Product review
April 2022
April 2022
NZ Survivor
1 person 3 day full survival pack
Price
$262
Score
75
Price
$262
Score
75
Why is this free?
This report is free thanks to funding from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and Toka Tū Ake EQC.
A comprehensive kit of very good quality, with excellent first aid supplies and good food rations. But the dynamo torches are nowhere near as good as battery-powered ones, although both lasted significantly longer than the one other dynamo product in our test. There's a good list of what's in the kit and how to use it. There's also a checklist of items to add, but it's incomplete and hard to read. It's also the most expensive kit in our test and it'd cost around $70 less (excluding shipping or petrol) to build this kit yourself.
Test results
- 74Comprehensiveness
- 76Quality overall
- 60Quality essential items
Good points
- Good quality kit.
- Good backpack with multiple compartments, reflective piping, bungy compression strap and double zips that slide well.
- Two torches supplied.
- Comprehensive first aid kit of excellent quality.
- Good food rations with a long shelf life.
- Kit includes other useful items - multi-tool and light sticks.
- Includes kit list with instructions for use.
- Includes a good amount of toiletries - a couple things to be added.
- Four N95/P2 masks included.
- Good, medium-weight rain poncho that's long with enclosed sides, elasticated cuffs, and a drawstring hood.
- Extra 500ml tub of hand sanitiser included.
Bad points
- Very expensive and poor value.
- Terrible torches (two dynamo types included) - both dim with poor beam pattern.
- Note of items to add is incomplete and printed in light orange text as a paragraph (not a checklist) that's hard to read.
- The tissues included are compressed towelettes which expand when wet. There are only 10 and they're thin.
Model
- Average price
$262
- Bag volume
25L
Essential items scores
- Bag
70
- Torch
30
- Radio
50
- First aid
100
- Food rations
70
- Checklist of items to add
40
NEMA or Consumer NZ recommended
- Torch
- Radio
- First aid kit
- Food rations
- Checklist of items to add
- Torch and radio's batteries included
N/A (wind-up dynamo)
- Extra set of batteries
N/A (wind-up dynamo)
- Rain poncho
- Water container
- Water purification
- Foil blanket or bag
- Whistle
- Pen or marker
- Notebook or paper
- Masks
- Hand sanitiser
- Wet wipes
- Tissues
- Soap
- Toothbrush
- Toothpaste
- Thick plastic bags
- Ear plugs
- Work gloves
- Pain killers
N/A
- Kit list
- Emergency planner
Other useful supplies
- Multi-tool
- Light sticks
- Rope or cord
- Tampons
- Latex gloves
- Hi visibility vest
More info
- Notes
This kit also includes matches. There's no candle to go with them, but we don't recommend flame-based products for safety reasons.
- Availability
Available from nzsurvivor.co.nz.
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