72 Hour Kits

[Terry]

[Kenneth Eames]

Thank you for this Terry, i'd missed this completely, and only discovered it this morning. It's time I removed the blinkers. Kenneth Eames.

[NorthernRaider]

WHAT SHOULD A BOB CONTAIN?
© 2010 Northern Raider

This is a list of items you MAY wish to put in a Bug Out Bag

Food, Minimum 3 days frieze dried or dehydrated per person
Nutrition or ration bars
Water, 1 or 2 litres, plus water puritabs
Pocket Water Filter (Like a Katadyn)
Camping stove / Hexamine cooker plus extra fuel
Lighter & waterproof matches (stormproof)
Metal cooking pot / Metal mug
Tea / Coffee/ Sugar / Whitener
Tea Towel & Nylon Scourer
Ziplock bags and Cooking foil
Sachets or tiny bottle of Washing Up Liquid
Metal KFS or Spork (1 set each)
First Aid Kit plus script meds
Change of clothes and underwear / socks
Waterproofs
Hand Towel
Washing and hygiene kit (soap, toothbrush minimum)
AM/FM Portable radio with spare batteries
Flashlight plus spare batteries (1 per person)
Folding Lock Knife / pocket sharpener in pouch (1 each)
Pocket Multi Tool (1 each)
Compass in Mils and Degrees on lanyard (1 each)
OS 1; 50,000 Maps of your area (marked with travel route options)
Notebook and Pen (with BO routes, safe places, caches etc listed)
Travel Guide of resident town / city
Permanent Marker (Sharpie etc)
Duct tape / Para Cord / Cable Ties
Packet of Dust Masks (3 per person)
Pair of Safety Goggles (1 per Person)
Toilet Paper / Baby Wipes / Hand Steriliser
Hat & Gloves
Feminine Hygiene Products
Spare set of your Prescription Meds, Eye Glasses, Etc

Machete / Prybar / Hatchet / Heavy Camp Knife
Length of climbing rope plus Karabiners
Folding Shovel
Folding Wood Saw
Heavy Duty Bin Bags
Ground Sheet / Nylon Tarp
Sleeping Bag & Liner (1 per person)

Cell phone plus solar charger

Folding Hiking Pole

[Skvez]

Northern Raider, have you actually put all that together?
I bet it would easily fill a 70+10L rucksac probably more.

[bigpaul]

[Reality Jones]

The one thing a lot of people seem to forget is a good old British army issue gas mask.
I have one securely strapped to the back of my BOB with two spare filters .
I have it in case of attack by tear gas and/or other unpleasant airborne nasties that our beloved Goverment may see fit to throw in my direction if TSHTF and the streets turn nasty.

Northern raider. That's a good list but I'd be surprised if you could carry all that equipment very far before your BOB became too heavy and you had to ditch some of the heavier stuff.

[NorthernRaider]

Who says you have to carry your BOB ?, Actually much of the kit is simply in my possesion either in the home or in the BOV, But from food down to specs fits nicely in my Soldier 95 Rucksack with the sleeping bag on the top. I carry far less in my EDC bag

[grumpy old man]

dont have a bag, carry you kit on you belt and pouches with a vest carrys most things you need.
if you have to walk you need to be light look at what you really need and with thing straped to your body you move freely and faster

[Reality Jones]

Who says you have to carry your BOB ?

???? If you can't carry your BOB then doesn't it cease to be a BOB and become something else? You might as well pack a suitcase with wheels and keep that to hand.

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Who says you have to carry your BOB ?

???? If you can't carry your BOB then doesn't it cease to be a BOB and become something else? You might as well pack a suitcase with wheels and keep that to hand.

And I don't mean pack a suitcase full of wheels, get a suitcase with wheels and use that is what I meant

[NorthernRaider]