What's Your On-Person, EDC S/P Kit?

Bolster · 03-08-2012, 11:28

Thought a thread on what we carry with us at (nearly) all times would be an interesting S/P thread. Here's my kit that's almost always on my person, fits in pockets:

- Maxped Micro Pocket Organizer
- Blackberry (ick, but it still works) in Tumbuk2 pocket
- Spyderco Dialex Jr.

Inside the Maxped, left to right:

- Card organizer (Target) with cards and some flat items including: survival notes, fresnel lens, wipe, duct tape, band aid, safety pin, floss, micro USB drive.
- Squirt PS4
- Telescoping Zebra Pen with Fischer Pressurized Refill
– Suunto Mini Compass
- 4Sevens Preon, the Hi CRI model
- Slim Clip for few most used cards, cash, and note paper
- Pill Case stuffed with various meds
- Straw tube of 3 matches and tinder
- Cut-down keys with McGizmo clip and Ti Atwood Gasbaby

If a quick daytime trip into a store, the whole Maxped may not make it in, but the Slim Clip makes a nice compact "wallet" on its own.

What do you carry?

Chindo18Z · 03-08-2012, 14:21

Always Carry:

Digital Watch (Casio G-Shock)
Wrist Compass (Suunto)
Pocket Knife (2.25" Spyderco)
Bic Butane Lighter
Fenix PD30 LED Flashlight
ID/Cash/ATM Cards
Wallet Fresnel Lens
Cell Phone

runcible68 · 03-08-2012, 15:03

Cell phone, Fenix LD01 flashlight, Sog Flash One knife and my wallet. I travel light.

quake · 03-08-2012, 16:05

I don't carry a kit or pack, just stuff in pockets.

Cell phone, spyderco delica, wallet (with fresnel lens in addition to normal junk), P32, keyring with mini-multitool and fenix E15, and pen & B&D Executive Edge knife in shirt pocket.

Almost forgot wristwatch; analog which works as a fair compass as well.

Sometimes more than that, but that's all I can claim as "always".

lawman800 · 03-09-2012, 00:52

Watch
Smart Phone
Folding Knife
Fire Source (Lighter)
Pen
Flashlight
Cash
Kleenex
Credit Card

***syntaxerrorsix*** · 03-09-2012, 07:02

In pockets everyday.

Spyderco Military and Paramilitary II.
Pen.
Quark X 123.
Spare truck key.
Slim Clip wallet.
Keys with attached Nano-Striker

usmc4641 · 03-09-2012, 07:29

Shirt, shoes, pants, socks, underwear, G21, wallet, dogtags, wedding ring.

pugman · 03-09-2012, 08:16

At all times

G-Shock Watch
Chapstick
Bic Lighter (if I got a penny for every time I heard "you don't smoke" I would be rich)
G26 w/one spare mag whenever I can
Benchmade mini-grip
A nearly 30 year old SAK Farmer my mom got from Switzerland (carried so often it WAS red at one point)
A cheap LED light
My "antique" 3 year old nonsmart phone
Wallet

I tend to have kits within a 2 minute walk at all times...one in my car...one at work which carries more stuff.

Bolster · 03-09-2012, 08:41

For those who mentioned brands...seems leading brands so far are:

Spydercos being carried for knives....
Fenix lights, followed by Quarks...
Casio watches...

quake · 03-09-2012, 08:51

You guys are making me remember things I forgot; medicated chapstick and a lighter.

Bolster · 03-09-2012, 10:12

Chapstick just for lips? Or does it do dual duty? I must have heavy-duty lips because I have seldom ever needed Chapstick.

lawman800 · 03-09-2012, 10:48

I use chapstick sometimes for other areas of skin where it gets windburned or chapped from the dryness. Not very often, but once in a while I get these patches of red irritated skin on the back of my hand or forearms and a quick wipe from the chapstick really helps.

As for brands... yeah, Fenix is my light of choice for pocket carry, but I prefer a cheapie S&W folding knife which I bought for $10 and sharpened by myself rather than a $60+ Spyderco, mainly because I have lost a few Spydercos and I have never been able to lose the S&W.

It's the same thing with expensive sunglasses. I have sat on, dropped, stepped on, or lost quite a few expensive pairs but the cheap ones last me forever.

Mike2 · 03-09-2012, 11:22

G30, Kershaw Leek, Pill bottle with general meds, wallet with Fresnel lens, paracord for shoe laces, Bic lighter with duct tape wrap, cell phone, extra mag for g30. Bout it...

Bolster · 03-09-2012, 12:14

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Originally Posted by lawman800

...I prefer a cheapie S&W folding knife which I bought for $10 and sharpened by myself rather than a $60+ Spyderco, mainly because I have lost a few Spydercos and I have never been able to lose the S&W....

