Comments on: Reader Find: Adventure Medical’s Outfitter First Aid Kit http://toolmonger.com/2007/03/02/reader-find-adventure-medicals-outfitter-first-aid-kit/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:44:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Dazrin http://toolmonger.com/2007/03/02/reader-find-adventure-medicals-outfitter-first-aid-kit/#comment-28584 Dazrin Sat, 03 Mar 2007 06:19:56 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/03/02/reader-find-adventure-medicals-outfitter-first-aid-kit/#comment-28584 I forgot to say - the theft is the whole reason I found Toolmonger. I would not have been looking if I didn't need to find some new tools and wanted to do some research about them first. So, there were definitely some good things that came out of it. Frustrations to be sure, but good none the less. I forgot to say - the theft is the whole reason I found Toolmonger. I would not have been looking if I didn’t need to find some new tools and wanted to do some research about them first.

So, there were definitely some good things that came out of it. Frustrations to be sure, but good none the less.

]]> By: Dazrin http://toolmonger.com/2007/03/02/reader-find-adventure-medicals-outfitter-first-aid-kit/#comment-28583 Dazrin Sat, 03 Mar 2007 06:14:41 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/03/02/reader-find-adventure-medicals-outfitter-first-aid-kit/#comment-28583 Jeff - They stole my toolbox, first aid kit, a bunch of misc. tools from my center console, and about 50 CDs. I didn't have a garage to put them all in, so they have been residing in the back of my Tahoe for the last couple years. I am really tired of apartment living. We did get our first house and move in 3 weeks, so I don't have to put up with it anymore. I will still carry the first aid kit in the truck though. On the plus side - how many of you have had the chance to start fresh on your tool collection? The insurance payment was more than enough to cover the stolen tools, first aid kit, and CDs as long as I get a few things on sale or in sets. Even after I pay the deductible. Plus I can get a different selection of tools. The old ones were mainly mechanics tools, I am replacing many of them with more home repair type tools. I don't have the older vehicles I needed the mechanics tools for anymore, so this is great for me. My wife has been upset that I keep getting packages from Amazon or Sears or (insert tool place here) while we are trying to get everything packed. She thinks it would be easier to just wait. I am not at all keen on trying to move and do the repairs that I am sure we will have to do without any tools, so I have gotten the basics so far - plus a couple goodies (like the Black and Decker Li3000). Jeff - They stole my toolbox, first aid kit, a bunch of misc. tools from my center console, and about 50 CDs. I didn’t have a garage to put them all in, so they have been residing in the back of my Tahoe for the last couple years. I am really tired of apartment living. We did get our first house and move in 3 weeks, so I don’t have to put up with it anymore. I will still carry the first aid kit in the truck though.

On the plus side - how many of you have had the chance to start fresh on your tool collection? The insurance payment was more than enough to cover the stolen tools, first aid kit, and CDs as long as I get a few things on sale or in sets. Even after I pay the deductible. Plus I can get a different selection of tools. The old ones were mainly mechanics tools, I am replacing many of them with more home repair type tools. I don’t have the older vehicles I needed the mechanics tools for anymore, so this is great for me.

My wife has been upset that I keep getting packages from Amazon or Sears or (insert tool place here) while we are trying to get everything packed. She thinks it would be easier to just wait. I am not at all keen on trying to move and do the repairs that I am sure we will have to do without any tools, so I have gotten the basics so far - plus a couple goodies (like the Black and Decker Li3000).

