Reddit reviews Smooth Trip Unisex Compact Travel Sewing Kit, Purple

Looks like your amazon wishlist already has some good stuff in it! Prepping is a hobby of mine too and I'm always looking for tips and things from other people so thanks for bringing this up! I will actually probably borrow a few of your wishlist items for my own!

I'm only a novice prepper, but I'd like to offer some thoughts about a few of your selections. Feel free to take it or leave it!

This sewing kit could be bought at a dollar store, instead of paying $15 via that listing. I also recommend putting together a small sewing kit yourself. The stuff that comes in tiny 'travel' packs like this are very weak and flimsy. I've used these travel sewing kits before and the needles and thread break easily, and the mini scissors are pretty laughable too. In real emergency situations you'll likely want dependable stuff.

Same kinda thing with this first aid kit. You can buy one that has most of these things for a dollar as well, and supplement it with the things it doesn't have with things you'd realistically want or use.

A fair warning about this cart. I've used one of the same design (for grocery shopping) and it fell apart pretty easily after regular use. If you'd only be using it for bugging out situations, I would like to recommend this dolly. This one I used up until I discovered Uber/Lyft for my grocery shopping trips with heavy cases of soda among bags of groceries and it is certainly more heavy duty than the one I used previously. The bigger wheels made a huge difference I think for going over terrain thats anything besides flat sidewalk. Or if you wanted to take it a step even further this one looks neat but may not be practical in all situations. They say that in general the more moving parts, the more flimsy it is.

I see you already have some solar charging gear on your list, but please allow me to recommend this lovely little device. I bought this power bank/solar charger combo for myself after searching a fair bit around for the best bang for my buck. I'm not really too tech/solar savy but until someone convinces me otherwise this thing is a steal. The flashlight on it was far brighter than I expected, and I keep it in my personal bag with me wherever I go. I absolutely recommend this for not only your bug out bag but for everyday use/traveling!

And finally, I haven't gotten this one yet, and I'm not too sure on what a acceptable brightness/lumen would be, but I like this usb charging flashlight for the fact that it could be charged using the previously mentioned solar chargers, in case traditional outlet charging isn't an option. :)

Best of luck to you, and check out /r/preppers too if it suits your interest!

Edit: Whoops I messed up on the formatting, sorry to anyone who had to see that!

Mini sewing kit

If I were on a deserted island, I'd make a raft out of coconuts and vines and then use the sewing kit to turn my clothes in to a sail so I could sail my butt out of there!

Turtles are awesome

A mini sewing kit is always handy if you lose a button or get a tear in your clothing. Generally starving college kids can't afford new clothes, so fix what you've got!

Your College Bound sister might also want a good Sharpie to mark her stuff.

This is a little bit more than $5.00, but I think it's worth it. Colored pens! I used these in college and took notes in a different color every day so that when I went back to study it broke up the monotony of the notes.

Surprise me!