Swiss Army Tampon!

[spandit]

Some genuinely ingenious uses here...

http://jezebel.com/5917477/the-swiss...-survival-tool

[Robbi]

WOW !

( but what were you looking for ? )

[spandit]

Just browsing Gizmodo... they've got some weird camping gadgets on there

[Lister]

Always tell our scouts to carry a tampon with them for those exact reasons, admittedly mainly for tinder purposes but the other uses are great too, I would add another use for the empty applicator or whatever you want to call the plastic housing; a waterproof paracord holder, should get at least a foot in one of those applicators.

[spandit]

What good is a foot of paracord?

[Shambling Shaman]

Thanks for that.

[Dannytsg]

Some very good ideas there!

[widu13]

What good is a foot of paracord?

Boot lace you nana.

Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk

[ex member pyrophil]

What good is a foot of paracord?

lol

Well i guess if someone was silly enough to spill meths on one of there boots lighting a stove and it got on fire and melted the lace before they put it out, a foot of paracord would come in handy lol

[calgarychef]

Without debasing myself and discussing gashes etc. I have to admit that I always carry one while bowhunting, supposed to be good for puncture wounds, the South African armyuses them for bullet wounds. I also use them as scent dispersers for hunting and using various attractants. I carry "maxi pads" in my first aid kit also as they must be good for compression bandages. I hadn't thought of so many uses though, it's always good to think outside of "the box."

[spandit]

Boot lace you nana.

I wear normal people sized shoes & the laces are longer than that

[Bartnmax]

Without debasing myself and discussing gashes etc. I have to admit that I always carry one while bowhunting, supposed to be good for puncture wounds, the South African armyuses them for bullet wounds. I also use them as scent dispersers for hunting and using various attractants. I carry "maxi pads" in my first aid kit also as they must be good for compression bandages. I hadn't thought of so many uses though, it's always good to think outside of "the box."

I know one guy that does a LOT of mountain hunting & swears by a maxipad placed inside each of his boots.
Reckons they are brilliant for for combating sore foot/fatigue.
Haven't tried it myself as I'm pretty happy with the boots I have & how they look after me feet, but that guy has forgotten more about mountain hunting than I'll probably ever knoiw so I'm certainly not gonna say he's a 'fruit loop'. Could actually be something to it.

Bill.

[ScoobySnacks]

Don't forget paracord has seven (or nine) strands of fairly strong nylon in the core, so your foot length immediately turns in to ten feet of fine cordage which could be used as a fishing line or similar when tied together.

So nur!

[spandit]

Don't forget paracord has seven (or nine) strands of fairly strong nylon in the core, so your foot length immediately turns in to ten feet of fine cordage which could be used as a fishing line or similar when tied together.

So nur!

Um... 9 times 1 doesn't equal 10...
Funnily enough, I'm pretty sure the paracord I got from Endicotts has 8 strands but regardless of that fact, cramming 12 inches of cord into a plastic container to keep it dry, when you're going to use it for fishing line anyway, seems a bit pointless!

None of the above really matters anyway as the 'pons in my FAK are non-applicator!

I'm also pretty sure they're not sterile (I'd imagine they're pretty clean but not certified as such) and most of them are man-made fibres so pretty noxious to burn

[spandit]

A surprisingly interesting article here, although on an anti-tampon site:

http://www.keeper-cup.com/tampons_truth.html

Before you ask, I was searching for "tampons sterile" to see if they were - the linked article verifies that

[Tony]

Um... 9 times 1 doesn't equal 10...

it does if you take the 9 strands and then the sheath they're contained in

[Chiseller]

Without debasing myself and discussing gashes etc. I have to admit that I always carry one while bowhunting, supposed to be good for puncture wounds, the South African armyuses them for bullet wounds. I also use them as scent dispersers for hunting and using various attractants. I carry "maxi pads" in my first aid kit also as they must be good for compression bandages. I hadn't thought of so many uses though, it's always good to think outside of "the box."

I once used a cigarette filter to fill a puncture wound

Sent from my HTC Explorer using Tapatalk 2

[Chiseller]

I know one guy that does a LOT of mountain hunting & swears by a maxipad placed inside each of his boots.
Reckons they are brilliant for for combating sore foot/fatigue.
Haven't tried it myself as I'm pretty happy with the boots I have & how they look after me feet, but that guy has forgotten more about mountain hunting than I'll probably ever knoiw so I'm certainly not gonna say he's a 'fruit loop'. Could actually be something to it.

Bill.

Cheers Bill, that's got me thinking they could be good for drying sodden foot beds as you walk?

Sent from my HTC Explorer using Tapatalk 2

[spandit]

it does if you take the 9 strands and then the sheath they're contained in

Can you provide details of the magic knots that don't shorten the cord at all, please?

[Tony]

Ahh, now you've got me, fair point

[Stew]

Why would you need to keep paracord dry?

[spandit]

Why would you need to keep paracord dry?

To stop it getting wet

[Tony]

this is one of those threads that gets shifted to other chatter....it's a weird one...

[Tengu]

I always thought a Swiss army tampon was one of those which is red so you couldnt see.....

(rest of post deleted in intrests of man friendliness.)