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SweetTea
Joined: 22 Mar 2008
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Location: Kansas City, MO
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 Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:19 pm Post subject: SweetTea's budget E&E/daypack |
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I thought I would show you how a broke-ass college student can still make a respectable(ish) E&E that can be used as a daypack for hiking before the apocalypse hits.
I got this little satchel for 3 bucks at goodwill. I took the strap out of one side and put a carabiner clip in the now vacant hole. This allows me to tie it around my waist and let it ride on my thigh. It has a small front compartment and a somewhat less small main compartment behind it.
The front compartment contains...
Iodine potable aqua tabs. I know, they're evil, but I have to use them up somehow. This will be replaced by a small bleach dropper bottle when I use these up.
2 lithium long-life AA batteries wrapped in 5 feet of electrical tape
1 gatorade powder packet. I like it between half to one third strength, so this will flavor 2 liters for me.
My BOAT, which contains:
1 small lockback knife
1 lint-vaseline-parafin oil firestarter wrapped in about 1 square foot of aluminum foil
2 razor blades
1 mini-bic lighter
2 claritin allergy medicine
1 vegetable flavored bullion cube
1 needle threaded and wrapped with about 10ft of floss
2 imodium AD
1 packet of honey
The main compartment contains...
1 bandanna
1 emergency mylar blanket
1 garmin e-trex GPS
2 luna bars
1 bag ultralight joe's moose goo (this one happens to be chocolate flavor)
1 "life straw" water filter
1 fire starter in foil
1 extra strong trash bag
Here's how it looks. I thread it through my belt loops and clip it just under my left pocket. Also shown is my 2L water bladder.
I know that it's pretty bare-bones, but I think that this bag would make surviving for 24 hours out in the field much easier. What do you guys think? Any comments would be much appreciated.
By the way, I'm saving up for a proper camelbak daypack. I can't help it that tuition is so high! |
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jdavidboyd
Joined: 28 Jul 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 11:33 am Post subject: |
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It doesn't bounce around some riding on your hip like that?
p.s. What are you majoring in? Something useful, hopefully... |
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SweetTea
Joined: 22 Mar 2008
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Location: Kansas City, MO
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| Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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It only bounces a little, but the range of motion is so small that it doesn't get any real momentum going. It kind of flops up and down when I do a running uphill attack or something, but it's not a big issue.
P.S.: I'm pre-med. |
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Goblin
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:44 am Post subject: |
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That would be great for the Manhatten type urban dweller!!!
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SweetTea
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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| That's what I was thinking. It's not overtly tactical or anything, so I would feel fine about carrying it around as a murse. |
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Musubi420
Joined: 11 Aug 2008
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Location: Kalifornication
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| Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 3:12 am Post subject: |
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Nice setup! I like the non military/tatic-cool look of the rig when your wearing it the floss wrapped needle threw me for a second till I read the itemized list (looked like something from my BOAT  ) how do you like the Garmin Etrex? I've seen them on sale around here and thought it might be a good investment. |
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SweetTea
Joined: 22 Mar 2008
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Location: Kansas City, MO
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| Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:26 am Post subject: |
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| The e-trex is ok considering it's at the bottom of the price range. It doesn't have any internal map storage, so you can't zoom out and see where you are. It does, however, save a ton of waypoints so you can tell it to go home or go to the trailhead and it will give you a heading. The accuracy is only down to 5 meters even when you have the best reception, and it's usually more like 7 meters. I'ld recommend it only if you can't afford a higher end GPS with an internal map. |
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Goblin
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| Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:31 am Post subject: |
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| SweetTea wrote: |
| The e-trex is ok considering it's at the bottom of the price range. It doesn't have any internal map storage, so you can't zoom out and see where you are. It does, however, save a ton of waypoints so you can tell it to go home or go to the trailhead and it will give you a heading. The accuracy is only down to 5 meters even when you have the best reception, and it's usually more like 7 meters. I'ld recommend it only if you can't afford a higher end GPS with an internal map. |
Y.T. a member of the ZS Forum, told us that during the NYC blackout she had to walk from Manhatten to Brooklyn to get home. She had always taken the subway and was a little frightened when she realized she didn't know how to get home on the surface streets!!!
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