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#275061 - 05/06/15 06:59 AM How often do you inventory your Bug Out Bag (BOB)?
ATN Offline
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How often do you inventory your Bug Out Bag (BOB)?
How often do you inventory your Bug Out Bag (BOB)?
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#275062 - 05/06/15 01:34 PM Re: How often do you inventory your Bug Out Bag (BOB)? [Re: ATN]
LCranston Offline
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Registered: 08/31/09
Posts: 201
Loc: Nebraska
every spring and fall to change out food and clothes, check first aid kit

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#275063 - 05/06/15 01:46 PM Re: How often do you inventory your Bug Out Bag (BOB)? [Re: ATN]
chaosmagnet Offline
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Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 12/03/09
Posts: 3819
Loc: USA
Middle Daughter in particular loves this exercise and would be very cross with me if I did it without her.

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#275066 - 05/06/15 08:23 PM Re: How often do you inventory your Bug Out Bag (BOB)? [Re: ATN]
boatman Offline
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Registered: 03/10/03
Posts: 424
Loc: Michigan
Once a year to change over from fall/winter to spring/summer...

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#275068 - 05/06/15 08:59 PM Re: How often do you inventory your Bug Out Bag (BOB)? [Re: ATN]
LCranston Offline
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Registered: 08/31/09
Posts: 201
Loc: Nebraska
wouldn't you need to switch back?

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#275069 - 05/06/15 09:05 PM Re: How often do you inventory your Bug Out Bag (BOB)? [Re: ATN]
wildman800 Offline
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Registered: 11/09/06
Posts: 2846
Loc: La-USA
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.
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#275070 - 05/06/15 09:21 PM Re: How often do you inventory your Bug Out Bag (BOB)? [Re: ATN]
gonewiththewind Offline
Veteran

Registered: 10/14/08
Posts: 1517
Mine gets modified to a camping backpack about once a month and everything gets used, checked and replaced/updated.

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#275084 - 05/07/15 10:06 PM Re: How often do you inventory your Bug Out Bag (BOB)? [Re: ATN]
Mark_R Offline
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Registered: 05/29/10
Posts: 863
Loc: Southern California
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.
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#275092 - 05/10/15 07:55 PM Re: How often do you inventory your Bug Out Bag (BOB)? [Re: ATN]
JeffMc Offline
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Registered: 05/10/15
Posts: 129
Loc: Northwest Florida
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.

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