What do you keep in your "go bag"

[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.

[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.

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