MY EVERY DAY CARRY

[Spandex228]

Hi all Im after advice on Every Day Carry, especially any ways mine can be improved, mine consists of a small black day sack containing first aid kit including kwik clot,
large first field dressing
bottle of water
goretex jacket
small survival tin/kit
thermos flask
food inc chocolate
lenser torch
spare torch batteries
small legal carry knife
light weight fleece jacket
small legal pocket knife
hand crank radio
pain killers
head torch
lip salve
small army tin opener
watch
spare mobile phone
spare battery operated phone charger
heavy duty rubbish bag
change for phone
cash
passport
note book and pencil
spare walking socks
warm hat
leather gloves
small fire lighting kit
sharpie permenant marker
lighter
peanut lighter on key ring
bic lighter
gerber artefact tool on key chain
small niteze marker id tag
all gear in EDC bag is in water proof dry bags
spare watch (what if you only have one and it breaks or stops)

Any advice or comments on how to improve my EDC will be appreciated thanks

[Luci_ferson]

wow, all I carry is a tin opener on my keyring.
but im never more than 15 mins distance on foot from home or BOL.

I don't own a mobile phone or a watch. so don't have a spare either.

im about as unprepped as you can get when it comes to everyday carrying.

just me , my wallet , a pocket full of change. and a hole in my odd socks.

oh and a book on medicinal plants. (recent addition).

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time is relative to needs, I have no need for the time.
there is only three times in the day for me,
morning , midday , and evening.

everything else is somewhere inbetween one of those.

[Highlander]

I am lucky enough to drive for a living, so I do have a small bag,..in it I have

Amateur hand radio,.. in a small farady case,..a money box wrapped in foil [ so does the wife ]
phone charger,
legal carry knife,
fire making kit,
food for one night

My work provides me with plenty in the way of warm clothing and good footwear

[Luci_ferson]

that sounds much more manageable,

and I could forget the phone charger , and throw in a clockwork torch instead.

[Highlander]

(7 April 2013, 22:31)Luci_ferson Wrote: that sounds much more manageable,

and I could forget the phone charger , and throw in a clockwork torch instead.

Arrrh,... have a torch too, nearly forgot, work provides one...

[Luci_ferson]

got all you really need then
its enough to get you to where your other stuff is. even if you have to stay out overnight.

[Highlander]

Its only to get me home if I need to walk, I have a set area in which I work, and the furthest away would be about 20 something miles, so it makes sense to assume I will be spending at least one night out

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I am always aware,.. and pleased when I get to my furthest point and am working my way back...

[Luci_ferson]

luckily the only place I could likely be heading to is either here or my BOL both are within a 20 min walk from anywhere I go.

even if there was danger on the streets I could probably get to either within about 4 hours ( staying out of sight )

if we go further from home its usually to go camping so we have a lot of kit with us anyway.

[Wildman]

i did a thread on possibles pouches in the bushcraft section, might help you.

[Hrusai]

all i carry when i go out is me wallet, which is attached to me keys, a knife, a couple of lighters, some smoking supplies, a drink and me ipod.

all i need to get home, never really venture far enough to warrant more, if i'm going further afield i'll have a bag of stuff, but that ain't edc

though when i get a car i'll be keeping a small kit in there.