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| #298241 - 01/31/21 06:44 PM  Re: What's your current EDC? (Every Day Carry)
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   Registered:  01/28/01
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My urban EDC is in transition, more about that later, but this is what I carry if I step out of the house to go pretty much anywhere. RSK® MK1-G2 (pocket)Mini-RSK® MK1-G2 (watch pocket - both because, folks ask, need to be able to show them both off  )Wallet with Sue and My ICE cardsAndroid Phone with Emergency contact and ICE files1 oz bottle Hand Sanitizer
 On a Bison Designs Circle Key Caddie: Olight I1R 2 Eos flashlightSurefire Franken-Titan flashlight http://www.equipped.org/blog/?p=664Cut-down Mini-Fox 40Verbatim Micro Plus USB Drive - 16GBSpudz Micro Ultimate Lens ClothMini-Sharpie
 In a concealed carry fanny pack/shoulder bag (usually carried on shoulder) that weighs in at 6.8 lbs. (compared to wife's 11 lbs. purse!): Glock 17 with TRU-GLO night sights and Streamlight TLR6 light/laser comboSpare magazine.Surefire E2 flashlight TacMedSol SOF-T tourniquet  QuickClot Hemostatic Combat Gauze (Z-Fold)Hyfin Compact Chest Seal1 Pair Nitrile gloves Leatherman Charge TI + additional bits for Charge bit holder2 x Wet-Ones TowelettesScrubs Hand Cleaner TowelettePhokus Frog Tape pack36" Gaffer Tape wrapped around key cardAssortment of Coverlet adhesive bandages in zipperlock bagSmall zipperlock baggie of Benadryl Spare face mask
 For quicker CCW access, I am transitioning to a new CC firearm that I will carry in "normal" CCW manner on my right hip. Waiting on the new holster and putting a few hundred more rounds downrange (annoyingly expensive these days).  While I have been a full-size Glock guy forever, the Hellcat was the first Micro that "fit" me and I could naturally point and shoot well and that had a reasonably high capacity (13+1).   Then probably move to a smaller/lighter EDC "man bag" for the gear. Springfield Hellcat OSPSIG ROMEO Zero RDSViridian C5L Green laser/light comboAPEX Action Enhancement TriggerDPM Systems Recoil Spring SystemHogue HandALL Beavertail Grip SleeveTheis Holsters IWB Hybrid Holster w/ ECRTheis Holsters IWB Hybrid Magazine Carrier (left side)
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| #298276 - 02/04/21 01:58 AM  Re: What's your current EDC? (Every Day Carry)
[Re: TeacherRO] |  
|   Pooh-Bah
 
 Registered:  07/11/10
 Posts: 1680
 Loc:  New Port Richey, Fla
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Fenix E12pill fob with aspirin, ibuprofen, phenolephrine
 bandana
 Acme Tornado
 P38
 G43x and spare mag
 Kershaw Leek
 Kyocera flip phone
 wallet with small blood stop gauze and 4x4pad,
 cash and credit cards
 
 in the car
 tourniquet, quick clot, NPA, Israeli bandages (2),Kerlix gauze, EMT shears, petroleum gauze, Olaes dressing
 fire extinguisher
 jumper cables
 1/2 case of bottled water
 G17 in a Recover Tactical brace/front mag holder,Streamlight ProTac in Viking Tactics mount, Vortex Viper machined slide on G17 with Dawson Precision co witness sights couple extra long mags
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| #298303 - 02/10/21 11:56 PM  Re: What's your current EDC? (Every Day Carry)
[Re: TeacherRO] |  
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 Registered:  03/29/12
 Posts: 189
 Loc:  California
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I bought a new EDC flashlight and I am impressed. I have been carrying a Fenix E01 flashlight for many years. I went through 3 or 4 of them since the switch wears out. Now I found they are not made anymore, so I set out to find a new flashlight. I finally settled on this Lumintop AAA flashlight. It has three light modes, 110, 35, and 5 lumens. It is also IP68 waterproof. And it comes with a reversible clip, so you can clip to a pocket or a hat visor. It also comes with spare o-rings, a diffuser, and a keychain clip. It is just a tiny bit larger than the old Fenix E01. I use Eneloop AAA batteries which work fine. I love this light! I paid $15.99 for it on Amazon. Check it out here: LUMINTOP TOOL AAA Mini EDC Flashlight Note that the Amazon site title says it is 130lm, but elsewhere on the page it says 110lm, and manual says that also. |  
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| #298926 - 05/05/21 10:58 PM  Re: What's your current EDC? (Every Day Carry)
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|   Carpal Tunnel
 
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| #298930 - 05/06/21 04:20 AM  Re: What's your current EDC? (Every Day Carry)
[Re: TeacherRO] |  
|   Carpal Tunnel
 
