It's that time again: the time to change out the old outdated medications, water purification tabs, etc. I'm going through and replacing items and updating other items in my various kits.

I'm curious how many kits each of us have? I'd like to condense my kits down if possible. Presently I've got:

1. Bug Out Bag (BOB) - Maxpedition Condor
2. Bug Out Bag (BOB) / Every Day Carry Bag (EDC) - Maxpedition Nucleus
3. Personal Survival Kits (PSK) - several
4. Vehicle Survival Kit for each vehicle
5. Camping Gear Bin
6. 72+ Hour Kit (in progress)
7. Various food/water/equipment stashed around house

Please share what arrangement you have found works for you in keeping all of your stuff/kits organized and available. (With the disclaimer that we are constantly changing things around!) <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Also, however many types of kits you have settled on. Thanks!

I have a jump kit now, working on a 72 hr jump kit.

Lee

I keep
1 BoB in my car (in an old duffle bag)
3 PSK's (1 in my car 2 in the DW's)
3 sets of 4 72 hr kits (1 set in home office, 1 in kitchen by the back door, 1 in basement by garage)
Camping gear in tent trailer parked next to house
4-50 gal barrels of water (changed in Oct and Apr) changing to a buried 1200 gal in-line tank this next spring
cases of food stashed here and there around house

One backpack major BOB at home
One small car pack in each car
Micro-kit on me (and now my wife) at all times. I carry it inside my backpack or coat pocet.

I guess you could say I have many kits, or no kit <img src="/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> . I tend to carry a lot of supplies/gear because I have a lot of room in my truck, but no formal bags/boxes/bins. Most often I'll throw something in a bag I'm taking for the day for a specific purpose, and just leave it in the truck after that. I probably need to work on organization, but I'm so anal I'd need multiple times redundancy for most items just to make each kit is complete <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> .

Let's see,

1. Altoids tin "Urbal survival/first aid".
2. Smallish "go bag" for when out with DD (water, food, hygine, etc...)
3. Large backpack "go bag" when out with DD and DW.
4. Small pocket kit strickly for use when in the woods.
5. Large, gear/food/water packpack kept in car for emergencies.
6. Backpacking pack filled with camping gear.
7. Two Rubbermaid containers filled with six gallon jugs of water each.
8. Assorted first aid kits in cars, desk at work, and house.

-Blast

FWIW - I've given up on the 72 hour idea and gone to 96 hours. I've also dropped many/most of the heavier tools in favor of more WATER.

Kits that are Ready at any time (this is in addtion to any in-house stockpiles)

Each vehicle has a kit (3x vehicles)
I have my "Non-Hypothetical" kit (discussed here earlier).
I have a small "Go" bag, not much to it, just a few basic items.
and then there's EDC, which is mostly flashlight, leatherman, lighter and bandanna.

Including FAK's??

I´ve an old duffle bag as BOB. It hasn´t been put to action yet and probably wont.
FAK is cover by two kits. A bigger one in the vehicle and a pocket sized very basic kit for carrying in a pocket.
PSKs come in three different kit sizes. A small urban one (small tobacco tin) is for office, shopping and other urban activities on foot or by bicycle. A normal sized tobacco tin contains a bigger kit. I carry it when I can afford the size. When I go by motorcycle it usually sits in my backpack. My motorcycle kit is in the tin my swisskey came in. I always have in the right pocket where I also carry my motorcycle keys. A strong magnet holds the keys to the tin.
A vehicle kit is always with my motrcycle. It has same spare biulbs, fuses, fluids, tools and a special cloth for the visor. It is kept moist in a special container. The cloth is very useful when there are plenty of flying insects. It saved my day on many occasions (ephemera can be really bad).
I also have a portable HAM kit. It contains antennas, cable, AA-spares and 2 12 V nonspillable lead acid batteries. This kit is still in an early stage of evolution.
The kits stay where they belong. There are some items I EDC but do not put into the kits. These items are wallet, knives, multitools, GPSr phone and HAM rig.

Hmm...

PSK, PMK, et al, in various altoid tins. They, and a small water bottle, live in a small waist pack surplused as an unwanted item off an HSGI vest. It can go on my belt, or a bag sling.

My car gear is stored in a milk crate, a rubbermaid container and an ammo can (water bottles, and the can turns into a stove real easy).

My household FAK is in a small tool bag that didn't work out as well for my electronics tools, so it's full of bandages and tape and other good stuff to have when you have a new, nonstandard hole or joint.

My ditch kit is the largest thing I keep loaded, and that is a Country Comm EOD bag with a SpecOps X-4 attached to the bottom (you can just barely wedge a 1 liter nalgene into it). If I have to bug out, that gets clipped to the top of BOB so I can detach it quickly should BOB's resources outweigh the likelyhood of me making it home.

BOB is a slightly modified ALICE pack (fastex buckles rather than the military ones, some other minor changes) mounted on a modified civilian external pack frame (like the frame, hate the bag). He's stored partially unloaded, due to economics, but if I'm going to be camping or the weather and politics predict a problem is more likely, everything comes out of the totes and goes in/on him. He's a 120 hour bag in terms of food, barely a 72 in terms of water.

