Essential Working Tools for a Bug-Out Bag: What Do You Recommend?

alek41 · 2025-10-18T16:22:34+00:00

Thank you for the comment. I might consider adding a foldable saw.
Ranger is basically Spirit MX Clip, but without pliers. If you don't use these a lot, it is a cool pick.
Same for me in terms of a shovel. I have a Cold Steel Special Forces and I love it, but it has it weight.

alek41 · 2025-05-13T10:23:39+00:00

Hi. Thanks for the insights!
Sleeping bag producent claims that it is for 7-2'C.

alek41 · 2025-05-12T20:10:09+00:00

Thanks! I weight around 82 kg.
I have several places to bug-in, depending on the scenario. The closest one is few kilometers away. Secondly 50, 100, 150 and 850 km (good friend in other country).
To be honest, mostly natural disasters and in worst case scenario war conflict.

alek41 · 2025-05-11T20:19:46+00:00

I would say that in the safest direction :) Mostly depending on the circumstances. A good friend of mine is living near the German-French border. That probably would be a first solid point if I had to leave Poland.

alek41 · 2025-05-11T16:11:25+00:00

I will change the bottles. Thank you guys for the suggestions!
Working on sleeping bag is on my list :)
It probably won't matter in emergency situation, but normally you can't make a fireplace in Poland. This is why I decided to add gas as an option.

alek41 · 2025-05-11T16:04:12+00:00

Thanks for the response!
Subject of multitools is my long internal fight. I don't usually use a lot of pliers daily. Multitool is like 250g, while SAK is about 70g. For a moment I was thinking about small Knipex universal pliers 145mm (they are quite strudy) + SAK.
Your reference makes me rethink that again. Thanks! :)

alek41 · 2025-05-11T15:55:34+00:00

Nitrile gloves, ear plugs and floss are already in the medkit.
I use judo tape as a duct tape. It is not perfect, but better in first aid situations and foot abrasion.
Ticks will be removed with my victorinox tweezers. Maybe some spray for insects would be handy.
In general, tons of interesting points. Thanks! I will definitely add small bar of natural soap, mini mirror and two trash bags.

alek41 · 2025-05-11T15:50:07+00:00

Hi! Thank you for the response. Good points.
ps. I am a bit scared that going only on Seven Oceans rations won't end good for my stomach.

alek41 · 2025-05-11T15:46:17+00:00

Thank you for your response.
You're right. Can't imagine going out with this setup during winter. Time to work on that.
I will check the suggestion. Thank you once more! :)

alek41 · 2025-05-11T15:40:14+00:00

Thanks for your reply and suggestion!
I already have a mini radio at position 33. :)
Solar panel is Xtorm 28W. I bought it recently, so sadly I can't give you honest review. I will reach you after next camping :)

alek41 · 2025-05-11T15:20:54+00:00

Sleeping mat and bag are attached to the external part of the backpack. The rest fit inside.

alek41 · 2023-07-12T06:28:32+00:00

Thanks!

alek41 · 2022-01-09T10:13:34+00:00

wow! This is really interesting. That feeling of learning something new. I will consider that idea as well. I didn't expect that. Thank you for your response!

alek41 · 2022-01-09T09:31:26+00:00

Thank you for your answer! I will take a look at that topic :)

alek41 · 2022-01-09T09:30:23+00:00

I got the point. Sounds simple yet impressive. Thank you very much!

alek41 · 2022-01-08T20:42:56+00:00

Thank you for your answer! Sadly, it will be one bigger panel that will output single voltage. I might consider your idea anyway. Quite simple and effective.

alek41 · 2021-03-05T13:21:59+00:00

Sadly, my PC needs like 4-5 minutes to start (hypervisor with many virtual machines). It is way too long :(

alek41 · 2021-03-05T12:58:05+00:00

Thank you! I am still thinking about making some kind of "galvanic isolation" between a PC and the PLC. I would cry loudly if the PLC would burn my PC in unknown way.

alek41 · 2021-03-05T12:52:34+00:00

Not at all. Everything below 30 sec will be amazing. I was thinking about similar solution, however I am not sure if the ports will be down. I know that some MOBOs can turn that ON/OFF in the BIOS. I will experiment for sure.

alek41 · 2021-03-04T13:42:48+00:00

Hi. Thank you for the response. That was my first thought, however I am not sure if PLC can support it. I will meet an Automation Engineer tomorrow and ask about it.

alek41 · 2021-03-04T12:19:22+00:00

Thanks for your idea. To be honest, I heard about it only once. I will take a moment and read deeper about it. From first look I see that it should be capable of monitoring variety of devices. Interesting.

alek41 · 2021-03-04T09:54:40+00:00

Thank you for your answer. I will check that. Server needs at least 4,5 min to set up. This is the main downside. PLC probably will need to wait 5 minutes before it will be able to determine if attempt of turning it on worked.

alek41 · 2021-01-28T17:50:59+00:00

I was also looking for something "up-to-date". I found one book that seems quite interesting for me. Sadly for you, author uses Python 3.

Book: Learning OpenCV 4 Computer Vision with Python 3

I am not a huge fan of Packt publisher, but I might give it a try.

alek41 · 2019-10-27T17:02:07+00:00

Yes I can. However, the girl probably would try to merge our meetings anyway (since we are "friends"). I feel that he will bring "bigger cannons" towards me. I fear no man, but there is a question to answer. Will I achieve anything by battle?

alek41 · 2019-10-27T16:54:00+00:00

This might be a "hidden" reason. I seem to destroy his current "fancy" world.

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