The product offered by Biedronka is not an evacuation backpack because its appearance and, above all, its content do not meet all the recommendations of the Government Security Center or guidelines Ministry of National Defense.
Biedronka offers a special backpack for PLN 149
Biedronka presents the product in its offer as “Setty outdoor Military backpack with equipment”. The set includes, among others: LED COB flashlight, tactical knife, magnesium fire starters, crowbar, spoons, forks, can and bottle openers, thermal sleeping bag with whistle and carabiner, as well as raincoat, pliers, rope with hooks, cable with connectors: USB-A/USB-C, micro-USB and Lightning, notebook with pencil, as well as a universal bag. The backpack has a capacity of 35 l.
Ladybird and 'Setty outdoor Military backpack with equipment' Photo: Screenshot/biedronka.pl
Such a set can be supplemented by purchasing, for example, binoculars or a survival radio or a power bank and a set of walkie-talkies. As the portal innpoland.pl emphasizes, much more expensive and at the same time better equipped sets are offered by, for example, Media Expert, Militaria.pl or SpecShop.pl.
A professional evacuation backpack costs several thousand zlotys
Prices in Media Expert or in Militaria.pl for Help Bag Max backpacks are in the range of PLN 2,199.99-2,299.99. On the other hand, the version from SpecShop.pl is cheaper and costs PLN 499. You can find there, among others, food rations, water filter straws or disinfectant tablets. Special materials on how to prepare an evacuation backpack have been prepared by the Government Security Center.
“What should we take with us when we have to evacuate? You will find it in the guide 'Be ready' – available on our website. There you will also find educational videos with experts. One of them is a former GROM soldier Paweł Mateńczuk 'Naval', who discusses the evacuation backpack” – I'm writing RCL on social media.
RCL recommends that the evacuation backpack contains the following: things such as: battery-powered radio with batteries, flashlight with batteries, most necessary documents, lighter or matches, respiratory or protective masks, map with local roads, compass, compass, GPScan opener, meals for 2 days, knife, pencil and notebook, cutlery set, raincoat, first aid kit, sleeping bag, garbage bags, change of clothes, soap, disinfectant gel, pliers, crowbar, multi-tool, small cash, filter bottle with new rubber filter, strings and a cable tie.