Thread: add some condoms to your survival kit

The lack of maturity in this forum never ceases to amaze me...

Originally Posted by doubletap007

just for fun im gonna hang some condoms off my fishing hat and go fly fish the clackamas river with a condom,i might even use a tampon for a floater?

That explains the drout in Texas....damn fisherman and their ultra-absorbent bobbers. With wings.

Originally Posted by Riot

The lack of maturity in this forum never ceases to amaze me...

The lack of humor in this forum never ceases to amaze me...

man i love opening a new can just to see what crawls out cuz it never ceases to amaze me lol its cool most of you i enjoy reading what your thinking but the reason i posted this was just to throw out ideas that condoms can be used for when in survival mode and of course to get some of those funny comments about the fact that it was a condom and where it went from their idk

Originally Posted by Riot

Dang. What some people will do with their scrotum to survive.

And to be able to stretch it until its transparent, that takes survival skill to a new level.

so.....it seems to me the most useful task for the condom is to start a fire........too bad we live in the bubbleguming PNW. 80% of the year your bubblegum out of luck starting a fire with a condom

Actually, when we taught extreme cold weather survival we used condoms at night to urinate in and then tossed them out of a nice warm sleeping bag, called em arctic turnips! sounds funny but better than crwaling out of your frozen over hideout or shelter and then having to rewarm after pissing in the snow.

... a supply of Kotex® pads makes very effective compresses, esp. for larger wounds. Practice tying them in place w/ mini-bungee cords. A life saved could not care less about the brand name. Very effective mouth-filters in place of a gas mask.

Just a note from recent personal experience: It is surprisingly hard to find non-lubricated condoms in retail stores. I looked in two local grocery stores, including a Fred Meyers, as well as a Walgreens, and didn't find a single non-lubricated offering on the shelf.

Another thing, in a longer-term survival situation: You don't want a pregnancy on your hands! In all seriousness, if you were going to be in it for a long time and were lucky enough to have a female-bodied person present who wanted to have sex with you, a pregnancy would greatly compromise your survival prospects. Lots of medical/travel/food concerns come along with that. Just saying.

Josh

Originally Posted by Riot

A condom is just that, a "swiss army knife" of tools.

LMAO.... condoms are a "swiss army knife" for your tool.

Originally Posted by x1hunter89

man i love opening a new can just to see what crawls out cuz it never ceases to amaze me lol its cool most of you i enjoy reading what your thinking but the reason i posted this was just to throw out ideas that condoms can be used for when in survival mode and of course to get some of those funny comments about the fact that it was a condom and where it went from their idk

Mark W. you must be a unimaginable bubblegum-tard. He makes a post with useful information and little humor and the first thing you do is jump on him.
Yes, it is possible to start a fire with a condom without dowsing the flame. I have done it before out of my own interest and to hone my survival skills.
Lighten up people.

Hahaha!!
I would agree, you can use a rubber for just about anything and some things you havent thought of.
People do cut them into thin strips and make flies for fly fishing out of them.
This is a good thread, even with the laughs. A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road...

OK - here is a somewhat weak but viable use for a condom - not sure if I'd bother but you could fill it with sand and use it as a sand bag, or you could cut the tip off and use it to hold your kotex in place over an arm and it would keep it dryer in the rain than just tying it in place. You could also use them on an udder when milking a cow and have a simple catch and carry method for taking the milk on the road with you. Just a few simple ideas.

If you are stuck out near the coast, good luck finding any! I remember like 8 years ago I had to drive close to 50 miles to find a box.... Kinda killed the mood a bit.

If my Wife found a condom in my kit, I wouldn't survive!!!

Don't know about you guys, but if I see someone with a condom stretched over his or her head, I'm gonna laugh my a** off

Originally Posted by ernurse

Actually, when we taught extreme cold weather survival we used condoms at night to urinate in and then tossed them out of a nice warm sleeping bag, called em arctic turnips! sounds funny but better than crwaling out of your frozen over hideout or shelter and then having to rewarm after pissing in the snow.

So like with other uses in life.... It is fine and dandy, until it breaks, then you have fluid in places you dont want...