Ozark Trail Survival Kit?!?! - Lets take a look

[@DavidMiller-kv4we]

I got one of these a few months ago, ended up modifying it to something closer to something I'd actually use. Added a bandana, a RAVPower 16750mAh battery with a short little USB-C cable, An actual SAK. A little tiny AM/FM radio. A cheap notebook with a little Dollar Tree pen that's maybe 2" to 2.5" tall (came in a 10 pack... little Halloween gift pack for kids. lol) ... that little 5x7 tarp you can find in the camping section connected to the outside with a carabiner, along with one of those cup style Stanley cook sets on another carabiner... and more fire starting options like a lighter and some rain proof matches. Along with some other small things like a couple of those little expandable towels, a couple of bouillon cubes and a couple of packs of instant coffee. I did remove the shovel, though I've still got it in the back of my car so I can maybe more easily dig myself out of the snow if I need to... and I took that metal whistle and added it to my regular keychain (that has a SAK Mini Champ and a short little USB cable that does USB-A/C and Lightning). Didn't spend any extra money on the additions. Just extra stuff I had laying around. I'm sure someone else who's better at this stuff than I am could've added a lot better... but oh well. hehe *Edit* I just checked and I've got an old gift card wrapped up with (around) 10 feet of Gorilla tape. And once I get 'em when I can think of it I'm gonna add an emergency blanket and an emergency poncho to stick in the pocket in the back of the thing.

[@rudygarcia2199]

Scissors to cut clothes for access to wounds…so you can apply dressing. Random kit filled with stuff. Thanks for the vid.

[@AtwoodThreads]

I will have to test that. I doubt these scissors will cut much more than paper. They are decent scissors but not for a survival kit.

[@Eragon954]

If they switched the survival card for some detachable needles or fishhooks (and provided some thread). If they got rid of the extra extra whistle for a signaling mirror. If they switched the scissors for a semi decent compass. Then it would be worth much more than it is. Then again, you can always buy it and make the modifications yourself.

[@AtwoodThreads]

Agreed

[@TacticoolCraig]

They stopped selling the SOL line. I picked up one on sale for $20

[@AtwoodThreads]

They have been making some changes lately. They also picked up GSI Outdoors in store.

[@alanbierhoff6831]

The Coghlan’s survival kit they used to sell back in the day for $10 was WAY BETTER than this kit. It actually had survival stuff in it.

[@AtwoodThreads]

@@alanbierhoff6831 I would like to find one of the old Coghlans kits. Their stuff is on my list to get in here for a look.

[@alanbierhoff6831]

@@AtwoodThreads There are a few on eBay but pricey!

[@AtwoodThreads]

@@alanbierhoff6831 Sounds about right. Supply and demand!

[@shovelhead8]

You do not see much Ozark Trail stuff at Walmart in Canada. I don't see this kit listed. It would be better than nothing. Thank you for the review. Threads. Stay safe and stay warm

[@alanbierhoff6831]

You’re lucky. The Woods brand stuff at Canadian Tire is much better than most of the OT junk

[@georgegaylord]

Walmart’s in central Virginia are phasing out most Ozark Mountain camping products. Guess we were getting to prepared and self reliant

[@AtwoodThreads]

Dang. Did they pick up the GSI line out that way?

[@inahuffman6999]

I like the bag.

[@trynsurviven2440]

It’s a piece of mind item for those who most likely will never use anything in it but, happy to have it just in case.

[@AtwoodThreads]

It's not horrible. Some items are actually pretty nice and I will be putting them in my kits, some are just gimmicks.

[@dan6p]

Best thing is...better than nothing.

[@rick0596]

I like most of ozark trail equipment. I bought a 3 person tent from them not bad. I did however set it up in my garage and seamed sealed the hole tent. (just in case) works great. Ozark trail equipment is hit or miss.I have bought a lot of stuff from them. No problems big enough to bash them

[@dirtyscoundrel2013]

I build custom blades and was gifted an Ozark trails sheath knife. Felt cheap looked cheap and I decided to review it on my knife channel I had back then. I gave it a decent edge and while beating it through a a foot long piece of pine the blade shattered like glass.

[@extendedp1]

Better than I thought it would be. It would be a nice present for a kid, or to throw in a trunk of a car.

