Okay, so here's a "what would you do?" sort of question. I don't have a BOB yet. I keep building my EDC to include BOBish items, but as we all know, prep is a process. Anyhew, I have two young children, 3 and almost 5 and a pregnant wife. My thought was to have BOBs in backpacks for each family member, although with my wife making our baby, I would want to greatly limit the weight she would carry. Plus the fact that in tense situations, she tends to panic more than focus, makes me wonder if one family BOB would be useful to put together. "Honey, if you need to leave the house in a hurry, make sure you grab that red bag in the closet", instead of, "Pass out all the backpacks before getting out". Maybe a combination of the two?
I had also thought about small stackable Rubbermaid totes, all packed with different categories, food, clothing, supplies, etc. Small enough to keep weight down so she could load the car alone if needed, compartmentalized for storage and organization.

Also, I had a random thought about clothes. I was looking at a catalog the other day and saw cargos with zip off pant legs to convert the pants into shorts. At first, I thought it was a cheesy idea, but then I thought of BOB applications. Cargo pockets to carry my EDC and no need to change that piece of clothing for the seasons...one item will work in summer and winter. I may have to try a pair out to test my versatility idea.

As far as the BOB development, what would you do?