What do you keep in your "go bag"

[mcantar18c]

I have a Spec-Ops brand T.H.E pack... fairly compact in comparison to a duffel bag, easy to haul around on foot if need be with chest and waist straps to help with the load, holds quite a bit internally and has MOLLE webbing covering the outside of it top to bottom so strap to and attach extra pouches to.

In it I have an always full 1.2L Camelbak bladder (in the dedicated pocket for it) with a neoprene covered hose and an on/off valve with a covered mouthpiece, keeps the crud out.
Other contents...
-Space blanket.
-2 MRE's.
-A couple long sleeve shirts and a balaclava wrapped up in a hoodie (all UnderArmor brand, dries fast if wet and that shit's warm!).
-Gerber Recon-M light (compact, LED powered, red/green/white light filters).
-Box of .45 230gr FMJs for my 1911 and some spare batteries for my light.
-Ka-Bar and e-tool strapped to the webbing on the sides.
-Military compass with reflective piece.
-Monocular (easier to fit than binoculars).
-A flattened roll of duct tape.
-Ziplock bag full of dryer lint and a magnesium/flint striker.
-Miniature bottle of Smirnoff (for disinfecting).
-A Nalgene bottle with 50ft of 550 cord wrapped around it (stays in place with some duct tape), containing a couple glow sticks, water purification stuff, some liquid bandage (glorified super glue), needle and thread (for stitches), a couple packs of quick-clot, and some of those Powerbar gel things (tons of carbs and sugars).

The pack lives at the bottom of my staircase, pretty much central to my place and I'll pas by it on the way to the front door or the garage.


What do you guys keep ready to go?

[Gunner]

Booze, condoms, cigarettes and a revolver with one bullet

[KevDen2005]

Booze, condoms, cigarettes and a revolver with one bullet


Sounds like the way to go...

Probably ought to have two bullets just in case you get to use the condoms, but then again, what do you need condoms for?

[Graves]

I keep a walmart sack with a mad comic book, some twizzlers, and two boxes of 380 (history repeats; the idiots will give an arm and a leg for it when they're skerd).


Sounds like the way to go...

Probably ought to have two bullets just in case you get to use the condoms, but then again, what do you need condoms for?

Wha you don't know is that gunner is gonna put that bullet straight in his pocket when s**t goes down.

BTW Kev, I'm comin after that man purse of yours wshtf...don't think I forgot. [LOL]



I keed, I keed!!

[KevDen2005]

I keep a walmart sack with a mad comic book, some twizzlers, and two boxes of 380 (history repeats; the idiots will give an arm and a leg for it when they're skerd).



Wha you don't know is that gunner is gonna put that bullet straight in his pocket when s**t goes down.

BTW Kev, I'm comin after that man purse of yours wshtf...don't think I forgot. [LOL]



I keed, I keed!!

I like.....that means you know style...I have great taste in man purses

[ghettodub]

http://www.ninstation.com/Smileys/classic/derailed.jpg

And in all seriousness, I'll try to remember whats in mine. I have a non-framed alice pack, usually in my car or at home:
Paracord
Magnesium fire starter
space blankie
thermal top and bottom
steel toe waterproof boots
waterproof pants
tarp
compass
water purification tabs
flashlight
multitool
a few chem lights
heavy waterproof socks
some dehydrated food
First aid kid
Machete

maybe some other stuff, but that's all i could think of now

[StagLefty]

LAPG medium BOB:
ESEE Izula
flashlight/headlamp/glow sticks
fire kit/tinder
MRE/lexan utensils
rite in the rain pad/pen
first aid-Israeli bandage,quick clot,etc all in an otter box
emergency bivy
space blanket
batteries
water filter
shemagh
Camelbak water bottle
paracord
grimlock-mini screwdrivers,pry bar,P51
compass/signal mirror/whistle
tp/toothbrush/paste
WaltherP99/3 mags

[Ak47Ar15Glock26]

tracker knife
multi tool
tp/toof paste
flint/striker
ziploc with lint, extra batteries, lighters
small maglite
led headlamp
space blanket
paracord
water filter
small tarp
camelbak built in pack
duct tape
Glock 26
2 mags
100 rounds of hollows
oakleys, to stay looking cool.

