Was looking for products to boost my first aid arsenal now that my kid has started child care, and came across these specials. Seems like a pretty good deal for peace of mind at home and on the road. Other kits and combos are available as part of the April sale so you can choose depending on your needs.
For comparison, the St John Ambulance large kit alone goes for $157.50.
As a bonus, most of the kits and combo deals on sale are over $55 and so qualify for free shipping.
Their K150 kit is also quite good value - especially when you get two for the price of one - but wait, there's more… order now and you get free shipping (over $55)! We had one of these for our 4WD trips and came in handy.
Coles had one for $35 just two weeks ago. Not sure if you want to pay this much
that'll do me. dont need a fancy one. Im going to misuse it anyway if i ever open it out of panic
Looks like a whole pile of stuff that would never get used. How about some band aids and tweezers for $5?
Suppose I'm the kind that would rather have what's needed on hand and in my emergency kit then realise I don't have what I need. If I never need to use certain items, then I see that as a positive
K150 does look far more complete than the $22.50 option.
And like with any first aid kit you hope it's a waste of money and that it goes un-needed
Build your own!
This is what I did, look at the item list of these kits, it is just a few bandages and mostly useless stuff. Can buy it all for way cheaper at chemist and put in plastic container, then you know what is in it too. The things that gets used most in my kits is painkillers and band aids so just put tons of that. Some nonstick dressings, gauze, bigger bandages, tape, scissors, tweezers, pins, plastic kitchen bags etc. just in case.
non-adherent dressings are gold, always good to have a couple handy
What did it cost?
DIY
St John for some reason always very expensive for first aid kit. Maybe to fund the free first aid course or just the brand itself
Your kid is gonna come home with RSV, covid, hand foot and mouth disease or all kinds of flu's. You need to load up on paracetamol/ibuprofen. Not bandages.
Another +1 for build your own. You can ensure the stuff you buy is good quality(haven’t come across a first aid kit that doesn’t use very sub par adhesive bandaids).
I was considering to purchase first aid kit which is easy to carry so I can put in my bag taking my kid to sports and outdoor activities, But it seems I need to replace the bandaids with cute and comfy ones, get extra saline for wound wash, get antiseptic cream in tube rather than a few sachets. I ended up with spending around $40 to get all I believe necessary. I don't really need to have various sized dressings and different kind of swabs.
Anyone keen to provide links for list of items for DIY kit? Preferably from Amazon? (If there isn’t one already on ozb?)
Not a DIY kit if someone else has done all the work …
I’ll still have to buy those items. Pay for it. Receive it. Unpack it. Dispose recycling boxes then Pack it again in first aid kit box then put it in my car.
There are plenty of checklists online, failing that find some first aid kits for sale and check the description, youll definitely come across one that has the entire contents listed, the DIY part is adding or removing things based on your own personal experience with injuries. For example I Bandaid brand fabric strips are a must for my kits cause of how hardy and long lasting they are, antiseptic is a no brainer, I pack both cream and that iodine stuff I forget the name of it..
Also remember that first aid kits and equipment has expiry dates, so it might be worth getting a smaller (cheaper) kit.
Unless you're planning to use the kit a lot.
Just like First Aid + CPR training, you want to have it but hope that you never need to use it!
Just be conscious that you get the one main kit (K410), plus two small car kits (K101) for free (not three of the K410 kits for the price of one). A bit misleading on the website.
The K410 alone is $124, and the K101 kits are $22.50. So you're essentially paying $122.50 instead of $169.00.