[@AtwoodThreads]

Ozark Trail makes decent stuff, they just do not make decent stuff all the time ha ha. I have been using one of their tumblers for nearly 10 years, works just as good as the other brands.

[@extendedp1]

@@AtwoodThreads Same. I have several of there stainless steel tumblers and water bottles, and I recently bought their little table top smokeless fire pit (solo stove type)

[@AtwoodThreads]

@@extendedp1 My wife actually just called me from the store last night and asked if I wanted that little solo stove. I cannot use it where currently live so I passed but its seems pretty solid after looking into it a bit.

[@alexk3088]

I wonder where in a "survival situation" we'll have access to corked wine and imported bottled beer? 🙃I understand that the Swiss Army probably has (or had) these things in the rations, so maybe it made sense for swiss army knives, but why do we have them here?

[@AtwoodThreads]

I guess one can hope for bottled beverages in the moment ha ha I have never really understood why a lot of knives, survival or otherwise, have a corkscrew.

[@markgriffin7016]

Their logo is just too Broke Back Mountainish for me. Hahaha!

[@AtwoodThreads]

HA! That's great lol

[@WeFightTheDark]

Always room for improvement but I will say they're getting better every year so that's something

[@meoka2368]

Gotta be careful with those compasses on bracelets things. The striker can become magnetized if you have it near magnets for any reason, which will mess up the compass unless you take it off first.

[@AtwoodThreads]

Great point, I am actually surprised the compass actually worked

[@l.i.archer5379]

No fish hooks and sinkers, or a rudimentary first aid kit?

[@AtwoodThreads]

Not a one in this kit. easily fixed but still

[@LisaTurner-d1b]

There is plenty of room for you to add that.

[@madusonkeeper]

Side of shovel a saw? Mosquito net could keep mosquitos out of my small water barrel...those who have no supply...

[@AtwoodThreads]

The little saw on these shovels is supposed to be helpful using it to chop small samplings etc.....I call gimmick on that but the shovel is handy to have. Hadn't thought of using the head nets for a bucket cover....thats a great idea!

[@OtherSarah2]

subtract the scissors & "multitool" knife for one of their $17 leatherman-clones. Pop in a beach towel and a couple Mylar blankets plus a 99-cent poncho.

[@AMERICANPRIDE1100]

Needs a couple Mylar blankets and and a small water filter straw with a collapsible water container and an Israeli bandage some duct tape a lighter some anti diarrhea pills and pain killer so like 20$ more it’s serviceable

[@2centsam927]

Good video, not mil spec to be sure but if you were jammed up and this was in the trunk of your car it's a lot better than nuthin

[@sdavrider]

I can accept no first aid items because you can add from your own medicine cabinet. However I cannot excuse missing fish hooks, sinker, line, needle, and thread.

[@LisaTurner-d1b]

There is still room inside for that pack to add those items.

[@lilybowles6641]

What kind of battery do you put in the flashlight?

[@LisaTurner-d1b]

AA

[@josephdixon1827]

People tend to forget such kits intent. They are for emergencies, when all chips are down, it is something one can fall back on. Too create shelter, make a fire and for water collection, that little shovel is okay for digging cat holes, but I would not go beyond that with it, aside from maybe self defense. Two valuable things missing from such kits, and I can not harp on it enough, no toilet paper and first aid....

[@robertuffman3041]

add a BIC and yes it is worth it.

[@CountryBoysurvival]

I'm a hardcore survivalist and I try to buy top quality gear always but I like to collect survival kits for fun but Ozark Trail sucks I've bought several items to try out but a few knives a book bags have been decent

[@crazytexan7532]

They have a few new cool things

[@donaldlittlepage8424]

They should have put in my mylar blanket in it to replace a whistle

[@AtwoodThreads]

Would have been far more useful for sure

[@rockonwink]

No container & no cover? At least there is a cutting tool, cordage (13.1 feet of it), and a combustion device. 30 dollars, not worth it. I suggest one builds their own. It would be cheaper. Ozark trail company is really taking a piss on this product.

[@AtwoodThreads]

Always hit and miss with them and a lot of other companies as well.

[@beargreasebrigade]

nearly the same 12-piece pack at Harbor Freight except in green - $30

[@AtwoodThreads]

I looked at Harbor Freight here and they didn't have any in store. Most all of this style are almost identical.

