NEW Ozark Trail Survival Kit From Walmart | How Bad Is it?

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If Walmart sells it for $35 then they bought it for half the price and the manufacturer had to produce it for half the price which means it cost about $8 or less to manufacture. This is good to give to young people who are backyard camping.

I also had a chance to mess with 1 of these kits.#1 I found the ferro rod in the bracelet can be pulled out & placed back in.That makes it a bit more usable-vertically.#2 the shovel actually works ok as a hoe.A file sharpened the edges & made it good enough to cut wet roots,the saw edge works when sharpened,mainly for wet roots,not much more than that.We put masking tape on the handle to keep it in place better.Loaded the handle with birthday candles,strike anywhere matches & a couple strikers in wax paper & rolled that in plastic wrap.#3 survival card works well as a striker for the ferro rod & the hole with the numbers barely works as a sun dial/compass.#4 the ferro rod pulls out on its own after striking it several times,glued it back in with silicone.#5 the knife was dull,we sharpened it well & applied silicone spray to the hinges,as it was stiff.We added a small ziploc bag with cotton balls coated with Vicks & a few slivers of fatwood into the kit with some curad cloth bandaids & an old credit card wrapped with duct tape & a fresnel lens.This kit was purchased by a buddies grandson,We asked if we could play & doctor it up to enhance it a bit,he agreed to it.He was happy with the outcome because we didn't damage anything.We sharpened/honed everything with a cutting edge.His grandson is 10 yrs old. & will go hunting with grandpa in the fall this year. Cheers!

The "survival wire saw" is better used for Spec Ops as a garotte.

You can keep a copy of your last will and testament in the shovel handle for when you body is discovered, if this was what you were relying on lol

I've thought about what would make an actually decent survival kit. You want shelter, and you want warmth, really just enough to survive overnight. What i would do is first and foremost a very lightweight poncho that can be turned into a tarp, and maybe 20 feet of paracord set up as a rapid deploy ridgeline. I'd make up an additional 2 or 3 soft shackles. Some light weight tent stakes for securing the poncho shelter. Next you need fire, so I'd add one or two of those super easy to light fire starters (there are several kinds that would work, waxed cotton, chem tabs, etc), a lighter, and s ferro rod and striker. A decent sized Swiss army knife. Finally some water purification tabs , as well a a roll up water bag. Heck if you use a small dry bag to carry the kit that could be your water bag too. Ready but essential. Lastly, if i were actually marketing this I'd include instructions for what to do with everything! That's probably the most important thing missing from these kits.

this kit reminds me of the 80's rambo knife.. they would pair together well for the end times bug out... LOL surprised no poncho and space blanket or matches

You could have put two pieces of wood through the wire saw ring holes and it probably would have saved your hands some trauma. But that wire saw is a piece of junk anyway. I would have tossed it.

Why don't you make a few survival kits and sell them. Different prices for different kits. Perhaps make a video with your website link with lists of what to buy and where to buy it to make your own custom survival kit. I do appreciate your critique of Walmart products, always fair.

I think you use the cord, knives and saws to make a snare. then you clobber the rats, squirrels ,and rabbits on the head with the poop spade. For bait, you hide behind a bush and make a sound like a carrot.

$30 that could've gone towards some decent gear, like a mora companion.

Cork screw very often is needed. Things I use mine for are pulling apart stubborn knots and boring holes along with the awl. My EDC knife is the Swiss Army Knife Huntsman. As for the ferro rod, most folks are not aware the black paint is protection for the ferro rod from oxidation. To produce good sparks remove the black paint from the area you want to strike from, other areas with black paint do not need being cleaned off. Also, many strikers have a sharper edge designed for right handers only. A few of mine I can strike with my right hand but not my left. Yes, I am left handed so I purchased separate strikers with six sharp 90 degree angles. Of all the items in the kit, it is the bug net I like the most, need to purchase a head shoulders bug net.

It's great for "City People"! Or young grandkids to "play with". Til they get thirsty. Then they go to the cooler and get a cold soda!

Making your own is better and more fun

The maker should consider adding a toe tag so the searcher can ID your body.

Thanks for showing - interesting kit, better than many others. Never seen a kit with three knives in it. As for the ferrorod: proper ferrorods contain iron and cerium (or a mix of rare earth metals=Mischmetall) and magnesium to improve the sparks. These cheap chinese rods often come with zinc instead of magnesium, making them spark poorly, but yours seems to be pretty decent - it's problem is a crappy striker, it's covered in paint, so get rid of that and hone the edges, maybe it works. Better try it with a ceramic or tungsten carbide, at least with a piece of an old file, which is ground to a crisp 90°. The showel is a piece of crap, the handle is screwed together and will loosen on working with it. Drill a hole through the threads and put a pin in to fix it. Also cut off the tip and sharpen it, otherwise it's a pain in the a.. to go through roots. As for the paracord bracelet: you can pull out the striker and use the back (I had to grind mine some to get a crisp 90°), the somewhat serrated front is ment to fray the firestarters! Although the two-tone whistle is decent loud, whistling in wintertime will be challenging with that aluminium housing, replace it with a plastic one, issued with life vests and rafts - they are sold at nearly the same price. If they had provided a Victorinox SAK, you could use the corkscrew to store Helix-tinder and/or a 'Fire-Ant' micro ferrorod. It's useful to undo knots as well, paracord knots use to tighten up really bad. I'm missing a signalling mirror and some kind of shelter, at least a large garbage bag or 55gallon drumliner should fit in there, as well as a Mylar blanket.

The striker on that bracelet comes out and then you can use it. And it will throw sparks. I've seen fires made with them, though there is a learning curve.

You can remove the striker on the bracelet from the buckle…

Their kits always just check the boxes of what you might need rather than providing solid equipment. I usually just look at the back to see what's in there to give me ideas on what I might need to add to my own kit, then put it right back on the shelf where it belongs. It's all about hitting that price point to move units to them.

The striker on the paracord bracelet can actually slide out of the buckle. Not much more of a handhold, but more striking surface than keeping it in the buckle. I have some and actually make them, so I've practiced a lot. I heard they were gimmicky after I got mine, but, with practice, and in an OH S**T moment, they work