Build a basic 3 Day Emergency Go Bag using the checklist from Mutual Aid Platform preparedness app!

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  @user-lt7ct8ki5q · 2 weeks ago (edited)

  Please note : The sawyer mini water purifier is actually a mini water filter and not a purifier, ty.

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  @shelli9566 · 3 weeks ago

  I like that you wieghed your bag. Good idea. &nbsp;Now walk around with it on your back for about 30 minutes. 20 pounds will feel like 50. Suggestion: make your pak, wiegh it. Now use a different bag with only partial of that wieght, do daily training carrying that. When it gets easy add more wieght. Keep doing this until you can carry the wieght of your three day bag for a few miles. People underestimate if something happens and you have to move, on foot, how difficult this can be. I prep for any given Tuesday becasue storms, wildfires, any array of crap can happen. Its nice to throw it in the truck and go, but if one is stuck in traffic and needs to foot travel, ine wants to make sure the bag goes too.<br>Also, i would like to remind people you can have all thw gear in thw world, fancy or not, however if you have NO idea how to use it, it fails. I am just as guilty as anyone. I have the understanding of how a bow drill fire starting method works but i have no practical experiences, so i would not lean on that. Please have skill and knowledge if you have any reason to think you need them. Just a thought from my corner. Thank you Sir for a comprehensive list of useful items that are light wieght. 👍

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  @clivedunning4317 · 3 weeks ago

  A very informative video.<br> Can I just suggest two additions, small in weight, that will greatly enhance any bug-out experience. <br>No1. A midge/bug net. Not only useful for it&apos;s intended purpose but also as a small bag for foraging, or holding snow and ice to melt for water. Bug spray runs out,a headnet does not. &nbsp;<br>No2. A couple (2/3) of candles,tea lights for illumination and a small amount of warmth.<br> Happy Trails, keep knocking out your videos.

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  @FrontierSignalsOfficial · 3 weeks ago

  Great bag setup, 20lbs very manageable and has everything you need. Didn&apos;t think of carrying copy of personal documents that could be smart, You could consolidate that to having it on your body too so it doesn&apos;t fall in the wrong hands.<br><br>Especially for earthquake prone areas its good having a separate smaller bag with extra keys, cash and other basic necessities if you just need to escape immediate danger and safely return. Assessing the situation is key and having a plan for. Maybe you have a small belt bag for cash, documents, and other personal items that way if you do have to ditch your main bag everything is already separated for quick decision making.

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  @vanhaluke · 12 days ago

  at first glance i can spot a few desirables missing (space blanket, 3*3 tarp, UV5r) but a good start

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  @PASSOVERWITHTHELORD · 3 weeks ago

