Adventure Medical Kits Mountain Series Medical Kit - Hiker - Emergency Medical First Aid Kit - For 2 People for 2 Days - Comes with a Trauma Pad, Medicine, Guide Book & More

Great first aid kit. Just enough of everything for a couple days or to keep in your car for minor emergencies. I've been buying this brand for years and it never disappoints.

The packaging is small, but it has plenty and is nicely organized. I have always found their kits to be good quality.

I've used AMK kits for years. I have them in various sizes in camping gear, travel bag, bicycle pannier, etc. This is my favorite yet. I love the way it unfolds, with various compartments, labeled so I can find what I need easily. I always make mods to first aid kits, but the basic supplies are fine.

I've purchased several Adventure Medical Kits first aid kits, and this one is on par with the rest. Overall, I like the size and form factor, combined with the clearly labeled compartments to find what you need fast, or for someone who is unfamiliar with your first aid kit to find things. Whether the labeling saying it covers a certain number of people for a certain number of days is accurate is debatable, but I think the contents are a good value for what you pay. Unless you are outfitting several medical kits, and therefore plan to buy the supplies in bulk, I don't think it's easy to buy the same contents individually for less cost - I've priced this out informally.All of the contents was as described, with the exception of the gauze pads. Some of the sizes were different than advertised, though the total quantity was the same. The Adventure Medical Kits web site states some contents may be substituted, and I feel the gauze pad substitutions were adequate. Additionally, the medications pack had an expiration date of about 20 months from the date of purchase, so I think that's more than acceptable as well.Note that this kit is pretty small (search for it on YouTube so you can see it in comparison to other objects; the size isn't easy to visualize from the picture), so if you want to add your own items, keep that in mind. You do have enough room to add things like extra bandages, gauze pads, and medications, even more so if you remove the medical guidebook, and flatter items fit better. However, if you plan to add any bulky items, like larger tourniquets, pressure bandages, etc., you'll want to look elsewhere. If you just plan to add more of what's already in the kit, or otherwise flat items, (especially if you remove the guidebook), you'll be fine. Keep in mind the size and form factor are meant for basic first aid for very short duration trips, not serious trauma care. Even the 5x9" pad in the "stop bleeding fast" pocket isn't going to stop any bleeding for which a tourniquet would be suited or where you'd want a professional pressure bandage.I honestly can't think of any cons considering the intended purpose of this kit. If I had to think of any, I'd say the roll of medical tape is pretty short if you needed it for, say, taping up a sprained ankle rather than just taping on some bandages; they probably could have fit a longer roll. The elastic bandage and the compressed gauze roll also seem fairly short, and maybe could have been longer and in a flat-fold packaging rather than rolled. Including a flat-packed triangular bandage sling-and-swathe use would be nice, but gain, this seems to be intended as a very basic kit, and that's easy to add after the fact.One other note, is that there was oddly a folded up napkin (clean and unused, fortunately) in the pocket where the medical guidebook is, as someone else mentioned in one of the 1-star reviews. I contacted Adventure Medical Kits about this, which said, "This was a design purpose for show when they were on display. So yes this was planned...". I don't understand what display purpose this napkin could serve, but at least it was intended and doesn't indicate the packaging was tampered with. Additionally, the plastic tie holding the zipper closed was intact. I also contacted Tall Ridge, the Amazon Marketplace vendor (who Adventure Medical Kits confirmed to me is an authorized reseller), who said all of their products ship as they receive them from the manufacturer.

Purchased as gift. Recipient was very please. Small compact lightweight. Perfect for backpacking.

Perfect size for a couple night hike/campout. High quality supplies.

loved this. came with everything i needed and even some space to squeeze in any personal medication in little baggys.

It took a surprisingly long time to shop Amazon for a First Aid kit to take on a trip to a national park. My hiking shoes have been gathering dust all throughout the pandemic (and before) so I was basically starting from scratch. I thought I would spend about 20 minutes, tops, looking for an emergency kit but it ended up taking well over an hour and in the end I had to buy more than one kit and several add-ons to make it truly "wilderness ready".This product took the lead in my backpacking/hiking First Aid search because it also contains basic medications (antihistamine, Ibuprofen, etc.) that are too difficult (or pricey) to buy in low quantities when sold separately. I liked that this kit also included a wilderness First Aid guide — although I think that it would have been more helpful if the guide were laminated for all weather and the print larger since one never knows what kind of light (or eyesight) one will have depending on age, time of day or weather.This product also captured my attention because the compartments are labeled to find things quickly in an emergency.Now for what I don't like: This kit is smaller than expected — small enough to fit in the palm of a small hand. It's hard to see how there would be enough bandaging in this kit for a twisted ankle so I'm going to have to pack that separately. (On the trips I've been on in the past, twisted ankles and knees happen. I've helped more than one person out by carrying a full-size Ace bandage yet few of these kits include a genuine Ace bandage of any kind.)Next, the nylon pack feels a bit flimsy, has no room to spare and I doubt it is waterproof. The lack of spare capacity is perhaps the most disappointing of all. I knew I would have to add other things to complete the kit but there really isn't room. For instance, I wanted to add a small Mylar-lined poncho to the kit and could only do so by forcing the zipper closed. (It could rip if I keep it there.) I had to buy a second "survivalist" kit that was deficient in a lot of the items this First Aid kit contains to pick up other items that this kit omits: i.e. an emergency whistle, small roll of duct tape and a fire-starter device.Shockingly, all the kits I came across for outdoor use are deficient in major ways, which is to say that they aren't much different than what you would expect to find in an office First Aid kit.Because the Adventure Medical Kit "Mountain Series" is sold for backpacking and hiking use, I would have also liked to have seen the inclusion of a small compass and signaling mirror but even Coleman doesn’t include one in theirs. (This is not a minor consideration. I live in an area where such mirrors have repeatedly enabled people who are hiking nearby mountainsides where cell service is deficient to signal for help.)Another thing I did not see in any "wilderness" First Aid/Survival kit: A device for removing ticks from pets and people. Honestly, if I could figure out all these things in the space of an hour why not the companies that actually market these emergency kit products? Similarly, I also think a First Aid kit aimed at outdoor enthusiasts should have included a small packet of DEET towelettes (while one should come prepared for the bugs in any outdoor setting, sometimes things are lost or forgotten, in which case "mosquito wipes" would help in a pinch). That said, in fairness to Adventure Medical Kits it would appear nobody combines all of this together.Having also built a home emergency kit a few years ago as well as kits for our cars, perhaps I have "graduated" from buying these pre-assembled kits should instead consider, for future reference, building my own from scratch. At issue is that buying all the items separately can oftentimes significantly more costly. Consequently, I really wish SOMEBODY in this "product space" would think through what a emergency preparedness looks like for outdoor enthusiasts — beginning with the fact that a kit aimed at hikers should probably contain more than a single sheet of moleskins!