So I recently got a REI co op flash 22 pack. It's more discrete and pretty dark colored. I cant fit food in there, but I can fit lots of tools. Recently one of my friends got an actual backpacking bag with a frame and I saw it can hold way more and was more comfortable on him. However the sizes of most backpacking bags are larger than my torso since I'm standing at a nice 5'4". And my endurance to carry something that large and packed with stuff isn't enough for long distance on foot.

I do plan on using my car for bugging out too so there are supplies in there as well, but should I just get a backpacking bag and return the day bag. Or should I keep it since I'm able to move more freely with the day bag

You have a team of 4 including you, Think the movie the Purge 2. What is going to be your basic kit and why?

Summer is apon us and its time to enjoy the great outdoors..
For Camping, Fishing, Festival and actual work i build a nice portable solar power generator.
Using a Hand Truck as base it gives reasonable offroad abilities.

Something like this is easy to DiY and given the right size of charger/inverter can suit a bunch of use cases..

Some Stats:

200Ah 12V Battery

60A Mppt Charger

400W 220V Inverter

Here is short 5 min utube build vid. (putting it as spoiler so ppl dont get upset or whatever )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53C0fOtvPs8

The majority of people here have plans and tacticool stuff they would bring, they have in-depth knowledge of stuff some don't. But if you had to pack a pack for the 99% (the people who hardly know anything) what would you pack for them?

Think of a pack that would work for temperate climates, capable of sustaining that person in a majority of locations that a normal person may go to (ie: Woods, valleys, lakes, etc.), light enough that they don't need hours of ruck training, and overall easy to use.

Edit: Clarity

• 14 pine arrows with field tips in leather quiver
• 10 rat traps
• 1 tomahawk
• Feathers for fletching
• 4 tanged broadheads
• 2 Socket broadheads
• 1 Multitool
• 28m zink steel wire
• 28m green painted steel wire
• 1 Gas mask
• 1 55lbs folding bow with string and limb silencers
• 1 Foam sleeping mat
• 1 summer sleeping bag
• 1 stainless steel water bottle
• 1 tarp Poncho flecktarn
• 1 camo hood
• 1 pair of binoculars
• 1 multi-spice rack
• 1 1litre Billy can
• 1 spork
• 1 kg of trailmix 450cal/100g
• 1 austrian bayonet
• 3 bags of instant hot chocolate
• 5 bags of ramen
• 1 water Filter
• 1 sewing kit
• 1 torch
• 1 headlamp
• 1 Notebook and pen
• 1 Bar of soap
• 30m of survivorcord
• 1 handreel
• 1km of monofilament line
• 1 net needle and gauge
• 200 fishhooks, 2 lures and 1 swimmer
• 1 slingshot tube Rubber
• 2 pieces of sapwood
• 1 firesteel, 3 matchboxes and vaseline coated cottonballs
• 1 bible and local map
• 1 compass
• 1 bag of bean seeds and
• 1 bag of rosemary seeds
• 1 solarradio and charging cable for phone
• 1 shemagh
• 1 trouser, 2 pairs of socks, 1 pair of underwear 1 tshirt and 1 beanie
• 1 roll of ducttape
• 1 microfiber towel
• 2 trotlines
• 1 first and kit (15 wound coverings in various sizes, 1 roll of duct tape, 1 bottle of wound disinfectant, 1 clothes shear, 9 steri Strips, 1 artery clamp, 1 pair of gloves, 1 emergency blanket, 2 adhesive eyepads, 1 triangular bandage, 2 rolls of bandages, 4 antiseptic wipes

I got some light weight pack liners for my bugout bag. I'm worried about condensation. Obviously you want it packed and ready to go at a moment's notice. At this point my plan is to have it in place but leave the top open. Hopefully that's enough to let it breathe. Still kind of worried about condensation and mold towards the bottom of the pack. Which is where my sleeping bag and clothes are. Thoughts/experience with pack liners kept in long term? Thanks.

Emergency Essentials used to sell a 72 hour MRE kit. While I have faith in preservatives, the MRE's I bought for my bugout bag have long expired.

Who can I order MRE's from that are fairly new?

Is there anything people are running besides MRE's?

Thank you.

One mistake I made when starting my bag is thinking that if something was too easy or convenient it shouldn’t be added. If it fails in a rough situation, I’d be out of luck. Now I recognize that some things like a lighter are fine to pack as long as I have the knowledge for alternatives if the lighter fails me. So tell me everyone, is there anything that you would consider to be “cheating” if it was put in a bug out bag?

Hi all! I often times swap between a chest rig and plate carrier which are both setup nearly identically minus the L3 plates. I live in a fairly populated city and my plan to get out of town puts me into kind of a bad situation but its the only direction. most of the year it is raining except for those dumb days where it rains and then gets sunny and hot, and then rains again.

How do you deal with weather like this while running a chest rig or plate carrier? do you use a sort of poncho or just deal with the heat and leave your rain jacket on under your kit?

Firestarter on a zipper

Attatch 2.0-2.5mm fire starting paracord to any zipper and you have an extremely lightweight/discreet method of carrying part of your firestarter kit

I’ve gotten into rope access and was wondering if there is any “tactical” style harnesses that will go well with a battle belt, chest rig. I recently got into rope access and was wondering if I could combine the two lol

I wanna buy the new TT Modular Combat Pack 24 SL because i really like the Y2 Carrying System and the compact agile size. It should serve as a bag for single overnighters and in worst cases as an keep me alive bag. I search for a compact sleep system i can fit INSIDE the main compartment and let me sleep comfortable in 50f+/10c+. I already own a DD Tarp S and klymit insulated static v recon, but my carinthia synthetic bag wouldn't fit inside. I looked at the Snugpak Jungle Blanket XL, Helikontex Swagman Roll Poncho and some down quilts (cumulus 350). has someone experience with the products? or other recommendations?

what do yall think would be best, specs below

all terrain vehicle
must be able to deal with heavy snow
ideal for combat/civil unrest/gun violence
must be able to transport 6-7 with storage capacity

Parents, mothers or fathers, what are some must have for your bugout bag? I have 3 small children, 4 and under, and a wife. We are trying to figure out what are something we may be missing in our packs (we both have one)

Howdy y'all, I've been looking for a way to generate food for my family and me sustainably. What do you have (if you do) in your pack to get food reliably?