  Probably one of the most precise, to the point, no fluff, no tacti cool non sense - Just straight up the basics to survive MOST emergencies with enough supplies to last you about a few days to even a whole week if rationed out correctly, if you had to survive that long, which a lot of people now days are saying most emergency situations could last a little longer than the old 72 hour addage, so again, having at least a good week supply in one bag, ready to go, light weight so you can grab it and move fast, food, water, way to cook and boil water, clothing, hygiene, first aid and rain gear - I would just add a basic trauma kit in compressed and sealed plastic with the emergency shears taped to the outside, easy to cut it open in a trauma situation, and some basic comms - a cell phone, phone card and maybe even an uber card - Never know when you might need to pay for a ride to get you from point a to point b or use that phone card to call somebody to check on your family members, and then if you are a family and not just a single person, go ahead and throw a walky talky in each family members&apos; bags, with a powerbank and a back packer sized solar panel for charging things on the go.<br><br>As for a water filter - Try the Delta Water Filter - You can get one on Amazon for $25, it never freezes or breaks in the winter like other water filters do, it sorts out bacteria and viruses as well as chemicals and heavy metals - And have a metal container of some sort, single walled because double walled will crack from the heat, to cook your food and boil your water in. Good to have a good handful of those water purification tablets as well as some whirlpak baggies with some twisty ties. A small flat or fold camp stove that weighs hardly nothing isn&apos;t a bad idea either, you can go with the old trusty military fold stove or there are flat stoves as well as colaghn&apos;s folding camp stoves that work great with canned heat, like sterno - Those canned heats can be used multiple times for cooking and boiling before they run out. Just put the cap on and it will extinguish the fire, and then ready to use again the next go around. Maybe a camel back to haul water to and from locations - Never know how long it will be before you reach your next water source. Plenty of fire starters to cook and boil your water. Sun Lense is lightweight, doesn&apos;t burn through fuel resources and can be used as long as the sun is out. In addition to the tarp, I would add one of those super strong - tough space blanket sleeping bags in case the temperature suddenly drops and you need to get inside to keep warm. Photos of yourself and your loved ones along with descriptions and contact information inside of your documents bag would be a good idea. Having a couple (three) cliff energy bars would be good just enough energy to help get you through the first day of whatever the situation is.<br><br>Couple of jerky/cheese sticks and some additional breakfast bars to compliment your cliff energy bars - Once you get through the first day, especially after moving long distances or working hard or just stress in general - You are going to be both hungry and thirsty - those lightweight snacks will save your butt and allow you just enough strength to keep moving if you have to a few days longer - Also, lightweight prepouched water packets, throw a couple of those in there as well.<br>There are also light weight water powder purification packets, that, once you reach your next location and you have already collected some water, you just dump in the powder and it purifies the water. Easier than having to boil if you don&apos;t have to, especially when you&apos;re not able to start a fire in a non permissable environment. Travel light, freeze at night. However, hopefully you will have either another family member to take you in or you are just relocating to your bug out location or something, not just camping in the woods. Perhaps, you are just having to evacuate some kind of local disaster on the fly, and you just have to make it through about a week or two - Use planet fitness for showers. Use the local libraries for access to internet, additional resources, applying for a job, and to just get out of the heat during the day. Perhaps a bus card would also not be a bad idea. Majority of those things that I listed are all light weight and simple.<br><br>Also, consider truck stops if you can get to one and know where it is - A long time ago, I lived with my dad, there was a truck stop just down the street and under the bridge from his house - I worked there for a while, but the truckers would come in, pay to get a hot shower. Keep atleast $100 - $300 or more if you are able to in cash on hand at all times, hidden in secret places, and spread out all over the place - In your hair brush, in your shoes, etc, that way, if you get robbed, you&apos;re not completely out of resources. Memorize a list of locations like I just mentioned above, where you can go to in an emergency to seek help from other people. If you are in a nonpermissive environment, try your best to remain low key, ration your food, water, money, and other resources as best you can for as long as you can, try to get out of danger as soon as possible. There is also a thing called satellite GPS, although pricey, may work if you get lost and can&apos;t find your way. I believe you can still send texts with it, to alert search and rescue or your family members. I could probably think of quite a list of things more you could put in your bag - However, I understand that the point of this video is just to get a bag and get started prepping period that way you will at least have a bag, so, I&apos;m not gonna go on and on and on. But I could. Prepping is both fun and important, glad to hear that more and more people are joining in these days.<br><br>Also - Thank you for mentioning the fact that you should also have that second, although smaller, bag or box on you like in your pocket at all times - I was just thinking the same thing basically that you said - If for some reason, you had to drop your bag and run, or worse - You found yourself in an escape and evade type mode - Having just a miniature version of your bag, stream lined and contents chosen with precision and purpose - Could actually save your life. Especially considering and invasion/red dawn type event, war on American soil, etc. I&apos;m a little bit silly though - when I was younger as a kid, I grew up watching the Predator VS Alien movie. I always thought, if I were ever in a situation like that, I would want to basically imitate the Predators. Be invisible, and carry items strategically with you to accomplish your mission. Now that I&apos;m older, and disabled mind you !!! &nbsp;- &nbsp;I can&apos;t move fast or do any of the things I used to imagine when I was younger - Still, my mind can think of all kinds of ways to implement things. Even in a smaller pack. If chosen correctly and carefully, even a very small, lightweight bag can carry ALMOST everything you basically need. Again, if you had to drop your main bag. Only, with that very small E&amp;E Bag, I would put two straps on each thigh and molly web to them a metal military canteen on each leg to carry extra water, yes even in an E&amp;E situation. If you carry a small bag, there is no room for water - Which you will absolutely need, also, water is heavy on the back and will slow you down. You have more muscles in the tops of your legs - Use them !!! &nbsp;Attach a canteen to each leg, now you have a bag and some water !!! &nbsp;If you pay a little extra for a thing, but heavy duty, light weight tarp that folds up tight - Or rather, rolls up small and tiny - Yeah, it won&apos;t be the foil on the inside kind of tarp, which those ones by Arcturus are good for blocking your body heat - But still, if all you can carry is two canteens and a small E&amp;E bag, get yourself an all weather tested tarp that can roll up small and tight and attach it firmly to the top of your smaller E&amp;E bag, or on the bottom - Now you got shelter. Pack a ferro rod and some firestarting tender. Now you can cook and boil. Non permissive environment? No problem. Water purification tablets and some whirlpaks, or water purification powder. Whirlpaks fold up flat, they are reusable, and you can store them and the tablets in a ziplock bag. Pack a Delta Filter - Doesn&apos;t freeze during winter, reusable, it never expires either, folds up flat and is light weight. Pack a flat collapsible light weight stove. Pack a few home made MRE&apos;s that are basic, light weight, and don&apos;t need water or cooking. Pack some wire, fishing line, bankline, paracord, and stakes. You add all that to your E&amp;E bag, I think you&apos;re doing pretty good. Any additional ideas that I might not have thought of? I&apos;m sure there are more.

