Bug-Out Pack / Go Bags / Emergency Kit - Refinement of the 'shit got real' stash

[Jaded Optimist]

I'd say a gun, but you're in bongland. When real shit goes down, lead is worth more then gold.

 

[COME ON OUT YOU RAPIST]

People never bring this up but cigarettes. Even if you don't smoke you probably know that a cigarette can get you very far as a bartering tool. Any tobacco that you can divvy up is useful but cigarettes specifically contain nicotine, which is what gets people craving them. Store a few packs of cigarettes (they last forever) alongside your actual survival equipment.

 

[Kel1 shi1]

A plan. Seriously.

A lot of peoples "Plan" is to just go to the countryside with a bugout bag and live off the land. Not going to happen, that shit is harder than a few survival videos show you. You need skills like shelter building, foraging, fishing and hunting.

You want to find out how unprepared you actually are? This Saturday morning, just grab your bugout back and head north. Leave your money, bank card and smartphone at home, see how long you can last.

 

[COME ON OUT YOU RAPIST]

You want to find out how unprepared you actually are? This Saturday morning, just grab your bugout back and head north. Leave your money, bank card and smartphone at home, see how long you can last.

I think that would actually kill people. Just put those things in a plastic bag beneath your bug-out stuff and accept if you need to use them you failed the experiment.

 

[ShamefurDispray]

I thought of something else, get a roll of fishing line, you can use it to fish, duh...
But you can use it in an emergency for stitches as well, or to sew up clothing, hang food in trees to keep away from wild animals, use to bind wood together to make simple tools etc etc

 

[WhatInTheActualFuck]

A plan. Seriously.

A lot of peoples "Plan" is to just go to the countryside with a bugout bag and live off the land. Not going to happen, that shit is harder than a few survival videos show you. You need skills like shelter building, foraging, fishing and hunting.

You want to find out how unprepared you actually are? This Saturday morning, just grab your bugout back and head north. Leave your money, bank card and smartphone at home, see how long you can last.

This is fantastic advice - actually testing your kit out is huge. I cut an enormous amount out of my camping gear and added a few extra things to fill gaps with a single trip and that was just truck camping. Also, if your gear list doesn't include at least a small roll of duct tape, you're doing it wrong.

 

[Billy Bob Dick]

Pack some chips probably idk

chips, or "chips"? those fucking Bonglanders, they call french fries "chips"

 

[ZipDisk]

One time I needed duct tape in New Vegas and got it out of my hall closet. I felt incredibly stupid, but it was right there, where it belongs.

 

[Flavius Claudius Julianus]

This is fantastic advice - actually testing your kit out is huge. I cut an enormous amount out of my camping gear and added a few extra things to fill gaps with a single trip and that was just truck camping. Also, if your gear list doesn't include at least a small roll of duct tape, you're doing it wrong.

I've not camped since before coof times, but it was always interesting how every season I'd revise and expand my gear list. Change some things here, alter some other things there.

Obviously scale is different with a bug-out pack, but the line of thinking doesn't change.

Some excellent replies in this thread, and some topkek.

 

[3MMA]

Get a portable book on the flora & fauna in your area. A reference book (compact size,) on edible herbs & plants is a life saver if you don’t know your stuff. Example: willow bark is akin to aspirin. Boiling cattails makes a porridge you can live off of in dire times, but you’ll want to know your local herbs to season it & not kill yourself. Little portable reference book on plants n shit.

 

[MerelyAPlateOfSpaghetti]

Bug spray, like plenty. Fuck ticks lol

Also, a Bible, but if you aren't into that, the complete hitchhikers guide to the galaxy is a valid substitution.

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

you needed dozens of acres of land approximately twenty years ago

 

[internet friend]

You always need a 10mm socket

 

[Badungus Kabungus]

A couple of gallons of lube, several sets of handcuffs, a variety of dildoes, and enough PrEP to last several weeks. Maybe some poppers or Quaaludes if you can get them. You did say you're in the UK, right?

 

[MichałDrzymała]

Get a portable book on the flora & fauna in your area. A reference book (compact size,) on edible herbs & plants is a life saver if you don’t know your stuff. Example: willow bark is akin to aspirin. Boiling cattails makes a porridge you can live off of in dire times, but you’ll want to know your local herbs to season it & not kill yourself. Little portable reference book on plants n shit.

You will also want a book on mushrooms since those can also provide some good eating if you know which ones to pick & how to prepare them properly.

 

[Badungus Kabungus]

You will also want a book on mushrooms since those can also provide some good eating if you know which ones to pick & how to prepare them properly.

I would not advise that, too easy to make mistakes with mushrooms, even with a book. Need someone experienced who knows mushrooms in that specific region to teach mushroom picking. Stick to edible plants.

 

[MerelyAPlateOfSpaghetti]

A couple of gallons of lube, several sets of handcuffs, a variety of dildoes, and enough PrEP to last several weeks. Maybe some poppers or Quaaludes if you can get them. You did say you're in the UK, right?

Hey man he said bug OUT, not bug CHASE

 

[Kel1 shi1]

Get a portable book on the flora & fauna in your area. A reference book (compact size,) on edible herbs & plants is a life saver if you don’t know your stuff. Example: willow bark is akin to aspirin. Boiling cattails makes a porridge you can live off of in dire times, but you’ll want to know your local herbs to season it & not kill yourself. Little portable reference book on plants n shit.

How about a solar charger, I had a flat one that opened out like a book. Then put Ebooks on your phone instead. Solar charger is lighter than any books and you can take many many books that way. A smartphone can be very useful even without network service.

 

[Badungus Kabungus]

How about a solar charger, I had a flat one that opened out like a book. Then put Ebooks on your phone instead. Solar charger is lighter than any books and you can take many many books that way. A smartphone can be very useful even without network service.

The less one relies on gadgets, the better. Also openly using electronics will attract feral urban youth.

 

[BelUwUga]

High quality tourniquets. 9 of them. CATs are pretty good, but make sure they're not knockoffs. Might be kind of excessive depending on your budget, US income is high.

In the same vein, Quik Clot is a good idea as well. It can stop surprisingly large bleeds and has been improved to the point even a retard could use it. (used to be an exothermic powder, which is not ideal) Downside is it still hurts like the dickens.

I thought of something else, get a roll of fishing line, you can use it to fish, duh...
But you can use it in an emergency for stitches as well, or to sew up clothing, hang food in trees to keep away from wild animals, use to bind wood together to make simple tools etc etc

A sail repair kit isn't a bad idea. Comes with heavy duty thread, straight, and curved needles. You won't be making pretty things with it but will be better suited than a dinky sewing kit.

Also prepare/acquire several firemaking tools. A Bic lighter is easy and the flint is still useful even when it's empty. You can also shave plastic off it to use as tinder. Waterproof matches can be bought but you can also readily make them. It takes decades of use to wear out a flint and steel. You can also collect dryer lint and encase it in wax as waterproof tinder material. The lint lights easy and the wax is good fuel. A decent lump of beeswax is useful for lots of things- prevents dry rot in fabric/threads and can help remedy leaks in rain gear.