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A quick video to check out what I carry in an EDC pack. This is not a BOB or Get Home Bag, but what I use for just moving around town or on vacation. I hope you enjoy!
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Hey guys, I have been off YouTube for a while for the past couple weeks because
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while I messed up my foot, I think I broke a bone and I slipped in the
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parking lot when it was raining and messed up my foot bad and so I've been
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kind of limping around for the past few weeks and of course I can't get out in the woods and shoot video and kind of going stir-crazy sitting at home so I
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thought what I'd do today is shoot a quick video on an EDC bag that I use
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just some ideas of how I use an EDC bag what that means to me I know on YouTube
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there are lots and lots of videos on this subject lots of acronyms that are
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always being thrown around get home bag BOB EDC so what are all what do these
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things mean and how do they fit into what I do because you know everything
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that you've seen from me at this point has been outside it's been in the woods it's been kind of geared towards bushcraft and and survival and things
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like that so this is kind of a different take for me it's it's all urban based
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it's it's something that I would carry while I'm traveling when I'm out and
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about in town something like that so stay tuned we're gonna get into it and
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I'll show you what I got all right so this is the bag that I put together for
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just carrying around in town it's it's only geared towards urban use and what
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you're gonna see here when we get into this thing is that it's it's probably
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not as geared up as a lot of people's EDC bags are I tend to go minimalist on
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things and I just feel like some of this stuff is not necessary now this bag is a
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very cheap bag this is from Walmart it's a Fieldline tactical bag I think these
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are like around $28 when I purchased it a while ago it's obviously a knockoff of
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the Maxpedition Sitka and there's a lot of companies that are making knockoffs
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of that bag Red Rock and a few others but you know if you want to try a sling
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pack and this is a single sling shoulder bag if you want to try if you want to
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try something like this this is the way to go because you can try it out it's not gonna cost you a lot of money if you don't like it you know give it to
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somebody in your family sell it whatever but you're not out a lot of cash because
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you know a brand new Maxpedition Sitka that's gonna be over $100 easily and
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this is has pretty much the same features just the materials are not as
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nice you know they don't use the heavy-duty Cordura the stitching isn't
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as great the zippers aren't as heavy-duty but for the money it's not
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bad so you know I I think it's gonna work out for what I wanted to do so
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let's get into what is inside this bag okay on the outside first pocket a
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simple bandana invaluable can serve as many purposes of course from first aid
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to just general cleanup I always have some hand sanitizer on my bag so I keep
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myself clean a night eyes beaner and then a Sharpie metal pen on the outside
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the next pocket is this front large front pocket and this opens up so you
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can access it while you're wearing the bag and I'll show you how that works here in a minute but on the inside of mine I just have a County Com coin purse
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I guess you'd call it a little zipper bag and I've got I got some change in there because you know what even in this day and age vending machines are still
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around and you know if credit card machines aren't working or whatever a
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good old-fashioned vending machine still will work and you still be able to get something to drink or eat this is also from County Com this is their notebook
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pad made by a Maritac just have a right in the rain notebook and a couple of
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pens this pot this pouch also has an inside pocket right here so you can
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actually add a lot more stuff to this I don't have like I said I don't have a lot of things in this bag main compartment
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it's all the way open like that and gives you kind of a nice layout as far
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as what you can see inside the bag so the concept on this bag is you wear this
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over your shoulder you unbuckle the the cross strap or the sternum strap and you
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then you swing it around to the front and then now the bag is going to be laying across your your midsection and then you're able to open it and get into
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it and get things out of it what I've done is I put organizer pouches in mind
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and I've put orange 550 cord to identify those so I can see them easily and this
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one I just have some first-aid needs and some personal needs there's some Advil
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some toilet paper some off towelettes band-aids decongestant in this pouch
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this is another County Com pouch I've got my phone cord and my charging block
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a couple of the cords I got some tools in case I need to tighten up one of my
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pocket knives a lighter always handy to have and a little micro pocket
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screwdriver this has two different size flathead and two different size Phillips
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so this is nice if you got to repair some sunglasses or like a pocket knife