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  @williambeck1574 · 3 weeks ago

  Some really useful information for beginners here,i wish you and your chanel well,God&apos;s blessings ✝️

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  @TerminalElement · 3 weeks ago

  I&apos;m way into this.

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  @erionmccurdy7857 · 2 weeks ago

  Might want to have a Bite &amp; Sting kit for bees, ticks, mosquitos, snakes, etc

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  @michaelschweimler7292 · 3 weeks ago (edited)

  One of the better videos regarding that theme...<br>This is very nice and pretty complete and most of all realistic bag.<br>I do like that you mentioned spare glases, a thing most miss....<br>A couple - &nbsp;little things - I might add would be a small sewing kit, some bug protection, some ductape, a short amount( 4 or 5 feet ) of wire .<br>a thin sleeping pad or at least 2 contractor bag as a ground sheet.<br>I like my hygiene kit to have a small bar of soap, a tiny tube toothpaste ,comb, nail clippers, and a small towel.<br>That small survival tin you showed does it include a whistle and a mirror ?<br>To the weight &nbsp;- are you sure ...?<br>Seems to be a little more then just 20 pounds....<br>Anyway , if its a pound or three more would not bother me to much as long as it is not more than like 15 % of my weight and for me and most guys that means 25 to 30 pounds, also it depends on your backpack carry system and if you add just 2 liters of water you will realize that you are easily over that 30 pounds, especially if you set it up for low temperatures and you want to be prepared for the possibility of a might or two sleeping outside...<br>All that &nbsp;little stuff II mentioned would put maybe another 2 pounds to the weight...<br>Keeping it at a reasonable weight is<br>definatley important but imho sometimes a limit of max 40 pounds of you include water and cold weather gear seems more realistic... like many mentioned train / walk with your setup .<br>What I like is having a backpack with all the essential stuff like you showed here and keep a second carry bag next to it that holds additional gear like a warm jacket/ cloth, sleeping system etc..<br>While you can go pretty light in summertime or all year in Florida for example, you will need more in <br>wintertime or &nbsp;in colder climates.<br>40 pounds is quite a bit and would be the very upper limit I would like and feel able to carry for more than just a few miles...<br>If you can not carry that and or if going by car is not possible there are alternatives like bicycles , maybe with a trailer or a small pull cart.

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  @misfit1776_Prepardness · 3 weeks ago

  I feel like I would be doing a disservice without mentioning Refuge Medical they are by far the number one go to place for medical that you can actually depend on 182 lives saved documented the people over there at Refuge Medical are amazing Plus if you use any any of the medical from any of their kits they will replace it at no cost to you including the entire kit I recommend the bear minimum or the bearfak. And then of course Always get your tourniquets either from North American Rescue or snake staff systems.

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  @NigelGunn_W8IFF-G8IFF · 3 weeks ago

  No sleep system. Even if sleeping on a mate&apos;s floor you need a pad/matress and sleeping bag/quilt. If sleeping under a tarp, you probably need more.