Bug Out Bag Essentials for SHTF | What’s in my Go-Bag?

[@dondraper3874]

Great video!! New to your channel but not new to the EDC community. Love the content and I def have Amazon up while watching your videos lol I am adding a few of the items that you mentioned to my new EDC bag. Blessing to you and your family brother from Chicago!

[@defencivsolutions]

Thanks man I appreciate the support!

[@bwkid1]

I keep seeing these videos of people with little or no food. All saying the same thing, that you don't need much. I guarantee in any SHTF situation, if you have to start performing you will need lots of food. There is no way you are going to travel on foot for days, in a high stress situation. Doing more physical work than you have done in a long time, with very little rest. Without having to fuel your body. Even just a couple of meals, and lots of high energy protein bars will make a huge difference.

[@defencivsolutions]

I think you're making too many assumptions about my readiness plan. While I agree with you, this is literally just a bag I can grab quickly and get in my vehicle to go somewhere else. I live in a pretty populated area and would like to displace myself and my family if things really popped off in nearby cities. I have months of food stored and readily available to take with me if I really needed to bug out. The goal isn't to run to the woods and camp out like its a Hollywood movie. So I think you and I both have the same ideas, but my preparation does not solely comprise of this bag

[@defencivsolutions]

@@focusmphoto I thought the exact same thing! Saw people evacuating on foot and instantly felt validated lol

[@Scarywoody]

After hiking in the woods with my wife I caught a branch to the eye. I'll be packing in a pair of safety glasses in my BoB.

[@defencivsolutions]

Oof. Been there. That's why I put my Oakleys in that top pocket, so that I will actually wear them

[@SonnyCrocket-p6h]

get some prescription goggles, like Kareem wore playing basketball. just glasses are likely to not suffice when you have to diver prone, roll, (being shot-at) run full speed thru brush at night. etc.

[@scottburdick7187]

What ever 9mm fire arm you carry, just bring an extra magazine instead of a box of 20 rounds. Preloaded and no hassle; much easier than a box of ammo.

[@defencivsolutions]

I agree, and I have a ton of extra mags, they would be on my person ("first line gear"). My thought process in excluding them here was to prevent losing them, or if I cannot access my bag / bag is stolen etc.

[@SavageVoyageur]

Lose the water bladder, add two 40oz bottles of water. One in a plastic Nalgene, one in a stainless steel container. Much more robust than a water bladder.

[@defencivsolutions]

I hear you but I think a bladder has its uses. I know it is more likely to burst but it saves a ton of weight and space, especially when empty. This is more like a "get to where I need to go" bag, not an end-all-be-all solution

[@c_branco]

Found your channel by chance and enjoyed the video. Most BOB videos I have seen ignore the importance of eyewear. Greetings from Portugal 🇵🇹

[@defencivsolutions]

Thanks brother! You only get two eyes, might as well protect them!

[@SonnyCrocket-p6h]

I"v got 25 lbs of sleep/shelter gear, clothing, pack, food, water, med kit, water treatment, trekking poles, and 20 lbs of rifle, pistol, silencer, ammo, armor, night vision, solar charger, batteries. All too soon, enough food and water is gone to bring the weight under 40 lbs and you have to be quite fit in order to be able to run and gun with that much stuff.

[@lymskiUK]

You did a good job of keeping the weight down. Comprehensive kit. In a big out situation I’m torn as to what to go for in terms of shelter as there would be my partner and 2 young Autistic children. Between them I can only really expect them to carry a change of clothes, a canteen of water each and a few food/comfort items. Tents and hammocks of a suitable size tend to get heavy and that’s before I’ve thought about sleeping bags/pads and I can only realistically carry so much. Any advice on the shelter elements would be much appreciated.

[@defencivsolutions]

Total hear you man. My advice to you: pack a poncho in each family member's bag. They're small, light, wearable, packable, and really handy because they can be used to form make-shift shelters (search poncho diamond shelters), I'll be picking one up soon too. My philosophy was this: sleeping outside sucks. Sleeping outside in the rain/snow sucks even more. For me, it'll be a last resort. The reason why I went with the Goretex bivvy and a hammock is because its the most simple way to both get off the ground and stay dry. But I'll honestly try to avoid sleeping outdoors if I can. Hope that helps dude, stay safe out there

[@dutchvanderbilt9969]

If you have your Gerber strongarm in that groomer multi tool that don't need that other folding pocket knife. Oh, and swap out those matches for some stormproof matches. But on the subject of hatchets exactly what hatchet is that? And if you would like to look at a hatchet also made by Gerber that is a little bit bigger and a bit more functional check out the Gerber Bushcraft hatchet.

[@defencivsolutions]

True but it never hurts to have backups of backups. Especially if they have different features and uses. Storm proof matches are a great idea though Hatchet is a Gerber Gator Combo. I'll definitely check out the Bushcraft!

[@dutchvanderbilt9969]

@@defencivsolutions Good on ya!

[@tampat23]

Get rud of the life straw that thing will get you killed I suggest you do more reach on life straws also put the extra rounds you have in mags they are no good to you if you need them and they are not ready to go great video new subie

[@raphmaster23]

Ive heard better things about sawyer filters.

[@turtlewolfpack6061]

Ditch the petroleum jelly and replace it with a Vicks, still burns the same and is more multi purpose.

[@KingofConduits]

Why what's vick's good for? Is there alt. uses??

