What's in your bugout bag?

[Pargon]

All in one backpack next to the door (for me and the wife):

Buck knife, dive knife, 2x collapsible batons, 2x pistol crossbows, 2x small tents.

1x charged flashlight/stun gun.

1x 6 liter dromedary with hand-pump water filter and purification tablets.

1x old candy-bar cell phone with built in radio, charged, plus charger.

1x short crow bar. 1x large bolt cutters.

12x protein bars. 1 kg tejate powder.

2x change of clothes each (1 set blaze orange with reflective safety markings, 1 set dark/camo).

1x Whistle. 1x Harmonica. 1x Compass. 1x Small First Aid kit. 2x bandanas (local gang pattern).

1x Brand new Zippo, 1x replacement flints pack, 1x replacement wicks pack, 1x 14 fl oz Zippo fluid.

10x 1oz Canadian .999 silver rounds, 150g hashish, some cash.

6x cat food (small tins). 2x cat leashes/harnesses.

1x small bottle microdyn disinfectant.

1x Pen. 1x Pencil. 1x Notebook (first page lists everything in the bag and what pocket it's in.)

1x PocketRef.

This nigga knows what’s up. When SHTF stuff like hash will be s-rank bartering material, and if you’d rather hold onto it it’ll at least make the apocalypse more interesting.

Our house has prep staggered in stages. Both cars have bags with tools, a fire extinguisher, road flares, first aid kit, blanket, two changes of clothes, currency (reloadable card and cash) backup phone with charger, and a few clif bars.

Hall closet right inside door to garage has two large bins, one with consumables (food for people and cats, water, TP, meds, purification tablets, etc.), the other with reusable goods (cat harnesses and leashes, dishes, camp stove with gas bottle, larger first aid kit, gas masks, cookware). Two duffels, one apiece, for clothing: two pair jeans, six pair warm socks, six pair underwear, sleepwear, five shirts, one hoodie. One backpack apiece with a solid knife, cheap laptop with charger, power bank, walkie talkie, additional backup phone, cheap e-reader, more currency, and a printed copy of a travel plan and rendezvous in case we get separated depending on which direction we need to go when we evacuate. In an emergency we can wrangle our cats, throw the gear in the cars, grab the tent just inside the garage and be gone in about six minutes.

No firearms; partner doesn’t like ‘em. I’m working on it.

 

[Justtocheck]

People forget socks. Always have extra socks. Wet, cold feet and athlete's foot suck hard.

 

[Uncle Sid]

When SHTF stuff like hash will be s-rank bartering material

We used to have more like 500g but we haven't seen the dude in a while because of Covid so we've been smoking it.

Also: what is it about having cats that makes one want to be bug-out ready? Keeping my cats safe is like my number 1 survival priority.

ETA: "No firearms; partner doesn’t like ‘em. I’m working on it." - Same. Hence the pistol crossbows, stun gun and batons. The crossbows do double duty as defensive weapons or taking down small game.

 

[Pargon]

People forget socks. Always have extra socks. Wet, cold feet and athlete's foot suck hard.

And for gods sake I don’t care how expensive and fancy your new boots are, break those fuckers in and keep them that way. You are not hiking to safety in brand new boots; you will get blisters, they will get infected, your feet will rot off and you will die.

 

[LeChampion1992]

All in one backpack next to the door (for me and the wife):

Buck knife, dive knife, 2x collapsible batons, 2x pistol crossbows, 2x small tents.

1x charged flashlight/stun gun.

1x 6 liter dromedary with hand-pump water filter and purification tablets.

1x old candy-bar cell phone with built in radio, charged, plus charger.

1x short crow bar. 1x large bolt cutters.

12x protein bars. 1 kg tejate powder.

2x change of clothes each (1 set blaze orange with reflective safety markings, 1 set dark/camo).

1x Whistle. 1x Harmonica. 1x Compass. 1x Small First Aid kit. 2x bandanas (local gang pattern).

1x Brand new Zippo, 1x replacement flints pack, 1x replacement wicks pack, 1x 14 fl oz Zippo fluid.

10x 1oz Canadian .999 silver rounds, 150g hashish, some cash.

6x cat food (small tins). 2x cat leashes/harnesses.

1x small bottle microdyn disinfectant.

