my "go belt"

I would consider the military belt to not be too... efficient when you need something from the bag. If you would wear the belt over top another belt that you would actually use to keep your pants up, then that would seem more rational, but you would still have to take the belt off every time.

Thinking in this vein, I would recommend something like the Enhanced Military Web Belt

http://www.blackhawk.com/product1.asp?P=41WB&C=C1204

Otherwise, just wear a pistol belt that you can easily take on and put on without a fuss if you need to get at your buttpack without having to take your backpack off when/if you have that on too. I always keep my small essentials in my buttpack like matches, sharpening stone, gloves, water filter, etc. It saves space for my cargo pockets, which I can use to fill up with snares, map and food. :)
 
mystical woodsman said:
I would consider the military belt to not be too... efficient when you need something from the bag. If you would wear the belt over top another belt that you would actually use to keep your pants up, then that would seem more rational, but you would still have to take the belt off every time.

Thinking in this vein, I would recommend something like the Enhanced Military Web Belt

http://www.blackhawk.com/product1.asp?P=41WB&C=C1204

Otherwise, just wear a pistol belt that you can easily take on and put on without a fuss if you need to get at your buttpack without having to take your backpack off when/if you have that on too. I always keep my small essentials in my buttpack like matches, sharpening stone, gloves, water filter, etc. It saves space for my cargo pockets, which I can use to fill up with snares, map and food. :)
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A nice nylon police-style duty belt works great. You have to throw on a few retainers, but I use mine all the time and it is especially nice.
 
dougo, i saw those but found that after carrying a proper FAK like that i hardly ever used it, and i don't really like bandaids etc.

so i switched to a tube of super glue and a roll of cloth medical tape for FAK, and i have been fine. i am going to add a tube of triple antibiotic at some point...
 
That works. I always have packed mine and had to have others in mind. I personally prefer a tube of New-Skin and some tape of some sort.
 
just for kicks i really loaded up the fanny pack to see what it would take:
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the only real difference between this and the previous belt is that i added a silnylon poncho in there for more shelter/proper rain gear. i added a mosquito face net. i swapped out the boker for a case fixed blade i reground, which i like a little more for bushcrafty stuff. i also tossed my CS kukri on there too. i also replaced the bottles it came with with a 1 litre nalgene and a 850 ml stainless steel "bilt" bottle.

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but then i emptied it out and decided i would use it for my daypack type pack, and put the stuff back into the other belt.

so this is what i took with me for a little hike for lunch earlier:
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poncho, facenet, water, shrimp scampi, chopsticks. EDC including mora on my belt. the facenet worked great...except i didn't need it. i really needed lower-leg nets. i was wearing cutoff cotton pants and the skeeters were really chewing up my calves and feet...
 
siguy said:
i really needed lower-leg nets. i was wearing cutoff cotton pants and the skeeters were really chewing up my calves and feet...
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How about, considering that things are still sort of all's well with the world's nations, and we can still leisurely camp around, You can buy the bugnets for your bug-out bag, but for now I would just get some natural bugspray or buy some undiluted/concentrated oils like Citronella mixed with Tea Tree Oil or Witch Hazel for bug repellent. Check out Wild Roots that sells them:

http://www.wildroots.com/citronella-oil-16-fl-oz-p-1231.html

You can carry the bottle of oils wherever you go, and make it whenever you need it . DO NOT put just the concentrated oil on your skin, this stuff is different from what we (me and any other tree hugging monkey) wear, like patchouli or whatever. It can make you sick so you must dilute it.
 
mystical, thanks for that link.

i was also looking at badgerbalm bug repelling balm, and wondering if it actually works.

i am mostly trying to avoid really strong smelling things, as they give me a headache. i also want to avoid chemically things just on principle...
 
siguy said:
mystical, thanks for that link.

i was also looking at badgerbalm bug repelling balm, and wondering if it actually works.

i am mostly trying to avoid really strong smelling things, as they give me a headache. i also want to avoid chemically things just on principle...
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I can understand that. Getting the citronella oil is actually a derivative of a citrus plant, so it will smell sorta sweet, like an orange and not be to overpowering, especially even if you mix it into a lotion (like you're supposed to do) or mix it into a spray that you can also dab on your finger to put on certain key spots, like along your chins and calfs/knees and your shoulders and neck. You probably wouldn't really even notice it.

When you say chemical, do you mean artificial? Because just about anything that is concocted for any purpose is considered a chemical I believe. You just have natural ones and those that are not found in nature, hence artificial.
 
mystical, yeah i meant artifical chemicals...things that smell very "chemically" like cleaning supplies and things.

thanks for the advice...
 
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