Have you thought of packing the duct tape down into a smaller package by winding it around something like a pen? I’ve heard of that trick being used by hikers and others.
@Monte – IMHO, flatpacking it works better than the pen thing. I have about 20′ of inch gaffer’s tape in my camera bag wrapped around a 5″ piece of heavy cardstock. Takes up so little room I actually had to put it someplace conspicuous because I kept thinking I’d forgotten it and it wasn’t readily apparent in a cursory tossing of the bag. Keep meaning to do it with some Gorilla tape for the car bag.
Triox tabs (or hand sanitizer) for starting damp wood might come in handy… But I’m widely considered a little odd. I have a canteen cup and stove, and instant coffee in mine. I can handle the zombie apocalypse, but not before a cuppa Joe.
November 21st, 2011 at 2:35 pm
Here ya go …
November 21st, 2011 at 3:17 pm
Have you thought of packing the duct tape down into a smaller package by winding it around something like a pen? I’ve heard of that trick being used by hikers and others.
November 21st, 2011 at 3:50 pm
Laid out my bag’s contents in a previous post:
http://blog.wymanhq.org/blog/post/2010/11/19/Whats-in-your-pockets.aspx
November 21st, 2011 at 4:20 pm
@Monte – IMHO, flatpacking it works better than the pen thing. I have about 20′ of inch gaffer’s tape in my camera bag wrapped around a 5″ piece of heavy cardstock. Takes up so little room I actually had to put it someplace conspicuous because I kept thinking I’d forgotten it and it wasn’t readily apparent in a cursory tossing of the bag. Keep meaning to do it with some Gorilla tape for the car bag.
November 21st, 2011 at 5:02 pm
@junyo – Nice. I like it.
November 21st, 2011 at 5:39 pm
Which bag? My car-bag? My choice of B.O. vests? My 4 main B.O. Tubs? The contents of my Survival Shed?
It’s all about layers.
November 21st, 2011 at 5:47 pm
“What’s in your bag?”
Lemmesee, a comb, lip gloss…
Oh, you mean THAT bag!
Well, my lawyer’s business card,
Beretta 92 and six 18-rounders,
cash in various denominations.
(See: Lawyers, guns and money.)
That other stuff is unlikely to
be of significant benefit except
where it makes you feel better.
November 21st, 2011 at 5:58 pm
http://phelps.donotremove.net/2011/11/the-bag-meme/
November 21st, 2011 at 9:02 pm
My bag is such an atrocity. I really need to organize it. It’s just a pile of stuff right now.
November 21st, 2011 at 9:34 pm
The one in the truck, or the one in the trunk, or the one in the garage, or the one by the back door?
November 21st, 2011 at 11:03 pm
I rally need to get a small first aid kit for mine.
November 22nd, 2011 at 12:12 am
Triox tabs (or hand sanitizer) for starting damp wood might come in handy… But I’m widely considered a little odd. I have a canteen cup and stove, and instant coffee in mine. I can handle the zombie apocalypse, but not before a cuppa Joe.
November 22nd, 2011 at 3:42 am
Here’s my bag. It’s big, heavy, and carries everything you can see in the photo. Including the laptop.
In fact, I’m probably going to go through it now and sort out the stuff I need from the stuff I never use and can probably toss out anyway.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:17 am
http://northwest1524.blogspot.com/2011/05/outdoor-range-bag.html
http://northwest1524.blogspot.com/2011/07/every-day-carry.html
http://northwest1524.blogspot.com/2011/09/modified-bug-out-bag-for-my-vehicle.html