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DIY Survival Gear - Building a Survival Kit - Part Two - Signal Devices

In Building a Survival Kit - Part One , a container was chosen to hold our survival gear. The container was compact, lightweight and waterproof. It was also of sufficient size to hold a reasonable amount of survival gear. Now it?s time to start adding our survival gear to the container. One of the most important things required in a survival situation is a means to signal for help. Emergency signals generally involve sight and sound. If they can?t hear you, they may be able to see you or vice versa. This makes the choice for our next gear items for our survival kit a lot simpler. In order to save space, you also need to flatten your thinking when it comes to building a survival kit. Flat doesn?t take up as much space and will often weigh a lot less.
The first gear choice made for a signal device was a 3 inch x 4 inch stainless steel camp mirror. It?s flat, virtually indestructible and extremely easy to use to create a very bright signal flash. The camp mirror adds another $3.00 to the cost of our survival kit and an additional ounce of weight.

The second gear choice made for a signal device was a flat orange whistle (found in the boating dept.). It?s flat, brightly colored, waterproof and is very lightweight. The whistle adds another $2.00 to the cost of our survival kit and adds a little less than an ounce in additional weight. The survival kit now contains the means to use both sight and sound to signal for help if needed. Total cost of this survival kit is now $10.00 and has a total weight of approximately 7 ounces. Keep in mind this survival kit is being designed for long term use with good quality gear that will help you survive.?

The next installment will be:

DIY Survival Gear - Building a Survival Kit - Part Three

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