Let’s see how much we have in common with our backpack inventories.
Yes, and I’ll include other items I carry on my walker as well: Steam Deck Battery Packs for phones/devices no less then 4 two way radios Ham radio gear Charger cables for everything I own. A change of clothes baby wipes Medication My other wallet. note takeing stuff a laptop? (Sometimes) TI-83+ Graphing Calculator (Gotta have my trusty old guy) Kindle EPI Pens Water Bottle Snacks Other stuff I probably forgot.
- USB power bank
- multi-tip charging/data cable (C/micro-B/Lightning)
- bandages
- ibuprofen
- nail trimmer
- small Maglite
- tiny tin of petroleum jelly (I dont like chap-skick)
- reusable silverware + chopsticks
- iPad Pro 10.5 & pencil
- Samsung Note 8 +512GB card (for music, podcasts, notes, OTG storage)
- headphones (Moondrop Chu2)
- pen & pencil
- sewing kit in a tiny mint tin
- Dirtywave M8 music tracker (my current obsession)
- Leatherman Juice Pro + Victorinox eyeglass screwdriver
- Leatherman Squirt S4
- cotton bandana & eyeglass cloth
- combination USB-A/C microSD card reader
- elastic band(s)
- OM System LS-P5 field recorder
- aux cable
I’m sure there’s more I’ve forgotten but there is a cat on me so I am unable to move until he leaves. Sorry, I dont make the rules.
- Cough drops
- Ear plugs (a few here and there)
- Microfibre cloth
- a lucky charm
- pocket-size tissue pack
- an emergency $50 bill
- an emergency snack
- an emergency Linux install USB drive
These are stuff then generally stay in the bag between trips. Stuff like a water bottle I add before almost any long trip out.
An emergency Linux install USB drive?? In what scenario would you imagine you would need that?
Probably one that can live boot and run right off of USB. There’s a computer, you might be able to use it without knowing how to log on by booting from that stick. Now you might send/receive messages in a dire circumstance.
Genius. I’m going to make one tomorrow.
Oh man, if you like Live Boot USBs, just wait til you see this thing: https://www.newegg.com/zalman-ve400/p/N82E16817379030
There’s probably an updated version available somewhere. Slap a drive in and load any ISO, and it can mount it as a virtual disc drive, or you can switch it to be detected as a regular external drive if you prefer, or both at the same time. I use it for booting my copy of Hiren’s Boot CD I’ve been lugging around for eighteen years, live-boot Linux and Windows PE/recovery environments, it’s brilliant.
Also, having a live USB is really handy for doing PC maintenance when the installed OS gets borked somehow.
Check out Ventoy, it’s a utility that lets you boot up any disk image from usb storage. For me, it condensed a keyring full of single-purpose flash drives down to just one.
A Frend getting tired of Windows /s
Never leave home without one. I’m always amazed others don’t do it as well.
I carry a 5.11 Rush 72. Uually there’s:
- a camera; Fuji X-S20
- contact lens cleaner and storage
- small bicycle pump
- 2 sunglasses (Oakley M2 & Ray-Ban Wayfarer)
- sunscreen during summer
- floppy boonie hat during summer
- one/two pocket knives
- a single watch storage case, usually with a watch in it
- a strip of blood pressure medication
- two powdered ibuprofen painkillers
- a bandaid or two
- a pen
And there’s bound to be something like a roll of candy, a snack, a water bottle, etc in it at any given time.
I love those Wayfarers. I have a pair of Foldies (knock off brand that fold into a sort of little cube) in light blue. Polarized sunglasses are the best!
They are excellent; very comfortable and always in fashion for those who care. My particular ones are non-polarized.
The Oakleys I have ARE polarized, and for a lot of situations it’s really handy for sure. Great at cutting annoying reflections on water, allows you to see through glass with reflections, etc.
What’s in the bag? 😟 What was in the baaag??? 🥺 What’s in the bag? 😭 WHAT’S IN THE FUCKING BAG?! 😡🔫
I like this question, yes I travel with a backpack.
- vape liquid
- coil making kit, sisors, cotton, stainless steel wire, hobby wire snippers
- 18650 battery’s
- backup headphones
- tissues
- a drink
- wallet and intern physical cash
- jacket/jumper
- hat
- USB c charger and cable
- 3 usb 32gb sticks, ventoy, films
- pocket knife
- bird seeds
I used to carry some general purpose rope but I dont do that now lol
I really should bring bird seed around with me. There are some friendly crows that I’d like to be friendly with.
I always thought I should try this but I have a vague memory of something I read about corvids. If you befriend them they’ll following you home, waiting for more and if you stop providing they might start being aggressive towards you.
Like I said this is just a vague memory and I have nothing to back it up. If someone has information about it being wrong, please share.
- ANC headphones, ANC earbuds, wax earplugs, foam earplugs, silicone earplugs, Loop earplugs <-- yeah this autism thing really should’ve been clear a lot earlier in life
- Laptop, 2x 20Ah 100W power bank, 10Ah power bank, GoPro
- Travel adapter, spare watch charger, 2x 3m USB-C cable
- Half a pharmacy “just in case”
- chap stick
- second pair of glasses in another color in case I need to match my clothes
- wipes for glasses
- noise canceling ear buds
- a pen
- meds
- charged travel charger with solar cells for recharging
- plug-in charger with cable
- laptop with accessories: mouse, stylus pen, backup battery for pen, USB charger for back up battery (can’t be too safe!)
- hoodie
- whatever else I may need for the specific occasion
Yup.
Usually have a bottle of water, sun glasses, umbrella (yeah both, the Uk is wild), tablets, weed, cigs, grinder, keys, pen, and headphones.
