* M1 Air
* Anker 737 Battery
* Anker 736 Charger
* 2 6ft USB-C cables
* 1 lightning cable
* Sony WH-1000XM3 (if not wearing)
* Screen cleaning cloth
* Gum
Ask HN: What do you carry in your backpack?
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Re: Ask HN: What do you carry in your backpack?
#32Another, smaller backpack
It's backpacks all the way down
Re: Ask HN: What do you carry in your backpack?
#33In terms of actual "EDC" I don't carry a backpack. I mean, yeah, I have a backpack I sometimes carry, but I think of it mainly as my "laptop bag" and I don't always go out carrying it. EDC stuff I carry in my pockets or on my belt or whatever. Briefly, the list is: 1. Keychain with my car / home keys 2. Wallet 3. A small LED flashlight 4. A carbide tipped glass breaker 5. a Leatherman tool 6. A folding pocket knife 7…
Where do you go to need a knife, a pistol, a glass breaker and a fire starter?
Hmm.. For none of those things does where I'm going on any given day really play any role in my decision of what to carry. That's the whole idea of "EDC".
But think about it; If you drive a car (to work, say) and you live anywhere where the daytime ambient temperature in the winter gets down into even, say, the 50's, it's not hard to imagine a scenario where most of those things could be useful. Somebody runs you off the road, or you have a front tire blowout, or skid on ice, and go into some water? The glass-breaker lets you break the glass to get out of your rapidly sinking car. The knife can be used to process wood by batoning, and the firestarter lets you start a fire to keep your cold, wet, body warm until help arrives.
A pistol? I'm not going get get into some big "gun control" debate here, but I'll just say that I prefer to carry a pistol more or less all the time, excepting for a small number of places where it isn't allowed. I hope like hell I never need it, but "it's better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it."
I should also add that I spend a fair amount of time in the outdoors, either fishing, hiking, or bike riding, usually by myself. As such, I like to be equipped to handle various situations that could potentially arise.
Re: Ask HN: What do you carry in your backpack?
#34I'm a minimalist so I don't have an EDC backpack, but when I travel I have a small manbag (tagged with an AirTag). 1. Umbrella 2. Sunglasses 3. Wipes 4. Anker battery 5. USB cables with different connectors (Micro-USB, Lightning) 6. Pen and notebook Nothing too unusual. I stash my AirPods Pro, passport and other bulk items in it when I'm traveling, but otherwise it's very light (under 2 lbs). This makes it possible t…
> 5. USB cables with different connectors (Micro-USB, Lightning)
Per https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37047797#37047962:
Keychain 6-in-1 https://www.amazon.com/inCharge-Six-One-Portable-Compatible/...
Apparently has a connector that is both micro-USB + lightning.
Re: Ask HN: What do you carry in your backpack?
#35Most of the time, although most days I don't carry my backpack at all:
Water Bottle(ClearCut UVC self cleaning, with a Tile tracker on it)
Generic cheap multitool
Claritin, asprin, band aids, flossers, emergency blanket, an Israeli bandage(I randomly do projects with people who seem like they might need one)
iPhone cord(In case I'm working with someone who's holding up the whole project by running out of power and nobody else has one)
Power bank and C cable, USB C to A adapter, car and wall C chargers
Uni-ball Powertank pen(It's a disposable version of the space pen)
Random cheap plasma lighter
Pepper spray
Whatever gear I forgot to take out from the last project I did
Sanitizer
Flashlight(USB-C rechargeable, of course_
SHIELD and Hylian crest patches.
More interestingly, the pack itself is a SOG ninja, which is the only cheap MOLLE bag I could find suitable for everyday use and it's been great.
Re: Ask HN: What do you carry in your backpack?
