The Perfect Everyday Carry (EDC) Does Exist | The EDC Cup 14

[@tommywei1154]

I was going into the deep end of EDC, buying a bunch of crap I may or may not need. At one point, I bought an Amazon pack of 15 Bic lighters, 10 mini bic lighters, a bic multitool and was investigating how to mod out zippos... and that was just lighters. The funny thing is that I end up not even carrying them because I had quit smoking and I spend 100% of my time in an urban environment. I think what really helped me stop the bleeding was when I started watching youtube videos on frugality and minimalism, so I got inspired to stop buying crap I don't need. right now I'm just trying to strip out the edc items that i know I realistically wouldn't be needing in my every day life, because it's getting to be a bit cumbersome.

[@BandrewScott]

Being content and honest with yourself is the biggest lesson for me. Do I really need a $500 knife to open those Amazon boxes faster? Am I really going to be destroying the blade so I need the best steel type? Or is a knife from James brand (that many on the edc community shit on) really what works best for me? It’s kind of like watches where we buy gear that reflects the life we wished we lived instead of the life we actually live. Also, great episode X.

[@MarineX]

Totally concur. Especially the watch reference. Thanks brother!

[@M--GT8223]

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[@jonathanmeyer1164]

I can honestly say that i feel confident with what i carry every day. I've thought about trying a different multitool, knife, etc. But for what i do everyday life, a swiss army knife of some sort, Leatherman Rebar, Stanley 4 in 1 pocket screwdriver, and Olight i5R, are perfect for me and my workflow. I dont need to add anything else to it, but im trying to carry it differently. The one thing i always grabbed out of my pocket pouch was my flashlight, so i decided to carry it in the same pocket as my swiss. So now i have an extra pocket in my Viperade pouch to carry an extra blade,which i might not always need. Today, and most days, it's my 70s Camillus TL-29 electrician knife. Anyway, another good video, as always, X.

[@MikeMillerimages]

My Grandfather fought his way across WWII Europe with a Sherman Tank and a pocket knife. The Army only let him keep his pocket knife after the war.😢 We are collectors and conneseurs. Cut to Marine X coffee setup. 😀 I'm more prepared than 99% of the population with a multitool and jumper cables. However, I couldn't resist buying another Benchmade the other day because it is my all time favorite model and it was on sale! Is my EDC unorganized?? No, because I have everything I could ever need at home, at work and in my truck. I'm a collector. My Grandfather would fix everything from a gun to a toaster with that 50 year old pocket knife. No multitool required. Finally, and most importantly- my coffee game is crap compared to X. I need to work on it.

[@James-ke5sx]

I finished buying stuff awhile back. My EDC, emergency evacuation kits and everything I need to survive a disaster at home are pretty much finished. I'm a retired carpenter and you learn when you buy tools to buy the best and forget the rest one time.

[@LarryGarfieldCrell]

I don't need a knife regularly, even for Amazon packages. My Victorinox Manager scissors will do the job if I need, or, the tiny 1" blade on it will. The Manager is really my only at home daily carry, and it does everything I need. I have a Bibury multitool, but never carry it. It's for when I need to work on something too big for my Manager, and I go get it. My out of house EDC is built around efficiency. How can I get the most things I actually need into the smallest, lightest package? Right now, everything but keys, wallet, and the Manager fit into an Altoids tin, which is light and almost invisible in my pants. Ans half of it is medications for myself and my wife. The perfect EDC is what achieves the goal you're after. For me, that's efficient, lightweight functionality. For others, it's survivalist fetish. Or a fashion statement. Or they work a job where they'd be using an Arc 3 hours a day. Or they're a gadget nerd. Whatever your reason is, own it. Accept why you do what you do, and that it's your reason, and be honest with yourself about it. As long as you're honest with yourself about it (and thereby with others), whatever you're doing, you're doing it right. Carry on, whatever you're carrying.

[@nickmartino2839]

And I also think at least for me and probably alot of us... we like being that guy.... the guy that can fix stuff on the fly or who has a knife or bottle opener at the ready..or can tighten a loose screw at someone else's house... stuff like that.... that's def one reason I try to always have the appropriate stuff on me...

[@TheAntibyte]

My EDC knife is a cheap duratech off amazon and my flashlight is a lumintop AA 2.0. Both do the job perfectly for me.

[@timothyoakhart8860]

My edc is always the same. Pen, Slipjoint knife (which is more than capable of handling 80% of all tasks and whatever it can’t handle a fixed blade sure can), slim front pocket wallet and my phone. Nothing more than necessary. There is always a right tool for the job but the less you know the more shit you tend to have to carry. In daily life for me, my set up covers me for more than I need. I have a couple of other small things in my backpack I take to work every day but I’m not hauling multi-tools and 2 knives and pocket trash. I like to travel light and fast yet capable. All the edc equipment in the world is worthless without a good head on your shoulders and that really should be your primary edc.

[@tommywei1154]

false, your knives must have their own knives and those knives need to have knives of their own.

