Sequoia Survival Company: Vehicle Kit

Looking for Christmas gift ideas?  Do I have the present for you. Thanks, PBN!  Sequoia Travel Company has a vehicle survival kit that rocks my world.

The kit includes:

Water and food:

32 oz water

Meals ready to eat (MRE) for 2 people for 1 day

First Aid and Shelter:

151 piece first aid kit from 3M 

Two thermal emergency blankets 

Two rain ponchos 

Two 6-hour hand warmers

Lighting:

Two 12-hour light sticks

Windproof and waterproof matches

Tools and Communication:

Crank radio/light and cell phone charger*

Gerber multi-function hardware tool

Leather work gloves

Duct tape

Rope

Hygiene and Other:

Cleansing wipes

Toilet paper

Notebook

Pen

Playing cards

My beloved, the little angel and I haven't been able to thoroughly road-test the kit, thank God, but we looked through the kit and had this to say about its contents:

Water and food:

32 oz water

Rita: Water:  It is the source of life.

Beloved: It’s important. (changes channel)

Meals ready to eat (MRE) for 2 people for 1 day

Rita:  Or a carful of sorority girls for three weeks.

Beloved:  Easier than having to enroll in the army.  Same thing without all the Iraq!

151 piece first aid kit from 3M

Rita: Everything but K-Y.

• Two thermal emergency blankets  (silver and reflective)

Rita:  Perfect for a NY rave.

Beloved: If you’re trying to signal in the space shuttle, you’ve come to the right place.

• Two rain ponchos

Rita:  Beloved loves these so much that he sleeps in them.

Beloved:  Nice touch.

• Two 6-hour hand warmers

Rita: Those aren’t pillows!

Beloved: If there are hand-warmers in here, this thing is the real deal.

Lighting:

• Two 12-hour light sticks

Rita:  Paired nicely with the emergency blankets, you can get laid anywhere.

Beloved:  Remember the wax matches?  Much better.

• Windproof and waterproof matches

Rita:  Blondie can still get her smoke on.

Tools and Communication:

• Crank radio/light and cell phone charger*

Rita:  It’s a cell phone charger, too? I didn’t even notice that part.  I’m pissed it has AM, because I have to travel with God’s gift to sports radio.

Beloved:  What?  No crank-up MP3 player?  Seriously, easily the hit of the survival kit. (the little angel stole this and we had to dig it out from her treasure box)

• Gerber multi-function hardware tool

Rita:  This is something with which I will hurt myself.

• Leather work gloves

Rita:  She works hard for the money.

• Duct tape

Rita:  Duct tape holds the universe together.  And Beloved’s windshield wipers, when I first met him and he drove a Dodge Dynasty.

• Rope

Rita:  All the better to catch our dinner with.

Hygiene and Other:

• Cleansing wipes

Rita:  For that not-so-fresh feeling.

• Toilet paper

Rita:  A woman helped with this.

• Notebook

Rita:  Thank goodness, someone was thinking of me.

• Pen
• Playing cards

Rita:  So you can kill each other over the Hearts score right before your face is eaten by wolves.

Comments

[Mike Crank Radio B]

I have a crank radio and a crank flashlight. They have been great to have during a power outage and for use during tavel. I use them on camping trips as well. Everyone should have them avalible.

[Josh Cooper]

Thank you for the recommendation. I've been reading a lot lately about the importance of having a change of clothes in an emergency bag. Most bags you can buy on the internet don't have the room you'd need to carry a whole change of clothes. What would you suggest?