And longer than that... 45 acres with an artisian well, three ponds, a nice brook, and lots of trees. The ancestral family land. At any one time, my mother has 2-4 weeks of food if me, my brother and sister-in-law, and my dad's parents head in that direction, and very little of that is in the freezer.

Off the top of my head...

• 3-PSKs in modified County Comm Diplomat Pocket Organizer. One each of these are in my truck, day to day brief case and my wildland gear.
• SAR Kit in a CamelBak BFM (if only they made these in yellow!) This doubles my primary BOB for now, but I intend to build a separate BOB in a Kifaru MMR
• SAR/Medical vest built up on a SoTech SAR vest SAR vest (again, yellow would be awesome!)
• Comprehensive Truck Kit in a Mountain Smith Modular Hauler System 4 This is a BOB, but is always in my truck. An Eagle Becker Patrol Pack is a part of this kit.
• Light and Fast Kit, resides in whatever pack I am currently using for my running and hiking.
• Weapons Kit, this is in an Eagle Discreet Rifle Case with my M4gery and assorted accessories, ammunition, chest rig and the Belt Survival kit listed below. This is a grab and go bag that can either be carried in addition to my BOB or dumped and just take the contents.
• Belt Survival kit in a LBT E&E pouch

Of course this doesn’t include my medical kits…

You have the coolest gear collection! I am green with envy.

I agree, i'm verry impressed with the setup.

That reads like a Christmas list!

I've got a BFM, and I've always wanted either an MMR or Zulu.

It has taken a long time and a lot of "being in the right place at the right time" With exception of some minor gear and firearms, every piece was purchased on sale, traded for or bought used. Ebay is a great resource as long as you know exactly what you are looking for.

I know what you mean, I got the BFM on ebay for $100 shipped. I keep watching for Kifaru gear there.

My experience is people don't sell Kifaru gear once they get some <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

They're few and far between. Sometimes you find a guy just back from deployment who needs women and beer more than gear!

I'd say I have four kits . Still works in progess . One is a day backpack that I plan to change for something bigger and better . The other 2 are in a cordura travel bag and a Bucket Boss tool bag . I consider my F150 van to be 1 big kit .

1. Loose EDC-PSK items in pockets, wallet and belt.
2. CamelBak PSK-BOB.
3. Car PSK items stored in different areas of vehicle.
4. Camping gear can be used for "evacuation" .
5. Items in the house can be used for "shelter in place".

My kit's?? well let's see:

3 PSK-tin's(2 for me, 1 for my father)

1 EDC-FAK plus FAK support kit

1 FAK

1 Larger mess-tin PSK (back-up)

1 waist-pack (essentials from my BOB. Used together with BOB or individually, for example hiking trips)

1 BOB

1 Car-kit (made for my father)

And of course a pile of stuff around the house: water, food, fuel, etc.

and several FAK's: 1 home-FAK, 1 in my room, 1 in garage, 1 in car and 2 large trauma-backpacks (carries ALS stuff, hobby)

My EDC

Enough?? <img src="/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> Of course not!! <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

1. Maxpedition Fatboy for EDC.
2.USGI SDS pack & waist pack for car BOB.
3.BlackHawk med bag for car Trauma bag.
4.Camelback H.A.W.G. & Becker Knife & Tool crewman in a
Spec Ops Brand sheath for hiking.
5. Grab & Go bag with shooting stuff in a no name bag. Soon to be replaced by a custom bag from www.extremegearlabs.com.
6. Specialized Gun Shot Wound kit anytime I shoot.
7. No name daysack for BOB stored outside the house.
8. Travel kit in a bag from www.countycomm.com.
Take a look at the Bandolier bag from www.s4supply.com
a little compitition for maxpedition.

Dave

Dave, did you already order a bag for EGG?

I have:
My EDC; various small survival items about my person.
My semi-EDC waist pack that has bulkier upgrades to my EDC.
2 very small tin kits, one in a pocket of each of the 2 jackets I wear in winter.
A bigger tin survival/unplanned brew kit that goes in a small rucksack when walking.
Some survival related gear that lives in a box in the car.
A bug-out bag.

Plus quite a large pile of items that were bought to potentially go into kits but currently aren't.

1. PSK in a BCB tin. (Strictly for hunting or hiking.)
2. BOB in truck along with tons of other gear. 3 days worth of canned food, MRE's, and bottled water.
3. 3# coffee can-sized kit in the boat. A small amount of food with 2-3 water bottles (In a pinch I'll be presumably floating on all the water I could ever need.)
4. A similar sized kit under the seat of each ATV.
5. 14 day kit in the RV. If pressed I could probably stretch the food to a full month. Need more water though.

I don't EDC a "kit". I carry a small amount of gear and rely on my truck kit for anything else I might need.

Martin,
could you check your @focazio email please
tx