Recommend it

I bought a pair of these as emergency bags for my kids. They are smaller than I expected, and the zippers feel super cheap and can be difficult to use. Will probably swap them for something a little more durable and slightly larger, but they are a good place to start for someone new to emergency prepping

We have several kids who are driving back and forth to various places. I worry that they will get stuck in the snow and have to wait it out for a day or two. I worry that something will happen and they will have to hike back home over several days. I worry that they will be out camping (which they do) and get stuck in mud etc. I worry my husband will get stuck at work for some reason and he'll need something. This is a nice piece of mind kit that provides a little bit of back up for those types of situations.

It provides a little bit of peace of mind and for the price it is exactly what I anticipated.

I have several of these, one in each car vehicle. I also tossed into each car a basic tool set, a blanket or two, some heavier duty gloves and good flashlight. This kit plus those items give me peace of mind that in a basic emergency, where my family can stay in the car for a few days they will have everything they need for plain jane survival. If they have to leave the vehicle, there is a little bit of room in this kit to add some 'stuff' they can scrounge from the car (light sticks, snacks they have on hand etc) and they can take this and go hiking to civilization/home!

What it is NOT- it's not really a 72 hour kit that you can grab and go.
This is why I gave it 4 stars. It is sold as a 2 person, 3 day emergency survival kit. I believe if you were very very conservative with the water you drank and the food bars you ate - you MIGHT be able to use this for very basic survival. But a typical 72 hour kit should be much more complete.

If you want a comprehensive 72 hour, grab and go kit- make your own. You can use this as start to that- But I would suggest you get a bigger backpack and dump all of the stuff from this backpack into it and then add more. Add some waterproof matches, some fishing line, heavier gloves. Add some more light sticks, more first aid equipment, water purifying tablets, money, etc etc. You can easily do the research online about what else you might need/want in a 72 hour kit. In fact, I added a few more of the smaller items listed above to these kits just to sit in our car. I espeically ramped up the first aid portion of this kit.

The one thing I would point out, it hasn't happened yet, but I anticipate that the backpacks will dry rot or that the handles will fall off within some amount of time. This is not a high quality back pack, but for the price I didn't anticipate it would be a high quality back pack. When it starts to look like it's time to replace it, I'll just buy a new backpack and dump this stuff into it.

Overall- a great kit for a car, especially if you can add a few more items to the kit and carry some things in your car normally. A great kit for work. It will provide the very bare minimum plain jane basics. The cons are that the backpack is not sturdy and will probably fall apart after some time. And mostly, be aware that this is the very bare, most basic kit.

It will help me to be prepared for emergencies.

...had enrolled our son in (He's on "the spectrum"). It seemed adequate.