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Survival Equipment

Fail

Demand is soft, at -57.6% this quarter, so Survival Equipment is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Ranks 1,080 of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · −1 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£258K/yr1.2M searches / yr
90-day growth
-57.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
49%top-5 click share · 27 brands · 148 sellers

Flapen Score

Survival Equipment against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Personal Care average. Past it, Survival Equipment is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

47Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Survival Equipment market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Survival Equipment 1.2M times last year and spent an estimated £258K. The top 5 brands take 52% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

0.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.2M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 0.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -57.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £258K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.2M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-57.6%
Conversion, latest week
0.6%
Market size, estimated
£258Ka year
Peak month
March1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
survival equipment313K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £35.29.

Listings sell for £35.29 on average, from £3.95 to £398.12. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £35.29 that is £4K to £9K a year per listing.

Average price
£35.29inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.95–£398.12
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£4K–£9K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

88% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 94% ship with Prime. On an average day, 13.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #61 within First Aid. It carries 5,832 reviews at 4.48 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
88%
Prime listings
94%
Out of stock, average day
13.7%
Average rank
#61in First Aid
Average rating
4.48 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
5,832per listing
Listings tracked
32

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 5 launches as successful.

5 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 47 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
47 months

Products

Top Survival Equipment products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 49% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£13K£26K£39K£52K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

27 falling

Sellers

148

Top-5 brand share

52%

Top 20: 93%

Top-5 click share

49%

Top 20: 88%

Open market

43%

  • Monterra16%
  • Ember Rock11%
  • Kanuothbon10%
  • QT&QY9%
  • BIRKOSCH6%
  • Simon & Schuster6%

Demand

Survival Equipment search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

90K70KSpike '24Black Friday '24Holiday '24Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Survival Equipment search terms shoppers use

The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.

  • survival equipment313K/yr
  • survival179K/yr
  • survival kit110K/yr
  • survival kits198K/yr
  • emergency survival kit132K/yr
  • bushcraft equipment51K/yr
  • emergency43K/yr
  • emergency kit32K/yr
  • survival gear27K/yr
  • prepper supplies32K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Survival Equipment

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Quality-Overall13%

A mixed bag - fewer items of higher quality could make it more attractive

Awful quality

Bag quality isn't great

Size-Overall12%

It is much bigger than the other wind up radios

Smaller than expected

The torch is very small

Durability7%−0.06

breakable

likely to break

Broke within a minute

Functionality-Overall6%−0.02

Didn't work for me

I was worried torch light wouldnt be effective

Hit and miss

Charging5%−0.02

tried to charge mobile in a power cut and useless

Dead loss for phone charging

Does not charge your phone

Love

Quality-Overall23%

Brilliant build quality

you get a decent quality tool

Amazing quality

Value For Money13%+0.66

Good value for money

Money well spent

Excellent value

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%+0.67

Good product, just as advertised

As described

it does exactly what I need it to do

Size-Overall5%

find it's good to have tight

Compact size

Fits well

Portability4%+0.66

Compact

Easy to use, portability

definitely portable

Return

0.3% Return rate 44% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall25%▄▄▃▂█▅

It is much bigger than the other wind up radios

Smaller than expected

The torch is very small

Functionality-Overall16%▃██▆▄▅

Didn't work for me

I was worried torch light wouldnt be effective

Hit and miss

Charging12%▁▃▃█▃▄

tried to charge mobile in a power cut and useless

Dead loss for phone charging

Does not charge your phone

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%█▆▁▁▄▄
Weight Heavy5%▇▆█▅▆▆

Its a bit heavy

Heavier than expected. in a good way.

Surprised at how heavy the buckle is

FAQ

Common Survival Equipment questions

Answered from the same tracked data.