#36Most of the time, although most days I don't carry my backpack at all:
Water Bottle(ClearCut UVC self cleaning, with a Tile tracker on it)
Generic cheap multitool
Claritin, asprin, band aids, flossers, emergency blanket, BleedStop powder, an Israeli bandage(I randomly do projects with people who seem like they might one day need both of those...)
iPhone cord(In case I'm working with someone who's holding up the whole project by running out of power and nobody else has one)
Power bank and C cable, USB C to A adapter, car and wall C chargers
Uni-ball Powertank pen(It's a disposable version of the space pen)
Random cheap plasma lighter
Pepper spray
Whatever gear I forgot to take out from the last project I did
Sanitizer
Flashlight(USB-C rechargeable, of course_
SHIELD and Hylian crest patches.
More interestingly, the pack itself is a SOG ninja, which is the only cheap MOLLE bag I could find suitable for everyday use and it's been great.
Re: Ask HN: What do you carry in your backpack?
#37Tryone gooseneck tablet arm. Samsung Book 12 x86 tablet running Debian. (Or Obvus laptop stand (which can fit a keyboard under!) and work MacBook but usually I just ssh in to that.) Amazing ergonomics having screen suspended wherever I please. Lenovo TrackPoint Bluetooth Keyboard II. A ZMI PowerPack 20k Pro battery. Phone.
A Foxl v2 candy-bar sized Bluetooth speaker. Bt earbuds or a headset. Kobo e-reader. 8bitdo zero or micro gamepad.
A folding titanium spork. A plastic scraper for cleaning dishes. Some small s-biners for clipping stuff down. 8 ft of titan survivalcord xt, great versatility. 30 ft of thin uhmwpe cord, impossibly strong & light. Clipper lighter. Crkt jackknife.
A keychain with various usb-c to HDMI, DisplayPort, USB mini/micro/a, DC barrel jack adapters. Also a usb-c coupler. A 2 ft usb-c cable with built-in watt meter. A 1m USB4 cable. Micro-sd card in small USB reader. Aputure AL-m9 videography light or Molus X100. Bike light. 65w ugreen charger.
Pack of deep cleaning argan oil wipes. Material sunblock. Lip moisturizer & sunblock. Moisturizer & concentrated beard oil. Manuka oil & small cleansing balm. Floss picks. Lens cloths. Disinfectant. Systane Ultra eyedrops. Two n95 masks.
Internal frame Dakine adventure pack with insulated water bladder. With tea in it. Extra looseleaf oolong and/or green tea, cotton tea sacks. Atkins bar or other protien. Maybe peri peri biltong jerky.
A roll-up-able Crazy Creek style camping chair for working anywhere with no seat-backs. Or a Nemo moonlite chair for parks. Sometimes an umbrella or sun umbrella. A panama hat. Fingerless biking or knit gloves. Bicycle helmet. Sometimes a electric bug swatter.
Re: Ask HN: What do you carry in your backpack?
#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
Where do you go to need a knife, a pistol, a glass breaker and a fire starter?
Hmm.. For none of those things does where I'm going on any given day really play any role in my decision of what to carry. That's the whole idea of "EDC". But think about it; If you drive a car (to work, say) and you live anywhere where the daytime ambient temperature in the winter gets down into even, say, the 50's, it's not hard to imagine a scenario where most of those things could be useful. Somebody runs you off…
Prepare prepare prepare. That's the name of the game.
Re: Ask HN: What do you carry in your backpack?
#39I nowadays only carry my phone and my AirPods. That’s it. No wallet, no keys. I don’t need it.
Re: Ask HN: What do you carry in your backpack?
#40In terms of actual "EDC" I don't carry a backpack. I mean, yeah, I have a backpack I sometimes carry, but I think of it mainly as my "laptop bag" and I don't always go out carrying it. EDC stuff I carry in my pockets or on my belt or whatever. Briefly, the list is: 1. Keychain with my car / home keys 2. Wallet 3. A small LED flashlight 4. A carbide tipped glass breaker 5. a Leatherman tool 6. A folding pocket knife 7…
Where do you go to need a knife, a pistol, a glass breaker and a fire starter?
If you live an unusual life, you may need unusual tools. Also, there's probably more than a little low-key play acting, like when a normie wears "aviator" sunglasses. When I was a young kid, maybe 8, and home alone, I walked around the house in a terry cloth robe and a 8" chef knife in one of the pockets. Same thing.