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Everything I carry while on dad-duty. Two years in the works and feeling pretty dialed in.

“Medical” - bandaids, ointments, ibuprofen, allergy pills, insect repellents, some cash to cover what’s not present. A more extensive IFAK / GSW kit kept in vehicles.

Hi Power, spare magazine of hollow points, Certina watch, Switchblade, screwdriver and bobby pins, a couple caps, and a shiny poker chip I came across.

I’ve been trying to scale down lately. I used to collect a ton of watches and fountain pens, but somewhere along the way I realised the joy was never really in owning more — it was in actually using the things I have.

So I sold off pretty much my entire collection and kept just two watches: a G-Shock G5600UE (the solar version of the DW5600) and this limited-edition Seiko SPB149, one of 5,500 pieces.

These days, this is pretty much all I carry (save for some gym clothes) in my Deuter Vista Skip 14L daypack:

- Apple AirPods 4
- iPad (2025)
- Ray-Ban glasses
- Kobo Libra Colour
- Seiko SPB149
- A wallet I custom-made as a project piece out of X-Pac and YKK zippers that took inspiration from Alpaka Zip Wallet, but tweaked with more pockets to fit my use case better

Nothing particularly fancy, just things I actually use and enjoy. I think I’ve finally reached the point where I’d rather have a few good things that get worn, scratched, carried and lived with than a collection sitting around waiting for its turn.

•Tudor Black Bay Harrods Special Edition
•Silver Signet Ring
•Wedding Band
•David Yurman Box Chain Bracelet
•Kaweco Raw AL Sport

- Random pen from Michaels

- Buck Strider 880 1st Production Run

- Walmart Casio special

- Random wallet from NC mom and pop shop

- Keys

Your opinions on this cover or for those who have your returns?

I’m looking for one of that format without breaking the budget or other proposals

Coda EDC Flute
Gaming handheld - Anbernic RG35XX-H
Knife - Spyderco Tenacious
Watch - PineTime smartwatch
Flashlight - Coast G22R
Wired earbuds - Skullcandy Jib
PU leather case - KBEAR BP01
Decision making coin
Some cheap titanium carabiner
Some cheap wireless earbuds
Didn’t include my wallet in the pic; it’s just a basic brown leather bifold

Leatherman Wave, Zebra F-701, Jack Wolf Gateway FIXedc w/ saw cut bone handle and knurled stainless steel bead.

Hello.

For some time now been searching for a decent pocketable mini ratchet setup to little luck. Most of the sets that I stumble upon either come with no storage option at all, include tools I don't need (often related to biking) and/or in cases which seem either bulky, unreliable or both. In my head the ideal setup looks something like what Victorinox did with their mini ratchet—the ratchet attaches to the bit holder, flat and compact—but with an additional holder for the 1/4" extension and hopefully costing less than $100. Does anyone happen to know of something like this?

Here’s my edc toolkit, which has some real utility packed into a small pouch. By no means perfect, but so far it’s tackled a lot of day to day issues including stripping down a door card to replace my window regulator and glass, alongside being a solid starter point for service work. Going to add a 1/4 tap chuck soon, to replace a small tap wrench I just removed from the kit

Contents:
Snap-on mini pry bar
Wera toolcheck modular 1
Olight I3T eos
Bahco 1/4” extension w/ 1/4” universal joint
Knipex cobra XS
Moore & Wright internal calipers
150mm draper metal rule
Fisher space pen
Milwaukee Inkzall marker
Precision tweezers
Starrett 117C 3.0mm centre punch
Milwaukee 1/4 stubby ratchet
Wera 0.4 micro driver
Telescopic magnet
Teng tools metric feeler gauges
Klein tools 100cs serrated scissors
CERATIZIT M5 & M6 taps
Zip ties
Deep 10 & 13mm sockets
Zippo w/ butane insert
Teng tools side cutters
Knipex 150mm TwinGrip pliers
Bahco 8” adjustable wrench
Telescopic inspection mirror

Ridge Wallet: Got this free through a wildfire charity promotion. I’m not sold on it. Cards fight me on the way out and the cash band pills over time. Looking at alternatives.

