Ultimate Survival Technologies BASE Kit

I received a BASE (Basic Adventure Survival Essentials) Kit from Ultimate Survival Technologies today. This kit contains many of USTs essential items including the Sparkie one-handed firestarter, StarFlash signal mirror, JetScream whistle, and two cubes of their WetFire tinder. Instead of packaging it all in a hard case as they did with the NRA kits a few years ago, it comes in a 15 cubic inch Aloksak with a "patented leakproof/airtight seal" as tested by the U.S. Navy.

The kit will provide you with a reliable means to make fire and two signaling options as well as a water container.

The entire kit as received weighs in at 2.75 ounces and easily drops into a cargo pocket.

I'll dig into the whole kit soon and report back to you.

Thanks for reading,


B

EDIT: I opened it up this afternoon.

Here's everything plus my Small Sebenza which is just about all I could want in a true minimalist survival kit.

I might just toss the Sebenza into the pouch and zip it back up and then test the whole kit for water resistance to both still and running water. I already know the WetFire will be unphased as well as the rest of the gear but it'll be a fun test and a good reason to go splashing in the river and the pond.