[@larryjanson4011]

couple items look..ok. bag is a starting point. over half the junk i would just toss. as might not even hold up for one use. but that whistle's on a key chain might be a keeper. not sure if that bag could hold a couple more..better items. but no med. requires a second marked bag for such anyhow.

[@AtwoodThreads]

I posted an update video. I added a lot to this and made it far better, and forgot a couple things myself....

[@LisaTurner-d1b]

The whistle on that ring is the worse one in the kit.

[@americanprepper1803]

A survival kit without a 1st aid kit, is not a survival kit. There is also no extra space in the bag to add your own 1st aid kit. Not worth $30. Multiple whistles and bottle openers is just a way for they to add items so they can say "?? piece survival kit". And the more pieces the more intriguing and the more they sell them for. I like some of their stuff but not this kit.

[@AtwoodThreads]

Swing and a miss from the ole' Ozark Trail. The few good items should be sold by themselves and they would sell too.

[@dirtyscoundrel2013]

Dump the shovel first

[@AtwoodThreads]

@@dirtyscoundrel2013 Ha ha but the shovel is one of the "decent" things in here

[@dirtyscoundrel2013]

@@AtwoodThreads It's bulky and I'm sure it's weighty. Plus I wouldn't trust that plastic collar. Would you rather have a shovel or medical, water purification, more combustion, and shelter in that space? I would. The shovel might last a while in my neighbors kids sand box lol.

[@AtwoodThreads]

@@dirtyscoundrel2013 I added shelter, medical and have options for water purification as well as the shovel - Wanted to see what all I could cram in there lol

[@davidcarothers3311]

"Thirty Bucks"? I paid $150 for mine!😮😮

[@CarlosVidal72]

For me, the medium quality of the things in the bag are good enough for an emergency kit, so it's ok.

[@AtwoodThreads]

It's not bad, just not great. I added a bunch of stuff and made a solid kit from it. It's for emergency, not daily use so it's somewhat a pass.

[@edbrown6985]

There's a lot of bottle openers in that so called kit.

[@AtwoodThreads]

lol Yeah.....They are supposed to be pot lifters but the joke was missed. I wouldn't use either as a pot lifter with all the plastic involved

[@LisaTurner-d1b]

@@AtwoodThreads Well they have just responded to the market for men knowing they drink a lot of beer so there is need for a bottle opener on everything.

[@BushcraftWoodsDevil]

HARBOR FREIGHT came out with one. This looks better. . .

[@guadalupeskitchen3734]

$80 worth of gear for $30 in my world of math.

[@davidcarothers3311]

Geeez!! Stop Dropping Things!!

[@leonsoviac5380]

Scissors, whistles, knives - duplicated if not multiplicated. Where is a space blanket? and many other stuff like some first aid gears. In my opinion rubish.

[@woodchild48]

Meh, just for a camping weekend, or even if it's a matter of survival, I don't want to have to rely on junk like that. 30 dollars is still a lot, on Temu you can get survival kits for 5 dollars. That's enough if you just want to have a bit of useless stuff lying around at home...

[@AtwoodThreads]

The allure of this one is you can grab it off the shelf at a huge chain store. With a few tweaks and far less whistles it could have been a decent kit for 30 bucks

[@josephhuston7590]

That's really not a crazy price for what you get.

[@AtwoodThreads]

Its not really. There are some useful items and some gimmicks but overall better than nothing

[@mortykatz8818]

It’s not worth $30

[@LisaTurner-d1b]

Actually it is worth more than $30.

[@mortykatz8818]

@@LisaTurner-d1b no I have it it’s very cheap

[@LisaTurner-d1b]

@@mortykatz8818 So how much is your life worth. The waxed jute and ferro rod can save your life as you have the ability to build a fire. You have 3 knives/multitool, cordage, shovel, multiple compasses , light source/s, ( it should have come with a battery that much I can say) , a net to keep the bugs away among other things. All you see is a $30 price tag and who made it and judged it based on that. If it sold for $124 you would probably singing its praises. Everything in that bag is functional and you cannot ask for more. It is a functional kit and that is all that matters.

