SOG Flint 4.3" Survival & Defense Portable Compact Tool for Outdoors and Emergencies | Includes Glass Breaker and Whistle

Haven’t had to use the glass breaker part in a real life situation, just on empty bottles. It works, the whistle is nice and used to wrangle my nieces and nephews or play with them. It’s nice and sturdy, has a great feel. It is small and can be lost. Overall a nice addition to your EDC

First, it is indeed tiny BUT thats exactly what makes it great to have as EDC item. As it is a small volume whistle, one must blow forcefully to get good volume. This, a AAA flashlight, and a small neck knife make a great "Trinity" to have on at all times. Any larger and heavier just reduces chances on one having it available-I'd rather have a small glass breaker immediately when riding with others than a huge full sized one sitting unavailable to me in my vehicle.

I am going to keep this and put it in a go-bag, but I am not convinced it is entirely useful.The whistle is very high pitched and will not carry all that far and definitely not as loud as other emergency whistles I have blown. Also, it is a metal whistle so unsuited for very cold weather, unless you want it stuck to your lips.The ferro rod is pretty small, and so is the stash of tinder, but I think I could definitely start a fire with this. The tinder, a small piece of steel wool, is good for one use. The rod will last for a bunch of fires, but it is pretty thin. Interestingly, it is threaded. I don't know if I could find a replacement, but it is replaceable, which is always nice.In any case, I'll toss this into a kit that I hope to never need, and I may not see it again.

Item is very well built and I hope I never need to use it. I will add it to my carried survival kit. My only complaint is that it is about 1 inch too short to be used well as a defensive tool.

This is smaller than I expected; it's 4 in. It weights almost nothing. It has a great high DB shrill whistle. And I just discovered, a little bit of steel wool tinder. I also searched the TSA website and can't find anything that would exclude this from carry on (I update if that turns out not to be true).

I have not had the problems others have written about. Doesn't come apart in my pocket, and the ring is solid and has not come apart. Two of the three screw in compartments are sealed with an o-ring. The fire starter produces significant spark and it comes with the steel wool tinder, but I will replace that as steel wool attracts moisture and rust. I will put a small ball of cotton soaked in 100 percent petroleum jelly as that is an awesome tinder and it does not attract moisture. The whistle is not really very effective, but will alert dogs. I have another whistle I carry constantly, so that wasn't a deal breaker for me. I have not tried the glass breaker, but feel it will work well. I will try it out next time I see a junked car. It would work as a self defense tool if you know how to wield it, which most people don't. Fits compact into the hand and is easily concealable.

I like the fire starter thing mostly and the size, compact size, etc. Also, the SOG name.

Just once I want a damn multifunction tool whistle that works! This isn't it. If I was in a dark small igloo and someone blew this I doubt I could find them. Its an expensive piece of garbage. But too cheap to waste my time returning it. My first SOG product. Making me think I'll stick with Gerber and Leatherman. The fire stick and striker are very much cheaper everywhere. The window breaker is tiny and, considering the whistle, I'd hate to stake my life on it working. They do give you about a half a jellybean size pill of steel wool for tender. Made in China and it works like it was! Would NEVER recommend this and would be a complete fool to buy it again.I contacted CS at SOG. They were very helpful and promised to send me two units to get a good one. They followed through. Neither of the replacement whistles worked. Someday someone will make a useful multifunction tool with a good whistle!