I struggle with the idea of carefully assemblying the gear and packing my BOB, and then letting it sit for months. And I also struggle with the idea of grabbing my BOB whenever I go camping, which uses up some or all of the consumables in a few categories - rendering me somewhat BOB-less until I can replenish them.

Do you think we should hold some gear and supplies sacrosanct against true emergency, or should we boldly use stuff and assume we can re-supply?

Is doubling up a solution [camp with one BOB and keep a second in the car you drove to the trailhead, for example]?

Thoughts?

Thanks.