Always in my car. A safety box with: First Aid Kit(band aids and basic stuff) Two tourniquets and a stop-the-bleed kit. A splint. Chewable aspirin.
Also, air pump, and jumper cables.
Not trunk… but my glove box always has a roll of duct tape and a pair of scissors. Never had to use the medical stuff yet… But the number of times duct tape and/or scissors have been needed is many fold. Everyone should carry a pair of car scissors.
@jouest@OnionSoup An interesting note; for all that they will produce enough current to jump start half a dozen V8 engines (one at a time) on a single charge, they’re absolute crap at subbing for a power bank to charge a phone when used the way that I’d generally employ them. I ran one down to 16% overnight with just my Pixel Pro 7 charging from the USB port. Perhaps that might have been avoided if I’d been awake and watching for the phone to reach full, but as I usually wouldn’t be paying attention, I’ve concluded that the USB-charger option with these is of limited utility for me. YMMV. Flip the power switch to “Off” when not in use, for best results.
@OnionSoup@werehatrack yes! my car battery died (for real) and I used this for every start for days until I got the new one—no problem. Then a different time used it to charge a tablet and sucked it dry. Also I don’t know anything about electricity.
@OnionSoup I also keep a pair of scissors in my glove box. It’s funny how long it took my husband to quit telling the kids “I don’t have scissors!” and I say “just open the glovebox.”
We do however, refill the band-aids every so often. We do use those as well… the rest of the kit, not so much.
I need to pick up some tools to put in the trunk - basic stuff like screwdrivers and a pair of pliers. There have been many times I’ve wished I had a screwdriver or pliers.
A cheap long 1/2-in drive flex handle from harbor freight with a suitable socket for my lug nuts, a small compressor to reinflate a tire, some other tools, one of the tacklife jumper packs that I bought here, some fuses, and an assortment of other eclectic things that you would only understand if you were me. My emergency kit looks absolutely nothing like the prefab ones sold at Wally world and elsewhere. Mine is designed to actually get me out of a jam instead of acting like it’s going to be useful and then frustrating me because none of the shit in it works worth a damn.
If the staff would like my candid evaluation of things of this nature that they are considering offering here on meh before they buy them, I can keep a secret.
@jouest@werehatrack I used one of ours to jump our v8 jeep twice and it was only down one bar after that, even though it took a few minutes being connected plus hitting the boost button to get it started. And it was probably 6 months between times and it was in the car the whole time in between. Pretty impressive.
@jouest@ybmuG At a rest area in the middle of nowhere, having not used mine for months, I successfully jump-started both a car that had a dead battery and the pickup whose battery had been discovered to be on its last legs when they tried to use the pickup to give that car a boost. I got them both going with the Tacklife, and they were positively gobsmacked. Neither of them thought that itty-bitty box had a chance of cranking up their vehicles.
@werehatrack@ybmuG you go. also so much easier than maneuvering cars around for a jump. (Also I swear that like 3 percent of the population actually knows how to use jumper cables properly…)
Purchased from meh, I have an Emergency Roadside Kit, ASOTV Emergency Magnetic Road Flares, Tacklife Portable Jump Starter, flashlights and an emergency Meh Face Pillow.
Surviveware Survival IFAK Trauma & First Aid Kit and Tacklife T8 800 Amp 18000mAh Portable Jump Starter. Fortunately only the jump starter has gotten used so far.
The rest of the stuff in there isn’t useful nor is it junk.
Bought the TackLife T8 from here also, not that it’d help as a jump starter for me. I drive a hybrid and it starts from the HV battery, not the 12V.
As for a toolkit, this is what I have, all from HF. Between the sales and the % off promos, I’m under $50 all in. It won’t tackle everything, but in a day and age in which cars have to be dismantled just to replace a light bulb, it’ll handle at least minor and even some moderate roadside repairs.
