Nothing tests your tools quite like an outdoor adventure. Whether camping out in the woods, taking on a challenging hiking trail, or exploring the wilderness, the challenges you’ll face in a survival scenario demand the highest quality tools made from the most durable materials. Prometheus Design Werx (or PDW) is a company that prides itself on designing and manufacturing high-quality multi-purpose performance apparel, equipment, and EDC tools, and the team behind it is passionate about the outdoors. Let’s take a closer look at some items we think should have a place in your survival kit.
FD Pouch
The FD Pouch or Forage Dump Pouch is a modular pouch with three separate pouch types that you can swap out to suit your use case. Each pouch has a capacity of 13 liters and can be mounted on any MOLLE platform with PDW’s MOLLE Compatible Array and optional HAL1 Straps.
The first pouch is a Canvas Pouch Module, made with organic undyed cotton canvas. It’s the perfect container for foraging wild edibles, medicinal plants, pine resin, tinder, and other natural materials. The second pouch is the Mesh Pouch Module, made with a polyester mesh and a durable 140D nylon top skirt. If you plan to store wet items, this is the pouch you’ll want to take with you since the mesh bottom allows liquid to seep through. The third pouch is the 500D CORDURA Module, which is both durable and waterproof. Use it as a magazine dump pouch or for items you want to be protected from harsh weather.
Each pouch has its own adjustable shoulder strap and a one-handed shock cord cinch top skirt, allowing you to close the opening easily.
WUULF Pack 24L
The Wilderness Utility Urban Lay Flat Pack or WUULF Pack combines the classic alpine style, top-loading summit assault pack design with some added modern touches. This 24L pack features a unique 2-way center front zipper that provides easy access to 90% of the main compartment without opening the top lid. Built with 500D CORDURA, the WUULF Pack boasts life-long durability while maintaining a light weight of just 1.43 kg.
PDW has gone the extra mile to ensure the WUULF Pack’s longevity with innovative design and material choices. Instead of using less durable stretch fabrics used in most packs’ water bottle pockets, they used a new double-gusseted design using the 500D and adjustable shock cord which you can replace when worn out. The WUULF Pack also features alloy tension hooks for the top lid closure and compression straps instead of the typical nylon or acetal type so that main point buckles wouldn’t be vulnerable to cracking when stepped on against rocks.
SHADO Pack 24L
The SHADO Pack 24L is a fully-loaded mid-size pack designed to accommodate a variety of conditions both in and out of the wilderness. SHADO stands for Suspension, Haul, Access, Durability, Organized—the guiding principles PDW used to govern its design. Its dual zipper opening gives you direct access to its internal admin compartments so you can organize all your items quickly and easily, even when the pack is laid flat.
It also features convenient mounting points for bike helmets or MOLLE pouches and dual reinforced clamshell main compartments for your laptop/tablet and EDC, bolstered by a top accessory pocket and dual side stretch water bottle pockets.
It’s made from Invista CORDURA 500D and custom-milled 140D nylon/spandex, which gives you some much-needed confidence when faced with bad weather. The SHADO Pack is designed for comfort, too, with a sternum strap ladder, removable waist belt, and a ventilated lumbar pad for those long treks.
Tool Pouch
The Prometheus Design Werx Tool Pouch is designed to store all the essential gear you want accessible at all times while keeping them out of your pockets. The exterior features a QR SR buckle for secure closure and an adjustable webbing strap for cinching when necessary. The pleated construction allows the pouch to accommodate many small items, such as folding knives up to 5” long, multi-tools, flashlights, monoculars, and more. The MCA (Molle Compatible Array) on the back allows you to mount it on pack straps or utility belts, ensuring your gear is always within easy reach. Its Invista CORDURA 500D construction guarantees durability, with 140D ripstop nylon lining the interior.
Ti-SAK Scales
The 58mm Victorinox Mini Champ is a fan favorite for a reason—it’s one of the most versatile SAKs around, with an assortment of tools ranging from a Phillips screwdriver to a built-in pen. These precision-machined titanium SAK Scales are high-grade premium scales meant to be permanent DIY replacements for the factory plastic Cellidor scales used in the 58mm Mini Champ. It’s a worthwhile upgrade, too, featuring a dive-watch grade glow-in-the-dark dot inlay that makes it easy to find in low-light conditions and a purposeful tactile grip and handling improvement to the otherwise smooth surface.
Two designs are available: a 5-fullered pattern and a topo map pattern replicating the topographic lines from a USGS 7.5′ map. Both designs take the Mini Champ to the next level in form and function.
Pack Rain Cover 15-30L
As prepared as we hope to be when we head out on an excursion, weather conditions can often be unpredictable. The Prometheus Design Pack Rain Cover is a compact, lightweight rain cover that provides waterproof protection to 15L-30L backpacks. At only 5.5″ x 5.5″, the Pack Rain Fly easily stows into its built-in pocket, ready to be pulled out when bad weather hits. With its 70D nylon construction and 2000mm waterproof polyurethane coating to keep your gear safe from wet weather, the Prometheus Design Pack Rain Cover gives you one less thing to worry about when heading out.
This is a sponsored post presented by Prometheus Design Werx.
