Task & Purpose: The essential guide to building your ultimate bug out bag

Three backpacks and two tens in the back of a truck

The essential guide to building your ultimate bug out bag

The day has come, and suddenly, you realize that you are a living, breathing doomsday prepper whether you like it or not. Pandemonium has struck, turning everything on its head. As the floodwaters rise downtown and the wildfire crests the ridge outside your window, you grab your bug out bag and hit the road.

The first 24 hours go smoothly enough, all things considered, but as the second progresses, you begin to realize that the pre-packed bag you bought for hundreds of dollars (or was it thousands?!) isn’t all it was cracked up to be. Sure, you’ve got plenty of food, but once you ditched the car, you started to realize that your “ultimate” bug out bag is not so ultimate after all. The bag sucks to wear, and some of the essentials you expected to find are a bit, shall we say, lacking. Even the company’s bold branding feels like retro flashing neon proclaiming, “Hey, everyone! Over here! Look at this loser! What an amazing target!”

As the clock strikes 60 hours since you left home, you have come to hate your expensive one-size-fits-all solution. Thankfully, your situation resolves before the 72-hour mark, but you have made up your mind to do things right in the future. Next time, you will be building the ultimate bug out bag with everything you actually need and nothing you don’t.

Find the essential guide to building your bug out bag, written by Brian Smyth here.

Maelezo ya Vyombo vya Habari kutoka Kazi na Kusudi

Kazi na Kusudi

Habari, utamaduni, na uchambuzi na kwa jamii ya kijeshi. Ongea nasi kwa tips@taskandpurpose.com au uteleze kwenye DMs zetu.

Kazi na Kusudi ilizinduliwa katika 2014 kutoa mitazamo halisi na isiyochujwa juu ya masuala ya kijeshi na veterans katika enzi ya baada ya 9 / 11.

Usalama wa taifa unagusa tu kuhusu kila nyanja ya jamii ya Amerika, lakini mara nyingi, wale ambao wanawajibika zaidi kwa usalama huo hupuuzwa, kupuuzwa, au kuwakilishwa vibaya na vyombo vya habari. Chapisho letu la kidijitali linatoa sauti kwa wanachama wa huduma, wakongwe, na familia za kijeshi ambao wanajua vizuri kuliko mtu mwingine yeyote athari za Vita vya Ulimwenguni juu ya Ugaidi zimefanya kwa nchi yetu.

Tunatimiza dhamira yetu kupitia taarifa za uchunguzi wa kina, kuandika hadithi, na uchambuzi wa masuala ya kitamaduni na mambo ya sasa.

Timu ya kazi na madhumuni ya veterans, wanafamilia wa kijeshi, na waandishi wa habari ambao wamefunika vita nchini Iraq na Afghanistan wanaweza kuwaambia hadithi za jamii za kijeshi na veterans - sio tu kwa sababu tunazingatia, lakini kwa sababu uzoefu wetu wa kibinafsi na wa kitaaluma na migogoro unatulazimisha.

Chunguza Maudhui Zaidi

Uchujaji wa maji ya portable

Kichujio cha Maji ya Sawyer Mini

survival toolbox

Water Preparedness

Kutoka kwa kikosi

Mazungumzo ya Campfire na jamii yetu, kutoka kwa Wanachama wa Squad na Mabalozi kwa Washirika wa Brand na timu ya Sawyer.

Majina ya Vyombo vya Habari

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Majina ya Vyombo vya Habari

Why use a plastic bag when you can simply screw on this end cap, specifically designed for Sawyer water filters?

Mlango wa Zoe

Editor at Backpacker

Majina ya Vyombo vya Habari

In future, I’ll use gravity when I can, and squeeze when I have to.

Richard, aka "LowRange

Hiker

Majina ya Vyombo vya Habari

For longer hikes, it’s convenient to carry a small backcountry water filter, such as a Sawyer Mini or Micro, which allows you to replenish your water from natural sources like streams or ponds.