LS1FJ40
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Perfect. I like torx button head screws but the reality is it's probably a one time attachment anyway and a phillips is close to the JIS so it would make more sense.
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Perfect. I like torx button head screws but the reality is it's probably a one time attachment anyway and a phillips is close to the JIS so it would make more sense.
Velcro is about as simple as it gets. Also, you could buy the first aid bags for about $20, add the Velcro to the back, toss on some Wit's End branding and sell them for $40.
NLXTACY
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Well...this is one of those things that has been making this project so damn big for me. I've spent months purchasing/acquiring bags and boxes to test along with EVERY small first aid kit I could get my hands on. I have close to 60 different set ups. Nothing tickles my pickle but there have been some interesting options.
I'm all about branding but I equally care about utilization, efficiency and ease of use.
LS1FJ40
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Right. The problem is there are literally thousands of bags and none of them are perfect. Because of my background, I tend to overpack on first aid supplies. My current kit is a 36"X16"X16" duffel bag that I picked up at a swap meet. I really need to scale back. Some of the contents are...non standard. I probably don't need adult and child C collars, OP airway kits, scalpel, sutures, splints, hypos, epi, Viagra...
NLXTACY
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Well I have all of that
I went over board on my EMT kit as well. Here is my setup: First aid kit (EMT kit)
LS1FJ40
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Combat medical pouches seem to be a good way to go. I prefer bright ass red since I'm not trying to hide from the enemy
Not yet...
When you first started this thread or maybe it was on the previous thread, I was thinking you were coming up with some sort of storage box to mount in that area. I'm not completely sure why I was thinking that. Either way, along those lines if it were some sort of small box with a first aid label on it and a skinny vertical door on the end and a quick release latch, then you can put nearly any first aid kit in there. Obviously you'd be limited with size but then you eliminate all the mouting issues. Velcro sounds great and would likely work but it seems tough to implement it. Velcro take two halves obviously and although I've seen many many small first aid kits I've never seen one with Velcro. To make Velcro or some other attaching system work you need to modify your current first aid kit or get a new pouch. First aid kits already tend to be expensive so forcing everyone to some how figure out how to modify their current one or buy a new one might quickly limit your interested parties.
Like I said before I wasn't sure why I thought you were doing a small box design but I think that's the best idea. A box can be filled with anything whereas a mounting "system" quickly gets complicated and often proprietary. I think your ability to make an amazing looking box has certainly been proven around here. Add a tall skinny door brightly labeled "first aid" on the back side. Spend your "quick release" design time on the door latch. Design it so that the edge of the box and thus the door ends up right at the back window of the truck and not only is it there in your face when the hatch is opened but also nothing ends up being packed in front of it on accident.
In regards to first aid kits, I know you said you have like 60 different set ups. I'd say decide on the practical size of a decent first aid kit and design around that. I'm certainly not talking about the extra comprehensive ones mentioned above including c-collars and what not. Pick a popular brand of kit that would be avail nearly anywhere in the country like Adventure Medical. Good chances that many customers already have similar kits....I know I do.
I also very much dislike the Molle stuff, but for different reasons.
Anyway just my .02......well maybe my .08 lol
Like I said before I wasn't sure why I thought you were doing a small box design but I think that's the best idea. A box can be filled with anything whereas a mounting "system" quickly gets complicated and often proprietary. I think your ability to make an amazing looking box has certainly been proven around here. Add a tall skinny door brightly labeled "first aid" on the back side. Spend your "quick release" design time on the door latch. Design it so that the edge of the box and thus the door ends up right at the back window of the truck and not only is it there in your face when the hatch is opened but also nothing ends up being packed in front of it on accident.
In regards to first aid kits, I know you said you have like 60 different set ups. I'd say decide on the practical size of a decent first aid kit and design around that. I'm certainly not talking about the extra comprehensive ones mentioned above including c-collars and what not. Pick a popular brand of kit that would be avail nearly anywhere in the country like Adventure Medical. Good chances that many customers already have similar kits....I know I do.
I also very much dislike the Molle stuff, but for different reasons.
Anyway just my .02......well maybe my .08 lol
LS1FJ40
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See the link I posted above for a first aid kit with Velcro on the back of it...
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NLXTACY
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@Dubbinchris I actually have a "vertical tray" design that was going to house a first aid kit BUT the issue is the D-Pillar plastic itself. The D-pillar is steel and flat but the plastic cover is bowed outward and is purely aesthetics. This concave intrudes far enough into my contraption that it makes the space behind it more useless. I could make it wider sure, but then it starts to look gangly even before you hang anything off of it.
I guess I should have clarified in saying that I'm sure they exist despite me not having seen any, but likely they aren't as common as those without Velcro. Personally I avoid most things that come in camo or have the word "tactical" attached to them.See the link I posted above for a first aid kit with Velcro on the back of it...
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What cherry of mine did you actually *pop?
You have Viagra in your first aid/emergency kit? You indeed are ready for ANY situation!
Viagra wasn't originally developed for its current popular known use.
danadog
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Originally developed as a vasodilator. It has a unique side effect.
danadog
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@NLXTACY its pretty hard to beat the Adventure Medical Kits first aid kits from Tender Corp. FYI if you plan on bundling a kit in with the pannel I think there will be restrictions for export/import to Canada. I think they restrictions lay here in Canada with import law but my apply to other counties as well.
tractorpole
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I didn't see it in the thread but will there be a drivers side offered as well?
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