“...My BOB isn’t huge, but it has everything I’d need...”
I love toying with my Assault Pack or Bug Out Bag (actually a multi-cam ruck). I pack it lighter than I do my oversized Kelty external frame pack that I use for easy-going backpacking because I figure on weapon and ammo weight I’ll be carrying when tough times arrive. My poor geriatric knees will be challenged.
So in this BOB goes my one-man tent (very light, very water proof, but fetal position for my 6’3” self) a camo bag that compresses quite small, a camo large fleece blanket, extra interior clothing, rags, towels, knives, small flashlights, food, water purification filter and taps, canteens, sundries, and it is always stuffed tighter than I intended. In summer I would switch to lighter-smaller fleece but still take one as well as more insect repellent and skin oils (chigger specific cocktails). Most people fear thickets but I intend to weasel right into them if I’m to avoid detection and that means America’s other red menace-chiggers and assorted bugs will be an ongoing problem.
Curious why you carry a blanket. You can almost certainly find a sleeping bag that is lighter and more compact, and a lot warmer.
I kept my truck BOB small and almost everything has more than one purpose. However it does include water purification tablets, filter straw, and a blast match.
The TEOTWAWKI gear is a lot more comprehensive and also doubles as my load-out for hunting/camping.
I’m not “tier 1”/”uber-survivor”, so I don’t have a dedicated truck gun or a gas operated margarita blender... ;-)
I’ve settled on a commercial backpack for my BOB instead of the camouflage pack.
Mostly out of concern that any law enforcement, govt people, or other potential threats would see a camo pack and think prepper.
If they see a backpacker they may a) under estimate me, or b) not target me as a anti-govt constitutionalist.