Since “I’m getting too old for this”, I’ve pared down on carrying everything “just in case I’m rebuilding a cylinder head” or something. Can’t say that about the younger me, though – many years back, I had a water pump commit seppuku while going up a mountain road. Eventually found a payphone, called AAA (I’ve been a member for decades now), and several hours later, got towed 77 miles back down into town. Walked to a parts store, bought a new water pump, and changed it in the parking lot of a Super 8. I did have my “junkyard tool set”, which was a pretty comprehensive set, however.
@jouest@narfcake I swapped out the fuel pump on my '79 Chevy G20 van in the parking lot of a Days Inn in the middle of Oklahoma at 1AM once, and then got back on the road and nearly caught up to the rest of the caravan heading for GenCon in Milwaukee. I was only 45 minutes behind when they arrived, and they’d had multiple drivers swapping out. I was solo. I used to do amazing marathons under adrenaline. Just not running. Weird knee.
Battery-powered jump starter (for when I can’t pull my vehicle close enough to use cables)
ABC fire extinguisher
2 ratchet straps
Basic tool kit (socket set, pliers, hammer, ratcheting screwdriver with several bits, etc.)
Weighted folding reflector kit (far better than flares)
2 reflective safety vests
~25ft of climbing rope
32oz of water in a metal bottle
Hatchet
Work gloves
Large cotton blanket (additional fleece blankets in winter)
Flashlight
Leatherman (mainly for blade and scissors)
Whistle
All fits in the console and back of my small SUV. Might seem like overkill, but I’ve somehow been first on scene of four major incidents so far (including one upside down vehicle), so I pack accordingly.
Always in my car. A safety box with: First Aid Kit(band aids and basic stuff) Two tourniquets and a stop-the-bleed kit. A splint. Chewable aspirin.
Also, air pump, and jumper cables.
Not trunk… but my glove box always has a roll of duct tape and a pair of scissors. Never had to use the medical stuff yet… But the number of times duct tape and/or scissors have been needed is many fold. Everyone should carry a pair of car scissors.
@OnionSoup nice. I grabbed one of these a while back and it has come in handy so many times.
@jouest @OnionSoup An interesting note; for all that they will produce enough current to jump start half a dozen V8 engines (one at a time) on a single charge, they’re absolute crap at subbing for a power bank to charge a phone when used the way that I’d generally employ them. I ran one down to 16% overnight with just my Pixel Pro 7 charging from the USB port. Perhaps that might have been avoided if I’d been awake and watching for the phone to reach full, but as I usually wouldn’t be paying attention, I’ve concluded that the USB-charger option with these is of limited utility for me. YMMV. Flip the power switch to “Off” when not in use, for best results.
@OnionSoup @werehatrack yes! my car battery died (for real) and I used this for every start for days until I got the new one—no problem. Then a different time used it to charge a tablet and sucked it dry. Also I don’t know anything about electricity.
@OnionSoup I also keep a pair of scissors in my glove box. It’s funny how long it took my husband to quit telling the kids “I don’t have scissors!” and I say “just open the glovebox.”
We do however, refill the band-aids every so often. We do use those as well… the rest of the kit, not so much.
I need to pick up some tools to put in the trunk - basic stuff like screwdrivers and a pair of pliers. There have been many times I’ve wished I had a screwdriver or pliers.
A cheap long 1/2-in drive flex handle from harbor freight with a suitable socket for my lug nuts, a small compressor to reinflate a tire, some other tools, one of the tacklife jumper packs that I bought here, some fuses, and an assortment of other eclectic things that you would only understand if you were me. My emergency kit looks absolutely nothing like the prefab ones sold at Wally world and elsewhere. Mine is designed to actually get me out of a jam instead of acting like it’s going to be useful and then frustrating me because none of the shit in it works worth a damn.
If the staff would like my candid evaluation of things of this nature that they are considering offering here on meh before they buy them, I can keep a secret.
@werehatrack can confirm: have probably jumped a dozen people with my Tacklife!
@jouest @werehatrack jumped a dozen people, or their cars?
/showme someone being jump started using jumper cables
@mediocrebot safety tip. Do not stand in the middle of the road doing this.
