Get Home Bag & ESEE's--Tell me what you think?

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First off I'm saving money to go to the RAT training hopefully in the spring... That is if I can stop buying ESEE knives...just a few more to go...

Anyway, You will all see redundancy in this pack, I am a firm believer in One IS None and Two Is One

I could always drop an Item if weight becomes a concern. So this is my small bag and what I believe everyone that may bug out in an urban to woods survival situation should have.

Everything I have in my kit has a reason and sometimes two or more reasons.

I know I Know.... The sharper maker is heavy and big... But after years of dulling the sharpest knives... I just don't care... A dull knife is a useless knife and I can get my ESEE's hair popin sharp with the spyderco... blast me.

So here is what I've tried to address with this bag...

Stay dry,make fire, make shelter, boil/filter water in urban with no prower/or the woods) , light, some food, medical, hygiene,navigation, personal notes, reference material, fishing/trapping and sewing as well as maintaining your tools. And of course defense and try to keep the weight down.

I have another bag (Eberlestock) with cloths, sleeping bag, small OTIS gun cleaning kit some more batteries and more food but this is the grab and go...
If possible I would grab both and transfer content of the smaller one into the Eberlestock.

On a side note the camelbak linchpin is very light, has a internal frame and has yet to feel heavy while I hike with this stuff...

It not near as comfortable as the Eberlestock but not much is....

OK... Comment, critique don't worry I have thick skin... and just share ideas...you have a question ask away....

:) FIRST---- a little ESEE porn...

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Ok now the bag...

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And the Eberlestock

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I didn't see a floor jack and tire iron, hedge trimmers, a can of lysol or a tickle me Elmo doll.

Incomplete if you ask me.
 
nice! it looks like you have everything...but where's your "tactical beverage entry tool"? aka the 'dillo? :D
 
I'm the same way, when I leave my house its like I'm going to war, you never know what might happen...

Excellent gear and pics
 
Did I miss the duct tape? I always carry duct tape wrapped around my fuel bottle or water bottle.

BTW, my SAS has the same cover but is titled "Survival Handbook," and yours says "Survival Guide." I was wondering what year your SAS was printed in (mine is from 2004).

Thanks.
 
do you actually drag the AR around with you on a daily basis?

my CHB lives in the truck 24/7.

has a change of clothes, some cold weather gloves, some work gloves, loaded spare mags for the EDC CCW, spare flashlight and batteries, FAK and some ther goodies, plus some granola bars and water.

it's about to get overhauled, but i won't be keeping a long gun in it full time.
no manuals. go practice and learn the skills. leave the books at home.

your headlamp takes AAAs, your radio takes AAs and the Surefire takes 123As. might want to consider all AA powered stuff, except for the weaponlight (and i'm not seeing one of those).
 
Nothing 55, I used to transport a bag from home to my Jeep a few years ago. It just got to be too much of a distraction. I did the same thing Fixer did & bought a Maxpedition Aggressor attache bag. I put together a large kit that I could just leave in the Jeep with everything I needed. I have a Last Resort that I use for a daily "briefcase", with all my get home stuff in the outer pockets, & I still have room in the main compartment for my laptop, battery, cables, files, notebooks, etc. The Aggressor works a lot better for me just left in my Jeep, especially since I can not take my EDC-CCW on my company's premises. As far as your bag, looks like you have almost everything covered you would need.
Be safe.
 
This looks a good bit like my hiking kit minus the AR and multiple large blades. Also something I am working on adding into my kit that I over looked was redundant rescue / signaling devices. Pretty much all I have is a whistle and the ability to make a fire. Looking to get a SPOT, good signal mirror, and laser flare.
 
shotgunner11 said:
I didn't see a floor jack and tire iron, hedge trimmers, a can of lysol or a tickle me Elmo doll.

Incomplete if you ask me.
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Think of all the psychological benefits of having a Tickle Me Elmo doll. You're alone in the woods/devistated zombie infested city barely surviving, and Elmo's always there, ready with a good laugh (as long as his batteries hold out.) He can signal for help for you, who could miss that anoy... joyous ruckus as they search for your broken and incapacitated body lost somewhere in the wilderness? He can take one for the team. Imagine you're in a deadly E&E situation, the baddies have caught up with you, you grab your AR and your tickle me Elmo, set elmo in the on position and toss him the other way. They will be compelled to find and kill elmo, your dearest friend, who just sacrificed himself, while you escape to safety and plot your revenge against the scum who just took that friend from you!

God bless,
Adam
 
Nice Bag ....what was the overall weight ?
I'd leave the complete sharpmaker @ home and just carry one each rod for free hand sharpening...
the OTIS kit needs to be with your main bag hauling your rifle, it is molle back so it mounts on bag
Overall A+ Bro good kit !
 
texastonydobbs said:
Nice Bag ....what was the overall weight ?
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+1 on what's the weight.

Do you plan on carrying the AR ready to use? It looked like you had it strapped to the side in one shot. If so you might want to consider a combat gunbearer. https://kifaru.net/gunbearer_mil.html

Looks like a nifty little deal, I did expect to see more knives than you could possibly need, I think your setup in that way is actually quite reasonable. I favor a hatchet for a chopper ATM, but that's up to user.

God bless,
Adam

PS: Still think the tickle me elmo would complete the kit.
 
Well, I'm a firm believer in a get home bag. I think bug out bags are pretty much worthless (go ahead and flame me, I can take it)

But, I'm missing the part about how far you are typically away from your home and what type of environment. I could pretty easily live on my own for a week with what is in that pack (as long as I could find some water.)

I work about 22 miles from my house so I could walk that home in one day, even avoiding people and highways. So, I pack at most 2 days worth of stuff. Some people are more "two is one, one is none." I'm more like "speed is life."

But, if that's what you're comfortable with, go for it.

Me, I'd ditch some of that, add some cash, some comm's, some more winter clothing.
 
That's a lot of stuff. I spent most of my adult life flying dangerous men to dangerous places to do dangerous things who didn't carry that much stuff with them. :)
 
link2derek said:
Did I miss the duct tape? I always carry duct tape wrapped around my fuel bottle or water bottle.

BTW, my SAS has the same cover but is titled "Survival Handbook," and yours says "Survival Guide." I was wondering what year your SAS was printed in (mine is from 2004).

Thanks.
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THere is Black gorllia tape around the RED fuel bottle

I bought the book 2 years ago...but there is an even newer one out now...
Probably all the same basic book
 
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