"These types of Survival whistles" are CRAP and could get you killed!

They contain small parts (which are not safely anchored in anyway) which could be a choking hazard.

Let's take a look inside.

At first these types of whistles which come inside of those cheapo "survival kits' often marketed with actually good knives, look great, and even produce a super ear piercing  blast  with little effort;  are just terrible.  WHY???

Well, on close examination, just inside of the mouth piece resides a small bit of hard plastic, which is required  for the whistle to work. Without this very small piece of plastic, the whistle, no matter how hard you blow it, until blood starts coming out of your ears, you will never make it work. Better off just learning how to whistle with your fingers in your mouth- which BTW can also produce a deafening blast.

See that opaque piece of plastic???

Looking into the mouth piece, you can clearly see this tiny piece of plastic, in this case a hard piece of HDPE by the looks of it.

Well here lies the problems. Firstly, this piece of plastic is easily dislodged from the whistle by vibration. This can occurs from one of thousands of ways for example: when the whistle is either dropped, knocked, gotten wet, thrown somewhere, bounced around in a pack or in one of those cheapo Aluminium can survival kits etc.

No plastic insert, no sound from this device.

Secondly, if one was to inhale with the whistle in their mouth, there is a good chance that they will end up choking on this small piece of plastic, and if luck is on their side, they might be saved and end up shitting it out at some other time if they manage to get it out of their windpipe.


These kinds of whistles are a hazard to children and adults alike and I would like to suggest that if you want to carry a whistle make sure there are NO parts which you could accidentally ingest or worst still choke on. Otherwise you might become a victim of your own survival kits contents!

Mass produced in CHINA, and my guess is that they would never pass safety standards.