[@duanerobinson935]

I’m hella unorganized. I have EDC stuff and tools in my office, in the garage, in the kitchen junk drawer, table in the foyer, end tables, nightstands 😂

[@MarineX]

You sound like me

[@nickmartino2839]

That's very true....... you wouldn't believe what I can do with just a skeletool and bit kit!!!! While yes having all the new stuff is great..... it absolutely isn't needed...unfortunately for alot of ppl they want the newest stuff cuz of the attention it brings.... being able to do more with less has always been my goal...

[@nickmartino2839]

As far as the " quest"i think for alot of ppl myself included.... being on the hunt for new stuff is what makes it so much fun.... if we had to carry the same exact thing everyday... love would be sooo boring.... but I'm sure alot of us have found certain things that work way better than others..I know I have... but having lots of stuff to choose from.. at least for me... that's the fun part... hunting down knives that are no longer in production... and stuff like that

[@duanerobinson935]

I used to get coffee and work in Intelligentsia shops in Chicago.

[@MarineX]

Oh it’s a place?

[@LarryGarfieldCrell]

​@@MarineXYep, it's a chain in a couple of major cities, including Chicago.

[@nickmartino2839]

And I LOVE the breakfast blend whole bean Starbucks mixed with black rifle whole bean.... such a good cup of coffee

[@Hi_Im_Dominik]

I used to look around for new shit because we always want to impresse ppl that dont matter with things we dont need. Now my edc havent change in half a year and it wont because i ask my self ,,will this improve me doing that task" and the answer is almost always no. My edc is - Tomtoc t21 royal order - Leatherman Skeletool - uni jet stream pen - midori a6 md note book in leahter cover from lokal maker Scheda (Poland) - usb-c flashlight from ali for 3$ - folding ti sport from ali - chopstick - tit straw from ali - balisong trainer - mini prybar + bottle opener ali - brass container for toothpicks - small boboo kit with basic meds and bandages BONUS SOMETIMES CERRY - SONY SRS-XB100 - BASEUS 10000 POWER BANK

[@Travelingandjournaling9093]

Stay woke I really needed to hear this message today thanks

[@freightlinerfisher3830]

Um, wish I could be so calm…………… Took 10 minutes for that coffee 😮 I would have died 😂

[@MarineX]

Normally only take two or three when I'm not being a chatty Betty

[@gregrudzinski]

EDC is endlessly dynamic over time. Today I needed a 5/16 socket driver bit but didn't have it and now I do. life is good :)

[@3vil3lvis]

We learn from our mistakes. Recently, the EDC mistake was forgetting the phone while grocery shopping and was unable to clip a coupon so had to pay full price. Minor Unforced error, but a lesson in disguise.

[@dallasn16]

Something you kind of touched on but not quite is my 90-95 percent tool. For most people it's very easy to create a carry that meets 90-95% of their needs/wants. How much money is that extra 5% worth?

[@campbelllendinggroup9218]

Almost perfect. Just trying to perfect the keys. And slim it down to just what is needed.

[@nickmartino2839]

Any knife knut should have some kind of large tool box....or multiple tool boxes... they work just sooo awesome for organizing your stuff....

[@TUKByV1]

I am going to add some first aid + TQ to my kit, AFTER I take a course. I will be upgrading my wife's CC soon, but that's because it's a discontinued model. Parts, mags and accessories thing. We're practical. It's just time. I definitely don't want or need trading cards. Nope.

[@M--GT8223]

For me, EDC isn't "the end game." They are the TOOLS I use to get me to "the end game." It's in that vein, then, that I say: I don't believe in "the perfect EDC." I believe in having enough pieces of quality (not necessarily expensive) equipment to take "the best possible EDC with me THAT day..." Some days, that's a knife, a wallet, and a light. Others, its a back pack full of equipment... But *always,* ZERO trading cards *smirk 😏

[@dustinw.5090]

Dropped my 27 one time and it broke. Cant go through different light modes now without alot of troubles. Ti expensive to break on 1 drop. Nothing but olight for me. Havent even been able to break one on purpose.

[@duanerobinson935]

Nothing wrong with Starbucks coffee 😂

[@MarineX]

I have to keep telling myself that 😂

[@Keithstrand2]

I feel perfect edc is subjective to the user mine for instance is perfected but can change from how much or little I carry

[@TBEDC]

I can carry the sand gear for year..I usually carry stuff a while..to me the perfect carry is having what I need ..great video brother

[@SHTFdan]

Knives are kinda redundant if you carry a SAK and knipex cobra

[@scottwebb3491]

I recommended you for the 2nd release of trading cards. I recommend the coffee from the Nomadic Movement, Panamanian coffee and they are also a KZbin channel.

[@MarineX]

I'm writing that down now

[@nickmartino2839]

And yes I have multiple and multiple perfect edcs... lol to me they are.... we all gravitate towards things we see as appealing....