]]> By: Nate Bezanson http://toolmonger.com/2007/03/02/reader-find-adventure-medicals-outfitter-first-aid-kit/#comment-28571 Nate Bezanson Sat, 03 Mar 2007 04:59:42 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/03/02/reader-find-adventure-medicals-outfitter-first-aid-kit/#comment-28571 Why do first-aid kits always include more band-aids than antiseptic wipes? You're supposed to use at least one antiseptic wipe every single time you apply a bandage, and many situations would call for more than one! I gave up completely on the commercial first aid kits, and built my own inside a Lock&Lock container, which is clear, watertight, and crushproof. I used red and white tape to emblazon the top with an unmistakable red cross logo, then I filled it with supplies from Minimus.biz and my local pharmacy. The more reading I do about allergic reactions, the more furious I become that the Epi-Pen is prescription-only in the U.S! Plenty of benadryl is a good first step, but every first aid kit should really have an epinephrine autoinjector. I carry one after my last allergic "event", and I make sure all my friends know which pocket it's in and how to use it. I also know I'm prepared if someone around me has a reaction but wasn't lucky enough to have their allergy diagnosed and have an Epi-Pen prescribed in advance. Anyway, Minimus has an incredible variety of single-size packs of medicines. I think I found them while looking for a place to buy alcohol towelettes in sub-thousand quantities. (For augmenting the skewed supplies in store-bought first aid kits, as mentioned above.) They have everything from laundry soap to coffee concentrate, and it's all reasonably priced. The preparedness junkie's best friend! Why do first-aid kits always include more band-aids than antiseptic wipes? You’re supposed to use at least one antiseptic wipe every single time you apply a bandage, and many situations would call for more than one!

I gave up completely on the commercial first aid kits, and built my own inside a Lock&Lock container, which is clear, watertight, and crushproof. I used red and white tape to emblazon the top with an unmistakable red cross logo, then I filled it with supplies from Minimus.biz and my local pharmacy.

The more reading I do about allergic reactions, the more furious I become that the Epi-Pen is prescription-only in the U.S! Plenty of benadryl is a good first step, but every first aid kit should really have an epinephrine autoinjector. I carry one after my last allergic “event”, and I make sure all my friends know which pocket it’s in and how to use it. I also know I’m prepared if someone around me has a reaction but wasn’t lucky enough to have their allergy diagnosed and have an Epi-Pen prescribed in advance.

Anyway, Minimus has an incredible variety of single-size packs of medicines. I think I found them while looking for a place to buy alcohol towelettes in sub-thousand quantities. (For augmenting the skewed supplies in store-bought first aid kits, as mentioned above.) They have everything from laundry soap to coffee concentrate, and it’s all reasonably priced. The preparedness junkie’s best friend!

]]> By: Jeff T http://toolmonger.com/2007/03/02/reader-find-adventure-medicals-outfitter-first-aid-kit/#comment-28535 Jeff T Sat, 03 Mar 2007 01:31:46 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/03/02/reader-find-adventure-medicals-outfitter-first-aid-kit/#comment-28535 Someone stole that guy's first aid kit? Dude, that's just not right! What kinda jerk does that? Someone stole that guy’s first aid kit?

Dude, that’s just not right! What kinda jerk does that?

]]> By: nrChris http://toolmonger.com/2007/03/02/reader-find-adventure-medicals-outfitter-first-aid-kit/#comment-28415 nrChris Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:33:42 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/03/02/reader-find-adventure-medicals-outfitter-first-aid-kit/#comment-28415 I have also added this one to my Amazon wishlist. Good call on having this in the car. Right now my wife and I each have a cheapo $20ish kit and they tend to be under equipped. Its one of those things, unfortunately, that you tend to not think of until it is too late. So thanks for the reminder, I am upgrading my car kit now. As for the shop kit, my shop is in my basement so I don't have one. Anything I need is a flight of stairs away. What do people think of that? Is this a bad practice considering we have a very well equipped (wife is a nurse) kit upstairs. I have also added this one to my Amazon wishlist. Good call on having this in the car. Right now my wife and I each have a cheapo $20ish kit and they tend to be under equipped. Its one of those things, unfortunately, that you tend to not think of until it is too late. So thanks for the reminder, I am upgrading my car kit now.

As for the shop kit, my shop is in my basement so I don’t have one. Anything I need is a flight of stairs away. What do people think of that? Is this a bad practice considering we have a very well equipped (wife is a nurse) kit upstairs.

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