's 3° here too I hope you are staying safe and warm

[@whitetailsurvival2430]

Thanks, it is cold! I hope you stay safe and warm too! We had -10 the other night without the windchill and I have been burning a lot of wood to keep the home and kids warm!

[@mattflannery4448]

Thanks

[@whitetailsurvival2430]

You’re welcome!

[@dustin7562]

Nice kit which all these vintage kits usually are.

[@whitetailsurvival2430]

I love the way this kit is packaged and the whole unit looks cool together. It’s a pretty cool system for the age. It’s still in the negatives here. I think we have a high of 10 degrees today here so better than last week 😁

[@adventurersclub1]

I like the idea with the giant candle, maybe I will make something like that

[@wjf213]

If you do make a candle like this, make sure you add MORE wicks to it or better yet use those cotton wicks for oil lamp that are flat and wide, so you get a much bigger and hotter flame to heat up a cold vehicle. With six small round wicks, you're going to get about 600 BTU's max worth of heat and a vehicle heater puts out around 12,000 BTU's, so do the math on what you need to stay warm enough to survive. Another little trick I learned, is to run some steel wire up the flat wick. Kind of like you're sewing with wire, and 2 or 3 runs of that wire the length of the wick. This will give the wick support and it won't flop over when the wax around it starts to melt, and the wick loses the support of the wax. Of course this means more CO in the vehicle as well, so fresh air becomes and even bigger deal to watch for. Also, use bees wax. It has a better chance of not melting if left in a hot car and it lasts longer too.

[@adventurersclub1]

@@wjf213 good idea

[@adventurersclub1]

I'm getting old, I just remembered that I made one before, it was one of the first videos I uploaded to my channel

[@whitetailsurvival2430]

It would probably help also to sanction off one part of the vehicle as the area that you’re going to stay the duration of the emergency situation. If you go to the back seat and put the space blanket across you and light the candle underneath you it will warm up just the area you are in. You can wrap up in a space blanket and light a tiny tealight candle and it will warm that blanket up enough to keep you alive. You could do the same thing with that candle. The directions said if you light 3 wicks it will last 32 hours and if you do all six it will last about 20 hours. Take into consideration also you could use the seat cloth, all the foam in the seats, the headliner, floor carpet, trunk carpet, and all kinds of stuff in the vehicle to insulate your body. If it was life or death I would definitely be willing to rip up all the seats in my truck to survive. I made a few candles with jute twine wicks they seem to work great the best way to test the stuff is trial and error!

[@whitetailsurvival2430]

@adventurersclub1 let me know how the candle works out! I’m going to check out your channel now!

[@hushingsilence]

Cool kit, I'm not sure the wicks would stay lit if covered by that piece of metal right on top of them even though it's designed that way. Not sure if you want to try it. 🤔Congrats on the subscribers! I'm subscribed. 😁

[@whitetailsurvival2430]

Yes I guess it would need to be put to the middle but also I wondered how it would work when the wax started melting. I would be curious to try it out

[@Bushcraftnbaseball]

Cool kit

[@whitetailsurvival2430]

I thought it was a pretty cool find also! I would like to see a modern version of it made again

[@Bushcraftnbaseball]

@@whitetailsurvival2430agree that would be good

[@MrHandyDad]

Nice job on a non-typical subject.

[@whitetailsurvival2430]

Thanks I appreciate that! It’s definitely a cool little kit from the 80’s/90’s ! Thanks for the comment

[@TheMajorActual]

I have a vague memory of this from high school; I think I just saw the box, though.

[@whitetailsurvival2430]

Haha that’s awesome you’re the first person I had that told me you have seen the kit before. I would have thought this would have been a fairly common kit to see around.

[@TheMajorActual]

@@whitetailsurvival2430 It may have been from junior high, when we lived in the desert; in HS, we were living in Los Angeles. I think that someone brought one to a homeroom class as part of their earthquake survival kit (we did those things in 1970's California). I knew it was "Red Cross", but I don't remember them breaking into it.

[@amandamiller94]

They should have put 2 of those metal lift things so the wax stove wouldn't sit on something burnable

[@whitetailsurvival2430]

Yes that’s so true! The little directions said to put something flat under it so it doesn’t melt the vinyl or carpet in your vehicle 😆

[@richardhenry1969]

You really have a extensive amount of survival kits. I wasn't even aware there were that many different types. The more i watch the more i believe the only way to get a useful kit is make it yourself. In most store bought its either very cheap gear or utterly useless. Plus your kit needs to fit your environment but also the season. After a few bad weather an i was in Baltimore city during the (unrest) not what we called. I now keep a backpack basically a weekend camping pack. Ive been training with my dog putting in miles. Im getting ready to go on a 72 hour tryout the gear mission. Im gonna try filming but im very uncomfortable around cameras. It's strange how i can talk to anyone even crowds. But put a cameras in front of me i go blank. Any suggestions would be appreciated?

