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Review: Gear Pods



Credit: James Davies (used with permission)

 For a while I’ve been looking at putting together a survival kit. Well, a good first aid kit was my idea, but James Davies thought of more than that. He started a 1 man business that offers kits for almost every (if not all) survival situations, including first aid.

We start with something simple, a tube which holds survival gear relating to the logo on the side (cooking, fire starting, stove, shelter, etc), but just look at the different kits on their website and you can tell that they aren’t just selling packaging. Effort went into these ideas (Just check out his innovate stove module here.) The tubes are waterproof, as said, and by using different connectors can be joined together or expanded into something longer.

Why would you expand them? Well, because you have the option of buying individual pieces off the website so you can customize what you carry (why go for the razor blade or small saw blade, when you could carry CRT’s portable Ritter knife or the UST Sabercut saw?). If you think you can do better, then why don’t you just buy the pods and make up your own kit? This feature really is nice. Unlike so many suvival products, you have control what you buy and aren’t obligated to pay for things you don’t want. Not that you wouldn’t want what’s in these kits! If all you want to do is make use of the pods themself (or gear inside for that matter), buy the sizes you wnat, the connectors you want and then go bargain hunting based on your own needs!

Anyway, take a look at the site: http://www.gearpods.com/ and see if you can find something you’d use in your car, kayak, quad, backpack or even just at home.

If you want to take a look at the youtube channel, you can see several different reviews, including some guys who have gone out with just the gear pods kits. http://www.youtube.com/gearpods

Although I’m sure they are busy, fell free to drop them an email if you have a question. Their response has been quick and friendly. One of the added benefits of a small business.

About Paul

A guy trying to get away from his desk so that he can fish, hike, play and just plain be in the outdoors.

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