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

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BelUwUga said:
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.
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Sail needles are useful, especially the straight ones with the triangular profile, but I wouldn't bother with the thread. Just use thin braided fishing line for everything. Can carry a lot of strong 50lbs braided fishing line on you, barely takes up any space. Maybe some paracord or webbing for making slings or stretchers and shit.

Also yes, bare minimum is tourniquets, wound packing z-gauze (ideally something hemostatic like quikclot or chitosan), and Israeli style pressure bandages. A couple of chest seals won't hurt. Throw the tourniquet on, pack the wound tightly, apply pressure bandage on top. In that order. When bleeding stops can try to remove tourniquet, just very slowly, don't want to increase blood pressure suddenly. Or better yet, let a medic take care of it.

I wouldn't bother with hemostatic powder, it's difficult to apply, can wash away by blood. They now make these syringes that inject hemostatic granules, those are easier to use. Celox has them.

Maybe add something like burn gel and pain killers. Burn gel is the tits, worth its weight in gold.
 
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Water is nice, a water filter and some chlorine and iodine tabs are going to work better.

Also, in a really shit situation, 1 cap full of clorox to 2 quarts of water and shake then let it sit for 5 minutes will make 90% of ground water drinkable
 
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A portable stove for one, one that runs on propane or butane. Let's you boil water which will apply to a ton of situations. Also a flashlight. If you get a Maglight, the one with D cell batteries, you now have a club.
 
Jaded Optimist said:
I'd say a gun, but you're in bongland. When real shit goes down, lead is worth more then gold.
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If I have lead and you have gold, I'll soon have lead and gold and you'll have nothing.

Also, an esbit stove and a number of retort pouch type meals, freeze-dried food to reconstitute, and some kind of water purification. These don't have to be MREs or even anything imitating them, and lots of Asian and Indian foods already come in them. Esbit stoves also come in very small sizes and you can even store the fuel tablets inside the stove itself until needed.

Peanut butter because it's one of the densest sources of protein/carbs you can get.

A combo radio/flashlight/SOS with a solar panel, crank, and USB output.

A geiger counter. Sure if you actually need one odds are good you're already dead.

If you can get it one of the 7 D-cell Maglite flashlights. It'll output as much light as you like plus you can crush someone's skull with it.

Some kind of gun where you don't need moon ammo for it.

Some kind of multi-tool with every common tool on it.

An actual knife of some sort. Something that can be a tool and also a defensive item.

Any cables you need to charge any electronics you pack from the emergency radio or some other source of electricity.

A small tent if you don't have a vehicle or something else to sleep in.

If you have a specific bugout location planned, anything relevant to that location.
 
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Badungus Kabungus said:
Also yes, bare minimum is tourniquets, wound packing z-gauze (ideally something hemostatic like quikclot or chitosan), and Israeli style pressure bandages. A couple of chest seals won't hurt. Throw the tourniquet on, pack the wound tightly, apply pressure bandage on top. In that order. When bleeding stops can try to remove tourniquet, just very slowly, don't want to increase blood pressure suddenly. Or better yet, let a medic take care of it.
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Comically, I have all of this shit (and then some) in a dry box I keep in the truck and also in clearly marked packs MOLLE'd to my run n gun belt and also no fewer than three bags (camp pack, get-home/bugout pack and my range bag). The only one I've ever needed to dig into has been the latter and it was just for shit like BZK wipes and bandaids when some dipshit got bit while shooting a Glock with his offhand thumb wrapped over his strong side wrist, which happens way more often than you'd think.
 
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WhatInTheActualFuck said:
Comically, I have all of this shit (and then some) in a dry box I keep in the truck and also in clearly marked packs MOLLE'd to my run n gun belt and also no fewer than three bags (camp pack, get-home/bugout pack and my range bag). The only one I've ever needed to dig into has been the latter and it was just for shit like BZK wipes and bandaids when some dipshit got bit while shooting a Glock with his offhand thumb wrapped over his strong side wrist, which happens way more often than you'd think.
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Yeah, same, I mostly go through band aids, antibiotic ointment, and the occasional burn pad now. Got a mini ifak on a belt for various outdoor activities, a larger standalone ifak in a fanny pack type pouch, plus more stuff in a camp pack and the vehicle kit. The fanny pack kit is pretty handy if you need to grab something quickly.

Pro-gamer tip for the thread: Best to carry non-emergency shit like bandaids, water purification pills, condoms, tampons, autism medication, or whatever else completely separate from your major blowout kit so you're not digging through unimportant shit while you or someone else is bleeding profusely and every second counts.
 
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Paul Harrell made two videos on this topic. Watched the short one so far and has good info on how to setup a bug-out bag.
 
A good folding saw is worth its weight in gold. Carries easier than an axe, easier to use when tired, less risk of injury, takes less energy to use for certain tasks, etc. Can split some kindling and make some shavings with a decent sturdy fixed blade if you don't have an axe.

Silky makes good ones.

Do not get one of those massive Maglite things unless it comes with a slave carrying it for you. It's dead weight, get a modern light instead, boomer.
 
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Pharaoh Fungus II said:
Some spare pocket knives (you can never have too many)
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I recently bought a small $10 skeletonized "Ka-Bar" that looks designed for you to make a grip out of paracord. Having a few of those with a paracord grip means you could easily attach it to a stick to use as a spear tip at the very least. They are very small, but they come with a plastic sheath that makes for a very handy little package.
 
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MerelyAPlateOfSpaghetti said:
I recently bought a small $10 skeletonized "Ka-Bar" that looks designed for you to make a grip out of paracord. Having a few of those with a paracord grip means you could easily attach it to a stick to use as a spear tip at the very least. They are very small, but they come with a plastic sheath that makes for a very handy little package.
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Check out the full size Ka-Bar Beckers, they got some good designs. Got a BK9 in my truck.
 
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Also, it's worth noting that you should not buy a cheap Amazon "tactical" bag for your BOB. Get something durable from a reputable company. If you're swimming in cash, Mystery Ranch makes fantastic kit. Their Blackjack LT35 is legit, but over $600 after tax and the 3 Day Assault is still north of $500.

I don't quite have that kinda cash laying around and wanted something less "tacticool", so I have mine in a 5.11 COVRT 18. No MOLLE, pretty plain styling and great organization and construction.

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I also like some of Grey Ghost's stuff and Vertx bags have always seemed nice, too. If you don't mind a heavier bag, milsurp stuff is at least built well, if not very modern in terms of organization and features.
 
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Kel1 shi1 said:
That's probably a smart idea not to draw attention to yourself. Nice bag, wonder what he's carrying in that?
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Yeah. I don't necessarily subscribe completely to the "grey man" thing, but I do believe that it's best to not stick out of you can avoid it.
 
WhatInTheActualFuck said:
Yeah. I don't necessarily subscribe completely to the "grey man" thing, but I do believe that it's best to not stick out of you can avoid it.
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Grey man was necessary when I lived in a place with a lot of street crime, although I didn't know it was called "grey man" at the time. For example I'd notice people carrying laptops in the bag that was provided with them, big logo of the laptop brand on it. I'd see scooter guys drive past and swipe those bags because they were such an advertisement of what was inside.

I just used a sports courier bag and let it get all dirtied up.
 
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