Ok, what situations do you see for each kit? EDC, I see as stuff I might use for my job, to cut something, turn a screw, etc. A PSK I might put in my pocket if say I were to take a stroll in a national park I wasn't familiar with....not that far though, because if I were going hiking, I'd take my "hiking pack" that has everything I need.....god forbid I get lost.... My BOB is in the back of my truck...joining my first aid kit, and my shotgun in the cab. These are there should I need to "hightail" it out of town. Also, in my truck I have the EDC and the PSK, so....how do you see using each?

There's a big overlap between EDC and PSK, if you do it right. The trick is to find survival tools that you can use every day, that way you have an incentive to always keep it with you. Then it will be there for a survival situation. That's what I like about a keychain survival kit. Even if some of the items on the chain aren't used every day, something on the chain is always useful, so it's always in your pocket.

Well everytime summer rolls around I have a tendency to stick my PSK into my backpack. My EDC is hardcore enough to get me thru most of the NYC troubles. Even on the "bad day" I have:
2 pairs of latex gloves
Microtech Terzuola
Wave
Windmill Lighter
Arc 4 flashlight
My dog tags with orange photon freedom on them
My cell phone
2 wallets (shield and regular wallet)

Now on the good day I will have my FAK, digital camera and PDA. And good day means that I'm going further than my grocery store which is on the corner.

On top of that I always carry my backpack (small alice) that has a lot of other usefull stuff in there (serious Meds, rain jacket, water). Plus my books. Even when going to a friends house, study session or quick visit somewhere I will throw a pack into my car or carry it with me.

I wish I had a better luck with HAM radios because my work radio needs to get programed thru my computer and I only have frequencies I need. I had bad experiences with vx7 and vx5 and I kind of gave up on portable communications and stuck with countycomm radio.

I kind of kicked my PSK to the curb which I'm sorry to say. Most of the stuff in there is more of the wilderness oriented. Don't get me wrong during weekend trips, kayaking or any kind of training upstate I will take it with me but I don't see a point of lugging it around the city no more.

No BOBs here. I gave them up and reclaimed some much needed space in my truck. I guess my EDC is my PSK and my PSK is my BOB and BOB doesnt exist. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> In my truck still keep a warm coat (in the winter) a fleece blanket, a couple space blankets, tools, ropes, siphon, tow chain, a fire extinguisher, large FAK and a bunch of other stuff but that hardly makes a BOB IMHO. I'd say its more of a roadside emergency setup. If I were to "bug-out" and have to do some impromptu camping I could do it with my PSK for sure and the entire family could do it with my PSK and a few of the items above which are always present in both mine and the wife's cars.

PSK for me is more of a mini BOB. It's a little larger than the average altoids tin kit since it includes decent sized shelter items. It lives (in a maxped m2) in the truck most of the time.

EDC for me is what I carry every day and it not by any means stuff that I actually use every day. It is what I need to survive by myself (only supports one person) in any urban or rural evironment that I may encounter (not antarctica) for 72 hours minimum.

I agree. I don't generally carry a dedicated PSK with me and I don't have any dedicated seperate pouch or anything in my EDC dedicated to survival kit. Instead I have items in my wallet and on my keyring. Two things I am always going to have with me. The only seperate item I always carry is my Leatherman Wave and thats only because its so damm useful in non-survival related situations.

Ditto. I live in Berlin, Germany and I just don't see a use for a mirror and Commando Saw in the city.

I EDC a wallet, cell phone, Leatherman Charge, Surefire L4 and an ARC AAA + Victorinox Rambler on my keychain. When I take my Fatboy I will also have a FAK, Poncho and the RSK along with some other stuff with me.

When I go snowboarding or hiking it's obviously a completely different story, as that's where nature could actually kill me.

Nature can kill you anywhere. <img src="/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

True, but there is no nature in Berlin. <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Where Im at we have nature everywhere if you consider a hurricane or tornados ripping through urban areas a part of nature (which I do). <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Well put, Goatrider.