How to Build The Best EDC Bag

An EDC (everyday carry) is precisely that, a bag you carry with you wherever you go daily. The bag shown here is by Maxpedition and comes in a ton of colors, including tactical black or Army green. I would choose a color that would blend in more in an everyday urban environment. This way I can go about my day without drawing attention to the fact that I am carrying around survival gear. Your bag should hold and organize your equipment but still be small enough to keep on you throughout your daily routine. This bag is not your ultimate survival bag, but it should be sufficient enough to get you through until you get to your "Get Home Bag" or "Bug out Bag." 

Suggested EDC Contents:

Meet the Maxpedition Fatty Pocket Organizer.  This organizer is a great item to have in your EDC, Bug Out Bag, or your Get Home Bag to help organize your vital tools and essential equipment. I have one in each of my bags, so no matter what happens, I have multiples of every crucial tool. For example, let's say you leave your bag in your office, and something happens, and you have to head home without returning to your office, it would be nice to know that you have the same gear stored in your get home bag in your car. Build one and see where you want to go from there. If you're on a budget, you can buy just one of these as they are small enough for you to transfer it from bag to bag. If you can purchase multiple pocket organizers, I recommend that you change or tweak each one slightly due to the bag it's going in. For example, in my EDC and Get Home bag, I might put some tools in there that are better suited for Urban environments. Some of these items would be: bump keys, a mini crow bar or a mini hack saw to cut metals, etc. Whereas, my bug out bag, might be more heavily geared towards remote survival needs and more long-term functionality in the outdoors. Again all of these tools and needs are driven by two things:

1. What are you preparing for, and why?

2. The environment you live in daily. 

Suggested Contents For your Maxpedition Organizer:

• Multi-tool

• Lighter

• Waterproof matches

• Tactical Flash Light

• Paracord

• Bump Keys

• Snare wire

• Fancy lighter optional

• Credit card tool knife and an ultra-slim tool card

• Emergency Glow sticks

• Life Straw

• Purification tablets

• Mini Crow Bar

• Survival Tin

• Spork

• Compass 

• Poncho

• Bath Wipes

• Emergency Whistle

• Emergency Blanket

Suggested Contents for Your EDC Bag- For The Office

• NoteBook

• CRKT Space Pen or Uzi Tactical pen

• Flash drive aka pen drive or stick

• Your medication/ general meds/allergy meds

• Small, basic first aid kit: Band aid's, Neosporin, Antiseptic wipes

• Cell Phone/charger: maybe a solar charger

• Wallet with Id, bank card, cash

• Gum, or jolly ranchers ( A good sugar rush or spirit lifter)

• Ipad

• Energy bars

• Lunch /water bottle

• Dried Juice Mix- Gatorade or MRE Juice packs

• Gun and two extra magazines for protection. ** NOTE: This assumes legal concealed carry compliance**

• Pepper Spray

• Maxpedition Fatty Organizer or Mini Organizer

• Gloves

• local street map and state map