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or you know something that takes real tiny little screws in this zipper pocket
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which you have to unclip this buckle pull that open got a battery pack got
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double A's and triple A's in there those are the most commonly used eating tool
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this definitely comes in handy a lot especially when you're traveling there
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are times that I've you know bought food on the road and then come to find out no
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one you know supplied me with a spork or a spoon so it's nice to have an eating
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tool I don't need a big full-size spoon for that but just something to get you
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by of course a roll of duct tape always a great thing to have in your kit and
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here this is something that's very invaluable to me this is an anchor
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battery pack so I'm able to actually charge two iPhones off of this thing
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it's awesome it's a it's a great piece of gear I will put the name of the model
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down in my comment section in case you guys are interested in that I just have
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a little light attached here so in case I need to see my contents I can then
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down here I keep a pair of gloves and some large zip ties it's really not much
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inside I keep that open because if I want to throw in a jacket or I want to
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throw in my iPad or even my camera I can I've got room to do that so this is this
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is just the base carry and then what I do is I'm going to add things to it
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depending on the type of trip I'm going on or what my activity is for that day
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on the top pocket up here this opens all the way around as well and in here I've
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just got a Leatherman tool and I've got this little Bushnell headlamp that can
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attach to the visor or ball cap. I love tactical flashlights but headlamps are
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more valuable to me than anything else I always have some type of headlamp in my
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kit and then on the outside here I've just got strapped in a this is a Phoenix
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PD 32 UE really nice light the only thing I carry in here that is probably very dependent on the user this
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is I keep my handgun in here now this pack does not have the capability of
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putting in a Velcro holster it is vinyl lined so it will not accept any kind of
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holster so what I do is I keep my handgun in the kydex holster it rides
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that way I am NOT a big fan of off carry firearms off the body carry there's
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just too many dangerous things that can happen if you're not in control of your
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bag then you're not in control of your weapon and that is going to be a problem
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so for me this is way of just transporting the gun to where I'm going
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and then I'm going to put it on my hip on my belt where it should be concealed
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and this comes with bungee cord on the front so you could slip in you know
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maybe an umbrella or a rain jacket something like that of course Velcro on
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the front for patches there's a security feature also in this front pocket where
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you can run your zipper pull through the strap and then and secure that so if
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you want to keep like a wallet or a checkbook or a phone or something like
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that that will be secure from pickpockets it's a nice little feature water bottle pocket is big enough to hold the bigger water bottles like a 32
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ounce Nalgene or the 40 ounce clean canteen not a problem I just have a
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simple bike water bottle in here and then of course I replaced the zipper
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pulls on mine with something a little bit more high contrast so I can see them better on the black yeah that's it that's all that's in my bag it's it's
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not a get-home bag it's not a BOB you know it's not gonna help me survive the
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zombie apocalypse nothing like that this is just simply some basic tools and
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items that I need while I'm out away from home you know I can charge a phone
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I can repair a few things I have my firearm with me I have a good bright
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flashlight and headlamp in case I need to see what I'm doing in the dark working on a vehicle or whatever trying to get home you know I can stay
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hydrated just real simple things it's not a it's not a ton of gear you know
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these sling packs you can't weigh them down too much they really get uncomfortable quick so this is like the base items that I keep in this bag and
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then I will adjust and keep you know put a jacket in there or a camera or
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whatever I need so I can I can adjust my loadout to what I'm gonna be doing for
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the day what that activity is gonna entail so this is a nice simple travel
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bag EDC bag like I said Walmart 28 bucks you can't beat it why not give it a try
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and see what you guys think alright guys that's it for today I'm gonna be back
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later this week with a video the foot is feeling better so hopefully I can get
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out in the woods and record a new video so stay tuned for that and once again
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thanks for watching thanks for subscribing please hit that like button feel free to share these videos on Facebook and with your friends channels
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growing great and I really appreciate everybody's participation so we'll see you next time on the prepared wanderer
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