[mx'r]

Booze, condoms, cigarettes and a revolver with one bullet

Very nice.

[kidicarus13]

I never understood carrying all the unusual methods of starting a fire. What's wrong with a lighter wrapped in a Ziplock bag? Am I missing something?

[Gunner]

Okay
The booze to get ham boned
The condom to get depressed because I'm ll that's left
Cigs because its never to late to start
And one bullet like that had in the road

[DFBrews]

I never understood carrying all the unusual methods of starting a fire. What's wrong with a lighter wrapped in a Ziplock bag? Am I missing something?

Put a bic outside right now for 20 min than try to get it to light.

I carry
2 3600 calorie bars other high calorie food
2 liters of water and water purification tablets
3 ways to start a fire
space balnket bivvy
a change of clothes dependent on weather 3 pairs of socks
first aid kit
folding shovel
couple flash lights and batteries.
multitool and kabar fixed blade
paracord
jump drive with important documents scanned in
extra car and house keys
100 rds of HP's
compass
duct tape
Sh%t tickets
trash bags
50 dollars in small bills and coins
prepaid phone card
I know there is some other stuff too total weight not including pistol is 32 lbs

[Irving]

Lighters will depress the gas lever accidentally and let all the gas out without you knowing it.

[Gunner]

You did not specify caliber or gun type!!!
In all honesty I want to put one of these together

[DFBrews]

You did not specify caliber or gun type!!!
In all honesty I want to put one of these together

at me?

.45 acp
xd 5" tactical compact handle

zombie squad has a really good write up of BOB's

[StagLefty]

I never understood carrying all the unusual methods of starting a fire. What's wrong with a lighter wrapped in a Ziplock bag? Am I missing something?

As stated-lighters follow Murphy's Law.Bic style-can leak,don't work well in cold,lever can get pushed. Zippo's-fuel evaporates so you need to carry a fuel supply. I carry a fire kit-misch metal rod,striker,and cotton balls/petroleum jelly. Simple kit that works every time.

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab49/StagLefty/Knives/firekit.jpg

[kidicarus13]

Ya that makes sense, thanks.

[StagLefty]

Ya that makes sense, thanks.

Great avatar by the way-"Book of Eli" fantastic movie JMHO [Beer]

[gnihcraes]

Condoms: I have several in all the bob's. Makes a great dressing for a wound, extremely stretchy to wrap around other bandages, keep a foot or hand dry if needed, can haul a quart or more of water in them (rinse them first), just a few of the things I plan to use them for. They are cheap, I can get them free at work, or purchase in bulk for little money. They are compact and light.

[ghettodub]

Condoms: I have several in all the bob's. Makes a great dressing for a wound, extremely stretchy to wrap around other bandages, keep a foot or hand dry if needed, can haul a quart or more of water in them (rinse them first), just a few of the things I plan to use them for. They are cheap, I can get them free at work, or purchase in bulk for little money. They are compact and light.

I can think of another good use for em too [Coffee]

[gnihcraes]

I can think of another good use for em too [Coffee]

that too, I figured that was a given, being as what they are designed to do.

[KevDen2005]

Condoms: I have several in all the bob's. Makes a great dressing for a wound, extremely stretchy to wrap around other bandages, keep a foot or hand dry if needed, can haul a quart or more of water in them (rinse them first), just a few of the things I plan to use them for. They are cheap, I can get them free at work, or purchase in bulk for little money. They are compact and light.


Free? What do you do?

[StagLefty]

Free? What do you do?

Oh Lawd-I can't wait for this response [ROFL1]

[ghettodub]

that too, I figured that was a given, being as what they are designed to do.

hey, who knows, maybe you're catholic or something [Tooth]

[ChunkyMonkey]

Since noone has mentioned antibiotics...

