Style, Love, Home, Horoscopes & more. I'm having problems with Top Destinations. I'm having issues searching. I'm having problems with Featured Apps. I see an error in the content. How I built my ultimate 2. Is your bug out bag full of gear you really need or a bunch of things you have just in case? I decided to completely re- think my bug out bag gear and learned a LOT in the process. I can help you put together the best bug out bag for you. This will be a first here on Graywolf Survival. I’ve never written a post before on my personal bug out bag gear, or list it out because I honestly never really thought it through from top to bottom before now. It’s completely changed now. For one thing, I carry this pack now instead. I have written about my go bag before, which is kind of a mini bug out bag but it’s not really what I’d bug out with if I had to leave for an extended period. I used it for short trips and as an addition to my EDC kit. You may be interested in reading those as well. A great resource. Keep in mind this is my personal bug out bag list. I say it’s the ultimate bag because it’s better than anything I can come up with for my circumstances, that takes into consideration my budget, my skills (and lack thereof in some cases), my geographic area, my 2. I imposed, and what my most likely scenarios for using it are. There is no perfect or ultimate bug out bag that will work for everyone. Also, some of this stuff I chose because I already had it and some of it I paid more than most people are willing to spend. First, I’ll list all my gear. In her popular article, How to Help Your Overweight Dog Lose Weight, Dr. Donna Spector, a respected veterinary specialist, shared her secret to predictable weight loss. Appendix Home. Feeding A Normal Dog or Cat. Owners can prepare diets for their pets with no more difficulty than for their own needs. The following diets contain. Getting Your Cat to Lose Weight. It might mean a change in diet and lifestyle, and a little effort on your part, but you can get your cat down to an ideal weight and. As I understand it (and this is a complex area) a Flame Point Siamese Cat is a red. Frequently Asked Questions about the crippling effects of cat declawing, declaw surgery or onychectomy, and humane alternatives to declawing. Then I’ll list why I chose what gear I did. Then I’ll tell you a bit of where I’m coming from with this list. Then some next actions. Overall Bug Out Bag Kit. I’ve ordered these all by weight. I’ve linked as many of these things as I could find so you can see the exact model, reviews, price, etc and don’t have to search google for them. There were a couple that I either couldn’t find an exact match to what I have or I just replaced so I tried to mention those below. The first box is the overall pack. The bags with . Oh, and I was apparently wearing my sandals so they’re not in the shot either – just a few inches below): List Item. Grams. Pounds. Ounces. Pack, Osprey Atmos 6. Large – Graphite Grey. Bag, Survival- Tools*1. Bag, Electronic*1. Mtn Hardwear Sleeping Bag / Compression Dry Sack, XS8. Bag, Clothing*8. 28. Hatchet, Fiskars/Sheath. Cook Set*6. 82. 0. Bag, Hygiene- Toiletries*4. Bag, Medical*4. 36. Rain Jacket/Wind Breaker, lightweight, summer. Knife, SOG Pup with sheath, stone, Doan’s ferro/magn. Emergency Blanket, Large. Sandals, Airwalk. Radio, Ham, Yaesu VX- 6. R/Clip. 25. 4. 0. Multitool, Gerber. Fuel, Alcohol, Heet, Yellow, 8oz in squeeze container. Slingshot and rounds. Lantern, Solar, Luci inflatable. Cup, titanium, Snow Peak H4. Gloves, white leather. Towel, microfiber, Mc. Nett, Medium. 92. Bowls, Fozzils, pair. Flashlight, Fenix LD1. AA battery. 80. 0. Hat, Boonie Cap. 72. Rope, 7. 50 cord, 2. Let’s break this down somewhat so I can explain some of the thinking of why I chose what I chose. To make it make sense, I’ll break them down all by usage. Cargo- carrying gear. Cargo is really where I cut down most of my weight without sacrificing effectiveness. I found a great bag that’s big enough to carry everything I need, with even some extra room left over. With my original bag, attachments to hold what wouldn’t fit, and internal bags to keep things organized, my cargo weight was well over 8 pounds! Essentially, cargo is all the stuff that holds your stuff that isn’t stuff you need to survive. I cut that down by half, saving me four pounds that I could devote to other gear and I actually have more room than I did before. I can now fit everything inside the bag – including the tent – and I still have some room. The tent adds 4. 8. I’m using an Osprey Atmos 6. Liters of space. I chose this particular bag because I already have an idea about how much space I need from using my Camelbak BFM for so many years. I originally got a 5. Rush 7. 