   Registered:  04/28/10
 Posts: 3186
 Loc:  Big Sky Country
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I got a belly band holster that allow me to CCW a sidearm I can access with my left hand (until I am able to use my right again). 
_________________________“I'd rather have questions that cannot be answered than answers that can't be questioned.” —Richard Feynman
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| #298964 - 05/14/21 04:30 AM  Re: What's your current EDC? (Every Day Carry)
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|   Journeyman
 
 Registered:  11/20/19
 Posts: 69
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Doug:  May I suggest that you add to your “ Benadryl Baggie”,  2-4 pseudophedrin tabs, 4-8 caffeine tabs (2 pseudo tabs  and 2-4 caffeine tabs,  give u a heck of a legal energy boost), 4 -8 ibuprofen tabs  &  2-4 ES Acetaminophen tabs  ( 2 of each of the last to give you a legal and  powerful pain reliever/ anti-inflammatory, now used in military aid kits)).  Importantly , 8 x 81mg. , chewable children’s aspirin tabs, in case of suspected heart attack.    And , 1-3 days supply of any prescription meds you may take daily or need daily or ICE , e.g. an inhaler. As I’ve aged, I added a commercial dental repair kit,+ a caffeinated tea bag to stop in mouth bleeding and repacked it in a very small zip-LLC bag.  Alleviates a broken tooth, lost filing , cap that falls out,  Oh,  the pleasure of aging. [ If you fear nuclear accidents or “dirty bombs” ,add potassium iodate tabs in foil.]
 I’d also suggest adding either or both a compressed , sterile, triangular bandage or/ and an XL yellow or Orange , hot pressed, folded cotton bandana in a small Gerber sterile Breast Milk Bag. They give you multiple use options: a bandage, wound dressing, sling, signal flag, cap, sweat band/ flashlight holder, cap,  xtra gear carrier, etc., etc. I also use a form fitting Mophie extra battery on my I-Phone , but Android models are available.  It adds a125% of power to my phone.
 
 I understand that flashlights are a highly personal choice, but my years of trial and error led me to carry a Fenix EO-5 , with AAA lithium battery, & a clip for pocket or hat band, a  Photon yellow bulb Freedom, mounted backwards in its carrier to avoid accidental ”on”, both on my pocket key chain.  I also carry a tiny Petzel e-lite headband light in whatever case I am carrying.  Pre-Covid I’m frequently in high rise buildings, underground plazas , trains and train tunnels.
 
 Extra points for adding a Mylar or Heat Sheet  Blanket, a yellow bic or mini-bic lighter , tapped so it cannot be accidentally activated, in a Gearward bike tire waterproof cover.  The cover can be cut into 3-4 circulat tinder rounds which will burn for about 2 minutes each.  I  have lately added a plastic covered 50’ spool of 200lb. test, ultra  thin  Kevlar cord and a large sewing needle.
 
 Add  emergency cash, , 10 x $1.00, 5 x $5.00, 5 x $10.00, 10 x $20.00.  More if you can afford it.  “ Money  doesn’t talk. It swears” ( Bob Dylan). It buys unavailable things,e.g. train tickets, a ride out of the city, goods and gasoline or a hotel room,  in a blackout or blizzard , when credit cards are useless. Mollifies herion muggers, etc.
 
 I know the above sounds like a lot of gear, but it is only a few extra ounces and packs very compactly.
 
 EXPANSION TO BASIC GHB: If you added  an alluminium , single wall water bottle to hold water,or cook in,  a couple of flat ,plastic water carriers, foil packed  Water Pure tabs, a Survivor water purifier straw, a 4-way Silcock Key,  some Millenium Bars, an extra Mylar blanket, extra wool socks, & leather gloves, you’d have a basic  GHB,  counting in the other equipment you mentioned.  For tools add an 8” Knipex wire cutter and a 2lb. X 15”, Spax-16 Rescue Axe / pry bar/hydrant wrench/ gas- water cock wrench  Now standard military aircraft issue,including Marine One.  I’d also add  a Gerber LMF II, as a knife and electrical cable cutter.   But now we are @ ~ 10-12 lb.s and in small  backpack territory.
 
 
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| #298981 - 05/18/21 05:31 PM  Re: What's your current EDC? (Every Day Carry)
[Re: chaosmagnet] |  
|   Geezer in Chief
 Geezer
 
 Registered:  08/26/06
 Posts: 7705
 Loc:  southern Cal
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I have found, being from time supervising groups, that having a few Band-Aids in my wallet has been quite handy.  A real fairly extensive FAK is never far away. 
 Being able to handle boo-boo grade emergencies, the most frequent type, always keeps down the pucker factor.
 
_________________________Geezer in Chief
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| #298985 - 05/19/21 07:35 PM  Re: What's your current EDC? (Every Day Carry)
[Re: hikermor] |  
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 Registered:  04/29/09
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 Loc:  PA
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Agree with Hikermor: I keep 1-2 each of about 6 different sizes/shapes of Bandaids in my wallet: they are employed several times a year at a minimum and saves a trip to the vehicle where the big paramedic box resides. |  
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