IMO you are communicating just fine; however, even with the limitations you’ve stipulated, we (at least I) can’t stop answering your questions as if those limitations weren’t there. Other folk new to the forum may happen upon a thread here thinking it might be of help, when it would be more useful if all options were discussed, including options you can’t use. So when an answer isn’t useful to you, understand that it may be useful to others.

BTW, good choice with the Suunto A-10; that will be much more useful than a button compass.

As to how to put a backpack based kit together — start out with that box or plastic container full of gear you would find useful and your backpack of choice and start making compromises. When you have your first “kit” done, try it out and see how it works. Only you can choose the pack and only you can decide what compromises to make.

BTW, I too have a few 2-D and 3-D Maglites, none of them would ever go in a backpack kit I would plan to carry.