DOfthwm_v3E

[Ak47Ar15Glock26]

Good ideas about the condoms. Im going to start saving them. They're just really hard to roll back up.

[sp1tty]

Good ideas about the condoms. Im going to start saving them. They're just really hard to roll back up.


[ROFL1][ROFL2][ROFL3]

[gnihcraes]

Good ideas about the condoms. Im going to start saving them. They're just really hard to roll back up.

Ewwwwwwww.

[ldmaster]

1 pt Everclear
2 suture kits, nylon
2 Israeli bandages (the kind with long cloth straps)
1 roll vetwrap
1 quickclot
2 tampons 2 sanitary napkins
saran wrap
nashua duct tape rated for hazmat usage (stickier stronger)
$50 dollars in fives
pogie bait (varies)
Custom Kukri (made it from a blank)
gerber multitool (it was the cheapest that works)
3 pairs wool socks, 2 liners
1 ls Wilson brand nylon shirt (I buy this stuff at Ross, it's cheaper there)
1 pr long underwear, polypropelene
1 fiber-padded space blanket
2 3 mil plastic contractor bags
Wad of 550 paracord (has more inner strands)
Medicine bottle containing tylenol, advil, Excedrin, loperamide and antacid)
Collapsible gal water container
1qt nalgene water bottle
small roll (100yrds) wire mesh leader (from deep-sea fishing).
1 streamlight sidewinder flashlight, w 2 spare lithium primary cells.
1 alcohol stove
2 lighters
six firestarter packs
1 magnesium/ferrocerium firestarter
Rainproof hat, floppy columbia brand
Personal cleanliness package, bar soap, washcloth, toothbrush etc.
Sig 226 w 2 spare mags.

All in a nice bulging maxpedition Mongo pack.

In general I didn't measure anything. Stuff like saran wrap and paracord is tied up together.

I use everclear in case I have to ingest it, "denatured" alcohol is chemically altered so that it's not readily edible.

[Gunner]

Condoms: I have several in all the bob's. Makes a great dressing for a wound, extremely stretchy to wrap around other bandages, keep a foot or hand dry if needed, can haul a quart or more of water in them (rinse them first), just a few of the things I plan to use them for. They are cheap, I can get them free at work, or purchase in bulk for little money. They are compact and light.

Where do you work my friend

[Gunner]

Free? What do you do?

Damn beat me to it

[gnihcraes]

They are handed out free to mostly stupid teens and adults to prevent more stupid teens and adults, spread of more disease etc. Given to the agency by other private groups, grants etc. Cases of them around, and I usually pick up the older close to expiring ones that are laying around when I'm working on things. Find them under or behind desks etc, dusty from being on the floor for a year, stuff that probably shouldn't be given out for use. Only need a couple per bug out bag, for whatever reason needed.

I think a lot of the teens take them and sell them to friends. LOL. Nifty colors too, yellow, orange, blue, purple, black, I don't think any of them have flavors, I'll have to check.

I found some Really expired ones in my hunting backpack I bought years ago, little on the dry side, but still were usable for hauling water. (I tested one of them, held up just like a new one)

[Ak47Ar15Glock26]

I like the yellow ones.

[ldmaster]

I never understood carrying all the unusual methods of starting a fire. What's wrong with a lighter wrapped in a Ziplock bag? Am I missing something?

Because Murphy's Law rules, if you only have one way to start a fire, that way will fail. The little lighter will leak, or the flint mechanism will get bent from being sat on, or something. In general the primitive firestarting methods don't break, but it's nice to have a more modern way of doing it.


Sorta like suspenders and a belt!

[jess357]

Does anyone pack a small radio in their BOB? I keep a kaito compact multi-band radio in my BOB. It could be waterproofed with a condom I guess.[Coffee]

[Ak47Ar15Glock26]

Does anyone pack a small radio in their BOB? I keep a kaito compact multi-band radio in my BOB. It could be waterproofed with a condom I guess.[Coffee]



yes actually i forgot to put that on my list. i have 2x 2way radios that take AA batteries. (most common battery). i wish i had a radio like you are talking about. maybe a hand crank one.

