Life+Gear LGSBPK01 Wings of Life Backpack without Life Essentials

by Life+Gear

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Life+Gear Wings of Life Backpack is the first Backpack that is perfect for Camping, Hiking or Emergencies. Featured in Newsweek, CNBC, FOX TV, MSNBC, Wall Street Journal and other major publications ast the best Back Pack for Emergency Preparedness and Everyday Outdoor use. Designed with light weight construction for everyday use in the outdoors and as a Survival Backpack. The Wings hold critical emergency supplies including First Aid Kit, Multi-Function tool, Thermal Blanket, All Weather Poncho, N95 Respirator Mask, Signaling Whistle, Hygiene Kit, Waterproof Document, Writing Pad & Pen, Signaling Mirror, Directional Compass, Leather Gloves and more. The Backpack comes with built in Water Resistant Cover, Emergency Red Flasher and Tarp for Shelter.

Product Details

• Item Weight: 6.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000R9ZHHU
• Item model number: LGSBPK01
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #156,780 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Missing half of the contents!, March 18, 2008

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Jennifer A. Plunkett "JEN" (HOUSTON, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Life+Gear LGSBPK01 Wings of Life Backpack without Life Essentials (Tools & Home Improvement)

The backpack seems nice, and the tiny little soap would surely come in handy for something, but the main items I was interested in were not in the backpack. The description has all of these items listed as included, but they were not. The "Life Essentials" part was completely missing - no food or water rations. The leather gloves, mirror, waterproof document bag, and mask were also missing. I purchased two of these at the same time, and one of them also had a broken compass on top of these other missing items. That was a pretty expensive yellow backpack, tiny soap, and bandaids.

Amazon is going to send a replacement, but they cannot guarantee that it will not be missing the same things next time. Frustrating to have to make trips to the Post Office with kids....which is the reason I shop on Amazon in the first place.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Despite Initial Problem, Kit is what it says, October 5, 2008

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Blazing Pascal - See all my reviews

This review is from: Life+Gear LGSBPK01 Wings of Life Backpack without Life Essentials (Tools & Home Improvement)

OK, let me get the problems out of the way first.

Like many people, my kit was also missing the Life Essentials pack. What did I do? I emailed LifeGear. They wrote me back within a couple of hours, apologized, and then proceeded to send me not only the Life Essentials pack, but an extra flashing emergency light and another crank radio. I received them about 3 days later. I also got another email from them asking if they arrived and if they could do anything else for me. Problem solved.

Some have complained about the compass. It's nothing to write home about. I agree. Personally, I always have a couple of compasses and would never rely solely on something that came as part of a kit. It is a back up at best. Still, it could have been better.

Finally, the next big complaint seems to be that a person could put together a comparable or even better kit by themselves piece by piece and even save some money. OF COURSE YOU COULD! Did you not look to see what was included in the kit before you bought this? Did you not do a little checking and find out that you could, indeed, make your own for cheaper? How on earth someone could rate down the product for including what it says it includes for the price listed. You knew this going in. You either knew this ahead of time and still bought it, in which case, why are you complaining? Or you didn't bother to look into the product descriptions before you bought it, in which case, duh.

Oh well. I am giving it four stars. It might have been three stars had I not received such great service after the purchase, but maybe still four. The backpack itself it pretty nice. A good size with room for quite a bit. It is sturdy and comfortable enough. The items inside are better than in some kits I have seen and worse than a couple. For the most part, however, prebuilt kits do not boast the highest quality items (and a little search on google reveals this).

Again, yes, you can put one of these together yourself and save some money. But don't discount the value of simply getting SOMETHING. I actually bought this as a supplemental kit that I needed in a hurry and one that I didn't want to spend time putting together. I swapped a few items out and might add a few more. But ultimately, complain about the missing stuff (though you could just email them and probably get it fixed), complain about the quality of some item in the kit (but don't expect great quality in a prebuilt kit), but don't complain that the kit came with what it said it would come with and cost what it said it would cost.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Did not have anything promised!!, May 21, 2008

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AMANDA - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Life+Gear LGSBPK01 Wings of Life Backpack without Life Essentials (Tools & Home Improvement)

I ordered this before reading the other reviews. After I read them I was tempted to cancel, but decided to chance it as I've never had any problems with Amazon before. My item arrived today and the ONLY item promised on the description page that was included was the whistle/compass/thermometer. And the compass did not work at all. I'm returning this tomorrow. I'd recommend purchasing a different product or from a different source.