LOL, what a hoot! I know exactly what you mean. If I have something I don't particularly value, it sticks with me forever. When I get something new, shiny, and expensive, it's lost, ripped, stolen, scratched, or smashed in no time at all!!

Lone Kimono · 03-09-2012, 12:22

Well, Chapstick doesn't burn. Just tried it. I was hoping it would be like Vaseline.

quake · 03-09-2012, 12:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bolster

Chapstick just for lips? Or does it do dual duty?

I carry the medicated, in the light-blue tube, as it does double duty as a low-end first aid ointment. The camphor/menthol combination is somewhat of an analgesic and antibiotic all at once.

It helps prevent infection in small cuts, which is handy to be able to apply on the spot, relieves itches from mosquito bites, etc.

emt1581 · 03-18-2012, 19:53

Daily EDC/Clothing...

Carhartt pants
T-Shrt
Side-zip boots
1.5" leather belt

Gear...

Firearms vary but ALWAYS at least an LCP in pocket with a spare mag
CS Rajah II
Leatherman Surge
Fenix
Wallet- Tool Logic Card, Band Aid, $20
Cell Phone
Timex Indigloo Watch
Lighter
Pen

Future...

Fresnell lens in wallet
Paracord for laces

-Emt1581

ric0123 · 03-18-2012, 22:05

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Originally Posted by Lone Kimono

Well, Chapstick doesn't burn. Just tried it. I was hoping it would be like Vaseline.

Not directly, but I've used blistex smeared on top of a piece of kleenex and it extended the burn time since it's basically vasoline

M1A Shooter · 03-18-2012, 22:20

i carry a logitec card in my wallet, logitech key on my key ring, with a fire steel, p38 can opener and a handcuff key. in my pockets is my wallet, android phone, C3-907 flashlight, kershaw folding knife, swiss army knife, lighter, and an LCP. when not at work, i will add a glock 17 to the mix.

emt1581 · 03-18-2012, 22:22

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Originally Posted by M1A Shooter

i carry a logitec card in my wallet, logitech key on my key ring, with a fire steel, p38 can opener and a handcuff key. in my pockets is my wallet, android phone, C3-907 flashlight, kershaw folding knife, swiss army knife, lighter, and an LCP. when not at work, i will add a glock 17 to the mix.

A P38...I forgot...that's on my key ring.

I was once told by a Colonel that if there is a job that thing can't do it didn't need to be done. Most I could get out of it was screwdriver, can opener and maybe a claw of sorts...

-Emt1581

Creatism · 03-18-2012, 22:40

Ok at work, trauma sheers, at least 3 pens a dry erase marker, 3 knifes pager smart phone wallet some kind of pocket pistol, 2 or 3 pen lights. and Chapstick,
For non work activities, 2 knifes at the moment a gerber 2 inch folder, and a sogzilla, Chapstick a pen light and either my 36 with an extra mag, or 36 and pf9. Thinking of adding a multi tool to a that as well

Typed from my iPhone.

Bolster · 03-18-2012, 23:49

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Originally Posted by emt1581

Fresnell lens in wallet

I found mine at the local Borders (or was it Barnes and Noble?) bookstore. They carry two types, a thin very flexy and a thick semi flexible. Don't know which is best so I bought the thicker one. I have yet to try to start a fire with one; I bet it's challenging.

emt1581 · 03-19-2012, 04:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bolster

I found mine at the local Borders (or was it Barnes and Noble?) bookstore. They carry two types, a thin very flexy and a thick semi flexible. Don't know which is best so I bought the thicker one. I have yet to try to start a fire with one; I bet it's challenging.

They have them on ebay to. Plus you can buy massive packs of them 10,100, etc. Even single lenses are only a buck or two.

Thanks

-Emt1581

Bolster · 03-19-2012, 08:59

I wonder if you can "stack" them to get more magnification. With only 2x magnification, it can't be easy to start a fire with these.

Maybe buying a pack of 10 is a good idea!!

quake · 03-19-2012, 16:05

For small fresnel lenses: http://www.3dlens.com/shop/fresnellens.php

We buy the credit-card size in individual pouches literally by the hundred, as giveaways to customers & such, with our business name on the pouch.

This one: http://www.3dlens.com/shop/credit-ca...esnel-lens.php is what we use, and I've been very happy with them. I carry one in my wallet and one in my shirt pocket with my business cards & such. On a full-sun day, starting a fire is no problem at all with them; I've started many a fire with one pulled from my shirt pocket. Main problem is burning a hole thru your tinder before it catches & burns. On a cloudy day, it can be difficult to impossible.

They're $32 per hundred with individual protective cases, and only $11 per hundred without the cases.

This one: http://www.3dlens.com/shop/full-page...ying-sheet.php is $1.40 each ($35 for a 25-pack), and is the exact same one I've bought at Books-a-Million for $9 apiece iirc. With this one (the one from books a million, but they are identical), I once accidentally set asphalt on fire. They work well.