[ldmaster]

I dont know, really, if I picture myself in a bug-out or repatriation scenario having a radio doesn't figure into it.

I guess what I'm saying is that I dont want to be told anything by the government that has just FAILED as to "what to do". The radio stations are going to be co-opted and will transmit only what their government controllers tell them to.

2 way makes a little sense, but again if I'm bugging around with someone we wont separate in any sense that makes the radio useful. The only other thing I can think about is that having a radio, or an earbud in while you're trying to pay attention to the world around you would distract me if I'm listening to a radio broadcast.

dunno, it wasn't a conscious decision that made me not do a radio, I just couldn't see the use of one in the scenarios that I envisioned.

Can someone edumacate me?

[2008f450]

I keep a radio in my pack. It is a combo battery/hand crank model with AM/FM ,weather band and a couple of foriegn bands. I like it for multiple reasons. The hand crank is nice becase old uncle murphy would show up for sure if I needed it and left batteries in it. i originally bought it in CA incase I was stuck after an earthquake. Figured I could find out what routes were closed and what was happening. I keep it in for SHTF scenario because it could be any number of reasons. Weather,lost hiking,or political SHTF. and its sometimes nice to fall to sleep hearing good music without worrying about dead batteries in the morning. Oh yeah i have a hand crank L.E.D. flashlight in the pack too. uncle murphy again.

[gnihcraes]

I have a multi-band portable radio in my house emergency kit, but not in any of the bob's. If I had the time during bug out, I'll grab my Ham Handheld and most my vehicles have ham gear in them, including a base in the house.

[jess357]

I dont know, really, if I picture myself in a bug-out or repatriation scenario having a radio doesn't figure into it.

I guess what I'm saying is that I dont want to be told anything by the government that has just FAILED as to "what to do". The radio stations are going to be co-opted and will transmit only what their government controllers tell them to.

2 way makes a little sense, but again if I'm bugging around with someone we wont separate in any sense that makes the radio useful. The only other thing I can think about is that having a radio, or an earbud in while you're trying to pay attention to the world around you would distract me if I'm listening to a radio broadcast.

dunno, it wasn't a conscious decision that made me not do a radio, I just couldn't see the use of one in the scenarios that I envisioned.

Can someone edumacate me?

With Shortwave you can get news from outside of the country

[ldmaster]

I just dont get how the news helps one on a bug-out or repatriation. I dont think that radio communications at all are helpful to the situation.

I do think that it MIGHT be valuable to have a scanner capable of dealing with trunked radio communications. It would be useful to find out what the authorities are doing, and how you can avoid it. But so many systems are going encrypted it might be of marginal usefulness.

but in Colorado they have interagency mutual aid channels that are NOT encrypted or trunked.

I see why you need first aid, I see why you need fire/food/water and new socks. I don't see how finding out what is happening in Guatemala is going to help me on my (hopefully) short bugout/repatriation.

I want to cover as much ground as possible, in the quietest way I can, while avoiding ALL authorities and other people. Anything that helps me make mileage is good.

But suppose this is a simple survivalist thing, my car goes off the road in a snowstorm. Would a typical radio help me? A strobe would, or a whistle (that's an accessory on my knife).

I'm just thinking it's something that would be "nice to have" that adds weight and distracts me from being inobtrusive. I can't even see why a pair of walkie talkies would help, because I believe in strength in numbers and getting separated in ANY survival/bugout is such a bad idea that I should even have stuff that would encourage me to do so.

But it comes up so often with folks, I guess I'm still needing to be convinced as to why it has a place in a bugout bag?

[jerrymrc]

I just dont get how the news helps one on a bug-out or repatriation. I dont think that radio communications at all are helpful to the situation.

I do think that it MIGHT be valuable to have a scanner capable of dealing with trunked radio communications. It would be useful to find out what the authorities are doing, and how you can avoid it. But so many systems are going encrypted it might be of marginal usefulness.

but in Colorado they have interagency mutual aid channels that are NOT encrypted or trunked.

