rappelby, i was relating the story to a workmate yesterday of how i once spent eight hours stranded with a broken down hire van waiting for the aa man to turn up, i would have loved to have had a bug out bag with kit to make a brew, a spare jumper, and so on, as would my sister and her nipper. as it was i spent a fair bit of time hitching four miles up the road and back to the little chef to use the phone and get food and drinks. it was a crap weekend.
there is more to "survivalist" than grabbing your guns and running for the hills. how about the scouts "be prepared" philosophy? if you don't like the term B.O.B. think of it as a G.O.A.T bag, that's Going On A Trip bag.
does keeping it bushcraft preclude all talk of first aid kits, torches, swiss army knives, training, and varying degrees of being prepared?
i don't wish to seem unduly harsh, i do appreciate your point. when people start discussing N.W.O. and black helicopter sightings i'll be quite happy to see those posts removed if inappropriate. but at this level it seems like a reasonable topic of discussion. btw, if they start discussing long term storage of munitions stockpiles, torch 'em :-D
back to the topic, briefly,
the nearest thing i have to a goat bag is simply well kitted out 35L day sack. with brew kit, waterproofs, fleece, poncho, a bit of food, couple of water bottles, spare torch, that sort of thing.
the maxpedition stuff looks ideal, but it's a bit out of range of the budget at the moment.
cheers, and.