SOS Pocket Survival Kit

SOS Pocket Survival Kit

★★★★★ 4.8 · 2,341 kits in glove boxes

Every rescue you have ever read about started with somebody who could not cut, light, signal or find north. Eleven tools in a steel tin the size of a deck of cards, so the first hour after things go wrong is yours to run, not somebody else's to answer.

SurviveCut, light, shelter
MoveCompass & wire saw
SignalWhistle carries a mile
Free in every tierDay Zero Club membership — weekly skill briefings and every new guide.
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Four moments this tin was built for

Nobody needs a kit. Until they really do.

The average American leaves the house with a phone, a card and car keys, and every one of them stops working at exactly the same moment: no signal, no power, no road. Here is what that dependency costs on a bad day, and what is in the tin to answer it.

01 / STRANDED

The Car That Stops On A Back Road

It used to be that a driver carried a flashlight, a blanket and a way to make a fire. Now the plan is to call somebody, and the plan works right up until the bars disappear.

What that dependency costs: a night in a cold car twenty miles from the nearest lit window, waiting for a truck that doesn't know you're there.

What's in the tin for itThe LED on the multi-tool, a fire starter that works soaked, and a whistle that carries further than a voice on the fourth hour of shouting.
02 / DARK

The Blackout That Runs Past Bedtime

A power cut used to mean candles from the kitchen drawer. Now it means phone torches at nine percent and a house that gets colder by the hour.

What that dependency costs: when the outage runs into a second night, most households have no way to make light or fire that doesn't depend on a charge they can't get.

What's in the tin for itFerro rod and striker for the fireplace or the camp stove, the multi-tool torch for the fuse box, and the can opener on the card tool for a pantry you can't heat.
03 / LOST

The Trail That Stopped Looking Familiar

People who could read a map and a sky are now people who follow a blue dot. Lose the dot, and a day hike becomes the kind of story the local news covers.

What that dependency costs: search-and-rescue calls climb every year, and most of the people found were within two miles of the trailhead, walking the wrong way.

What's in the tin for itA liquid-filled compass, a whistle that reaches the search party before they reach you, and a wire saw for a shelter if you're out past dark.
04 / STUCK

The Thing That Needs Cutting, Now

A seatbelt that won't release. A zip tie on a gate. A fishing line around a propeller. Every one of them is a thirty-second job with a blade and a ten-minute panic without one.

What that dependency costs: the tool you own is in the garage, and the problem is in front of you.

What's in the tin for itFolding pliers with a locking knife, saw and file, plus the 11-in-1 card tool that lives in a wallet slot so you're never without an edge.
Inside the tin

Eleven tools. One shirt pocket.

Every piece is in there because it does a job the others can't. Nothing in this tin is a novelty, and nothing needs charging.

01

Folding Multi-Tool

Needle-nose pliers, locking knife, saw, file, screwdrivers, and an LED torch in the handle.

02

11-in-1 Card Tool

Can opener, bottle opener, wrench set, ruler and saw edge, in a wallet slot.

03

Ferro Rod Fire Starter

Thousands of strikes. Lights soaked, and lights well below freezing.

04

Steel Striker

Throws the spark, and scrapes dry tinder off the inside of wet bark.

05

Emergency Whistle

Machined aluminium. Carries where a voice quits, for as long as you can breathe.

06

Compass

Liquid-filled, reads in the dark under the torch. Never needs a signal.

07

Wire Saw

Coiled steel with finger rings. Through a wrist-thick branch in about a minute.

08

Quick-Reference Card

How to use every tool, on one weatherproof card that stays in the tin.

09

Split Rings ×2

Clip the whistle and saw to a zipper so they're never at the bottom of a bag.

10

The SOS Tin

Hinged steel, red so you can find it. Glove box, jacket pocket or a kid's backpack.

11

Deck-Of-Cards Footprint

Small enough that it actually gets carried, which is the whole point.

12

Room To Spare

Add a lighter, two bandages and folded cash. The lid still closes.

What ships

One tin. Everything in it.

Every tier ships the complete tin. The packs just put one everywhere you'd reach for it: the car, the daypack, the kitchen drawer.

The SOS Tin, complete

All eleven tools packed, quick-reference card on top, lid closed. Ready the day it lands.

$30EVERY TIER

Multi-Tool & Card Tool

The two edges in the kit. Pliers, knife, saw and file folded into the handle; the card tool rides in a wallet.

IN THE TIN

Fire, Signal & Direction

Ferro rod, striker, whistle and compass. The four things that turn a bad night into a story you tell later.

IN THE TIN
Free with every order, every tier

The Rally Point Kit

A fill-in family plan. Who calls who, where you meet, what the kids do — agreed once, on paper, while it's still easy.

$24FREE

50-State Water Map Pack

Printable water-source maps for your state. Works fine on the day the mapping app doesn't.

$29FREE

The Frequency Sheet

NOAA, GMRS and ham channels worth writing down tonight, on one page you can tape inside a cabinet door.

$15FREE
How it was put together

Nothing in here is a gimmick.

11

Tools In The Tin

Each one chosen because it does a job none of the others can.

9

People Who Beat It Up

A search-and-rescue volunteer, two scout leaders and six parents, for a month each.

3

Places It Has To Fit

A glove box, a jacket pocket and a child's backpack. It fits all three, or it didn't ship.

Field reports

From the glove box to the moment it mattered.

★★★★★

“Sat in the door pocket for eight months. Then a flat on a county road at 11pm, no bars. The torch and the whistle got me found. Bought two more.”

Mike R. — Verified
★★★★★

“My son took it on his first scout camp. He was the only kid who could light the fire when it rained, and he has not stopped talking about it.”

Dana K. — Verified
★★★★★

“I'm not a prepper. I just wanted one thing in the car that covers the basics without a duffel bag. This is that thing.”

Priya S. — Verified
Questions

Before you order.

Can I fly with it?

Not in a carry-on. The multi-tool has a locking blade and the card tool has a saw edge, so it goes in checked luggage or it stays in the car. Everything else in the tin is airline-safe.

Does everything really fit back in the tin?

Yes. Every tool has its place and the quick-reference card sits on top. The lid closes flat. Most people add a lighter and a couple of bandages and it still closes.

How does the fire starter work?

Scrape the striker down the ferro rod and it throws a shower of sparks at over 3,000°F into your tinder. It works wet, works cold, and is good for thousands of strikes. The reference card shows the grip.

Is it suitable for a child's backpack?

The tin fits. Whether the blade is appropriate is your call, and depends on the child. Plenty of parents keep the multi-tool and give the rest of the kit to a scout-age kid.

What is the Day Zero Club, and is it really free?

It's included with every order at every tier, for life. One short skill briefing a week from working homesteaders, medics and off-grid engineers, plus every new guide we publish at no cost. No card on file, nothing to cancel.

What if it isn't for me?

Ninety days, full refund, and you keep the tin. We'd rather it stayed in your glove box than came back to our warehouse.

One tin in the car tonight

Carry it before you need it.

Eleven tools, a steel tin, the digital field kits and the Day Zero Club — thirty dollars for the thing your grandfather kept in the truck without being asked.

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SOS Pocket Survival Kit ★★★★★ 4.8 · Two-Pack