Your top 10 necessary gadgets...

I am constantly looking to shrink and or lighten the stuff I carry around daily. Well, except for the knife and watch, paradoxically these tend to be on the large side.

Things will change soon, as I've just about decided to trade the phone and notepad in for a small PDA/phone combination (Treo 300). The Treo is the first PDA/phone combo that is of a size I can live with.

Oh, the GPS is not really an EDC, but I would be lost without it. Literally...

So, here's the list:

-a watch
-a folding knife
-a phone, smaller the better
-small notepad
-photon 3 light (on keychain)
-telescopic or bullet space pen
-keychain

not carried on person:
-GPS (in car)
-mp3 player
-very small shortwave radio
 
Here are the items that I consider to be Necessities.

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That is a pic of my daily cary.
Spyderco stainless Rescue Jr.=Left frontpocket.
Spyderco Bob Lum= Right front pocket.
Pepper Spray=on a quick release hanging from my left front belt loop.
Pen that looks like a cigar=right front pocket.
Leatherman crunch=nylon sheath, right hip.
Surefire C2 with 120 lumen output=left hip
Wally Hayes Tac 1=front IWB
Nextel I90 with all of my county's police departments phone #s on speed dial=location varies
Kahr .40 cal loaded w/155 grain Hydrashoks, with spare mag=SOB
 
Originally posted by cardimon
What model Schrade?
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It's an Uncle Henry 897UH "signiture" model. One long (sorta) blade. One sheepfoot or wharncliff blade. And one ? blade. I got it pretty sharp on crock sticks. It doesn't look like new, riding with the light and change in left front, but does a nice job. Was right at 20 bucks at Wally World.

Joe Shmoe
 
Here is a list of my "always" gear:

1) 4" Cold Steel Voyager Tanto, plain edge
2) Leatherman PST2
3) Mini-Maglite
4) Schrade Tough Chip (The Shears come in handy)
5) Buck Model #704
6) Keys
7) Cell Phone
8) Ballpoint pen
9) Wallet
10) Handkerchief
11) Pocket Watch

The following are items I occasionally carry to augment the above mentioned essentials:

Leatherman Crunch
Zippo Cigarette Lighter (I don't smoke, but know people who do)
Simmons Compact 8x25 Binoculars
 
Here I list what I actually find that I have needed each day: (presupposes clothes and shoes, glasses, etc.)

1 wallet (with sewing kit, cards, bit-o-cash, magnifier, etc.)
2 keys - on belt hook. The hook itself is more essential than most of the keys on it. (Additional unlisted goodies include mil canopener, whistle, watch, etc.)
3 hanky. Sometimes 2.
4 keyring pen, usually clipped on beltloop (with photon 2 yellow)
5 knife, currently warncliffe mirage
6 swisstech screwzall
7 Arc AAA white clipped on either keyring or beltloop
8 cellphone
9 nailclippers on keyring (also work as flushcutters sometimes)
10 Vic midnight manager with pen and light and scissors and drivers, sort of a universal backup.

Things that I feel are missing:
I have ordered some sliver grippers, thanks to all who posted about them. They may break into the top 10, especially since my SAK has none.

I want some small plyers/wrench in pocket or ring. Have a sebertool, but it will not stay clipped to ring, almost lost it 3 times or more. Sits in the drawer now. Want to try the swisstech one. The 2.5 inch Craftsman adjustable wrench has come in handy several times, but gets too many strange looks, and is not big enough. A 3 or 4 inch visegrip has appeal....

Seriously considering the one-hand Trailmaster. With the "double" opening resistance could it be a one hander that is "inherently safe" in tip-up carry?
 
BM 710
Spyderco co-pilot
At night a surefire E2e
out of the house a Glock 23
cell phone
Happy to say I don't own a watch:),or carry a pen.
 
