BOB vs BOE

I don't have a name for it but I use a sling type bag as what we call EDC. To me this is a bag of emergency stuff for a short time frame 2-3 days. What I call
ll my BOB is two back packs, one for the wife and one for me. These contain gear for a period of time from a week to until I can improve my situation for a more permanently stay.

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zenheretic said:
Although it doesn't detract from your point at all and of course it is up to the individual, I find the backpack to be far superior to any sort of sling bag. To fully realize this though, one has to find himself forced to hike a few miles or ride a bicycle with a sling bag vs. a back pack.

You are right of course in the every day to and from the car, a sling bag is better, but for walking any distance (or just having to stand in a line for a long time) a sling bag sucks monkey balls compared to back pack. :)
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Wonderful turn of phrase you have there ;)

I quite agree. I tried out the Maxpedition Jumbo for a while hiking; I found that I definitely prefer a rucksack; same as when I tried out waist packs.

The Jumbo just wants to move around all the time, and one arm is a little encumbered by it. It's handy as a quick grab bag though, and, if it wasn't so tactical looking, would make a good extra 'man bag' for my work-type situations.

As it is my extra-large IBM laptop bag is just about perfect for daily use and my car BOB is a Karrimor Hot Earth alpine rucksack. My house BOB is a Berghaus Vulcan.
 
I agree on the backpack. That is why I keep my Eagle AIII in the car to switch too when I dismount.
 
I like the idea but am a little confused about the "EVIL" part. Wouldnt EDB(every day bag) be more appropriate for somebody who doesnt intend on using said bag for evil or disreputable activities. Unless your carriyng whips and handcuffs in your bag I just dont see where the "evil" part applies other than to add theatrics. Im not evil nor do I intend to do evil things so have no need for an EVIL bag of any sort. Just seems to be a misrepresentation of its intended uses. I do however agree with the idea though. I carry a med Timbuk2 everyday which contains everything I need in a "normal" day(keys, phone, lighter, knife, notebook and pencil/pens,sunglasses,waterbottle,hat,umbrella,small psk...)Just some thoughts.
 
The term was coined a long time ago by two of my instructors, Bag of Sh!t just doesn't sound good. It got to the point where people kept asking them for us so we finally got Bag of Evil patches made up and can't keep them in stock. Very popluar with the LE/MIL crowd. I just don't take it that seriously. As far as it being and issue, my experience has been it is always the things you don't think about will bite you in the a$$.
 
Well I do like BOE better than Bag Of Sh@t!!!! I guess I could get use to BOE if its an already accepted term. Just new to me.
 
Bad Mercop,

you always seem to be a lightning rod for controversy.

i dont get it. you are one of most simple and straightforward people.

keep the faith.

ryan
 
mercop said:
The term was coined a long time ago by two of my instructors, Bag of Sh!t just doesn't sound good.
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:D Ha! Indeed. Bag of junk. Not too cool sounding.

I keep a bag of evil. About three of them. They contain very evil things, with which I will do evil things to evil people with. Hopefully that need won't arise, but if it needs to, things will get very evil, very quickly.

I found one bag doesn't contain all the evil I carry, beside the normal evil we should all carry around anyway. ;)

But I have found it useful to make my evil things look good, at least on the outside, which is why my evil bags say innocent, nice things on them, like Kelty, or Jansport.

They make people picture flowers and hiking boots, not evil Russian rifles and ammunition.

It's good sometimes to make the bag evil appear to be a bag of goodness.

Just in case.
 
mercop said:
Got it from two close friends of mine who are on the NYPD. Most cops call them war bags. We carry everything in there from powerbars to spare ammo. Sometimes unauthorized things are carried like 32 round magazines for our Glock 19s. Anything unauthorized is evil and kept out of site in your Bag of Evil.
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shigawire4sure said:
I like the idea but am a little confused about the "EVIL" part.
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I can't pretend to be a LEO or anything like that, but I just take it as a bit of sarcastic dark humour. All high stress jobs have some dark humour that would be misunderstood out of context. Dark humour and sarcasm are great coping mechanisms. :) I bolded the most relevant part in his explanation, unauthorized is evil. Unauthorized by whom? The man. In this case paper pushers and lawyers who make up the rules for the dudes in blue, or khaki or whatever cops wear nowadays.
 
It is dark humor. When you are fighting the forces of evil you need evil to fight it with:)
 
Might we refer to you all as Doctors of evil?or are there just evil rankings such as apprentices or journeymen.i one day hope to achieve captain of chaos.
 
Mercop would put his finger to his mouth just like Dr. Evil, but his arms can't reach. :p

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appears to be the late stages of tyrannasaurus rexism

notice the jurassic t shirt

isnt there a little blue pill for that
 
mercop said:
It got to the point where people kept asking them for us so we finally got Bag of Evil patches made up and can't keep them in stock.
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Seems counterproductive, especially for civilians who should wish to remain low profile. In my opinion, a civvie BOB should say "I love Starbucks", "I'm just a harmless Obama-voting sheeple waiting to achieve the socialist Utopia", or "Nothing in here but tofu and granola". :)

FWIW, we call ours "go to war bags".
 
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