hello YouTube is Chris here and in
today's episode we're going to be
discussing the gear only box for MAY 2017
by survival boxes so stick with me
welcome back everybody and thank you for
sticking with me like I said today we're
going to be discussing the gear only box
for May 2017 by survival boxes now for
anybody new to the channel survival
boxes is a multi package monthly
subscription service and what I mean by
that is they offer three separate
packages in their subscription service
the alpha the Bravo and the gear only box
which we'll be discussing today now for
anybody who follows my channel you guys
know that I love survival boxes because
they try really hard at being a
well-rounded service they don't just shove
gear porn in your face now they do have
the gear only box for us to who love gear but
on like in their alpha and Bravo series
they do a very good job of trying to be
rounded in giving me provisions some
food supplements some knowledge and
things like that and touch on that this
is a survival knowledge card number 16
which is 12 plants and foliage you can
survive on which is amazing so for
anybody who doesnt study herbology and
actually know about the plants around
them this can give them a guide and a
reference point to do some research and
teach their kids at the same time and
that is something that I do as well. I
have the notebook that came in the Welcome box
and every so often they provide a
notebook for their survival boxes but
I've been collecting all of the
knowledge cards they've got and now I
have a good reference point to give my
kids some knowledge that they can read
over and we can do some discussions and
they can have some theoretical knowledge
before we head outdoors. Now this month's
theme is camping and bug-out comfort but
for those of us who go out camping you
know that if you're not fully prepared
you can be pretty miserable pretty
quickly outdoors now the first few items
in the box are these epic wipes these
are a massive massive wet wipe these
things are freaking incredible we've
gotten these in a few different
subscription services before and we're
going to be doing a for you on these but
these things are amazing it is a giant
wet wipe about the size of a freaking
towel this thing is huge it is designed
to give you an ability to without being
able to take a shower to a little clean
yourself off if you get really dirty
sweaty you're working outside all day
you can rinse off and kind of get
to go so you're not just filled with
rhyme and dirt until you get back to
your you know back to your homes you
take showers now the next item on the
list is this biodegradable concentrated
Kamp soap though I like this because
they actually give you a full eight
ounce bottle which is great but for this
it's fragrance free so you're not going
to smell like you know anything weird
outdoors but it's biodegradable means it
will actually break down for you why
outdoors so it's safe to use out nature
now the next item on the list is an
extremely important one this is the UST
5-gallon solar shower and for you guys
who don't know what that is you actually
use the fact of this black outer coating
to fill up some water inside here up to
five gallons and you let it sit on the
Sun for several hours and what that does
is they heat up your water and give you
a warm shower now out here in Texas I
can tell you for certain it does not
take long to get nasty crazy and funky
in the outdoors but being able to even
if you're going to be outdoors the whole
time be able to kind of wash off the
filth and the funk from the next day or
at night before you go and lay in your
tent your hammock wherever you're going
to be that's a really really helpful
thing at boosts morale and kind of gives
you a nice fresh clean feeling once the
Sun Goes Down and you go to and join the
campfire and such what as you can see
this bad boy is freaking huge now the
next item now it doesn't necessarily
pertain to me because I'm not a coffee
drinker
however they have the planetary design
double shot French press mug this is
pretty cool because it helps you take
your mug all you're going to do is pour
some hot water in there if you need to
and you can use it as a French press
because it is one and it'll make you a
cup of coffee but you can take the
French press out put in the drinkable
lid and you've got a hot cup of coffee
with you all morning now to coincide
with the French press they have a nice
big bag of Airy coffee roasters which is
the micro roaster so you can use in your
coffee mug like I said I'm not a coffee
drinker but I know for a lot of people
having an ability to drink some coffee
get some caffeine you something warm to
kind of get your blood vessels flowing
is really important to them in the
outdoors now the next item on the list
is called fiber light this is finely
ground wood fiber and a wax
it's a fire starter this is pretty neat
I like the fact that they actually put a
ranger band to help keep out some
moisture and keep this
sealed up so when you put this in your
packet won't just kind of come open and
explode it now being able to start a
fire is extremely important so what we
did is we went outside and you know
lighter fire with this thing we noticed
we got some pretty good runtimes with it
it wasn't too bad at all and it was
pretty easy to start our fire now we did
use a really high grade fire steels and
for Richards bushcraft so being able at
a fire with pretty much anything we get
plenty of sparks with that however with
the amount of wood fiber in wax material
