[Lurker]

Nice. Thanks.

[Mr. K]

A word on knives.

If you are going to get one, get one with a nice grip and HAND GUARD!! This keeps your hand from sliding down and getting slice on the blade if you have to stab something hard (harder than you think it is)

Just picture your knife and a stack of pork loin or something at home. If you had to stab through it would your hand slide down the blade and you end up hurting yourself? Especially if slippery blood was involved?

(many homicides are solved this way- when a person stabs someone their hand slides down the blad and they cut themselves)

And if it is a folding knife (not preferred) MAKE SURE THE LOCKING MECH IS NOT A P.O.S.

You dont want your survival gear to help kill you, and a wonded hand can seriously put you out of commission.

I make my daughters wear gloves when helping me around the house for exactly this reason. If you hurt your hands you are useless.

[Sergio]

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[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

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[T-Bird45]

Good thoughts in that article on staging levels of gear to the mission/goal. Keeping those thoughts in mind can do much do reduce the EDC to the real necessities while having the other items either close at hand or able to be recovered quickly.

[pepperdog]

JMHO but I carry a very large and heavy backpack in my vehicle. It (hopefully) has everything I need, or could need. I don’t plan to carry it as is. I plan to carry only the essentials based on the situation I find myself in and leave the rest behind. Or if I have to shelter in place in my vehicle I have (again hopefully) everything I need.

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[LadyBuck]

Good info, but it’s also going to depend on who is going to carry it.

Somewhere along the way, I read you should be able to carry a 30lb pack over 20 miles in 6.5 hours. I’m in pretty good shape - I did it, but it kicked my butt (plus who has time to train like that every day?)

Can’t see a kid or geezer doing that, especially in a high pressure Bug-Out scenario.

[reed13k]

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[rfreedom4u]

Not bad at all!

[LibWhacker]

Sorry for the group ping. I normally don't do this. But since you seemed to respond positively to the article, I can't help but alert you to a low profile, urban environment backpack that I just found out about and that allows you to deploy a weapon and front and back body armor in seconds, called the Ares Armor RAD pack. Check out the demo video at youtube. It's only 34 seconds.

Disclaimer: I have none, nada, zero, zip connection to the manufacturer and aren't on anyone's payroll to plug the product. I just liked it and thought you might too. If not, apologies. Like I said, I rarely do this (only three group pings since 1997), so don't worry about it happening again. Cheers!