hehe...ya I have kinda come to the same conclusions. Generally, my old EDC/Manpurse items end up in one of my BOBs. With the exception, as you said, of water and some clothing etc, they are redundant. I do include a tarp in my BOB, but I guess technically that is redundant with the trash bag in my Fatboy.

I will go ahead and point it out, in a survival situation, you are really not trying to do that many things, 1) maintain body temperature (fire/Shelter), 2) stay hydrated, 3) and get found (signal), (I think a ETS poster's signature is something to the effect, "thermoregulate, hydrate and communicate" which basically sums it up). By the very nature of preparing for a survival situation redundancy will occur (and is a good thing). That is why I do include the old knives, flashlights etc, because Murphy is sneaky, and I can't and won't EDC redundant items (except maybe two blades/flashlights).

Marc