Custom Gear Report

There is a new concept in outdoor equipment, a survival kit that is both personalized and commercialized.  GearPods offer the ability to purchase pre-assembled kits, or components to construct your own kit.

A few weeks ago James Davies, the inventor of GearPods, asked me to assemble an Advanced First aid Kit. Here is my opinion of a custom med kit in a very new commercial case.

When I assembled the kit I tried to look at things that had multiple uses and catered the kit to someone in the healthcare field.

I started on the outside pouch with a small pair of shears (mini shears from www.minishears.com).

The Pods are in a specific order:

Small Pod:
4 pairs of nitrite gloves
2 Asprin tablets (325 mg ea) (placed here for quick access in case of chest pain)

Large pod:
1 SWAT-T
(6) 4” x 4” gauze pads
Roll of 1” tape
10 band-aids

Medium Pod:
(1) 3” x 9” Vaseline Gauze
(1) 3” Mosquito Hemostats
1 Ammonia inhalant
2 Vionex hand cleaners
10 Alcohol prep pads

Medium Pod:
2 Aspirin, 325 mg Tablet
6 Acetaminophen, 325 mg Tablet
8 Ibuprofen, 200 mg Tablet
4 Diphenhydramine, 25 mg Capsule
4 Diamode, 2 mg Tablet
4 Diotame Tablet
6 Alamag Tablet
6 Triple Antibiotic Ointment
4 Hydrocortisone Cream 1%
2 sting relief pad

The order of the pods was designed so that the gloves and aspirin were easy to get to. Next most common things used would probably be the meds so I put them on the other end. If you need to get the trauma or CPR items, then you are just going to have to open the whole kit up (gloves, trauma items, pain meds, antibiotic cream, gauze pads, tape, etc.)

All in all, I think this is a pretty inclusive kit. There is still room for to add other meds and supplies.  It covers what you need, but isn’t huge. The case is very rugged and waterproof.  There are MOLLE attachment points on one side of the optional sleeve to hold the tube.

This kit is not currently available fully stocked, however, is one use of the components purchased individually. Check out www.gearpods.com for more information.

Ken Dood

Alright here are the result from the Screwpop giveaway.

YouTube Winners are:

• zhdocmi
• drsnug22
• wahlmichael

Blog winners are:

• Chris
• stnphoto
• fightandflight

Again I want to thank Brett from Screwpop for sponsoring the contest.

For those of you into Keychain gadgets here is one sent to us from Screwpop. A neat little screw driver/bottle opener along with an add on extension tool.

Screwpop gave us 5 sets to give away, We’ll be giving away 3 on our YouTube channels and 2 more here on the CGR Blog.

here are the give away rules:

You tube Channel – Must be a channel subscriber, and post a comment on this video saying you want in on the contest.

Custom Gear Report Blog: Just post a comment in the comments section.

Thanks again to the folks at Screwpop for sponsoring this giveaway.

A while back Joel at Zulu Nylon gear sent us a sample 2nd Generation Mega Admin Pouch for review. We’ve finally gotten around to getting up a video of our thoughts on the pouch.

In summary, if your in the market for a large admin pouch you certainly can’t go wrong with the Mega Admin. It provides ample storage and organization options and it’s built to last from quality mateirals and solid construction techniques used throughout.

Pricing:

Solid Colors (Coyote, OD, Black) – $65
UCP/ACU – $66
Multicam – $68

Standby for our Zuly Nylon Gear Sponsored, Mega Admin pouch giveaway.

Congrats to TxSoldier he’s won the Blackwater Discrete Rifle Case donated by Bearse USA.

We also have our Monthly Points winners:

• 762Tactical (152)
• 9chase26 (131)
• ZHDocMi (90)
• fightandflight (53)
• ktg748 (34)

These five win their choice of one of the following  morale patches:

Skull and needles: Coyote, Black and White, or ACU/UCP

Classic Milspec Monkey Bang one, Bang em’ all (these colors schemes are no longer in production.) Arid, ACU/UCP or Woodland

If you choose to accept this months points prize, your points will be reduced by 100 if you have less than 110 your points will be set to 10 plus what ever points activity you earned after 12:00 pm 1 March 2010.

Again we want to thank contest sponsor Bearse USA for their kind donation.

Standby for future contest announcements.

Looks like there’s a new pocket tool maker chomping their way onto the scene with what they have named the Piranha. The tools is being offered by PocktToolX and designed by Mk7 Designs.

At initial glance it appears to pack quite a bit into a unique little package. A list of features that include:

- Open-ended wrench
- Box wrenches
- Bottle cap opener
- #2 Phillips screwdriver
- #8 flat-head screwdriver
- Pry bar
- Flat scraper
- 2 Pry tips
- Nail Puller
- Integrated grips
- Lanyard

Made from S30V Stainless Steel, hardened to 58-30 HRC with a smooth stone wash finish.

It’s my understanding these tools are going to be produced in significant quantities not small batches like smaller companies like Atwood so they should be readily available. Currently you have to pre-order but we are told they are to be in stock by mid December, hopefully in time for Christmas, this would be a cool stocking stuffer.

More pics after the break.

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The most clicked on links over the last seven days.

1. 762 Tactical
2. CPGear
3. Mayflower Research and Consulting

We want to thank everyone that is using this blog as it was intended. We only see it getting better and better.

We have some major plans for the very near future, so keep an eye out for several announcements over the coming days.

Tasty, Tasty, Murder.

Hunting season is either here, or on its way, depending on where you live in the US. Here is some inspiration for you hunters out there, the video starts a bit slow but it picks up.

Happy Hunting!