Guys - I have gone through a few posts but they are quite old and some recommended Arcturus but then another post said its quality is poor. Same thing with Grabber outdoors space or all weather blankets

I just need something compact to keep in the car for emergency only - we live in an urban city in the north east but bad weather can and is striking everywhere so want to be prepared if someone is stuck in a snow storm. I don't see myself using this for camping as we'll take all necessary gear for that like sleeping bags. Hopefully it'll be something we'll never use but it needs to stay in the car trunk and retain its protection quality for years

Any consensus on a good product?

Thanks

guys - I know this topic has been beaten to death but didn't see a video of a kid operating the Resqme tool and wanted to ask if a 9 year old will have success cutting their seat belts or there's a better small tool I should keep in my car (luckily all side glass is tempered). I guess I should keep some work gloves too if there is time to put them on before cutting/breaking glass

Also need a recommendation for either a Swiss army knife or perhaps the SOG powerlock? I don't do any work on my car but just want to store one for emergency use

Thanks

I'm looking at getting either a 85p or 88p. One connects to the cigarette lighter and the other to battery terminals. I just have a Honda Fit. Is the one that connects to the battery significantly faster?

With black friday I have the choice between GBX45 for and GBX55 with 50$ difference between them. Which one should you recommend I go with?

I already have GB40, but the last time I used it, it only managed to jump start the car after multiple tries.

I’m looking to get my brother one for Christmas, he mentioned NOCO before- I have no idea which one to get. He’s got an older 24 valve Cummins and a 6.2 diesel… any ideas on what would be the best? It doesn’t have to be NOCO either. TIA!

Just wanted to say, I already don't regret buying this thing, just jumped my International truck with cummins engine, batteries had about 10.8 volts on them(3 big batteries in parallel), jumper has 93% of charge after the jump, wires got barely noticable warm.

One start is not much to build any kind of statistics, but more than nothing...

A small update: I managed to drop voltage on the truck's batteries to 8.7, the thing struggled a bit, but still was able to jump it.

My school is deep in the rural area an hour drive no street lights at all not even around the school. I’m not sure what their roads are gonna be like during the winter I never go to the rural area. I’m looking at traction boards and tire chains magnet headlights power banks portable starter etc. not sure what else would be good to bring maybe heated jacket or something just in case.

Guys - looking to purchase following items if someone can give me 1-2 product options. I'm hoping for something that's completely leave & forget as much as possible but obviously I'm ok setting a reminder to replace lithium batteries every 5 yrs

- road flares - I'm leaning towards chemical ones because they will never expire. Any suggestions?

- window cutter and seat belt cutter

- headlamp & flash light

- fire extinguisher

Thanks

Hey guys recently looked at getting a couple road flares to have in my car in case of emergency, only issue is it says they last 3-20 minutes….

I thought it was like the movies and they burned for hours so that cleanup crews or tow trucks could be seen but obviously that’s not the case lol.

I’m confused on the purpose of them if they last less than 30 mins? Just continually keep lighting flares till help arrives or what lol?

What would you use road flares for?

on my drive home tonight I saw a pick up truck pulled over and it was smoking a bunch out of the closed hood. I live in a high fire risk area and many fires here get started from car fires on the freeway. seeing this sparked the notion that maybe I should carry a fire extinguisher in my car to be able to maybe help buy some time in these situations, until actual help can arrive.

it regularly gets over 100 degrees here, and even hotter inside the car - so i'm wondering what a decent and affordable fire extinguisher would be that can stay in the car year round under those temperatures (and some freezing winter nights).

I understand a little fire extinguisher won't save a car, I'm moreso just talking about buying time or helping in a pinch. ideally under $40 if possible!

also - i haul a lot in my car and stuff is often all over the place.. what's a good safe storage option for one in the car?

Looking to be able to tow but it will most likely be used to drag people or myself out from snow since I will be moving more north and snow 4-5 months a year can be expected

Wondering if anyone knows if there is a way to keep the Avapow portable booster charged by leaving it plugged into the cigarette lighter? Assume no as I haven't found any sort of adapter online, but wanted to check here before I abandon my search! Tx.

One for each person plus an extra for refills. Living in the desert (Albuquerque), I’ve learned this has to be part of packing the car. Doubly so in the summer but we do it year round too!

Anyone have a lokithor jump starter? Any reviews

Wanna get one of these but haven’t pulled the trigger yet. What would I do 2 mi in on a hike if my something happened to my dog. Have 45 lb dog, but I’m smaller/older than average. 0% chance I can carry a hurt dog 2 miles.

Anybody know of a decent dash cam that’s preferably less than 200$ even less than 100$ would be better. I’m looking for a simple setup that can just plug into the cigarette lighter and not make a project/potential problem out of hardwiring. Also in this day and age are there any that DONT connect to WiFi or clouds. I would rather have a memory card if needed as I don’t want my daily driving or conversations sitting in some random cloud. Thanks

Any experience with these? I have the beta 04, and it specs at 6, 000a jump capacity.

I tried jumping my totally dead 1989 7.3 IDI with two batteries, and it didn't give me enough juice to click the starter.

I watched project farms YouTube video and only two of the jump boxes tested could jump a diesel. But all of them were rated for less than this buture.

Just curious if anybody has experience with this before I totally give up and buy a noco. I don't want to spend that money but if spending less won't get it done then I feel like I'm throwing it away

I have seen so many posts of people jumping actually bigger motors, but I can't even get revolutions out of jump boxes on my 7.3 idi.

