If you troll enough survivalist websites you probably see BOB (Bug out bag) used frequently. Most of the times it’s accompanied by a high power rife and enough ammo for a Red Dawn type scenario. I personally can’t see the need , or don’t have the means to pick up and head for the hills , living in central Ohio. I’ll probably die defending my home from the zombie apocalypse. The thought of needing an emergency kit , or perhaps a car kit does seem plausible enough. So I guess I’m entering the tin-foil hat coalition.
My Kit is very basic. Shelter, water , and possibly fire are really enough to get through the night. A bivvy sack is perfect for these emergency type situations. Light weight , waterproof , and heat reflective , the Adventure Medical Kits Thermo-lite2 is a nice piece of emergency gear. Weighing in @ 7 ounces and seemingly durable enough for a couple nights out. The only reservations with this shelter are bug protection , breath-ability , and overhead protection from hard rains. Bug protection , I’ll deal with it , it’s an emergency and hopefully fire , and/or cold temperature of night drive the bugs out. Breath-ability can be solved by opening the sides at the expense of warmth , and drying out in the morning by the fire. Overhead protection from rain can be solved by carefully choosing a site with protection or building one.
Water and fire in my emergency kit requires I find it & make it. 1 750 ml empty platypus. 1 Titanium mug. 10 Katadyn Micropur tabs. 9 Esbit tabs with stove should be enough. I’ll also have a bic lighter and may add vasoline soaked cotton balls.
Rounding out the necessities would be a knife , for building a shelter or other tools. Cordage for building shelters and possible assents. Normally I carry at least 50 foot of para-cord even on planned back-packing trips , but have never used or needed it. Med-kits, bandages , antibiotics , and painkillers all come in handy. A tiny backpack for keeping this gear is a hammock bliss from http://www.gofastandlight.com/ weighing a mere 6.5 oz’s.
Overall my kits weighs 2 1/2 lbs , without firepower. If a weapon is needed , It’d be my 45 with hollow point +p ammo. You can take off your tinfoil hat now.
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