Thread: Don't Be Jealous of My EDC - Bug Out Bag

I never leave home without it. I get the most use out of it around 8pm. I equipped it to withstand the assault of a 46" Samsung LED. I find the "easy open" top load access, to be quite the advantage when time is of the essence. Like being caught in the checkout line, 20 minutes before the game starts. The style and color helps me to blend in with the environmental Green Crowd without raising their suspicions and causing alarm. I too, needed to upgrade the contents of my EDC-Bug Out Bag. I went from the standard butter knife, to the wider blade of the "Dip Spreader Knife"
Here's the basic setup; feel free to copy my EDC-Bug Out Bag and modify the contents to suit your individual needs.



Contents:

LOL, Same thought, different channel. Here is my thought/reasaon for a Bug out Bag. GOOD (Get out of Dodge) bag or Go Bag, it's not for EDC: Bug-out bag - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I just found the EDC vid on my search to see what others are packing.

Actually Joed, we are on the same channel. I just like to joke a little sometimes, to break the rhythm. I've had a survival bag, aka Bug Out Bag, all my adult life. I've always been sort of a Nomad at heart. Living in South Florida with the hurricanes and being next to two major ports, pretty much dictates than a family have supplies readily available. I have "3" different evacuation plans: 15 minutes, 1 hour & 24 hour. A shelter in place plan. "3" evacuation routes pre-set on a Garmin GPS.
The contents change over the years, as I learn. I also keep an EDC bag in the vehicle with slightly different contents. I always refer to this as my Get Home Bag, should I have to leave the vehicle and walk. Each bag contains a checklist inside for easy inventory and it helps in swapping out equipment when new equipment is made, expirations are monitored and family members can also know the contents of each.
Below are the current inventory sheets for the home and vehicle bags:

Primary Survival Backpack # 2

1—Brown Military Style backpack
1--Camel Back water bottle w/ breast milk containers inside
1--first aid kit
1--bite/sting kit
1--pocket survival kit
1--fire starter kit in tube
1--set of books-Animal Tracks, Plants, Trees
1--Katadyn Base Camp Microfilter- for water purification
1—Sterno portable cook stove
2--mosquito nets
1--pack of toilet paper
1--bar of soap & wash cloth
1--emergency blanket
2--bandanas
1—small portable AM/FM radio
1--Buck Alpha-Hunter folding knife
1--Gerber Gator fixed blade knife (Oliver’s knife)
1--Smith’s knife sharpener
1--Garrity AA flashlight
4--AA batteries
1--L.E.D. flashlight
1--pair of size “123” lithium batteries
2--light sticks
2--Orion hand flares expiration 9/2012
1--whistle
1--bottle of Eucalyptus repellant
1--bottle of Repel insect block 20% Deet
1--individual MRE
1--compass
1--sillcock key
1--frog spear head
1--pocket chainsaw
1--All Weather Field Book w/2 pencils
1--small hand held mirror
1--mini binoculars
4--coffee filters
2--contractor grade garbage bag, black
1--tube of 22 cal. long rifle ammo
1-- pack of “moleskin”

***NOTE***
Place Ruger BearCat revolver backpack.

Get Home Bag(left in vehicle)

G.H.B –Toyota 4-Runner
Qty Contents Comments


1 knife, fixed blade, “Ontario” brand grease on blade, clean before use
1 survival kit in M-16 ammo pouch
1 Lansky sharpening puck
2 Coleman glow sticks Temp. light, signaling
1 pair of gloves
3 heavy duty garbage bags, gray in color Shelter
1 pack of beef sticks, Jack links
2 ramen noodle packs
--- numerous Ranger bands wrapped around puck
1 sillcock key – urban water spicket tool
4 Linsinoh breast feeding bags---for water storage inside spool of paracord
1 military mess kit, olive drab in color
1 black “Sharpie” marker for leaving messages
1 homemade PVC water filter
1 roll of 550 paracord, 45’

Here's my bug out bag. It serves double duty as a camping hunting survival bag. IT has esentials n it but not big and not heavy. Toss it over the shoulder and go. I never go hunting, fishing ot take a trip without it.

Each member of the family also has a 72 hr emergency kit packed in an ALICE pack.
We live in tornado alley, next to the Mississippi, on the New Madrid Fault line which runs through a bunch of underground lead and iron mines, need I say more?

Being prepared for an emergency is a good thing. Back in Nov '93 my wife and I spent several hours in a boat, in the rain tied to the roof of the house until the water patrol came and pulled us out of that mess. I learned my lesson then. be prepared for anything. You never know when your going to wake up one Sunday morning and step off the bed into water (or whatever).

Great story Ray & God bless you for pulling your family through that emergency.


P.S. Ray--------------I take it you like hats ?

Ya I'm a hat guy.

A certain MO electric company decide they had way too much water in their Tom Sauk reservoir that fall and decided to share a bunch of it with the folks downstream. Of course, they didn't bother to share that info with any of us ahead of time. A few years after that the same dam burst and almost killed a family downstream. Thank goodness Holly and I had the sense to get out of dodge after we were washed out.

Thanks for the posts guys. Hirlau, good stuff in your Go Bag, some I haven't noticed in my search that are common sense but that I over looked, like soap. Hope others join in. Ray's story is a reminder of why these bags are a good idea. Happy to hear that everything worked out for the best Ray.

With the strange weather events over the past year or so ya never know what will come your way. Best to be prepared.