Mar. 26th, 2012

I came across the term Every Day Carry when looking up swiss army knife stuff. To me, its the same as putting stuff in my pocket or bag in case i need it. Its a philosophy that seems to work for someone who grew up watching mcgyver.

Unlike quite a few though, I don't carry any self defence related items (not from people anyway), and this is really my 'In case shit happens' stuff. Most of this has proven useful at various times, and i've upgraded stuff as the chance came - the army is a lovely source of cheap but decent gear for this.

There's some things i'd change, and some things missing. Not included are my headphones and ipod.

Stuff i have
Torchlight - I'd probably swap this for a nicer one in future. Its bright, and has a lot of bulbs though. There's probably better single bulb ones. I might just get a spare army one and use that.
Swiss Army Knife - I think i've linked this so many times before that people are sick of it. Notably it gives me a cutting tool should i need it, and a pair of screwdrivers
Wallet  - fairly thin, fabric, does what i need it to do
Keys - since i have two sets of keys, one for the office and one for home, they're on two seperate keyrings, connected by a random generic non-climbing rated carabiner i can screwclosed. Also has a small torchligh. I've attached my stored  value buscard to a ID card holder to this. It makes it a lot easier to fish it out!
Phone: basic as hell nokia. Hardly used. Also works as a THIRD torchlight, easily gets up to two weeks of battery life the way i use it.

Not Shown: Random Pens, and a cheap notepad. I actually own a moleskeine but its too precious to write on.. ironically ;p

I'd probably want to throw in a little closable pouch for the non pocket items (SAK and torch). This also means i can throw it into check in luggage easily before a flight.

I also often use a larger torch for walking the dog (one of those big heavy ones that use C batteries) and have a walking stick or two, in case.




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