Wilderness Survival Kit: 10 Essentials You NEED

Wilderness Survival Kit: 10 Essentials You NEED

This is a basic Wilderness Survival Kit! Hopefully you won’t need to use these in a real survival situation. I find a lot of situations don’t have to cause you to worry though if you have a simple kit like this with you in the wilderness.

Incase you want to pick up your own kit, here are some essentials I mentioned.

Blades
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Shelter:
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Fire:
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Ferro-Rod: https://amzn.to/3kAHRba
Magnesium Firestarter: https://amzn.to/3r5rfe3

Cord:
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Simple Paracord: https://amzn.to/3bRNeOT

Water:
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Iodine Tablets: https://amzn.to/3dCTX1R
Life Straw: https://amzn.to/2ZGMG9a
Sawyer filter: https://amzn.to/37zUZrp
Grayl Water purifier: https://amzn.to/3unH8P2

Light:
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Candle Light UCO: https://amzn.to/2ZXTf7o

Signaling
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Spot3: https://amzn.to/3b5VYSx
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Signaling Mirror: https://amzn.to/3e0sXtg

First Aid Kit: https://amzn.to/3bRPu8P

Bag: Drakon: https://amzn.to/3uFK7Cl

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50 Comments

  1. @philcann4672 on May 21, 2025 at 10:45 am

    You are a prepper you have prepared a bag. You leave it by your door if anything happens that’s prepping

  2. @michaelscott5917 on May 21, 2025 at 10:45 am

    A pretty good kit for townies and people who aren’t use to being in the woods

  3. @merikatools568 on May 21, 2025 at 10:46 am

    Where the baby oil in case Diddy get out?

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  5. @ronaldrose7593 on May 21, 2025 at 10:51 am

    Great informative video. 😊

  6. @Randers69 on May 21, 2025 at 10:51 am

    Small portable solar panel with rechargeable headlamp and flashlight instead of anything with disposable batteries or that can burn up like a candle. I bought one of those usb solar panels and it folds up to about 10 inch by 6 inch and is incredibly thin, you won’t even notice it in a pack. You don’t want to be out there and not be able to tell what’s around you. That’s one little piece of advice for a pack. Also, metal water bottle for boiling water after you run it through a light filter.

  7. @atlasproduction4773 on May 21, 2025 at 10:52 am

    A zippo can also do the job

  8. @CorneliusBerg-y8i on May 21, 2025 at 10:54 am

    "Have it in wilderness" bro i need this everyday inside my apartment

  9. @mvk24 on May 21, 2025 at 10:54 am

    What was the make and model of that pack?

  10. @JohnWest-zq5gs on May 21, 2025 at 10:54 am

    Have a bag of corn chips easiest way to start a fire

  11. @christophercooper7210 on May 21, 2025 at 10:57 am

    3 weeks w no food , now that’s a diet plan lol

  12. @creepybeat on May 21, 2025 at 10:57 am

    3:36 hey its kinda obvious but what if you drink a toxic water, polluted with some kind of poison or other toxin, this cant be filtered, right?

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  14. @DavidAlki88 on May 21, 2025 at 10:59 am

    3 hours without warmth?? pretty sure i survived days in afghanistan

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  16. @analyticofexistance7847 on May 21, 2025 at 11:01 am

    My only criticism is "mother nature isn’t trying to kill us"? I know a lot of people who would suggest otherwise 😂

  17. @AMC-eq3jr on May 21, 2025 at 11:02 am

    Many city folks have died because they had no survival skills. A CEO in Calif got lost driving, burned four tires for heat, left his car for help. He perished, also his wife in his car. Two ladies died because one got locked out of the car when it auto locked. The driver got lost in the cold winter when she stopped her car to walk her dog. A whistle would have prevented the unfortunate deaths. The one dollar Mylar survival blanket is underrated for winter situations.

  18. @derekketcham1540 on May 21, 2025 at 11:02 am

    One thing i recommend, carying as well, a good compass.

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  20. @dallasdon4662 on May 21, 2025 at 11:05 am

    You know what’s better than a lighter or matches a magnifying glass

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  22. @TheOutdoorInc on May 21, 2025 at 11:05 am

    You forgot the most important items and that is the clothes you are wearing along with shoes. Pack warm clothes in that bag along with gloves and a beanie!!!!