[@whitetailsurvival2430]

O yea it’s definitely a little different talking to a camera. It feels odd because your not talking to anyone and your not getting any responses or reactions from peers or a crowd. I’m the same way as you I can talk to just about anyone, anywhere, anytime. The only real way I know to break that real camera awkwardness is to make a few videos. Even if they are short ones and you never post them. If you record them and watch them yourself then you can watch it and say “why am I doing/saying that” or “ why am I acting weird here”. I’m still trying to break two bad speaking habits right now and I’ve been doing this for almost a year now. #1 I say other than that way to much and #2 it’s impossible for me to stop saying “ummm” or “uhhh”. But the more I watch my own videos, it makes me More aware of it and helps me to think about doing it less. Besides the points, I do generally like to see what companies pack into these little kit. It’s very interesting to me and even about 10 years ago there were far more of these little kids for sale online. They really lost popularity over the last few years, you are definitely correct stating the fact that building a kit. it’s going to be a far better solution than buying one that way it can be catered to your environment and your skill set.

[@olivermuggli4610]

Der Aluständer wird seitwärts quer auf den Wachsbehälter aufgesetzt und am rande mit den Alulaschen festgebogen.das Wachs wird recht schnell heiss und flüssig,also würde der träger versinken drinn.

[@whitetailsurvival2430]

That makes a lot more sense than how I was doing it thanks a lot i appreciate that!

[@JiggyjarjardoM77]

That metal would sink Into the wax so I would bend it to sit on the edge of the tin... just saying

[@whitetailsurvival2430]

I was thinking that same thing after I made the video 😆 I make these on the fly there’s no preparation and I don’t look at the kit before I open it so it’s raw footage so everything I do and say is the first idea that pops into my head while filming. That’s a great idea though it would be better to sit on the rim of the baking tin. Thanks for the comment!

[@guadalupeskitchen3734]

Those bags HAVE to be for melting snow.

[@whitetailsurvival2430]

The directions say melting snow or waste bags so maybe for storing a turd if you had too 💩

[@rafaelgelpi2718]

Hey, any chance that you pdf the manual?

[@whitetailsurvival2430]

Next time I unpack it I will scan all the pages I actually put it all back together and put shrink wrap on it to store it just in case I wanted to try a vehicle survival with it I wanted all the components to stay in good shape

[@whitetailsurvival2430]

There’s another option also. If you pause on each page and screen shot it you can copy the text of each page right from your photos and save it as a pdf or paste it in the notes app on your phone

[@slick7209]

The razor is for when no comes get you( wink wink) the razor is free but you supply the wrist

[@whitetailsurvival2430]

Haha damn that’s brutal but it’s definitely on the list of uses for that specific tool. No wrist for me, strait to the jugular 🫠

[@jamesmcgee2447]

Is there a newer version of this kit available ?

[@whitetailsurvival2430]

Not that I know of I will hop on their website and see if they have a new one this one was cool to open up and see

[@wirawhitebelt7364]

👍🇲🇾

[@whitetailsurvival2430]

😁 thanks

[@behindthespotlight7983]

11:53 this kit is one of the best examples of why it’s imperative that people do a little research and then build their own survival kit. It’s not that there is anything wrong with these items per se. They’re actually all reasonably helpful in some emergencies. But what about: •knife •water purification tablets •cordage •water filter •signal mirror •light •needle, thread and safety pins •multi tool •shelter •Bandaids •hand warmers •duct tape •lip balm/ Vaseline •electrolytes •anti diarrhea •wipes •compass •fire starters (a Bic, ferro and some tinder) •pencil, pen & paper and so on and so on. So what’s the best thing to do with one of these vintage Red Cross kits? (Or a vintage REI kit or Eddie Bauer or Boy Scout?) Add it to a backpack or duffel bag along with the items that I listed and some food. Plus no one ever wished they didn’t have mosquito netting and a sleeping bag. Based just on this video and my comment pretty much anyone is 75% of the way there to completing a decent vehicle survival kit. No matter how inexperienced. Best wishes. PS: thanks Whitetail for another great video

[@whitetailsurvival2430]

Thanks for coming back, watching, and commenting again! I thought the same thing about the kit contents until i realized this kit was designed to be put in a car and used by normal everyday people. I’m thinking the kit was designed back then to use the car as the main shelter system, the candle as a heat source/ water heater, the tea to warm up your insides, sucrose tablets as a sweetener or snack, the flagging tape to show that your in distress or to warn the cars there, matches have their own purpose, the waste bags are for trash and turds and the tissues are for the same thing. It would have been a good kit if you had minimal survival experience and decided to stay in your car till rescue comes. I do agree that the kits like this should be added to a bag or larger kit for people that have more experience. I wouldn’t expect an old lady that never had any experience to hop out of her car in a snow storm and grab her survival kit and hoof it off into the forest with a compass. I would say 80 percent of people would be a lot safer to stay put in their car if at all possible. It wouldn’t hurt to keep something like this in your vehicle with a sleeping bag extra cloths and a better source of heat. Not having skills will get someone killed in the wilderness far faster than being stuck in the car. Your input is always awesome though I appreciate the well thought out comment!

[@JiggyjarjardoM77]

I'm from the 80s..... guess I'm PRETTY OLD.......

[@whitetailsurvival2430]

I wouldn’t consider that old being born in the 1980’s I was born in 1993 I would consider me young 50 percent of my viewers are older than 50 years old but take into consideration no one was buying this kit for you when you were a baby in 1980 😃 the people that were receiving this kit were most likely working when they got it especially being this kit was gifted to people that worked at target. In the letter it says that in the package. I would assume that the people that bought the kit would have born at minimum in the late 60’s early 70’s