Sunglasses
Phone charger
Chapstick
Deodorant
Perfume
Glasses wipes
Lighter
Kleenexes
Hand sanitizer
Passport
Pens
Scarf
Sweater
Socks
Notebook
Binder
Work apron
Extra water bottle
Sunscreen
A metric fuck ton of receipts
Gum
A metric fuck ton of receipts
I feel this in my soul
What’s up with the receipts?
Too lazy to clean them out. One goes in every time I buy groceries, and I only get rid of them when I clean the backpack every month or so (or when I lose my name tag).
The MOMENT I get a receipt for groceries and stuff, I crumple it up and toss it on my way out the door. I hate having trash float around like that.
- Work laptop (although I use it as my personal laptop too)
- Kindle
- Bluetooth speaker (JBL clip 4)
- Surface Pro 3
- Folding mouse
- Folding keyboard
- prepaid envelope in case I forget to check my knife while flying
- notepad and pen
- Umbrella
- Flashlight (Nitecore T4K)
- craft hammer w/ flatheads in shaft
- mini ratcheting screwdriver w/ bits
- mini tape measure
- 130w usb-c charging block
- 10ft USB-C cable
- short USB-C cable
- adapters for everything
- folding lockpicks
- collapsible chopsticks
- Folding Allen wrench set
- sunglasses
- passport
- compressible shopping bag
- 20 Ah power bank w/ 65w output
- Small folding drone and controller
- Probably other things I’m not thinking of right now
Walking around with your passport is a dangerous game.
If I managed to lose my backpack, my passport is one of the things I’d be least upset about losing
Plot twist: I have two of them. Because of fear of losing it.
What bag you got?
The main bag is older gen SwissGear USB ScanSmart backpack, and then in one of the pockets I have an Everki Venue bag that has the surface and its peripherals, the tools, the flashlight, bag, chopsticks, SSD, and charging stuff. It’s nice because if I want something more compact I can pull out the Venue and still have almost all my stuff. What I’d really like to find is some sort of modular system, so instead of having bags inside bags I have multiple bags that hook together and I can combine them in different ways depending on what I need
Tell us about your mini drone!
It’s an old DJI Mavic Mini! Great little drone, folds up small enough to fit in a coat pocket, but it’s got about half an hour of battery life. It’s one of those things I don’t use very often, but when I do there’s no substitute
- prepaid envelope in case I forget to check my knife while flying
Doesn’t list knife. 🤔
Edit: it’s in one of your pant pockets isn’t it?
It is indeed. Along with my Pixel Buds Pro and chapstick
you are ready for whatever comes your way!
That’s my goal! I like to be the guy that when someone needs something, they go “Oh, SaintWacko probably has it.” And they’re usually right!
In my backpack:
- 0.75L Water bottle + a smaller one if I’m going far
- Mechanical pencil, extra lead, eraser, notes and paper (all in one plastic folder thing)
- Usually my laptop and charger
- Headphones
- USB power adapter
- USB-C cable (for The Phone)
- Earplugs
- Multi-tool (Leatherman wave+)
- Hand sanitizer, multi-purpose cleaner (in a tiny spray bottle),
- Hand lotion, vaseline, sunscreen
- Tote bag
- Bicycle tire hand pump (usually travel by bike)
- Extra inner tube
- Tire changing tool
- Extra bicycle lights
- MicroUSB cable (for the lights)
- Gaffer tape, gauze, disinfecting wipes (and whatever else is in my first aid kit)
- Nalaxone (seen one too many OD’s)
- Small powerful magnet (emergency access through some electronically locked doors)
- Condoms (as if; emergency water storage lol)
- Permanent markers
- A Pen
In my various pockets:
- Facial tissues/paper towel
- Two more bicycle lights
- Cheap folding knife w/ window breaker and seatbelt cutter
- The Phone
- The Wallet
- All weather notepad
- Another pen
- Funny shaped Rock (and Stone) that I play with if I get nervous
Why so many bicycle lights?
Not all the places I go have lighted streets, so I want to be prepared in case one dies or is lost.
Caffeine, melatonin and different painkillers. A book, my ID and priority card, a water bottle. And if I’m traveling I add an external battery and cables, a console. I also tried to put in my comfort food but it’s chocolate and it melt.
I use a Maxpedition Prepared Citizen Deluxe backpack. It looks like a JanSport, but it has a bunch of internal pockets. I added extra pouches and velcro pockets, made my own zipper pulls, and modified the straps.
I’ve gone a little overboard with the contents. Really need to reduce the weight. I’ve got a couple multitools in there, first aid kit, tourniquet, class III backpack armor, meds and snacks, Flipper Zero, earbuds, magnifying glass, charger cables, batteries, hygiene kit, pens and journal, a couple flashlights, water bottle with a filter, beard brush, and hidden cash.
Haha, aaaabsolutely. I have:
- My portable game console (Retroid Pocket 3+)
- My cable pouch (need a charger for a 20 year old iPod? I got you fam. HDMI? No worries. USB micro B? All good. For some reason I hate being caught out without the right cable).
- My 60w UGREEN Gan USB A/USB C charger.
- At the moment, the book I’m reading (Relativity Visualized).
- My journal. I don’t write in it every day but sporadically.
- My medication.
- Battery bank.
- Laptop (ThinkPad T480).
- Deodorant.
- Hair wax.
- Toothbrush.
- A pen.
- My home and work keys with tag trackers on each and a multi tool on my home keys.
- External SSD.
- Umbrella.
- Ear plugs.
- Contigo go cup.
- A lighter.
Headphones, phone and wallet stay in my pocket.
Ooh, deodorant is a good idea!
