While survival gear remains a hard sell to U.S. pilots, there is still a small minority who recognize that it doesn't always happen to the other guy. They support a cottage industry providing ready-made aviation survival kits for general aviation use. There are relatively few kits that have been around for a long period of time -- most disappear in short order -- but hardly a year goes past without at least one new entrant making an appearance. These kits, both existing and the new entrants, fall into two major categories: inexpensive with minimal capabilities and generally some questionable components, and higher-end, more expensive kits with generally -- but not always -- more and better quality components. The latest entrant is Survival Tech and their ST-1450 kit, aimed at the latter niche with a price of $355. Let's see how well they do.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/ownership/survival-tech-aviation-survival-kit