The Survival Bandana

The Survival Bandana

★★★★★ 4.8 · 3,912 bandanas in packs

Your grandfather's bandana was a sling, a sun shield, a water filter and a flag. This one is all four, with the field guide printed right on the cotton: first aid, the North Star, four rescue knots and the tracks of every animal worth knowing. No battery, no signal, no app.

SignalBlaze orange flag
NavigateCompass & North Star
TreatFirst aid on the fabric
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Four moments it was printed for

A square of cotton. Until it's the only tool you have.

We hand every answer to a phone now: where north is, what to do about a bite, how to get somebody's attention. Here's what that costs on the day the phone can't help, and what's on the bandana for it.

01 / SEEN

The Search Party That Can't Find You

A lost hiker in a green jacket in a green forest is invisible from a hundred yards. People used to carry something bright on purpose. Now they carry a phone and assume it will do the finding.

What that dependency costs: rescuers walk right past people every season, because nothing about them stood out from the trees.

What's on the bandana for itBlaze orange cotton, tied high on a branch or waved overhead. The ring on the fabric even says it: use this bandana as a distress signal.
02 / LOST

The Trail With No Blue Dot

People who could read a sky now follow an arrow on a screen. Lose the arrow after dark and a two-mile walk out becomes a guess.

What that dependency costs: most lost hikers are found within a couple of miles of the trailhead, walking the wrong way.

What's on the bandana for itThe Big Dipper to Polaris, drawn step by step in the corner, and a compass rose to keep you pointed the right way once you've found it.
03 / WATER

The Creek You Have To Drink From

Water used to be something you found and made safe. Now it comes in a plastic bottle, and the plan ends when the last bottle does.

What that dependency costs: a day without water is miserable, and a sip of the wrong water is worse.

What's on the bandana for itFolded four times, the cotton strains grit and debris before you boil. The hydration panel tells you how long, and why you never skip it.
04 / HURT

The Fall That Happens Miles Out

A rolled ankle, a cut hand, a wrist that won't take weight. The first aid kit is in the car, and the car is three hours behind you.

What that dependency costs: the first ten minutes after an injury decide how the next three hours go.

What's on the bandana for itA triangle bandage, an arm sling, a compress or a wrap, and first aid basics printed in the centre so you're not trying to remember them in a panic.
Printed on the cotton

A field guide you can tie around your neck.

Every panel on the bandana is there because it answers a question you'd otherwise have to look up. Nothing on it needs a signal.

01

Compass Rose

North, east, south and west in bold, big enough to orient a map on.

02

Finding The North Star

The Big Dipper's pointer stars to Polaris, drawn out step by step.

03

First Aid & Food Safety

What belongs in a kit, sun and bite basics, and which wild foods to leave alone.

04

Hydration & Waterborne Illness

How much to drink, and how to make creek water safe before it goes in.

05

Clothing & Weather

Layering, wet cold, and the warning signs of heat and hypothermia.

06

Hiking Safety

Leave a plan, stay on the trail, and what to do the moment you're turned around.

07

Animal Tracks

Deer, bear, raccoon and mountain lion, printed to scale so you know who's been by.

08

Snake, Scorpion & Bear

What to do after a bite or sting, and how to behave when a bear is close.

09

Four Working Knots

Clove hitch, two half hitches, anchor hitch and bowline, with what each one is for.

10

Camp Set-Up

Where to pitch, how far from water, and the rules most parks enforce.

11

Leave-No-Trace Ring

Plan ahead, don't hike alone, leave what you find. The rules that keep you out of trouble.

12

22 x 22 Inch Cotton

Big enough for a sling or a head wrap, soft enough to wear all day.

What ships

Two colours. One job each.

Blaze orange is for being seen. Olive camo is for everything else. The two-pack sends one of each, which is how most people end up carrying them.

Blaze Orange

The signal colour. Tie it high when you need to be found, or wear it through hunting season.

$15EVERY TIER

Olive Camo

The everyday one. Same field guide, printed in a colour that goes with a pack, a truck or a jacket.

TWO-PACK & UP

Printed To Last

Soft 100% cotton with hemmed edges. Wash it, wring it, tie it, and the guide stays readable.

IN EVERY ONE
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

Every inch of it earns its place.

10

Jobs One Square Does

Flag, sling, filter, sun shield, dust mask, pot holder, tinder bag, trail marker, wrap and sweatband.

12

Panels Of Field Guide

From the North Star to a bowline, printed where you'll have it when you need it.

0

Batteries Required

It works the same with no signal, no charge and no idea where the nearest road is.

Field reports

From the pack strap to the moment it mattered.

★★★★★

“Turned an ankle on a ridge in October. Tied the orange one to my trekking pole and held it up. The guy who found me said he saw the colour before he saw me.”

Tom W. — Verified
★★★★★

“Bought the four-pack for the kids' daypacks. My daughter taught her whole scout troop to find the North Star off hers. Best fifteen bucks I've spent.”

Laura M. — Verified
★★★★★

“It's a good bandana first. Soft, big, I wear it every day on the job. The fact that it's a field guide is the reason I bought a second one for the truck.”

Marcus J. — Verified
Questions

Before you order.

How big is it?

About 22 by 22 inches. Big enough to fold into a triangle bandage or an arm sling, and small enough to fold flat into a back pocket.

Will the print wash out?

No. Wash it cold with like colours and it stays readable. The cotton softens up the more you wear it, the way a good bandana should.

Can I really filter water with it?

It strains out grit, sediment and debris, which makes whatever treatment comes next work better. It does not make water safe on its own. Always boil or treat after, and the hydration panel on the bandana explains how.

Which colour should I get?

Blaze orange if you want one thing a rescuer can see from a distance. Olive camo for everyday wear. Most people take the two-pack and carry one of each.

Is it a good gift?

It's the one we hear about most. Hunters, hikers, scouts and anyone who keeps a bag in the truck. It fits in a stocking, and it gets used.

What if it isn't for me?

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

One in every pack tonight

Carry it before you need it.

A flag, a sling, a filter and a field guide in one square of cotton, plus the digital field kits. Fifteen dollars for the thing your grandfather never left the house without.

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