I agree with that.

I've used mine more than I thought. Usually a flash light or a lighter for fire,duct tape, or bailing wire, but medical stuff, that I wouldn't have thought probable. Motrin and bandaids, alot, but butterfly bandages and benedril for a bad alergic reaction to "who knows what" still don't know, even today...Had to use my mini mag light about five years ago with duct tape around it's middle for an emergency air way, it came in handy when gutted and the tape cusioned the teeth from chipping because she was swollowing her tounge and clenching her teeth, also had to use my whistle to pry her teeth apart...That would be an interesting thread... How did you use your kit for makeshift / unusual purposes.

I've used just about every piece of gear in my current kit, and even the bigger one on my web page at some point, just not at the same time/incident!

The ONLY thing I have NOT used is the trauma bandage, because the 2x when I really really needed them was before I started carrying them (shudder - quick flashback to one incident - they even saved his leg on that one)

Wow. Had a good run today. I had to do some roof repairs. So i climb up, pull another latter up, climb over a peak (using the second latter on both sides) and get to my porch roof. So I was where i needed to be and would take 5-10 minutes to get down. Found I needed a few things, like the garden hose (for gutters), more nails, and a putty knife. (I had a hammer, some nails, roof tar, patch, edc kit) so i pull out my cell and got help from inside. used 50lb test to pull a rope up, then the rope to pull supplies up.

From my kit I used fishing line, idoine wipe, triple a antibotic, ora-gell, q-tip, cloth bandaid, advil, sport tape, duct tape needle, thread.

did not use: back-up light, 2x3 pad, gauze saftey pins, razor blade.

cleaned and bandaged a banged knuckle, took some advil, used some of the fishing line as a tool tether, used the q-tip+oragell on a wisdom tooth that got cold, covered bandaid with sport tape (i was using tar, which always gets on my hands) and duct tape to hold my jeans closed (old holey pair that had a ventilation hole in the crotch helpfully opened further by my antics with the ladder)

This morning i patched a little hole in my coat with needle and thread from my kit.

RE Knowing where my towel is - of course, on the back of my chair

I was SO happy at work when I got a static IP that ended in .42

You know the "Can I ask you a question?" - instead of saying yes, I always look at co-workers and say "42" - most think I'm strange, some thing I'm funny

Most of the guys I work with don't get it. Wanna really see some funny looks ask "Do you sass that hoopy so-and-so? That frood really knows where his towel is!" That makes their eyebrows go up.

I wonder if anyone has made a edc towel kit? Not being a purist I could see me doing that.