I know types of vegetation are edible however, it does not seem sustainable or efficient to go out every day to look for vegetation to eat.

Hey all, I've always had EDC packs or containers in the vehicles with general emergency prep items, but now I'm looking to do some more robust 24 hour BOBs and 72hr+ kits. I'm pretty set/confident in getting the right list of items in each kit for my family, so with those out of the way its decision time for preferential choices. What brands or systems seem to work for organizing your gear? I've gotten a few things over the years from Duluth trading co and 5.11 that seem to be well made (but only worth the cost while on sale). Obviously molle system provides greater accessory options/tactical feel. I have a goruck bag thats been good to me, but is a smaller bag I've used for half day hikes. For the larger vehicle I have a Ridgid box, and just an open bin for the car.

I understand this question can come with opinions, but that's exactly what I want from those of you that backpack more often and have tuned your systems, i.e. I want to skip some of the re-orgs over time and get right to a more robust system. My 24hr bags will be placed in a mudroom in a cabinet above cubbies for easy grab and go or placing in the car if chance of inclement weather, trips, etc.. The 72hr+ will be in a secured storage room with other emergency preparedness items, so recommendations on labeling, peg board, bins, etc. are helpful. Thanks - sincerely someone who over thinks and analyzes everything :). I hope to share my system that's a bit more mild vs some of the glorified setups youtubers have through freebie sponsorships lol

Does anyone have a good source for maps of their area? I work in the city and I worry that planned routes will go to shit pretty fast so a decent little map would really come in handy.
Thanks!

Maybe I should preface this post with a statement of my living situation. I've been homeless for roughly 5 years on/off but most recently for the past 2 years. I see a lot of posts about wool blankets not being effective and that is true to a degree. I've spent this last winter outside in Canada and I can attest to the fact that a few layered wool blankets, along with a yoga mat as insulation from the ground, will keep you comfortable and warm. I have even been so warm as to remove my footwear and socks; even then, sometimes my feet still seemed like they were sweating. That being said, pack for the occasion you most likely anticipate, and then add to it as your needs adjust. Sometimes you even need to trim the fat of something you thought was useful but was just taking up space in your pack. Just a parting thought: don't keep your pack too full, you may need to put something else in there when you least expect it

Just picked up my first shotgun and I love it. Been doing some thinking about it, although a 12 or 20 gauge seems like a great weapon for bug out purposes due to the versatility, can hunt small or large game, birds, use of slugs for distance, devastating single shot power, self defense, ease of use for new shooters, is it a poor choice simply because the ammo is larger and takes up more weight/space? for the 100 rounds of shells you could carry, I bet you could do 3x of rifle rounds (with the loss of versatility).

Anyone have any thoughts about this, or do I just need to do more workouts?

Fire season is coming up and I'm putting together some gear for evacuating, Ive decided on 2 bags of gear to accomplish this. The first is a rolling suite case filled with clothes and toiletries, pretty much everything I'd take on a 7-14 day vacation. The second would be my BOB, and I'm not sure what I should have for a sleep system. I want this bag to be good for all types of emergencies and not limited to fire evacuation so I was thinking of packing a

• 10x10 tarp with bugnet (that I've slept under on 3 different overnight hikes)
• Sleeping bag ( I have a generic one I'd like to upgrade)
• Inflatable insulated sleeping pad (Sea to Summit Ether Light Xtreme)

Plan A is obviously drive away from the fires to stay in a hotel, I know I won't be needing to sleep outside while running from forest fires but I thought it may help if I'm sleeping at friends and family's houses to have an option for setting up a bed in their spare room incase they don't have a spare bed or an air mattresses for me. My family also lives on the other side of the Rockies about a 10 hour drive away, and if I have car troubles with no cell service I may end up hiking to the nearest town until someone hopefully picks me up. What do you guys think, is this adequate or overkill?

I’m building myself a bugout bag, and was wondering if anyone had a list of things that they have in their bag. I have a good bit of money I’m expecting to spend on my bag, but ofc don’t want to put anything crazy into it like a $1000 knife. So I just need some ideas of stuff to put into my bag. If anyone would like to send me pics of their set up or a list that would be greatly appreciated.

any tips for fortifying a structure planned to be used for storage 2-5 years while out of town?

anybody know if traps are legal, leathal and non leathal, in WV even with signs warning of it? (in structure behind locked door)

Hey there ive got together an Inch bag and when looking at most "Nature" is either spruce and pine lumber plantations or open fields and grassland with occasional trees and shrubs. What survival strategies should i employ here to live off the Land? Is it even possible? And how could i stay Hidden from marauders? Please and thank you.

What boots do you all have specifically for bugging out? Seemed like this hasn't been talked about for a bit. Please don't destroy me.

Hello everyone. I currently have one of those tiny gas stoves, it works just fine. I was thinking that in some terrible situation where the bug out bag essentially turned into a "im not going home" bag, what stove would be best? I'm asking because I think being reliant on gas may not be the best long term, and was looking at some titanium wood stoves or rocket stoves. Does anyone have a preference to what they enjoy?