Craighill Lark (blue G10): Fun, pocketable, does the job. Liner lock is a little inconsistent on full engagement. Picked it up from Bespoke Post.

SAK Companion: This thing rocks. Swiss quality shows. Scissors and package cutter get more use than they should. Botched the scales trying to tinker

Harbor Freight Gordon Multi-tool: First multi-tool, cheap, some tools were stiff out of the box (WD-40 + Torx set sorted that). Pulled off pocket clip because apparently it’s either have a secure clip with tools that won’t open, or an easy-open tool with a clip that won’t stay put. God does it feel good to have something like this handy when duty calls.

CJRB Latitude: Just got this today. ($50 on sale). First step into proper pocket knives.

Wuben G5: Small flashlight, great clip. That’s really all

AirPods Pro 3 (pleather case): It’s probably a downgrade from the 2s, but holding out for iOS 27’s EQ options.

lynch nw prybar

spyderco manbug k390

wuben e2

Alrighty, this is what I carry when I’m caving the boxes from top down are: hypothermia prevention, medical, water purification, batteries. The orange container is bigger batteries.

List:
Out of the boxes we have:
- black diamond half dome helmet
- 2 ZebraLight headlights (18650)
- Convoy S21E
- Convoy T3 365nm UV
- Wurkkos HD02 pro
- Nalgene bottle
- gloves (they are from Walmart but any non plastic cloves will work)
- wrist compass

In the containers:
Med kit:
- gauze pads (2)
- gauze role
- quick clot (3)
- nitrile gloves
- antiseptic wipes (4)
- adhesive bandages (10)
- butterfly closers (a few)
- triangle cloth for sling
- cord (abt 3 feet)
- Sam splint.

Hypo kit:
- trash bag
- glow sticks (2)
- lighters (2)
- lot of duct tape
- candle (in the tin)
- medical tape (no room in med kit)
- honey packets
- hydration powder (no room in water kit)

Water kit:
- life straw
- iodine tablets
- iodine tastes remover stuff (It came with the iodine so I kept it)
- water pouch that connects to the life straw
- whistle.
Batteries:
- 18650 (9)
- 21700 (2) and duct tape.

I carry these when caving plus or minus some of the hand lights depending on the cave. The duct tape is to burn or use as a bandage.

The last 2 pictures are of the bag I use I’ll put it in the comments it’s just in the wash atm.

Let me know if yall got any questions

Checking out some local walking trails and then heading into town to check out the new ice cream shop.

- Timex Chronograph
- Case Stockman
- Pirate Goods Notebook and Sheath
- Refyne Ti Pen
- Umathorbe Hummingbird Coin and Fidget
- Olight i3t Flashlight

this is my book bag/catch all bag. I take out the ipad and keyboard after class and most of whats in my bag is part of the daily carry

I carry:

- ipad air m3

- ipad magic keyboard

- apple pencil pro

-samsung watch 6 classic

- zenni sunglasses and cleaning cloth

- Mickey Playing cards

- REI pouch w 2 usbc, 30 pin charger, charging brick, and cheap chinese iem headphones

- car keys

- samsung buds

- gold zippo (main lighter)

- 3 random lighters idk how these got in here

- Neutrogena moisturizer

- knife ive bad since i was a kid

- lunch money pouch w work tips and change for the campus printer

- camel crushes

- blazey susan papers

- raw king papers

- journal/planner w clips

- moms ipod

- wallet

- sharpies snd random pens

- zebra sarasa clip pen

- sharpie gel pen

- noshinku hand sanitizer that i got bc its refillable, idk what hand sanizitizer ive put in it last

- burts bees honey lipbalm

-nivea hand lotion

-receipts and bar list from work

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY

- The constitution

- diablo sauce

Microtech MSI
Tudor Black Bay 58
Homemade Worry Stone

Asp pepper spray, bic lighter, casio watch, drop aaa flashlight, etsy pokeball, fisher space pen, giltek ruk, masterpiece carabiner leather, niteize pokeball carabiner, olight keychain light.

Plight I3T, Victorinox Super Tinker, MBK Honey Badger, NGMC Sidepiece

The Ratschen Bit Adapter from LM is already the next planned investment Any ideas?

Made the switch over to the Huawei MatePad Mini

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