Emergency grab bags

NZ Survivor 1 person 3 day full survival pack

January 2025

NZ Survivor

1 person 3 day full survival pack

Price

$262

Score

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A comprehensive kit of very good quality, with excellent first aid supplies and good food rations. But the dynamo torches are nowhere near as good as battery-powered ones, although both lasted significantly longer than the one other dynamo product in our test. There's a good list of what's in the kit and how to use it. There's also a checklist of items to add, but it's incomplete and hard to read. It's also the most expensive kit in our test and it'd cost around $70 less (excluding shipping or petrol) to build this kit yourself.

Test results

74

Comprehensiveness
76

Quality overall
60

Quality essential items

Good points

Good quality kit.
Good backpack with multiple compartments, reflective piping, bungy compression strap and double zips that slide well.
Two torches supplied.
Comprehensive first aid kit of excellent quality.
Good food rations with a long shelf life.
Kit includes other useful items - multi-tool and light sticks.
Includes kit list with instructions for use.
Includes a good amount of toiletries - a couple things to be added.
Four N95/P2 masks included.
Good, medium-weight rain poncho that's long with enclosed sides, elasticated cuffs, and a drawstring hood.
Extra 500ml tub of hand sanitiser included.

Bad points

Very expensive and poor value.
Terrible torches (two dynamo types included) - both dim with poor beam pattern.
Note of items to add is incomplete and printed in light orange text as a paragraph (not a checklist) that's hard to read.
The tissues included are compressed towelettes which expand when wet. There are only 10 and they're thin.

Model

Bag volume

25L

Essential items scores

Bag

70
Torch

30
Radio

50
First aid

100
Food rations

70
Checklist of items to add

40

NEMA or Consumer NZ recommended

Torch included
Radio included
First aid kit included
Food rations included
Checklist of items to add included
Torch and radio's batteries included

N/A (wind-up dynamo)
Extra set of batteries

N/A (wind-up dynamo)
Rain poncho
Water container
Water purification
Foil blanket or bag
Whistle
Pen or marker
Notebook or paper
Masks
Hand sanitiser
Wet wipes
Tissues
Soap
Toothbrush
Toothpaste
Thick plastic bags
Ear plugs
Work gloves
Pain killers

N/A
Kit list
Emergency planner

Other useful supplies

Multi-tool
Light sticks
Rope or cord
Tampons
Latex gloves
Hi visibility vest

More info

Notes

This kit also includes matches. There's no candle to go with them, but we don't recommend flame-based products for safety reasons.
Availability

Available from nzsurvivor.co.nz.

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