What’s Your Most Overlooked Survival Item?

[ChamomileCraze]

I always stash extra sturdy shoelaces—they work for repairs, binding, even setting snares. Surprising how easy they are to forget until you need one. What’s something simple you folks always pack that doesn’t usually make the “essentials” lists?

 

[BlueHarborTea]

Jars of petroleum jelly—works for chapped skin, rust prevention, even starting fires in a pinch. Anyone else use it for odd jobs out in the garden?