1x Pen. 1x Pencil. 1x Notebook (first page lists everything in the bag and what pocket it's in.)

1x PocketRef.

You're prepared to live homeless anon.

 

[Uncle Sid]

You're prepared to live homeless anon.

When you've got bolt cutters and a crowbar, you're never homeless

 

[Pargon]

what is it about having cats that makes one want to be bug-out ready? Keeping my cats safe is like my number 1 survival priority.

People love their animals and are willing to step over their dead mothers for them, myself included. If my house burns down with my cats inside I’m never forgiving myself, ever.

About cats specifically, though: as much as I love them, I think most people can more easily train a dog to react appropriately in an emergency, namely “follow” and “get in the car”. Cats are more apt to run and hide, and while at least one of my cats knows that my partner and I are the Safe Place I’m not so sure about the other two, so we compensate with backup plans (we do actually keep a few old pillowcases just in case we need to scoop the fuckers up - depending on how dire things are the carriers may need to wait until we’re OTM) and teaching them sounds that mean unequivocally that they should come to us. Positive reinforcement with treats works best.

 

[WhatInTheActualFuck]

This thread reminds me that I need to re-inventory/reevaluate my bags - both the small one in the car and the large one at home.

One thing I did manage to do a couple of years ago was pick up a Brokos belt for competition and park it next to the bugout bag kit when I'm not using it for sport shooting - IFAK, multitool, a Mora, dump pouch, my CZ and mags for the pistol and ARs.

 

[Uncle Sid]

Cats are more apt to run and hide

We've put our carries up in a space above a closet where the cats feel safe sleeping in them, so they associate them with safe space and will run there if spooked.

As for sacks, well, it's a bit of power level but a fun story: I used to work with traveling vets in Mexico doing spay/neuter clinics. People would show up with sacks of cats (like six cats in an old sugar bag.) Apparently you could buy cats by the sack load to dump in your sugar cane fields to keep the rats at bay.

 

[DiggieSmalls]

We didn't have one until there was a serious earthquake here and we figured the house could come down completely.

This is a good point. I never thought of that scenario. I’ve actually never been through a legit earthquake

 

[Torque Wheeler]

When you've got bolt cutters and a crowbar, you're never homeless

My dad calls them the "master key"

Socks are a top clothing item. Only second to a set of cheap boots.

 

[Sped Xing]

A trident missile and a Korean-English dictionary.

 

[AnOminous]

I think 2022 is a fraud and it's still 2021. Prove me wrong!

 

[Phalanges Mycologist]

My basic load out is -

Pen Knife.
Multi Tool.
2l of Water
Snacks.
my brain.

 

[Haint]

I got a SOCOM Scout and 20 extra mags. And a couple severed heads in my
bug-out bag.

 

[JT Marlin]

1x Harmonica.

Great post. Gives me a lot of ideas to add to my bag. Curious about the harmonica - is it for entertainment or something more?

 

[Whitney Houston On Crack]

I have a miniature 128gb flash drive that is always in my wallet. It can literally restore human civilization if need be. It contains the most important and useful books, all the important religious texts, manuals on EVERYTHING from agriculture to medicine to making radio transmitters, the most important artworks, all kinds of maps, every type of useful software there is, the absolute peak of gaming for the PC, NES, SNES, Megadrive, N64, PS1 and GBA and an offline copy of the entirety of Wikipedia. Sure, it's being managed by shills and wankers, but still, I can't think of a more useful compedium of human knowledge.

The entire thing, took me about 3 years to compile from scratch and it's probably the most autistic thing I've ever done.

 

[Uncle Sid]

Great post. Gives me a lot of ideas to add to my bag. Curious about the harmonica - is it for entertainment or something more?

Entertainment plus sentiment -- it belonged to my grandfather.

 

[Cloacan]

- The obligatory once-used space blanket that is somehow physically impossible to refold back into its storage pouch.
- A supply of nutritional supplements that I always end up eating in times of plenty and are never there when I need them.
- Baby wipes, to wipe my butt with
- Lens wipes, to wipe my butt with
- Torn chunks of Time Magazine, to wipe my butt with
- Butt wipes, to wipe my face and hands with

 

[ShaBooBoo Markle]

Bones