How often do you inventory your Bug Out Bag (BOB)?

How often do you inventory your Bug Out Bag (BOB)?

every spring and fall to change out food and clothes, check first aid kit

Middle Daughter in particular loves this exercise and would be very cross with me if I did it without her.

Once a year to change over from fall/winter to spring/summer...

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John

wouldn't you need to switch back?

I go through it about once a year to refamiliarize myself with the contents and to re evaluate everything I've put into it. I rarely remove gear and all to often, add something else to the kit.

Mine gets modified to a camping backpack about once a month and everything gets used, checked and replaced/updated.

Emergency supplies get inventoried and updated twice a year. At the beginning and ending of daylight savings time.

I have to replace the furnace filters and smoke alarm batteries at that time, so it makes sense to spend a couple of hours and check the kits.

I keep a index card in a top pocket, where I list expiration dates of foods, meds, etc., and a reminder list of useful things kept elsewhere in the car that I may want to put into my BOB. I generally recheck the bag each Spring and Fall, and anytime I've been "borrowing" things out of it.