1. watch: currently sinn 656

2. edc: tom mayo tnt

3. leatherman micra

4. Hewlett Packard Stethescope

5. light: streamlight stylus or photon 2

6. brush: an english bristle brush ... had it for 20 years ... nothing else can tame my mop except for a close buzz ... which is my current solution

7. dictation phone and pen: there is more paper work in medicine than actual medicine

8. coffee cup (should be #1)

9. breath mints (due to #8)

10. no palm pilot or gun for me at work ...
 
My daily loadout consist of :

1. pistol- custom worked Colt Commander .45 and extra magazine
2. knife- Either Emerson Commander, Spyderco Police, or Tim Wegner
3. wallet
4. belt and buckle
5. truck keys
6. watch
7. chap stick
8. sunglasses

I really need a SureFire for those winter days, and possibly clip it to my jackass rig.(if that would work?)
 
sm. sebenza (happy b-day yestertday!)
fisher bullet
moleskine notebook
Oakley Why 3s or fives
sony MZN-707 minidisc
SAK
canon AE-1 program
snow peak titanium spork
bic
photon III

geez..thats 10 already!

...in order of priority, of course.
 
This has been going on 10 months and I just saw it. My bad.

cheap nylon wallet with two ID windows
chapstick
tactical pocket knife - Gerber A/F Covert, kershaw, CRKT, Benchmade
watch - Citizen Ti Ecodrive or Timex Chrono from Campmor
Cheap sunglasses / or prescrip if not wearing contacts
keychain with ludell minibiner, Inova light, cuff key, etc.
Hat of the day - No Name Baseball or pendleton crusher

Camelbak Transformer to hold:
camera
eyeglass rag
Casio PV400+
rainjacket
Grisham or Clancy novel
SAK Mechanic
Ibuprofen
checkbook
inkpen
Sharpie marker

Of course, if I'm hiking the Buffalo in Arkansas I would add lunch and take out the novel and PDA. I'm looking forward to getting off planet benning. Beam me home, Scotty.
 
Grommit:
"I want some small plyers/wrench in pocket or ring."

You should look into a Leatherman Minitool. I have used one for months now and I love it. I was an "all the bells and whistles-type of guy" so I carried a Swisstool, or Supertool, or Powerpliers. I still love these and use them; but the Minitool is so small and handy it's always on me. So now I carry other small tools and a pocket knife on my person to compliment the Minitool: works great.

Mith.
 
Originally posted by grommit
I want some small plyers/wrench in pocket or ring. Have a sebertool, but it will not stay clipped to ring, almost lost it 3 times or more. Sits in the drawer now.
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Have you tried a Leatherman Juice? Maybe an S2. Pliers, 4 screwdrivers, scissors and can opener. It's not heavy and pretty compact. About $40 at Walmart.
 
corkscrew/bottle opener
corkscrew/bottle opener
corkscrew/bottle opener
corkscrew/bottle opener
corkscrew/bottle opener
corkscrew/bottle opener
corkscrew/bottle opener
corkscrew/bottle opener
corkscrew/bottle opener
corkscrew/bottle opener

:D :D :D :D :D
 
Originally posted by TheMartialWay
Here are the items that I consider to be Necessities.

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Can't see it. The website wants me to register first.
 
surefire e2d
zippo
rolex submariner
al mar sere 2000
titanium ring
oakley m frame
motorola v3
and a beatiful girl;)
 
surefire e2d
zippo
rolex submariner
al mar sere 2000
titanium ring
oakley m frame
motorola v3
marathon pilot watch
and a beatiful girl;)
 
1. knife (more like knives.)
2.flashlight- which IS a SF
3.PDA-Palm TX
4.cell phone- currently a Nokia
5.keychain flashlight-Arc-P
6. watch- TAG Heuer
7. Kahr Arms Elite 98 w/ night sights
8.2 sapre magazines to go with above
9.
10.
 
1- Palm PDA
2- Cell phone
3- Calculator watch w/stopwatch, alarm, etc.
4- Juice multi tool
5- Inova X4
6- Panasonic digital voice recorder
7- Fisher Space Pen
8- Benchmade Ares
9- Spyderco Navigator
10- Swiss Tech Micro Plus
 
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