I just want one that works. Am I not doing this 6000 a buture right? Or is it a total piece of shit? Because my two batteries that crank this thing hard are 2,200 amp CCA.

And most people say they put two 850 CCA batteries in this truck. I'm about to give this thing away to a friend with a Nissan Versa. If that's what it is good for I'm fine doing it. I just don't want to give it away if it's actually capable of 6,000 and I'm too stupid to operate

Looking for a jump starter and am between these two models, everyone mentions the gb40, but the gbx45 is like ~$20 more. Is the gbx45 better than the gb40? Both will cover my engine size, but if I can get something a bit better for that small difference in price I will. Any thoughts?

So I have a Nissan Hardbody single cab, so I have very limited space. Generally I have a tool box or canopy, but I'd rather have the majority in the cab so I don't really need to think about moving items back and forth.

I currently have this seat organizer which has been pretty good for getting items off the bottom of the cab. It's flush to the back of the cab so I don't really need to worry about anyone wanting to take anything. Kinda looking at trying to remake it though to sort everything better.

To remake it, I'd like to first try to get everything I'd want to keep in it before I work on it and decide if there is anything else I can keep in the glove box or somewhere else.

Current list of stuff that I have in the organizer:

• Jumper cables
• Tow strap
• 12V Tire inflator
• 3/8 ratchet and sockets
• Tire pressure gauge
• Hatchet
• Hi-vis vest
• Headlamp
• Gloves
• Mylar blanket

Current list of stuff that I have outside of the organizer

• First aid kit
• 4 way tire iron (Looking to get a breaker bar and a socket set)
• Jack (Mounted to the floor)
• Fire Extinguisher
• Blanket over the back of my seat

What I know I'd like to get

• Shovel (folding unless there's a good smaller sized one.
• Breaker bar and socket set
• Portable Jump starter

I was wondering if anyone had tips on what I could get to fill the things I want to get and any tips on what else I should get.

Is there a good first aid kit with meds that I can purchase and supplement? I do have the bandages etc, but I wanted to add things like a couple of tylenol, advils, benadryls. Been reading and watching some videos from professionals and I do agree that amazon/walmart kits don't have the same quality levels for meds (most of them seem to come from general pharmacies overseas).

Even ones from Medical Gear outfitters, reputable source of med kits, has meds in from other countries. North American Rescue would be my go to choice, but I could not find a med kit (mostly CATs, Gauze etc).

One other issue I am not able to figure out is QuikClot - both in powder/granules and in gauze form. Is it ok for untrained folks to use them? I had a cut on by palm, which bled slowly but without clotting and the urgent care folks said these would take a long time to clot.

what do you folks do for meds and clotting needs?

I had run over a big stone and broke my exhaust sleeve lose. I was lucky that thing didn't break completely but rather went lose and kept sliding. It was very hot to touch. I wore some work gloves and could slide it to cover the joint. Now I realized that I needed something that actually could hold the hanging end of catalytic converter, had I not been able to slide that thing back.

What would be your suggestions to tackle or had you ever experienced such situations? Zip ties are out of question because of the heat. Same for para cords too. What do you guya use to tie thw hot parts of thw vehivle, if you have to?

Edit: Thanks for the ideas. I never knew steel zip ties are exiated until today. I will keep a few of them along with the hose clamps. I think hose claps would work in many other situations also

New Qs: I see I am looking for many metal tools/niftys in the cars all the time. Which type of storage you all use for your emergency stuffs in car? I hate the rattle noise from dangling tools. All those plastic tool boxes make me concentrate on my trunk than on the road while driving

I've searched the sub for ideas, maybe I'm just not searching the right terms, any guidance/ideas appreciated.

Basically I've got a smaller SUV that is always parked in a public parking lot on a college campus. Cars get broken into on the regular. My car has absolutely nothing stored in it and it's easy to see through the windows that the car is empty, so it doesn't really attract thieves. Not yet anyway, knock on wood.

I'd like to put some water, eflares, tire inflator, etc, etc in there but that seems like I'm going to invite break-ins. I've searched the sub and lots of people put hard cases in the cars and strap them down, lots of variations on this. But a big fancy case in the car is for sure going to get someone going through the window.

What I'm wondering is if there's ever been a discussion of disguising supplies in the car. A gym bag seems like a poor disguise, people smash cars and take those all the time.

But what about a big black garbage bag? Or a case with fast-food bags pasted to it to make it look like a heap of fast-food detritus?

Has anyone had good ideas along these lines?

Edit : ‘carbage’ is the concept I was thinking off and there’s a whole subreddit for it. I’ll probably make a faux carbage pile from random junk glued to a dropcloth and throw that over the goods.

Alternatively, if I want it to look nicer, I’ll order another floor mat for the cargo area same color as the interior and build a false floor from 1/2” plywood about 6” high, which should hide a bunch of stuff. With the floor mat on top it’ll look stock.

For expedience, I’ll see if I can get some empty kitty litter pails from a neighbor with cats and throw my preps in there until I can do carbage or false floor.

Thanks everyone!

I live in Louisiana so, my kit is minimal. I have jumper cables, tow rope, a sleeping bag and a blanket in case I can't move or leave my vehicle.

What are some things I'm leaving out that are absolutely essential for going to Independence Missouri during deep winter?

Space is minimal because I'm taking gear for a field training exercise