I have two ways of keeping gear with me. One BOB in the car, and the rest in my daypack, a Maxped Condor II.
BOB in my car is an old range bag, inside that I have two nylon draw-string bags to store the gear./
Inside one of these is an Otter Box 2000 (crushproof, waterproof) which contains the key 'survive at all costs' items which are, at this time:
Insect bite ointment/anti-septic
NATO waterproof matches
Spark-lite kit w/tinder
8 Asprin
6 water purification sachets (one sachet purifies 20L of H20)
Fenix E1 w/lithium cell +spare AAA
Fox 40 whistle
Pro-Force survival saw
A carabiner (rated to 400kgs)
2 Durex condoms (extra thick) ...ummm... these need to be replaced ; )
OK, I think I have the pic thing sorted:
In the other drawstring bag, I have:
Nalgene (missing from pic)
Boonie hat
Fleece cover
Spare glasses
Two garbage bags
Mini SAS Survival Guide (John Wiseman)
A space blanket (want to get more)
50 feet of paracord
Atwood Bug-out Bar
Leatherman Wave
Inova X5
Chris Reeve Project I (7,5 inch spear point FB) and/or
Cold Steel mini-kukri
Esbit stove and extra fuel tabs.
My day-pack (always with me). In this bag I have:
Pat Crawford Legionnaire neck knife (not in pic)
Duct tape, roll
Boonie hat
A Jones Brothers Entry Tool (7 inch spearpoint FB)
Toothpicks and dental floss (gotta keep the teeth clean)
Another Fox 40 (got whistles?)
Small Prybar with paracord wrap
Peak LED brass Carribbean with momentary switch
Peak LED Matterhorn 3 LED
Surefire SC1 with six spare lithiums
HighGear digital compass/watch/stopwatch (haven't figured out how to use the compass yet),
Silva butane storm lighter
An Otter Box 1,000 in case I need to keep my cellphone dry. Now carrying more Asprin, a glasses cleaning cloth, a tape measure, small Bic lighter and a spare AAA cell.
Bandanna
Jewellers screwdriver kit (high quality item - 8 bits)
Multi-bit screwdriver (high quality item with 6 bits - 3 flat, 3 phillips)
Ti Spork
Piece of shoe leather (impromptu sharpening kit)
Stainless steel mug
Wallet w/ID
On my person I always have a folder (sometimes a FB), cellphone, SOG Powerplier, house keys on kubaton, and car keys on stretchy paracord leash, accompanied by a fauxton and a mini County Comm prybar (got prybars?) In winter, I carry a Fenix P1D/Leef combo in my left front pocket.
My gear is designed for an urban flood/fire/alien attack bug-out scenario./ ALL of this stuff would accompany me and my family, along with several other items, like a Colt Series 70 and about 150 rounds of ammo, and obviously blankets, clothes, food items, etc, in the back of my truck./
If going on a hike with potential 'lost in the woods' situations, I would have on me the Otterbox 2000 PSK, a big FB, SOG Powerplier, my Surefire L2, and several portable food items. I think the urban clusterf*ck scenerio is more likely to occur, as I don't do 3 day hikes much anymore, but you never know.
I
really need to master the compass and add a good one to my kit, but the northern/southern hemisphere thing really confuses me