[@raphmaster23]

Its amazing its been 10 years and i still get annoyed when i see MREs. What happened was my unit was doing JRTC up at Ft. Polk and before we went to the box another girl in my unit was being sent someplace else so she was breaking down 6 or 7 mres to take with her for the week. I had left the tent we were in to do something and next thing i know im being chewed out for the mre trash she decided to put under my cot after she was done. Lol 🤦‍♀️

[@defencivsolutions]

Lol the trauma is real. I think they're a space-efficient way to bring a whole meal with you, but most of them taste like garbage

[@raphmaster23]

@defencivsolutions yeah that same NCO would never hear me out, I was freaking stuck with him in ammo section the entirety of JRTC. Shoot I would have probably reinlisted if it wasn't for him. I had 4 months left during that.

[@gearnmore91]

Where did you get the bottle cleaning tabs?

[@defencivsolutions]

Honestly its been awhile so I forget but if I had to guess I'd say either REI or Amazon.

[@SonnyCrocket-p6h]

can't have a fire during a bugout. This might suffice down to 40F, as long as you dont have wind/rain You really should have at least one 1/2 lb each camo net and one 1/4 lb full-body bugnet "suit" and a net hammock, so you can deal with ants, ticks, spiders, skeeters, mud, brush, rocks, thorns, roots. steep hillsides. My hammock is made of a 50x10 ft, 2" mesh monofilament gillnet and wire-pulling tape as tree straps. It weighs one lb and can feed me, if need be. When it's cold, I hang the hammock 6" off of the ground, with me in it, and kick debris under it, so as to stop air from flowing under me.

[@defencivsolutions]

Eh I disagree. You can definitely have a fire during a bugout situation. Not every scenario where I want to increase my distance from cities is a "SERE fantasy" where you cant have an outdoor fire. Your netting kit is a good idea though. That's what my goretex bivvy accomplishes, just not as much airflow. Temperatures aren't too bad in the northeast though, not too worried about that

[@Elias.Agg.]

I counted 3 first aid kits. Do you really need them? Are you an experienced medic? Half of the medical supplies you demonstrated have no idea myself how to use them.

[@defencivsolutions]

If you don’t know how to use the things in this video, save for maybe a SAM Splint or a nasal pharyngeal, that says more about you than it does about me. The time it took you to type your comment could have been spent typing “how to use a tourniquet” in the KZbin search bar… There is literally only one trauma kit in here, and it is a very basic stop-the-bleed kit and some extra nice-to-haves (TQ, trauma gauze, chest seal, splint, nasal pharyngeal, lube, gloves and alcohol wipes, 2 of each). You are more likely to come across a mass medical emergency for others than you are to be injured yourself. This stuff is not just for me but in the off chance my friends or family are injured, I have enough medical equipment to hopefully save someone’s life. Two is one, one is none. The rest of the “first aid kits” are literally just that…they have bandaids and ibuprofen in them in a kit that I bought from CVS lol. If by “experienced medic”, you mean “I’ve applied a bandaid and Neosporin to myself”, then yes, call me a damn doctor.

[@aheftyhoss]

Idk man, might need that experienced medic in case I apply the band aid wrong

[@AMJ1S18]

I thought the experienced medic was for when I apply the lube wrong?

[@scottwoods1951]

Where did you get that trauma bag please?

[@defencivsolutions]

It is called the North American Rescue "Naval First Aid Box Response Kit"

[@rallen7294]

People care far less about where you put your items than what items you have to meet the survival categories. Rather than dumping out a bunch of stuff in random order, think instructional... You're trying to be informative so organize yourself... Demonstrate the items by category then pack them in your bag. 1. Water (parenthesis collect and purify) 2. Fire (heating/cooking/ light) 3. Food 4. Shelter (what I put on what I get into courtage and repair.) 5. Medical (first aid/hygiene) 6. Protection (security/tools) 7. Navigation 8. Communication (& power) Misc. (Cash, silver, playing cards)

[@defencivsolutions]

Orrrr...hear me out: people enjoy making and watching videos about their kit setup. In the intro I literally said "Today I'm going to go over what I have packed in my bag so you guys can get some ideas..." Not everything has to be a TED Talk

[@brawndothethirstmutilator9848]

@rallen7294, Why do you keep copy-pasting this exact same comment over and over on videos of people showing their kits?

[@defencivsolutions]

@@brawndothethirstmutilator9848 haha have you seen him say it to other guys too? Weird behavior

[@jmora1914]

Remember a knife sharpener. I use work sharp sharpeners.

[@defencivsolutions]

Great point. I use a handheld Lansky one but it's not that good, looking for a better one to add to the kit

[@KingofConduits]

I've never had difficulty putting a cutting edge on a knife with a curb, cement wall or rock. The more you know the less you need to carry 👍🏼

[@jmora1914]

@@KingofConduits I know what type of rocks to use to sharpen a knife or machete. But the thing is that Edge happens to get a little uneven. Still sharp but can eventually cause chipping and rolling very easily and in heavy use could cause a break in the blade.

[@plm087]

WTF dude! You start the vid off with a $330 carry bag.

[@defencivsolutions]

You can use whatever bag fits your budget lol this isn't a cheap hobby my dude

[@plm087]

@@defencivsolutions Just thinking an expensive edc bag might draw attention to yourself. I personally wanna be as grey as possible. Amzn has a 1 pound replica of that bag for $45. Great vid otherwise....lol

[@defencivsolutions]

@@plm087 oh true, good point. But I doubt anyone has the MSRP of this bag memorized, I didnt even know it cost that much until I looked it up on amazon. I've had it since 2018 so I honestly forgot

[@jeh966]

U might need it soon sadly ,i hope not ...

[@defencivsolutions]

Agreed bro, I hope we’re wrong