  23. @ICanHazRecon911 on May 21, 2025 at 11:06 am

    I completely agree with everything in this video, but would only say to emphasize your first aid more. A small cut can rot extremely fast without modern medicine, and a small sprain can be debilitating or even fatal if you can’t move to do what you need to. Spot on otherwise though

  24. @bowserwins on May 21, 2025 at 11:08 am

    Everything here is so overbuilt/overly redundant. For this bulk you could bring an ultralight sleeping bag/quilt which would actually keep you warm unlike a chintzy space blanket. A 0.4 oz mini bic is lighter, smaller, and more useful than a giant tube of stormproof matches. A tiny pack of aquatabs is so much lighter than bringing 3 different water filtration systems. Bring a tiny rechargeable flashlight instead of a clunky caving headlamp. Nobody is going to be hauling that bag on every trip 😂

  25. @MikBar-nj8jq on May 21, 2025 at 11:08 am

    The problem with lint is it stinks

  26. @electricheartpony on May 21, 2025 at 11:08 am

    If you can fit it, bring a bic lighter. Can light a fire with it with or without any fuel.

  27. @JulianJohnston919 on May 21, 2025 at 11:09 am

    Don’t forget guys, there are two types of preppers and you should create your bag aaccordingly. Are you going to hang around where you broke down, or are you going out to find help?

  28. @bradley6386 on May 21, 2025 at 11:10 am

    Always bring more water than you think you need. I have regretted bringing too much crap many many times. But running out of water is a real bummer. One time i was on a weak long hiking trip and me and my buddy ran completely out of water. Ita not fun. We only went a few hours we found water luckily but if you were completely lost, it would be a major blow psychologicaly

  29. @SilverBull-r3c on May 21, 2025 at 11:11 am

    No multi tool ??

  30. @aWandering_soul on May 21, 2025 at 11:11 am

    Yeah nice and simple video dude, thanks for sharing the knowledge! Earned the like and the sub 😁♥️

  31. @denofearthundertheeverlast5138 on May 21, 2025 at 11:17 am

    You can survive longer than 3 weeks without food, I got sepsis in 2020, thought I had covid because the symptom’s were just like I had the flu and covid had just started..coughing, shuddering chills, splitting head when I coughed, stinky sweats, cluster headaches, loss of appetite, I suffered at home for a month without eating because I thought I’d just ride the covid out for two weeks, but I never got better, I started to feel like I was getting better but it never progressed to full recovery, so then went to the hospital and thats when I found out I was very lucky to have survived a very nasty case of sepsis.

  32. @wcookiv on May 21, 2025 at 11:18 am

    Some people pack fish hooks and line, but have you ever tried to fish with a stick? I pack a little two piece ice fishing rod and spinner, and a couple of generic soft-baits. Then again, I live in "the land of 100,000 lakes" so no matter how lost you get you’re never very far from a hungry walleye.

  33. @fellzer on May 21, 2025 at 11:19 am

    Californians larping

  34. @robertsavard3508 on May 21, 2025 at 11:19 am

    Most ppl cheap on the tarp like your bivy shelter. Don’t bother with throw away ones. Get something decent. Shelters very important

  35. @MrCobb-rq8iv on May 21, 2025 at 11:22 am

    Too busy, too noisy, too colorful, be hunted down in the first or second wave

  36. @creepybeat on May 21, 2025 at 11:23 am

    1:17 wtf 3 weeks without food?? I can’t survive ONE day without food, dead serious.

  37. @erasmogarcia4197 on May 21, 2025 at 11:26 am

    What the name of the bag again?

  38. @JasonTrometre79 on May 21, 2025 at 11:27 am

    I just reserve that bucket my local library. I’m doing a hike from San Francisco up to British Columbia in search a few mushroom mushrooms. In the United States this year because I’m mushrooms in Oregon

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  40. @robertsimpson5801 on May 21, 2025 at 11:30 am

    Number one lesson to learn:

    Do not let this man drive your car or your boat!

  41. @yt-sh on May 21, 2025 at 11:30 am

    Thank you for making this useful video!

