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Bare Essential Every Day Carry list
© 2010 Northern Raider
A very basic guide of essential items for a chap or chappese to carry as their EDC, it does not include professional tools and equipment, cosmetics, nor fashion and feminine hygiene products.
1. Pocket Knife
2. Multi tool
3. Compass
4. LED Flashlight & spare batteries
5. Analogue Watch , Solar or Self Winder
6. Purse / Wallet ( cash, credit card tool, credit cards, ID card)
7. Notebook & Pen & mini Sharpie
8. Eye Glasses, Shades,
9. Bandana / Large Kerchief
10. Length of Paracord and Mini Carabiner
11. Lighter
12. Cell phone
13. Prescription medicines ( Insulin , Migraine tabs, Heart tabs etc)
14. Keys on ring or belt carrier clip
Other items worthy on consideration are a
1. First Aid Kit and Water Puri Tabs
2. A couple of disposable dust masks
3. Micro AM/ FM radio (Ipod radio thingy?)
4. Hat and Gloves for cold weather
5. Monocular
6. Section of Map serving your local area.
PDA’s, Blackburrys, 10 Gram tin of Vaseline, Lip Balm, Baton, CS spray, Diary, Feminine products, eye glasses cleaner, spring loaded centre punch, permanent marker(Sharpie), chemical light sticks, Handgun plus ammo, micro prybar , food bars, small bottle of water, Flash drive stick, pocket digital camera, GPS,
Pain killers, pack away waterproof, Underground tube and bus route map, cycle route and walkways maps. All of the above are recorded as being carried by various people as part of their EDC, obviously many people use bags and packs to carry EDC kit with them.
Again as with the BOB list the EDC list is only the basic starting point for people to work from to develop their own EDC.
Commuter version
Commuter Kit List
© 2010Northern Raider
Below is a suggested basic kit for commuters in the UK, it can be adapted as required.
These kits have become the "must have" among city types since 911 and 7/7. The Common sense bug has finally bitten many commuters and these few items are now as essential as Gucci suits and handbags among the “in vogue†community, however you do not need to be rich to have a commuter kit, just intelligent.
Bus / Train timetables and route map
Map of area (find alternative routes)
Micro portable radio (get traffic updates, news reports), spare batteries
Pocket solar powered battery charger
Notebook with Taxis, Rail & Bus company Hospital and local Police numbers
Cycle route footpath / walkway guide.
Photocopy of season ticket / Oyster card in case of theft or loss.
Mobile Phone (never less than £20 credit)
LED flashlight and spare batteries
Compass
Multi tool
Small folding knife (UK SPEC non locking & under 3 inches)
Spring loaded Centre punch (glass breaking if stranded on crashed bus/ trains)
Permanent marker (Sharpie) leaving messages, marking route taken etc
4 Chemical light sticks
4 Snack meal bars (Cereal, chocolate, raisins, type)
Watch / Chronograph
Cash in case credit card system fails
A few sterile hand cleansing wipes
3 foldable dust masks/ Bandana
Spare eye glasses / contact lenses
Butane Lighter
A litre of bottled water, water filter straw
Walking shoes
Fold up pocket sized waterproof jacket/ poncho
Small first aid kit
Mini Pry bar
Gloves
Baseball Cap / bush hat
Set of your prescription medicines.
No doubt many modern city folks will add PDA’s, Blackberries, USB cable etc.
© 2010 Northern Raider
Clothing to consider
Modified or Designer clothing for the EDC prepped civilian
Copyright NR 2011
More and more preppers I meet are doing some interesting stuff with their EDC clothing, Poorer preppers like myself tend to modify or tailor proprietry brands of clothing to suit our own needs, I’m always adding extra pockets, re-enforcement patches, Fastex webbing and hangers, kit hanging loops, elasticated draw cords etc to my clothing. Equally many preppers choose to buy and wear clothing primarily designed for soldiers or police officers such as Combat Jackets, SAS smocks, M65s, Concealed Carry Jackets, Specialist Vests etc. And not forgetting our passion for tactical cargo pants either. Some folks spend huge amounts of first rate specialist outdoor clothing and still end up messing on with a sewing machine to get the product they want.
Also and very importantly in this ever more uncertain and violent world parents are also seeking specialist clothing for their children. GPS tagged clothing and shoes for the very young, GPS tagged phones for errant teens spring to mind but equally the enlightened urban families both prepper and ordinary types as well as the kids themselves have identified a need for even more specialist clothing.
This includes slash proof and knife resistant vests, hoodies, smocks and jackets for kids !!
(What a terrible indictment of today’s society until you realise that in London alone over 250 kids have been stabbed to death in the last year or two which makes teen prepping more important than ever it was before.)
Slash resistant clothing is now very popular in places such as Washington DC, New York, London, Birmingham, Rome, Berlin and Tokyo for teens as well as adults. It is a newish product range some city preppers may wish to consider as well.
There is also a trend among our teens and city dwellers to reduce the risk of becoming victims of muggings and street robberies by wearing clothing that allows them to conceal the inevitable collection of electronic gadgets they have these days. Firstly it helps them reduce the risk of being targeted as in many cases they can conceal their personal kit about their person instead of in bags and rucksacks.
Jackets, Hoodies and Vests that look just like ordinary outdoor civilian fashion clothing but have huge numbers of concealed pockets and hidden routes within the clothing to route phone speaker / headphone wires etc, This again is a development that can in many cases be beneficial to the urban prepper community as you can very often carry a full EDC load in the pockets rather than in a bag.
Article on Kids stab proof clothing
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk...552956.ece
Concealed 24 pocket Fleece
http://www.scottevest.com/v3_store/Fleece_Jacket.shtml
22 concealed pocket travel Vest
http://www.scottevest.com/v3_store/New_T...Vest.shtml
26 concealed pockets Jacket
http://www.scottevest.com/v3_store/Revol...cket.shtml
Specialist Scottvest range Men and Women
http://www.scottevest.com/v3_store/subin...ests.shtml
Tactical multi pocket hoodie
http://www.scottevest.com/v3_store/cotton-hoodie.shtml
Knife Slash Resistant Hoodies
http://www.bladerunner.tv/hooded-tops-c-76.html
Knife Slash Resistant Windjammer Jacket
http://www.bladerunner.tv/weatherproof-j...uffangro21
Hey W & C be honest are you just being a tad patronising to this old guy, you produce professional quality prepper research and reviews then ask me to provide an EDC list, Why do I get the feelin you could produce a far better and indepth EDC or BOB list than I ever could?
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