GearPods Modular Survival and Adventure Kits

If you read my blog, then you probably already know that I get excited about my products pretty easily. Such is the outcome of owning a business that focuses on products for activities that you love.

A new line of products has had me ridiculously excited for about a year and I am very happy to finally be able to share the news.  The products are GearPods: modular survival, tool, and adventure kits.

The main parts of GearPods are various tubes, connectors, and other pieces that all connect together.  You can have your fire tools in one tube, first aid in another, cooking in a third, gear repair in a fourth, etc.  Once you have your kits put together, you can connect and arrange them as needed for different trips.  The connector and cap pieces have rubber gaskets to keep your gear dry and safe.

The empty tubes and connectors will be available in the coming weeks and months, but for now, very well thought out premade kits are in stock and ready to ship.  The Trailhead kit contains basic survival and first aid items.  The BackCountry fleshes out the Trailhead kit contents and adds cooking items such as an aluminum cup, stove, and fuel.  The Wilderness kit takes all of that and adds in shelter items like an ultralight nylon tarp and an emergency blanket.  Covers for the two larger kits are also available.

Platypus Collapsible Water Bottle

I was wandering around at an REI store, trying to find some decent items on super clearance, when I came across a nifty little item for a survival kit. It is the Platypus 1 Liter Water Bottle, a collapsible water bottle. I know these have been out for a while, but I wanted to point them out to anyone who has not seem them yet.
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Trangia Mess Tin for a survival kit

I like to tinker with survival kits. I have been this way since I was a wee tot. Something about the many parts, constant upgradeability, and immense usefulness really appeals to me.

I have carried my current kit in a small camera bag for several years. Before that, it was basically just a pile of stuff in a pocket in my backpack. A big gap in what I carried was that I did not have something durable to boil water or cook food in. Aluminum foil just doesn’t cut it. I also did not really like the case that I used to hold everything.

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