Also, to aid in finding stuff in the dark, if you don't EDC a light, you may want to consider clipping a small LED pinch light onto your BOB, so you can quicky access it and use it to find your skittles.
We vacuum seal our sock and other such items. It not only protects them, but also reduces the required space.Good pointers here. Lots of talk about carrying water but nothing about waterproofing your gear that in your BoB aside from standard hefty baggies for organization purposes.
In my experience, water introduced to your gear can make for an unpleasant time especially if it renders some of your gear useless.
Lots of bags are water resistant from the outside but none will help when your water storage inside the bag is ruptured.
I would recommend picking up a heavy duty dry sack to hold gear that would be most sensitive to water. Anything electronic, paper or fiber based.
I'd also put my change of clothes, socks etc in there as there is nothing worse than not having nice dry socks to change into after a long hard tab.
Good pointers here. Lots of talk about carrying water but nothing about waterproofing your gear that in your BoB aside from standard hefty baggies for organization purposes.
In my experience, water introduced to your gear can make for an unpleasant time especially if it renders some of your gear useless.
Lots of bags are water resistant from the outside but none will help when your water storage inside the bag is ruptured.
I would recommend picking up a heavy duty dry sack to hold gear that would be most sensitive to water. Anything electronic, paper or fiber based.
I'd also put my change of clothes, socks etc in there as there is nothing worse than not having nice dry socks to change into after a long hard tab.
Good pointers here. Lots of talk about carrying water but nothing about waterproofing your gear that in your BoB aside from standard hefty baggies for organization purposes.
In my experience, water introduced to your gear can make for an unpleasant time especially if it renders some of your gear useless.
Lots of bags are water resistant from the outside but none will help when your water storage inside the bag is ruptured.
I would recommend picking up a heavy duty dry sack to hold gear that would be most sensitive to water. Anything electronic, paper or fiber based.
I'd also put my change of clothes, socks etc in there as there is nothing worse than not having nice dry socks to change into after a long hard tab.
Kelty - Courser 40I keep 3 broken down MRE's, 10x10 camo PVC tarp, 300ft roll of 550 cord, 3 1 liter bottles of water, 2 spare mags for my M&P 9, a E-tool, MagLight, and a extra set of clothes. I keep it a 3 day assault pack, but after back packing across Europe for 2 weeks using that bag(emptied it out obviously), I want a back pack with a frame. That pack kills my back and shoulders by dragging down on it. Anyone know of a backpack about the size of the typical 3day packs with a frame? Coyote in color preferably.
Found this on another board. It's interesting.. A long read too..
The Will to Act: Your Ultimate Bug-out Kit by R.B. - SurvivalBlog.com