they give you in this thing if you use
it sparingly and you actually process
your tinder really well which is already
pretty processed really nicely you'll be
able to get pretty long runtimes and be
able to get yourself a fire started as
long as you plan ahead now the next item
on the list is the ration tool by
Kershaw and this is a pretty neat ration
tool and now some people may not like
the fact that a fork is poking out on
the other end but it has a bottle opener
you can clap the stews come your pack
with a kit the carabiner they actually
have with you you have to spoon the fork
so you can actually eat with some of the
mess kits and other things they provide
in this pack the next item on the list
is this 8 piece mitt kit by Red Rock and
this reminds me of a few other mess
because I've seen because it's basically
designed to be include a mess kit in a
container so it will close up nicely but
once you open it up you'll see that you
actually have a plastic cutting board
and a strainer for some like rice pasta
anything like that you have the
seasoning shaker which is kind of nice
to have so you can have some flavorful
food you have a cup or a small bowl for
either like oatmeal or some tea coffee
anything like that and then you have
your metal utensil that you like the
fact they include and metal utensils
because it can handle the heat if you
need to do any stirring and it looks
like from what I can see you got a fork
spoon and a knife in this kit along with
the actual main plate or Bowl you can
use to eat your food you know the next
item on the list is another mess kit
this is from oldie camp this is actually
a stainless steel mess kit instead of
the pocket one we just looked at but in
this one this one is more designed for
the actual cooking over the fire aspect
instead of the carrying carrying storage
and the eating portion so as you can
tell by looking at this thing you can
see that it does have a good snap to it
so you'll have it secure closing when
the
fully open but you'll have a nice bowl
to be able to eat out of but I want to
just keep this out of the fire obviously
you've got a pot lid that a plastic cup
for either measuring or drinking
anything out of then you have a
container this would be really good for
like soups or any students that you
decide to make and it keeps this thing
where you can actually hang this from
like a tripod and last but not least you
have a decent sized skillet to put
things like meats and vegetables and
anything and actually do your cooking
over the fire now the last item on the
list is the free skate by Gerber and we
would have had this video out a lot
sooner but we actually wanted to take
some of the stuff out and use it as
you've been able to see through the
action footage we've been rolling in but
this is a really good at shopping and
food prep designed at knife it's good
for the light medium tasks with a
stainless steel blade on the coating the
rubberized grip is really good to make
sure you don't lose your grip on there
it was really nice in hand but it sliced
really delicate foods really really
really well now the sheath isn't
anything super awesome or anything write
home about but it's like a thirty dollar
knife so it is what it is but it's got a
decent spot to UM put it for belt carry
it's got a platform all plastic liner in
there so you don't rip open your nylon
webbing and it does have a velcro strap
to make sure that you can secure this
knife in the sheath without too many
problems now since my wife is the
culinary chef of the house she's
basically the one who's formally trained
we both cook though we let her take this
for a spin for an entire food prep and
the meal for breakfast and this thing
did amazing from all of the vegetables
and the meats and everything that I had
to work up and cut and slice it did an
amazing amazing amazing job it came
really sharp out of the box it was
really comfortable very easy to use and
that's something we looked you look for
when you're looking for a food prep
knife or something enter take with you
outdoors all I really really like this
box I think they did an extremely good
job it was very thought-out you have
plenty of items and the value is
definitely definitely there for this box
you would pay about 80 $9.99 per month
and something that survival box have
started doing which I really enjoy
because I do my own individual research
they actually started dropping in the
lowest online price are basically Amazon
into their equation when they give
you the value of the box so you get the
full retail value which is rated at 159
up for $159 and 20 cents and also the
lowest online price which rounds out to
about 140 808 now I did my own
individual research and I was able to
find everything for one 36 24 online and
that was before I put in the cart and
encounter for any shipping for anybody
who may or may not have Amazon Prime but
like I said I think that Kilda this
month I think they did a really good job
survival boxes seems to be really
stepping up their game with their themes
in the amount of items the quality items
and the actual gear they put in there
your only box the past couple months and
I'm really excited to see what they come
up with in the future but one quick
announcement I want to give you guys
before we go is we have our impending
50,000 subscriber giveaway where we're
going to be giving away five thousand
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that just about does it for now I hope
you guys have an absolute wonderful day
I'm out
you