@OnionSoup @werehatrack yeah
@mediocrebot @OnionSoup this is how the robots pick us off one by one.
@jouest @werehatrack I used one of ours to jump our v8 jeep twice and it was only down one bar after that, even though it took a few minutes being connected plus hitting the boost button to get it started. And it was probably 6 months between times and it was in the car the whole time in between. Pretty impressive.
@jouest @ybmuG At a rest area in the middle of nowhere, having not used mine for months, I successfully jump-started both a car that had a dead battery and the pickup whose battery had been discovered to be on its last legs when they tried to use the pickup to give that car a boost. I got them both going with the Tacklife, and they were positively gobsmacked. Neither of them thought that itty-bitty box had a chance of cranking up their vehicles.
@werehatrack @ybmuG you go. also so much easier than maneuvering cars around for a jump. (Also I swear that like 3 percent of the population actually knows how to use jumper cables properly…)
Purchased from meh, I have an Emergency Roadside Kit, ASOTV Emergency Magnetic Road Flares, Tacklife Portable Jump Starter, flashlights and an emergency Meh Face Pillow.
@heartny pillow is key
This deal has been in my glove compartment and on my keychain ever since I bought it.
(Rest assured I have changed the batteries in the headlamp more than once in the 9 years since then.)
@lljk is the packaging as unnecessarily nice as it looks??
Surviveware Survival IFAK Trauma & First Aid Kit and Tacklife T8 800 Amp 18000mAh Portable Jump Starter. Fortunately only the jump starter has gotten used so far.
The rest of the stuff in there isn’t useful nor is it junk.
@algae1221 “ The rest of the stuff in there isn’t useful nor is it junk.”
Fabergé eggs?
@jouest Not quite. Discs for playing disc golf. Maybe about 40 of them? I haven’t counted recently.
@algae1221 But do you drive a Corolla:
https://meh.com/forum/topics/pdga-approved-meh-frisbee#668fe46cee70ded6dd48e485
Bought the TackLife T8 from here also, not that it’d help as a jump starter for me. I drive a hybrid and it starts from the HV battery, not the 12V.
As for a toolkit, this is what I have, all from HF. Between the sales and the % off promos, I’m under $50 all in. It won’t tackle everything, but in a day and age in which cars have to be dismantled just to replace a light bulb, it’ll handle at least minor and even some moderate roadside repairs.
Bag.
Pliers set.
Screwdriver, multi.
Screwdrivers, 6pc.
Metric wrenches.
Adjustable wrench.
40 pc. socket set.
Hex/torx keys.
Zip ties.
Since “I’m getting too old for this”, I’ve pared down on carrying everything “just in case I’m rebuilding a cylinder head” or something. Can’t say that about the younger me, though – many years back, I had a water pump commit seppuku while going up a mountain road. Eventually found a payphone, called AAA (I’ve been a member for decades now), and several hours later, got towed 77 miles back down into town. Walked to a parts store, bought a new water pump, and changed it in the parking lot of a Super 8. I did have my “junkyard tool set”, which was a pretty comprehensive set, however.
@narfcake see this is what you get towed directly to auto zone
@jouest Nah, I got towed to the motel instead where I stayed the night, as it was a Sunday and parts stores were closed.
@jouest @narfcake I swapped out the fuel pump on my '79 Chevy G20 van in the parking lot of a Days Inn in the middle of Oklahoma at 1AM once, and then got back on the road and nearly caught up to the rest of the caravan heading for GenCon in Milwaukee. I was only 45 minutes behind when they arrived, and they’d had multiple drivers swapping out. I was solo. I used to do amazing marathons under adrenaline. Just not running. Weird knee.
All fits in the console and back of my small SUV. Might seem like overkill, but I’ve somehow been first on scene of four major incidents so far (including one upside down vehicle), so I pack accordingly.
@Kabn people might get suspicious if you keep being the first on the scent to accidents (with a utility belt full of supplies no less!)