  42. @RoscoPColetraneIII on May 21, 2025 at 11:32 am

    A word on first-aid kits. I’m a physician (plastic and reconstructive surgeon with a phenomenal amount of trauma management experience) as well as an experienced long-distance backpacker. I trained at Johns Hopkins. Here’s my 2 cents.
    Most of the contents in a first-aid kit are worthless for a backpacker. I can think of NO scenario where it is necessary nor safe to suture a wound closed when on the trail. An open wound is a wound that WILL NOT get infected. Suturing a wound closed can cause infection. Further, the time to learn how to properly clean a wound, establish a sterile work field AND how to suture is not when you are on a trail. Never suture a wound closed. Leave it open. Clean it frequently (every 4 to 6 hours) with clean treated water. I promise you it won’t get infected if you do this. Even if you are looking at bone or blood vessels—keep it clean and properly moist.
    Gauze is another item that truly makes no sense. Here’s why: gauze is a sponge for everything and it will literally start to grow bacteria within minutes of being placed on a wound. You must change a gauze dressing at least every 12 hours. If you don’t, that wound will get infected. Changing the dressing twice daily is going to require a lot of gauze—much more than the first aid kit has. Again, an open wound is a safe wound. Cover it with clothing to keep bugs away, but cleanse it frequently with clean water. It isn’t ideal, but it’s much better than keeping bacteria-infested gauze on it for days.
    Splints are worthless on the trail. It may make you feel better about things, but it’s truly worthless. You need your legs, thighs, pelvis and spine to be intact in order to walk. If they are broken no amount of splints will help. If you break your arm or hand you can still walk.
    The things I recommend for first aid are: medicine for nausea and diarrhea (pepto bismol), electrolytes to help replenish yourself after vomiting, if you experience diarrhea or experience heat exhaustion or altitude sickness.
    The best electrolyte replacement is oral rehydration fluid. Here’s the recipe: 1/2 to 3/4-teaspoon table salt, 2 tablespoons sugar and 1 liter of water. Every hiker should carry this with them.
    Mole skin for blisters, with a small knife or scissors to cut the pieces needed.
    Insect repellent and mosquito net for your face. Up to 1 MILLION people die every year from mosquito borne illnesses. Insects are the number one most common cause of death for hikers. Don’t believe me? Do some research and you’ll quickly realize you are wrong.
    It comes down to this: if you are injured you will either still be able to walk to safety (in which case the injury likely won’t kill you even if you completely neglect it), OR you won’t be able to walk to safety, in which case a first aid kit will be totally useless. If you can’t walk to safety, you’ll need a satellite communication device to call for help. So carry a satellite communication device.
    Stop wasting money on first-aid kits. Think through scenarios that may happen (burns, sprained ankles, etc.). You need to know the common scenarios that would require you to immediately change plans and head for safety or call for help. Know your boundaries. Think through scenarios. Play them out in your mind. What would you do? In what order? This is how you keep yourself and others alive.

  43. @ToyoteroMundial on May 21, 2025 at 11:34 am

    Any updates in 2025?

  44. @petersimon7266 on May 21, 2025 at 11:34 am

    Another pair of socks.

  45. @arizonaoum6930 on May 21, 2025 at 11:37 am

    When there a danger places like floods or wildfires pack your survival backpack

  46. @pakleader4 on May 21, 2025 at 11:38 am

    Well I guess you’re wrong because Mother Nature tires to kill you daily! In The woods Mother Nature is like a black widow spider she makes it look very enticing and you have to escape her grip once your escapades is over. If your talking to survivalist then why do they try and teach techniques to sustain your stay. Anything can happen in the woods but to survive it is another story. TO BE IN A SURVIVAL SITUATION YOU LACK CERTAIN GEAR otherwise you wouldn’t be in that situation if you had it. Having a certain piece of gear or item saids you have the skill set necessary to operate it and utilize it properly. Of course there are idiots that think they know how to use or do certain activities with proper equipment 🤨 and DON’T!!!!? Mother Nature in her grand design made it 😢 so you will die one day and all living things must die eventually so to me that statement is false. When engaging treks no matter how small anything can happen life threatening. Your determination and knowledge can or will prevail, but for a lack of gear necessary to aid you can make or break you. Just like a lack of knowledge. Mother Nature does not give you an instruction manual while your out there, your relying on knowledge handed down by others and hopefully that knowledge is very acute and trustworthy. When… you have so many fake survivalist on YouTube in that their GLAMOUR is going to get someone killed trying there doppelgänger techniques and not been truly tested or have never been in a survival scenario a day in there life or lifestyle. Creative scenarios are prefigured to allow a person to walk away unscathed DAVE CANTERBURY is one of those individuals and lots more who follow his stuff. You guys are not thinking thing’s thru!!!

    SEMPER FI

  47. @sandus88 on May 21, 2025 at 11:39 am

    This survival Kit looks good

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMq2KWFm39Q

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  49. @rtopalovich on May 21, 2025 at 11:42 am

    Extra batteries!

  50. @MEONSHAY1 on May 21, 2025 at 11:42 am

    Thank you for sharing

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