Tear Mender ER Emergency Ready 2 Person Deluxe Backpack Survival Kit, SKBP2SS

Got it for my sister to put in her car. She is happy with it as an emergency and earthquake preparedness kit.

The contents of the pack are top-notch, and everything is useful and definitely necessary in an emergency. So the moment you get it, toss the backpack and load the goodies into a REAL backpack that's meant to actually be worn on the back of a human being. While the construction of the pack is reasonably solid, the straps are a shoulder-wrecking disaster. They're narrow, with little padding, and have no load-spreading ability whatsoever. This pack has a lot of water in it, making it extremely heavy. The straps slice into your shoulders almost immediately, and there's no waist strap. There's no chest strap, either. The back of the pack is not padded. If you're in a natural disaster, you'll get about five blocks away, and you're done. It works as a hand bag, and that's about it. Also, I understand that the bright color and huge logo acts as advertising, and helps keep the price low? But when a natural disaster hits, the LAST thing you want to do, is tell the world you have food and water on your back.

The flashlight is not as described. There are no water purification tablets. The pack itself is sturdy. The small radio seems like a dollar store special and it does require 2 AA batteries - not included.

First off, A number of these items, especially the backpack, are smaller then they look in the picture. Oddly enough, they were able to fit all this items in it. After some looking around stores and Amazon this kit seems to be the most useful as a starter kit for 2 people. The ER Food Bars reminds me of bricks. But, the bars are good enough and are lemon-vanilla flavored. The Water Boxes looks like they can last for 3 days. The Water Purification Tablets bottle is small, but only takes a little over 30 minutes to treat water. The Thermal Blankets are thin and looks like they can rip, not really sure if all the thermal blankets are like that. The Tube Tent is pretty good, but I'm a spacious man and may need to get another tent. The Lightstick really does last 12 hours and is pretty bright, though I will get more than 1 lightstick, just in case. The Dust Masks are thin and will be replaced. The Work Gloves are pretty durable and are light, odd that there is only 1 for a 2-person kit. The Solar/Hand-Crank Flashlight/Radio/Charger is smaller than it looks in the picture, but it works very well and was one of the reason why I went for this survival kit. The Swiss Army Knife is more or less passable. Not sure if all the multi-tool knife are the same, but it is hard to pull out the tools and the knife, scissor, and corkscrew are not very sharp. The Survive-a-Guide helps a little, but is basically a list of their other kits. The First Aid Kit as a little light on first aid, so I bought an extra first aid kit from Walgreens. And last, and needs to be mentioned again, the Backpack is SMALL. I am 6'1" tall and around 280lbs. and this backpack barely fits me. So if you're like me, it is wise to change it for another, bigger, backpack like I did. Overall I am pleased with the survival kit. But again, it will be a starter kit for me and I will replacing and adding various items.

Is as advertised!

The kit is reasonably complete and the work gloves and backpack are great ideas. The all-in-one handcrank/solar power source, radio, flashlight, etc. seems like a gadget but it all works and could be very valuable. The "swiss style" multi-blade knife is complete junk - some of the edge tools in it are not even sharpened at all and are useless, and the assembly quality is awful. The Survive-a-Guide was missing from all three kits that I bought. The whistle is likely to be broken just in carrying it around in a pocket. Customer service is totally unresponsive. They ignored my question that was in the designated spot on the order. I have also sent two messages to their prescribed contact email and had no responses. I found I can get all the contents, same or better, locally at a camping supply house and will assemble my own kits if I want to secure more in the future. The kit weighs a ton and with shipping factored in the cost will be about the same.

Glad I bought it!

I really like this product.