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A couple of 'survival' multi-gadgets

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Saw these on Joom today and thought they might be worth a punt because they're ultra cheap so I won't worry if they break or are complete kack. :)

https://www.joom.com/en/products/1506078392385900531-169-1-26193-1931558562
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https://www.joom.com/en/products/1505012854720730688-66-1-709-623256595
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Don’t want to sound negative Paul but the top one....I wouldn’t get mate. The misses got me one and it fell apart in my hands :sad:
 
Frankly spoken these kits are, with all due respect, not only "kack" - the first one is complete nonsense and could even get dangerous if one considers it as usable in any form. What do I mean by that?

These products come from a certain Chinese manufacturer who is also producing quality-wise low end products for companies such as Mil-Tec and others. I once got this whistle here as a "present", same manufacturer:

https://milworld.pl/product-eng-3628-Mil-Tec-Whistle-Compass-Thermometer-Olive.html

The thermometer does not work for a dime, the compass is a cheaply magnetised and ridiculously sealed plastic thingy which is not only incapable of finding the magnetic north, but also loses the liquid already after a sunny day. That leaves you with the whistle - and in your case: A cheap LED-bulb plus battery breaking after the first exposure to early morning dew.

I do not know where you'll be heading outdoors, but from my personal view (I use to mountaineer a lot) especially navigational gear as well as survival gear must, under any circumstance, work without a flaw. See the point about considering unusable gear as usable, in the wrong situation and context that can even be quite fatal.

There is a difference between "cheap" and "affordable", as they say...
 
Fair comments from all I think. I did consider consider them given the minimal cost but decided that I've be better off buying 4x £1.50 bottles of beer instead :)
 
I think this is definitely a better decision. Or just put the money in a pot and save up a little. I have a little "random money"-jar here. All spare change goes in the pot. Usually I empty that fella once a year, last time with some EUR 90,- in coins. For some that could make a nice new backpack, or maybe a nice hatchet, or anything comparable. :)
 
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