2 backpack to replace it, after MANY people suggested it and read some really great reviews on it. After thinking it all through, it wasn’t going to work. In order to carry the amount of items I wanted, I’d have to add cargo space to the bag and it already weighed quite a bit. Plus, it’s a very military- looking bag, which I’d rather avoid if I could. It also seals up at the top and has a built- in cover for the rain. I also switched out all my internal bags for ultralight ones. For organization, I got a set of Eagle Creek packing cubes and an REI expandable packing cube. If I didn’t already have the REI bag, I would have gotten another set of the Eagle Creek cubes instead and separated things even more – and the whole set weighs about the same as the one REI bag does. Cutting tools. One of the most important things to have in a survival kit is a fixed- blade knife. I used to carry a SOG Seal Elite, and I even carried it in Iraq and Afghanistan, but for a bug out bag here at home, I wanted to see if I could cut down the weight and still have a very effective knife. After a LOT of research, I pretty much came back to the same thing but got the SOG Seal Pup instead. My original SOG Seal was 1. The pup weighs 5. When you consider the smaller sheath size, that saved me almost a quarter pound right there – and it’s a great little knife. Batoning a knife to build a shelter is a LOT of work so I wanted to get a really good hatchet. It came down to the Estwing E2. A Portsman’s Hatchet vs the Fiskars X7 1. Hatchet. I went back and forth with this one for a long time. I ended up with the Fiskars because it was over a quarter pound lighter (from what I could find on the web and assuming the sheath weight) and had even more 5- star reviews. I REALLY like the looks of the Estwing but cutting weight is a priority over aesthetics. Barely. As a backup knife, I have the Gerber Multitool that the Army gave me that I keep in one of the front belt pockets of the backpack and a small Boker Subcom F in my Survival- Tools bag. Because cutting medium- sized logs is a LOT of work with a hatchet and even more work with a knife and stick, I got a basic replacement chain saw, cut it so it was one length instead of a loop, and put a couple of strong key rings on the ends. I can use it for a very effective hand saw by either sticking a short branch in each end to make handles or tying a length of the 7. If you then tie some fishing line and some kind of weight, you could throw it up and over a branch up in a tree and cut it down without having to climb up. I keep the chain rolled up in a small Altoids- type of tin. Making fire. I think fire is one of the most important elements of survival so I have a lot of redundancy here. Slid into the back of my backpack is a sheet- sized Fresnel Lens. It weighs so little that it didn’t come up on my scale and since there’s a flat spot that it fits into nicely, it effectively takes up no weight. It’s a no- brainer to get one of these. Here’s a quick video I did showing how easy it is to start a fire with one of these if you have a sunny day and some dry stuff laying around: I have an old Brunton lighter that I threw in there because it’s not only a storm- proof lighter, it has an LED light built- in. No idea which model it is. I have two Doan Magnesium/Ferrocerium Firestarters. Don’t get the cheap stuff, get the Doan one. The Chinese knockoffs just don’t work as well and they’re about the same price. I keep one in my Survival- Tools Bag and one in the sharpening stone pocket of my SOG Seal Pup knife. I have a very small plastic container that has a couple of tea light candles, a couple of packs of matches, and some Tinder- Quik Fire Tabs that I’ve sealed inside short lengths of a large straw to keep them dry. I didn’t really need this but I threw it in anyway. In my Survival- Tools bag, I also have a small two- hole magnesium pencil sharpener. It’s great for shaving tinder from twigs and only weighs a quarter ounce. I’m not sure if the magnesium it’s made out of is pure enough to be used to help build a fire but it might. I carry a roll of toilet paper and a few small packs that came with some MREs I ate in Afghanistan. This stuff is great for starting fires. Also great if you happen to bring a girl camping. You’re like a rockstar if you bring toilet paper. Chicks dig toilet paper. Filtering/purifiying water. My go- to water filter system right now is the Sawyer Mini. It filters a LOT more water than pretty much everything out there, but to do that, you need to use the plunger it comes with. It can also be adapted to run inline with a Camelbak and it comes with a roll- up water bottle. I keep one Sawyer Mini in one of the front belt pouches and one in the Survival- Tools bag along with a plunger and a roll- up bottle. I have my cook set detailed below so I won’t go into it here but it can obviously be used to boil water. I have a Harley handkerchief that they gave me at the local shop on Veteran’s Day last year. It can be used to filter out all the big stuff and to soak up small puddles. You can also brush it on tall dew- covered grass and plants as you walk through and wring it out into your mouth, although that won’t taste too good. Much better than using your socks though. Shelter/clothing gear. The first thing you’ll probably notice is that I carry a tent, which brings my overall weight to almost 3. I currently have a discontinued K. Finding something to dig in with tent stakes in the desert isn’t always all that easy. Here’s my post on the best ultralight bug out bag/backpacking tents. The Hilleberg Nallo GT2 tent is at the top of that list for me. It’s a pound and a half heavier than one I have right now but MUCH better. If I lose the large vestibule and go with the Nallo 2, I’m at about the same weight as I am now. Just not sure exactly which way I wanna go with it. Why not just a hammock? By the time you get a hammock and tarp, you’re pushing into the weight territory of some of these tents (and over it in some cases), and there aren’t a lot of trees around here to tie up to anyway. Regardless, I can’t sleep in a hammock. I have delicate features.
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