$11.95 shipped RATS tourniquets

[Necrosis]

Great deal on RATS tourniquets at Botach, might even be able to get them cheaper with the request a quote. These are easy to carry, work for arms or legs on big or small people and are US Military tested and approved for use.

I just bought some from Amazon for $15 each which was a good deal, this is even better. If you carry a gun for self defense, you need a first aid kit/training (Youtube + practice is great, in person classes are even better). The life you save could be your own or your loved ones.

https://www.botach.com/rats-tourniquet/

 

[Kahrnut]

Those are either tiny tourniquets, or HUGE rats.

 

[Lazarus]

I have a CATs TQ and wanted to get an extra TQ so I might have to pick one it. its a lot simpler to use than the CAT but I dont know if its as good as it doesnt have the little bar.

 

[Necrosis]

I have a CATs TQ and wanted to get an extra TQ so I might have to pick one it. its a lot simpler to use than the CAT but I dont know if its as good as it doesnt have the little bar.

Both are good, each have advantages/disadvantages. Both work, but true CATs are $30 each (and there are many fake CAT look-a-likes that may not work when you need it).

 

[Lazarus]

Both are good, each have advantages/disadvantages. Both work, but true CATs are $30 each (and there are many fake CAT look-a-likes that may not work when you need it).

Yea I got mine from LAPG. MSRP is $30 and its currently listed $24 but I got it during a sale.

 

[rinfanti]

I am not sure if you could get near enough pressure using the RATS. I teach stop the bleed and we teach that when we apply a tourniquet that is the victim is not yelling about how tight it is - it is not working.

if it was my life I would want this with a lever to twist, this is what we use in training:

https://www.botach.com/sof-tactical-tourniquets/

my 2 cents.....

 

[Lazarus]

I am not sure if you could get near enough pressure using the RATS. I teach stop the bleed and we teach that when we apply a tourniquet that is the victim is not yelling about how tight it is - it is not working.

if it was my life I would want this with a lever to twist, this is what we use in training:

https://www.botach.com/sof-tactical-tourniquets/

my 2 cents.....

Everything I've read suggest that the RATs TQ is a decent TQ and that it is combat proven. Will it provide as much pressure as a CAT style TQ with the twist lever? Probably not but its also more compact than a CAT TQ and I'd rather have a TQ than having to tear a shirt or something to use.

Also I'm not a doctor or medic but isnt it possible to apply a tourniquet too tight?

 

[thorn]

I can tell you from experience that the plastic chinese $10 CATs *do* indeed work as designed and will hold up under pressure in a traumatic emergency. I had to use one on a gunshot victim about 6 weeks ago, and it went picture-perfectly.

 

[arjoe]

dayum!

I can tell you from experience that the plastic chinese $10 CATs *do* indeed work as designed and will hold up under pressure in a traumatic emergency. I had to use one on a gunshot victim about 6 weeks ago, and it went picture-perfectly.

 

[Necrosis]

I am not sure if you could get near enough pressure using the RATS. I teach stop the bleed and we teach that when we apply a tourniquet that is the victim is not yelling about how tight it is - it is not working.

if it was my life I would want this with a lever to twist, this is what we use in training:

https://www.botach.com/sof-tactical-tourniquets/

my 2 cents.....

It's really easy to determine if you've got the tourniquet tight enough or not during practice, check for a pulse downstream of it. By all means use what you have confidence in though.