[@nickmartino2839]

Its not the butterfly tax..per say..... its supporting a usa knife manufacturer.....while yes there prices Are high...... just look at any other knife companies...Medford,spyderco,ZT , any of them.... all have raised prices....a raising tide lifts all ships

[@PSUCharger88]

Sadly I fell for the meme back in the day. I have my Grimsmo Norseman (ashamed to have spent as much as I did for it). A couple pocket toys and stuff because I was in the Facebook groups and letting others influence me. Now I’m not in those and I only get stuff that I want. Sometimes I buy stuff just because it looks cool. I work from home so my EDC is nothing but when I go out I grab whatever knife is calling my name that day lol

[@nickmartino2839]

Idk..... at least for me....and probably alot of others...... getting and collecting unique stuff is kinda the whole part of this..... so the first set of edc cards...I think it's cool asf

[@MikeandIkes_EDC]

Pass on the trading cards. This year, I have been really evaluating my EDC purchases, resulting in cutting back a lot. DON'T FALL FOR THE BEAN!

[@dcarpsvlog2122]

FACTS!!

[@nickmartino2839]

It does take time..... to find all the things that work the best for you....

[@kellymorris10342]

Definitely passing on trading cards. I've got a list of tools and projects a mile long I'd rather invest my money in, something I'll actually use. I don't need more junk that's just going to sit aroind and gather dust.

[@davidvolsky7713]

Same with morale patches, fidget toys, lanyards, beads and other trinkets (I don't want a bunch of advertisements and jangly crap hanging off my bags and tools) and a lot of the “just for Instagram” stuff that people don't actually use.

[@LaResistenciaEDC]

I dont know where this channel is going but listening your opinion on how we should spend our money is not really my thing Marine x lol i enjoy seeing some real edc man shit. In fact, the edc is getting more en more boring with all those geek showing me what type of laptop specs they chose, and i was counting on you to show me some cool new gearsheet, it is not a therapy session 😂 this being said... you lost weight and you look sharp. Keep up the good work.

[@MarineX]

I do all sorts of content on this channel brother, if you don't like these EDC cup videos, just skip them. EDC cup is in the title of the video. And thanks

[@LaResistenciaEDC]

@@MarineX im not hating i will still support you, but damn i miss the good heavy gear ! 🤣🫰🏼 also one concept where you teach how to use tools this we need more, alright enought of my opinion LOL salute 🙏🏼🏄🏻‍♂️

[@nickmartino2839]

But.... if there was a perfect edc.. for me probably one of my S45VN protech Malibus.... my M4 yojimbo 2 tops street scalpel 2 or my white river m1 caper pro my olight warrior mini in camo and one of my leathermans

[@CDXRK]

Holy moly thats a lot of comments

[@niceguyb1]

I saw those trading cards... First reaction was... Wack. second reaction was ... why. 3rd reaction was. lol.

[@nickmartino2839]

Well isn't that how we support small business????

[@TBEDC]

Marine X trading card! just your pic and SFMF lol

[@MarineX]

I just dropped a members only video on the trading card.

[@TBEDC]

@@MarineX I’ll check that out..thanks

[@jonniez62]

I am the meme. FOMO is strong in me.

[@TheRealDoctorBreezy]

X may not call you an idiot, but we are all thinking it 😅 I’m sorry, but if you willingly spend $30 on that pack of 8 cards, then you are too far gone and cannot be helped. Even though I don’t carry pocket trash or spinners I get the appeal, they help with anxiety, ADHD, etc. But these cards have absolutely nothing to do with EDC, there is no practically to them and true to BID fashion they are overpriced for what you are actually getting, even if it says made in the USA on the pack. Just another way for companies to pray on the weak and coerce them into spending money on crap they don’t actually need. The sad part is, just like X said, these will most probably sell out because they are “exclusive”😂

[@MarineX]

I bet you’re right about them selling out. For sure

[@TheRealDoctorBreezy]

@@MarineX Sorry for the rant, I was just venting. I slowly digress ☺️

[@six10creative]

Man, I don't even want coffee if it takes 9 minutes to make it. I ain't got not time for that lol. Looks good though!

[@coreyferreira7160]

Big idea design really screwed the pooch on these cards. Terrible idea.

[@StarDarkAshes]

When I saw those trading cards I had to almost throw up I thought they were so silly as if these people are like rock stars or something. I mean, it’s cool, whatever but I don’t think that pretty much anybody on KZbin belongs on a trading card. I know there are some very famous larger than life people that have KZbin channels such as like some big rock stars or something but the whole trading cards thing for this subject is a little bit ridiculous. And a lot of them don’t even really look like the people that they’re supposed to represent. The artistic choice and whoever agreed with that is kind of out to lunch. Ben Peterson doesn’t look anything like Ben Peterson.

[@CompassCustomCreations]

Trading cards are a hard no!

[@nickmartino2839]

Well.. don't forget..... your a edc reviewer....... that's gotta sit different than the normal average person....and we'll disagree to agree on the no such thing as a perfect edc

[@ronhanish]

Got Acts 2:38 salvation 🙏

[@nickmartino2839]

I think the cards are awesome...something new to the edc world....I just hope the next batch... is yourself tristate edc metal complex zachstuff and Jody over at bigrededc

[@MarineX]

Literally just filmed a video on this. I think it’s a cool concept. I need to get some in the hand frfr

[@nickmartino2839]

@@MarineX awesome brother...while I do see the gimmick ness of them.... but as a edc and knife knut...I also think there cool...I just hope they do more with more ppl.. like yourself