My shrinking EDC gear

[NorthernRaider]

(29 August 2013, 09:56)MCavity Wrote: Do you need to add some sort of water bottle to your kit? H2O's gonna be important.

Not in EDC gear McC, EDC gear is the stuff you put on or put in your pockets each day ( generally), though some well equiiped folks also have EDC bags with lots of essential gear that they take everywhere with them. The concept of EDC is mainly those absolute essential you feel you must have close to hand at all times such as

Knife
Pistol (US)
Spare Mag (US)
Flashlight
Lighter
Compass
Cell phone / I device
Shades
Wallet
Keys
Multi tool
Sometimes they are worn about the person other folks keep em centralised in a belt pouch.

Often as preppers travel further from home they will add extra componants to their EDC such as the water botttle and puritabs you mention, add a bandana, gloves, hat, FAK, Ration bars, more tools, note book and pen etc so eventutually the EDC almost evolves because of distance travelled from home into a GHB.

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(29 August 2013, 12:00)I-K-E Wrote: I'm guessing that the water bottle and other stuff will be in a GHB in NR car

Correct I also keep a " bag" in the motor with tools, grub, camp cooker, rations, clothes, maps, light sticks, spare batteries, rope, cord, cable ties, spare specs etc to expand on the EDC kit if something goes tits up.