I see why you need first aid, I see why you need fire/food/water and new socks. I don't see how finding out what is happening in Guatemala is going to help me on my (hopefully) short bugout/repatriation.

I want to cover as much ground as possible, in the quietest way I can, while avoiding ALL authorities and other people. Anything that helps me make mileage is good.

But suppose this is a simple survivalist thing, my car goes off the road in a snowstorm. Would a typical radio help me? A strobe would, or a whistle (that's an accessory on my knife).

I'm just thinking it's something that would be "nice to have" that adds weight and distracts me from being inobtrusive. I can't even see why a pair of walkie talkies would help, because I believe in strength in numbers and getting separated in ANY survival/bugout is such a bad idea that I should even have stuff that would encourage me to do so.

But it comes up so often with folks, I guess I'm still needing to be convinced as to why it has a place in a bugout bag?

I will agree. I myself do not have a "go bag" I am ether in or out and at my age I am not going to grab a small bag and leave. Some of the younger members may try this but unless one has practiced it I do not see the need.

I will have a thread in a couple of days that addresses some needs in a current light. In some ways the "bag" is already there. Many topics like this have been covered on countless forums.

I have let some of these topics run there course even though it was a concern of the staff when this section was started.



Stay tuned.

[2008f450]

I will agree. I myself do not have a "go bag" I am ether in or out and at my age I am not going to grab a small bag and leave. Some of the younger members may try this but unless one has practiced it I do not see the need.

I will have a thread in a couple of days that addresses some needs in a current light. In some ways the "bag" is already there. Many topics like this have been covered on countless forums.

I have let some of these topics run there course even though it was a concern of the staff when this section was started.



Stay tuned.


My bag started as an in car earthquake bag in CA. i look at it now more as a "get me home" bag and not a "bug out" bag. I have it in my vehicle in case I am caught away from home. If its weather related, auto accident,or any other "just in case reason" it is there to give me what I need to get me home to the large stash of long term supplies.

That brings up another point an I think i will start a thread on it. Why run or "bug out" Actually I think I will start it.

[mcantar18c]

My buddy just got a vacuum sealer thing. I now have a vacuum sealed log of Copenhagen in my bag [Wiggle]
Yes, it is necessary to my survival.

[DFBrews]

My buddy just got a vacuum sealer thing. I now have a vacuum sealed log of Copenhagen in my bag [Wiggle]
Yes, it is necessary to my survival.

+1 billion it is required

[mcantar18c]

Who's Dillon?

[DFBrews]

Who's Dillon?

Dillion- billion same concept gonna edit post[Coffee]

[Malefactor]

I have most everything that has been mentioned previously with the addition of:

Portable water filter
spare AR15 mags
.22LR conversion unit
Camp axe
sleeping bag
tarp and stakes
Primus pot
1 gal freezer bags

For fire starting I have 2 bics and matches, because I don't believe in overworking in an emergency. But, because of the reasons stated, I do carry a fire steel.

I have a shortwave receiver but don't currently have it in my bag. If the situation is bad enough to bug out then information along the way should a priority. Most bug out situations will not be permanent so news to when things start to get back to normal.

[tmckay2]

i don't go all out.

i keep a water filter, two 2 L bladders, very small backpackers cookware set (small pot and a bowl), two knives (one a utility, one more a fighting or chopping knife), three ar mags, two days of clothes, compass, a few tear resistant, water proof maps of three mountain areas around here, five dehydrated food packs that make about two meals each, hammock (don't need level ground!), sleeping bag, emergency blanket, small backpacking towel, sleeping bag liner for colder nights, electrolyte tablets for water, lighter and fire starter. very close by i have a fishing pole in two pieces and a very small tackle box, plus my carbine of course.

if its winter, i am kind of screwed. but in my opinion ive got enough to at the very least survive a short time. better than nothing and im too lazy to prepare for any longer duration.