Survival Products, Tools, and Tricks - Credit Card Multi-tool
Learning how to forage and/or grow food that regrows year after year, is but a small part of the knowledge you need to ensure your survival in a case where society breaks down for a long period of time. I will still be writing regular food plant articles. In fact, I am sure I will still be writing them well over a year from now.
But sometimes you need a break from some topics and there is a lot of other types of information that can help you survive and thrive in a worse case scenario. So, I am starting a new category of posts. Most of the articles will have a wide range of viewers they can help.
What to expect
The topics that can be covered in this series is wide ranging. Today it could be a product that is invaluable. Tomorrow it might be instructions on who to make something out of common items you might find while running from Zombies. The next day might be a trick to make cooking over a campfire easier. Any thing that might help you survive is fair game.
No Advertising Allowed
I may from time to time talk about a specific product and where you might buy it. If I do, you should know that I am not trying to sell you a product or service and I will not make a single penny off the purchase if you decide to buy it. I will write about it simply because if serves a purpose and will help you in some way. I will never try to get you to buy it simply so I can make money.
In fact, where products are concerned I will lay out both the pros and cons regarding the product. Because I cannot make money off your purchase, I can give you all the details and allow you to make the decision that fits best for your unique circumstances.
Categories of Products and Tips
Many tools would be used mainly around your home. Many would be great to have in bug out bags and still others should be kept in your car at all times. Women tend to forget there are things they can carry in their purses that will help you survive in an emergency or disaster type situation.
I will cover products from all the categories and can hopefully find tools that can be used in multiple ways and in many different types of kits. So, let’s get to it.
Multi-function credit card size survival tool
There are MANY different varieties of these on the market. This one has 11 different tools on it. Some have more, some have less, but they all have a few things in common.
- They are relatively cheap.
- The usually will fit in your wallet and are about the size of a credit card.
- Some have key ring attachments.
- Some have individual tools you can pull out from the base.
This particular one has the following tools on it.
- A can opener
- A small ruler
- A saw blade that can help cut through rope, twine and other materials that are hard to cut/break by hand
- A bottle opener
- A wrench designed to remove 4 different size nuts
- A flat screwdriver
- A second wrench area that can remove 2 smaller sizes of nuts
- A knife edge that could help cut food sources in an emergency
- A Butterfly wrench (I have no idea what it would be used for.
- A Direction auxiliary indication (another I have no idea what to use it for)
This tool also boasts a lanyard hole as being a tool, but I would not really call that a tool because you could easily stick a piece of string through one of the other holes and use it as a lanyard, lol.
Other versions of this tool have other tools, but most are fairly similar. There are some pretty major differences in price. The ad on Amazon for this tool is a 10 pack for $11.59. There are other people selling smaller packs and there could be others selling larger packs. Prices vary greatly also so shop around for the best price if you choose to get some.
Are they worth the price
I think that depends on who they are for. Someone living on a working homestead, probably has little need for them. Someone who lives in the city, uses public transportation or drives 20 or more miles a day back and forth to work, could probably benefit from having one if society broke down while they are at work.
The key points here are how small it is. Whether you are a man or woman, you usually have your wallet somewhere nearby and this fits into your wallet. If you get a multi-pack, you can keep one in each car too.
It is NOT a tool that would be the only tool you would wish you could have with you, but it is better than having nothing with you. I actually have one of these in my purse, one in each of our cars and a couple in our bug out bags. I actually used one last year to loosen a screw down type hose clamp on the car when a hose burst and left me broke down.
Should you run out and buy some
Again, that depends on your situation. Those living in the city or suburbs could make use of them and they are cheap enough to make it a reasonable purchase. Those on working homesteads probably have other tools handy that can do the job, but it would not hurt to have one in your wallet for times when you go into town. You just never know when the zombie invasion is going to start.
What do you think
Are there any uses I forgot about? Can you think of any reason this would be a foolish buy at less than $2 each? Please share your opinions. This is not intended to be a one person show. It is an opportunity for us to evaluate different products to help others determine if they are worth the money (and time) of purchasing them.
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I purchased these for my husband and my sons for Christmas a few years ago. Last year my youngest son got to go to D.C. for a week. He took it with him in his wallet. When he went through the security check point to get into the Smithsonian they made him get rid of it before he could go in. Because he had taken a cab there, he had nowhere to put it and had to throw it away to get in. He used it so often, that on the way home when they stopped at a truck stop and he saw one for sale, he bought it!
I understand the need for safety, but many of these checkpoints go overboard. I keep a fairly high powered led flashlight in my purse at all times. A few years back, my husband got a speeding ticket in another county. We went to pay the ticket and they stopped be at the x-ray machine. At least they allowed me to take it back to the car, but a flashlight?
Yeah... I’m unsure why, when using their logic, it’s okay to take pencils through checkpoints. :)