AllOutdoor Review: My Medic Bite & Sting Med Pack – Ready Collection

All of us are glad that summer is finally here and we can fully embrace the outdoors, all the recreation that comes along with it, and completely enjoy nature. From seeing wild animals around dusk and dawn to flowers and even our tiny pollinator friends like honey bees. With us entering their domain – the areas that bees frolic and call home – we can sometimes incidentally get stung (we are, after all, intruders to the places they call home). When this happens it is never pleasant, but there are steps you can take to ensure the irritation, pain, and discomfort is as minimized as possible. With some simple medical care like that which can be found in the My Medic Bite & Sting Med Pack, hopefully being around honey bees and other bugs won’t sour your outdoor experiences even if you are stung. So, today we are going to review the My Medic Bite & Sting Med Pack to see what it is all about. Let’s dive in!

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Specifications: My Medic Bite & Sting Med Pack – Ready Collection

When it comes to having a medical pack for bites and stings you are going to want it to be small; less is more. The reason being is bites and stings from insects of any kind aren’t extremely common. Common enough where you may want to entertain having a med kit like this, but not so large that it should weigh 20 Lb and requires a suitcase. With that being said, the My Medic Bite & Sting Med Pack is a small yet inclusive kit. Let’s take a look.

Specialty straightedge for easy stinger removal
Cooling wipes provide comfort and prevent inflammation
Specialty wipes to relieve itching and hinder future bites and stings
Use as a grab-and-go pack or as a supplement to your Shan Tripp First Aid Kit

If this med pack sounds intriguing to you, My Medic is making it as enticing as possible for you to purchase one this summer. They are running a “Summer Sale” where you can get 30% OFF plus receive a Free Burn Pack with an order over $100. If that wasn’t enough, you can get a FREE lifesaving training video course ($125 Value) with the purchase of a Pro Kit in addition to the My Medic Bite & Sting Med Pack.

Height: 6.5″
Width: 4.75″
Depth: 1″
Weight: 3 Oz

Hand-picked by ER Nurse Shan Tripp, this Med Pack has all the supplies required to treat minor bites and stings. The Shan Tripp x My Medic Signature Series products have been curated specifically for YOU, the caretaker. Finally, everything you need to feel confident in caring for your little ones.

What’s Inside: My Medic Bite & Sting Med Pack – Ready Collection

When it comes to treating bee stings or insect bites (making the assumption you aren’t already allergic) there are several fundamental things you will want to have. This varies from sanitizing/pain relief wipes to inflammation reducing ointments, bandages, and a tool to help remove a potential stinger (more likely with bees). The My Medic Bite & Sting Med Pack has all of this and more.

(3) Packets of Skin Irritation Ointment – Ointment used to treat and reduce pain and inflammation in wounds
(3) 1″x3″ Bandages – Adhesive bandage used to protect minor cuts and scrapes from infection
(3) Super Hand Wipes – 6″x8″ Sanitizing towelette that fits right in your pocket
(3) Sting Relief Wipes – Provides temporary relief from pain and itching caused by insect stings and bites
(3) Bug Repellent Wipes – Bug repellent wipes
(1) Straight Edge – Straightedge tool used to aid in the removal of a stinger

Field Use: My Medic Bite & Sting Med Pack – Ready Collection

The best way to test the My Medic Bite & Sting Med Pack would be to deploy the different medical equipment on actual bites and stings. Thankfully, myself and none of my loved ones have recently been stung where this kit has been needed, but we can still assess the contents of this med pack, the value in them, and whether or not My Medic was wise in what they included in their med pack.

The largest and most consuming pieces to this med pack are the wipes. My Medic includes 3 different kinds which all serve a valuable purpose. The sanitizing wipes are a no-brainer. If you happen to be stung by any insect the last thing you want to do is further irritate a bite mark by contaminating it. Secondly, the sting relief wipes, can provide temporary pain and itch relief if you are ever bitten. This is important because you don’t want to aggravate or spread anything if you happen to be stung or bit. Thirdly, there are bug repellent wipes. If you are a beekeeper for honey like my wife and I, having something like this can be valuable when you are openly handling bees and in their space.

You also receive a straight edge tool to assist in removing a stinger (if one is present) in a bite or sting mark. This is more valuable and handy than one might think. My immediate knee-jerk reaction would be to use my on-person knife, but that is never sterile or clean. So, a dedicated tool to help with removing a stinger is valuable and does not take up a lot of space.

The last elements in this med pack (aside from a folded instruction set) is the skin irritation ointment and bandages. This ointment is used to treat and reduce pain and inflammation in wounds while the bandage obviously covers up the wound so it remains clean and uncontaminated as it heals. These again are very essential, basic, and crucial components to caring for stings and bites.

Final Thoughts: My Medic Bite & Sting Med Pack – Ready Collection

So, what are my final thoughts on the My Medic Bite & Sting Med Pack from their Ready Collection?… Overall, it does several things very well. It is small and compact in nature so this is something you can easily put in a glove box, center counsel, or a backpack. Toss it in and forget it until the need arises. It is lightweight also so you don’t have an excuse to not include one in a “go-bag” or survival pack. Also, it hits on the basics of treatment for a bite and sting med pack. Finally, the price which we never mentioned. This only costs $7.96 which could be cheaper than most people’s cup of drive-thru coffee.

I further consulted with my wife who is the in-house, subject matter expert (SME) on beekeeping and has been stung a handful of times herself. She stated her highest priorities would be an oral antihistamine (which could easily enough be added to this med pack by stopping by a CVS, Walgreens, grocery store, etc) and a topical ointment cream (which this med pack has). So, overall this med pack scores well on price, contents, and for having a topical ointment cream. At a price of $7.96 it is difficult to pass up.

Finally, it is important to consult a doctor if you are ever bitten or stung and begin to see worsening symptoms because you may be allergic to bee or insect bites and be unaware of it.

In closing, I want to say thank you to My Medic for allowing AllOutdoor and myself the opportunity to try out their My Medic Bite & Sting Med Pack – Ready Collection. That is greatly appreciated. Also, we would like to know what all of you guys and gals think? Do you believe that the My Medic Bite & Sting Med Pack – Ready Collection is something worth spending your money on? Would you take it with you hunting, hiking, camping, or leave one in your vehicle? As always, let us know all of your thoughts in the Comments below! We always appreciate your feedback.

Adam Scepaniak