Time to show you all my EDC setup. First my on-body carry:




- Seiko watch
- keychain with a Leatherman Squirt and a pair of tweezers on it.
- Benchmade Griptillian
- Fenix L1D-CE flashlight
- hankerchiff

My EDC-bag is a Maxpedition Jumbo S-type. I've added a medium-size rolly-poly, a braided hauling-strap and a small cell-phone pouch with MALICE-clips.



The contents of the side pouch, side-sleeve and cell-phone pouch:



- cell phone
- note-book
- small pair of EMT-sheers
- roll of duct-tape
- screwdriver-pen
- lots of normal pens
- small zipties
- ziplock with a n-95 equivelant respirator in it

Top pouch:



- sunglasses
- lipbalm

The weapons-consealment pouch. We're not allowed to CCW in The Netherlands, so no firearms here.



However, this is what's in it:



- ETD (Emergency Trauma Dressing)
- Leatherman Wave (old version)
- fire-steel

The nalgene-pouch holds a 750ml nalgene-bottle:



Front compartment:



- CPR-mask
- wallet
- credit-card size sharpening stone
- lighter
- wet-wipes
- paper-hankerchiffs
- earplugs
- spare AA-batteries
- ziplock
- roll of medical tape
- dextro-energy tablets
- breath-mints
- nitrile gloves

The main compartment has no fixed lay-out because this changes during the day. In this pic for example you see a note-book, but that may already have changed by now. However I always try to have some snacks (that I also eat regularly) and there's always a FAK in it.



The FAK in a aloksak:



Contents of the FAK:

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- Gauze pads
- vaseline dressing
- quick-dressing
- Sterilon wound desinfectant
- burn-gel
- adhesive bandages, moleskin
- wound closure strips
- medications such as acethaminophen, immodium, ibuprofen, aspirin, cetrizine and antacid.


That's it. Any comments, suggestions?

Nice!

How do you like the Jumbo S-Type bag, it is om my want list (does it feel too large)?

Mike

The jumbo is a very good bag, but you've got to know exactly what you want to do with it and what you want to carry in it, because the bag can be a little small if you carry stuff like a book,clothing or something like that in it. But for small stuff it's great.

I chose the S-type because I'm left-handed and don't CCW. If you're right-handed, I would just get the regular-version.

The bag doesn't feel to small or large, it doesn't move around to much when walking and if it does, you just attach the belt-loop and it's not going anywhere.

A review of the jumbo which you'll probably already know: http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=So5iQoQQswg

Just finding a normal size snickers bar is often quite the search. More and more I'm seeing all extra-jumbo-more for your money-size. Same thing with Hershey bars. You used to be able to buy a regular ~1.5oz size hershey bar everywhere, now I see more places just selling the 2 ounce "king size" up to the half pound monster bars. I couldn't even eat that much chocolate without throwing up.

I stopped carrying chocolate as a backup snack a while ago. It can be messy, and with the exception of some brands, it's usually not the best nutrition. Lately I've taken to keeping a baggie of trail mix, jerky, or a Clif Bar in my bag instead.

Hi Jim,



The Jumbo looks a bit tacticool for everyday carry use for me I'm afraid. The Video review, sorry to say, has something of the Taxi Driver - Are you talking to me about it. I've actually thought about purchasing one even though the look is a bit tactical but the video review has actually put me off dispite it being an excellent product. I wonder what would happen if anyone ever came across the reviewer in the video and commented on what a nice manbag he had.

Haha, well milspecmonkey may be a bit...uhm...you know, but still the maxpedition jumbo is an exellent product and it would be a shame if you didn't like it just because of a 'strange review'.

It really is a good product and IMO it doesn't really look all that tacticool when you get used to it.

Hi JIM. Nice set up. I'm just trying to imagine the typical situation you are in. Where are you carrying this? In the middle of a city? Driving a car around or taking public transit to school/work?

Here's a question that doesn't really apply to us North Americans. Does it make sense to carry an extra SIM card for a different mobile phone network? Just thinking back to my own experiences, like 9/11, my mobile phone network in New York City was completely overloaded. It's possible that I might have had more luck making a call using a different network that had more capacity in my local area. Well, text messages are an alternative and are much more likely to go through, but for certain tasks, like calling an ambulance, you have to make a voice call (at least here in the US).

I noticed the sunglasses and lip balm so it seems like too much sun is something that you think about. Maybe a very small bottle of sunscreen would be helpful, too. If you have to stay outside a long time in strong sun because of some incident, it would help prevent sunburn. Of course, if you had to, you could use the lip balm on other areas of your body, like your face, but liquid sunscreen would be much easier to apply.

Arney,

This setup is ment as an urban-EDC. For outdoor-activities I have a different pack. Usually I travel by bicycle (which has a repair-kit) or by train to work.

I don't think that having a extra sim-card for your phone has much use, because as you said, text-messages will often get through, but also because over here, when the network get's overloaded, all the providers go out (I believe).


I only carry the sunglasses in the summer and because it's mandatory to have them in your car over here. But I'll look into some sunscreen to add in the summer.

Thanks!

Is that a law that requires the possession of sunglasses in a car?
Makes good sense to me but its a little bit big brother

whoops, my mistake. There not mandatory here but they are in some countries. Furthermore, it just makes sense to have them with you, especially in the summer.

Hi Jim,

Thanks for the review on the Jumbo S-type bag, I had one on order last Christmas from a Canadian supplier but it was back-ordered, then cancelled. Anyone know a Canadian supplier of Maxpedition Gear or should I just order one off the Internet/E-Bay?

Mike

I like nutrolls, less mess in the heat...

I'm so sorry for you. Hope you know how to handle that knife in a self-defense scenario. At least they haven't taken those away from you, yet.

Nice kit, otherwise.

P.s. Can you get Redflare's nice collapsible n95 masks with respirator button? they beat the regular n95s by a mile.

I work for a company that won't let me have *censored* SAK in the office. Officially. And the nervous little hen that is the boss would have a stroke if she found out that over half of the guys carry a multi or a SAK. And she LIKES my Jumbo.

I find I can stick a paperback in there with all my junk. With my car in the shop all week, I've found out that you can put more in here than I thought. :P

Jim, that's just nuts (about the sunglasses). But, whatever... not like the US of A is free of crazy laws either.

Nice layout. Where'd you get that credit-card sharpener? Sweet little idea!

"...whoops, my mistake..."

Whoops indeed! You had me going for a second there...

Yeah I'm still looking for a flat-packing n-95, but I think they're available locally.

Source for credit-card size sharpeners: http://www.amazon.com/DMT-D3EFC-Dia-Sharp%C2%AE-Sharpener-Extra-Fine/dp/B00006IIO3

And IR, yeah you could fit something like a book in there, but I tend to collect all sorts of stuff during the day

Jim, all the mayor DIY stores (praxis, gamma, etc)has foldflat P2 en P3 masks, models with valves are also availible. Usually by 3M.

You manage to got your drivers license?

Ah, I only saw the non-folding ones. I'll keep my eyes out for them.

And yes, I'm working on getting my license

I find sunglasses to be very usefull in winter too, when the sun is reflecting on a fresh snow and when it's blowing. And it can be useful if you think your knife is too shiny!

For an urban EDC bag I would rather carry a GQ approved leather camera bag than a GI approved Jumbo tactical bag but that's just me.

Nice set up Jim.

Frankie

Jim,

We use "duck-billed" N-95 masks in the hospital, which are flat to begin with and fold in half and will fit in one's back pocket nicely.

Now, where would one get one without "borrowing" one from a hospital, I don't know yet. But at least you know they make them now.