[@mortykatz8818]

@@LisaTurner-d1b no I wouldn’t and if you’re capable a box of matches would start a fire wth the fat wood you should carry the wire saw is useless and so is the water holder. IMO i think you should be more interested in quality than garbage. - and build your own like a real compass etc

[@dirtyscoundrel2013]

Just sell me the empty bag for five bucks and I'll build my kit including shelter, medical, water purification etc etc

[@AtwoodThreads]

Pretty much. Update video soon on what I did to make it more useful

[@dirtyscoundrel2013]

@@AtwoodThreads awesome. Let me know when it's posted, please.

[@larrybroughton4065]

I think I can make a better kit from stuff I have around my house and I never put a kit together

[@AtwoodThreads]

Almost guaranteed you can. For an off the shelf product at a huge retailer its not horrible, but not great ha ha

[@butchie2752]

@@AtwoodThreadsgood vid and interesting kit for people who haven’t thought about it themselves. I have and have different (better versions) of the everything in it. Main thing missing: water purification.

[@AtwoodThreads]

@@butchie2752 Water purification likely left out for legal reasons. Although they likely didn't think about it in any case. I add in water treatment to all my kits. I will be taking what's good from this one and ditching the rest. I am always interested to see what they put in these kits.

[@butchie2752]

@@AtwoodThreads It is interesting. I already have all that stuff, like most people watching those vids. Might be good to just keep in your car.

[@AtwoodThreads]

@@butchie2752 Not a bad kit to add to and throw in the trunk or behind a seat for sure. I really enjoy (and sometimes laugh) seeing what all these companies deem as "survival" kits though lol

[@pine0981]

Looks ok to me for the money........ you could do worse. Beats nothing.

[@jeremybrinlee1965]

Made in China

[@AtwoodThreads]

As with most everything now a days

[@BOB12349307]

junk!!

[@squirrelcovers6340]

$30 for a bunch of crap.

[@AtwoodThreads]

Really it's $30 for a bunch of gimmicks. Not all the gear in this kit is crap to be fare. Most of it is but not all. That's the whole reason for the video is to show what is actually inside so people can make a more informed decision.

[@peterlarson3284]

It's trash ! Don't waste your money on this cheap crap

[@AtwoodThreads]

Most of it is, yes. But to be fair (why I bought it and did a video on it) there are a few items in here that are good. Would be better to not have to buy all the other junk to get them but that's why I did it.

[@LisaTurner-d1b]

@@AtwoodThreads I think not only that you are wrong but the individual you are replying to.. Dead wrong. First lets start off with the fact you forgot as everyone else has is the presence of Molle straps on the pack. Then the one thing everyone makes fun of is the little water bottle holder. I use these to carry empty 1 liter bottles. I also use one for a trot line. I can throw my trot line into the water then proceed to set up my camp. It's fishing while I'm doing something else. By doing this I have maximized my time and calorie usage. Using a trot line allows me to fish and forage, collect wood, treat water or just relax at the same time. Just to be up front I bought 2 more of these bags after the first one. People knock on the shovel. First of the shovel while it may look useless has the following: A compass in the base. A hollow handle capable of storage. The ability to saw a small branch, dig, dig a trench ,slash, chop and as a weapon against both 4 and 2 legged creatures. Of course there is still room in the shovels pouch to carry small items. So the included shovel has 10 uses which more than meets my requirements that anything going into my pack/s must have a minimum of 3 functions. People look at Ozark Trail and think it is just cheap junk based on the price. If the price on this kit was $125 people would be raving about how great this kit is especially since it has Molle on the outside to carry things like a flashlight. As to those who think $30 is too much I have to ask you if your life is worth $30. I ask this because the ferro rod and waved jute which easily takes a spark allows you to have a fire. Now I do have a bone to pick with everyone who talks about their kits. I have yet to see a video where anyone includes a whetstone. How in the world can anyone go into the woods, jungle or desert with a knife and not have the ability to sharpen that knife. Folks put a whetstone in your pack if you are carrying any type of blade. I also see a failure of many to not include a sewing kit.. You may need to close a laceration yourself and without superglue you will need to sew it up. I've heard that dental floss is the best due to its strength if you are sewing yourself up but if that is not available then some thread from your sewing kit will do. There is also an easter egg with this kit that few have discovered. Look hard and tell me if you have found it.