B.O.B set up( not all done)
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Four large knives,plus multi-tool, plus cutlery?
Three sets of cooking pans?
Any water filters or sterilizing kit?
What are you planning to Bug Out from, and what is your Bug Out location going to be?
Wings
Three sets of cooking pans?
Any water filters or sterilizing kit?
What are you planning to Bug Out from, and what is your Bug Out location going to be?
Wings
well bug out from, anythink , my bug out loc is a farm 300kms inland
filters no jsut boil the water, but gonna get some in new few weeks
four large knife are becoz im in australlia and were i go there alot of deadly wildlife so yea
but i use this pack on my camping trips as well so most bug out gear inst in there
filters no jsut boil the water, but gonna get some in new few weeks
four large knife are becoz im in australlia and were i go there alot of deadly wildlife so yea
but i use this pack on my camping trips as well so most bug out gear inst in there
i've got more canteens i mainly use my 2 1Q and a 2 Q and i carry a 2L bottle , my loc is on a fresh water river so it goods
it a swiss bayonet, with a australlia vietnam era frog or that greaan canvas thign around it
it a swiss bayonet, with a australlia vietnam era frog or that greaan canvas thign around it
I understand that there's dangerous wildlife but do you need the large military type knife and the bayonet mate? I'm guessing the bayonet weighs a fair amount thats all. What about replacing those 2 with a machete - still a blade if you need it but half the weight and a useful tool too?
Far too many knives, KFS plus one knife, ditch the wire saw as they are crap and get a folding saw. Replace the American mess tins with brit/auzzie retangular ones that way you have two pans, something to eat out of and you can ditch at least on of your pots and carry a plastic plate or bowl for your rice if needed. Army torch, is it LED? if not dump it and get an LED torch. Get a good brew kit together and forget the little satchets of drink. Do you need the folding shovel? small trowel will do most things.
How many hands do you have?
If you met the dangerous wildlife, would the armoury be any good in your pack?
Thats a huge BOB, especially when compared with mine. Anyway, try bugging out, and write down a list of all the stuff you used and all the things you need to take next time. That should help you cut down on a lot of unnecessary weight.
p.s This is my 100th post
p.s This is my 100th post
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huge? haha i dont think it is, when i go ion 3-4 day camping trips i go to some place middle of knowhere so i gotta carry 4 days of food, cold weather gear, it gets below zero where i go
i will drop 2 knifes, im stilling looking for a folding saw, til then ima use wire saw or my axe, i've got aussie mess tin i dont like them as much as the us ones, yes my army torch is LED, the 2 small green satchets make 600ml each so it good for me, but im still looking for more stuff, i carry that shovel or a tri fold coz i camp on a river and i digg in to the side and it pretty hard ground with small rocks and stuff
But you don't carry anything of that stuff (food, cold weather gear) in your BOB? Or atleast a spare change of dry clothes, especially now with those floodings down there ... and maybe a PFD, no matter how good a swimmer you are.
That is a very militant-looking set of kit. I'm not sure how things are in Oz, but if a natural disaster or something similar did happen, I wouldn't want to be mistaken for a looter/vigilante/paramilitary type, either by others in my predicament or by the police and such. I'm betting the police in New Orleans would have seen someone staggering round in military kit who is not military as a potential threat rather than as 'the grey man' you'd want to be in such a situation.
I haven't put together a kit similar to this, but wouldn't being discreet but less-threateningly attired (no bright day-glow colours that could work to get you spotted if it transpired that you did need to lie low for a while, but no obvious military overtones either) make sense? Just a thought, I may be well off the mark here.
Beardy
I haven't put together a kit similar to this, but wouldn't being discreet but less-threateningly attired (no bright day-glow colours that could work to get you spotted if it transpired that you did need to lie low for a while, but no obvious military overtones either) make sense? Just a thought, I may be well off the mark here.
Beardy
that's a lot of sharp stuff...and I thought I was bad with my Karesuando Boar, Leatherman Surge and a Spydie Native...
