2009
Survival Hooch!
The “Pocket Shot” really is the best thing to ever be invented by the hand of man and I’m amazed it took the human race this long to actually get to it. The basics are it’s a plastic bag of booze that fits in your pocket, sock, bra or wherever. Totally concealable and an awesome add to a BoB or and EDC bag. Hell or even just your pocket! Urban Survival can be a bit of a bummer sometimes thinking about all the possible badness that can befall us city dwellers from without and within. When you’re feeling down after a week of eating MRE’s, sleeping in a tube tent and crapping in a chemical toilet who doesn’t want to have a good snort? While technically not a “survival” product it’s still one of those pretty freakin cool inventions that really do make life just a little bit better.
I taste tested the vodka this morning which you can see in the accompanying video after the jump and it wasn’t too too bad. If you used it as a mixer and not straight up it would be totally passable at any cocktail party. The form factor is just amusingly awesome but I don’t think I’d really keep one in my back pocket. It seems like that could really be a recipe for disaster especially if you’re out and about and don’t want to smell like a homeless alcoholic all day. I’m going to keep my eye out for the other “flavors” and see if they stand up to the quality of the vodka. What would only make this thing better is if they licensed real brand name hooch. I’ve got a bottle of Lagavulin in my survival kit for “emergencies” but it would be great to be able to keep a smaller and lighter load in my BoB for cross country GTFOOD hikes. And yes, I wrote this review AFTER I did the taste test 
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Perhaps the best survival item reviewed so far. Thanks for taking one for the team.
What’s the per unit retail cost on these little beauties? And how do you think they’d compare with using the CountyComm Tube Vault (http://bit.ly/Rskyq) and filling it with better quality booze from my private stock? Does the form/cost factor of the Pocket Shot make it a better option than a Vault filled with high-grade hooch?
I knew I forgot something! They’re $1.49 each at my local. I’d like to have my own personal brands too but the thing I like about these over using the tube vaults is that they really are super light and portable and not rigid. It’s literally a little plastic sack. I also encourage experimentation so I’d say set-up both and see what works for you!
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