My EDC - Updated Jan 17th 2008

[Mrearp]

My May 2008 EDC Now with Pictures

I usually carry the following:






Kahr PM9
2 spare mags
Unsure of the brand, something german.. Its a Fire / Rescue knife
Streamlight Microstream
Pen from Walmart unsure model # but I found it on here
Note pad and leather case from walmart
Wallet with ID and stuff
4 in 1 screwdriver from general tool
Boker mini folder
full size carabiner rated at 23KN to carry keys
blackhawk last chance belt
Gerber Multitool (Legend 800?)
Voice Pager Minitor 5
Ham radio IC91AD
Public Safety radio Kenwood TK2180
4 pairs of rubber gloves & CPR sheild..
ATT Tilt
Nextel I930


Added Pics of the Murse from 08.. In my Murse I usually carry the following:

















2 mini rolls of duct tape
Mini FAK customized with my own needs
20 in Cash
10 in change (rolled into 1.00 amounts and taped together)
my old original gerber multitool
4 more pairs of gloves / CPR sheild
Migrane Med's & Stomach meds
Camelbak Nalgene bottle
50 Ft of 550 cord
Mini crow bar
2 Spare PM9 Mags
6 CR123A's
10 AA batteries
10 AAA batteries
surefire E1E led light (was my old EDC light)
surefire G2 with upgrade module 150 lumens
Canon Powershot SD1000 & Spare battery for Powershot
Emergency Charger for cell phones


Edit.. This is a bit outdated now. I just finally got around to posting pictures of it though. Had them and didn't want to waste them. I'll be updating this over the next few days..

[Jamie]

Nice, but it seems like a crapton of comm gear to me...

nfa

[Mrearp]

It is.. And it can become a pain in the ass.. Being into SAR / EMD / ARES, RACES / Severe WX / Red Cross and being the counties b*tch I am always connected. I generally wear BDU's so I have lot's of pockets or I end up looking like I have a batman belt on.

[Ovationman]

Well if the world does go to shit you will be the first to know at least. Please tell us.

[evo6011]

Nice, how do you like the pm9? Im thinking about picking one up for summer carry.

[Abacus]

Gods holy trousers, so what you're really saying here is:

I carry two cell phones
two radios
three knives
three pistol mags
two tools

Or something like that.

I mean, if you're happy with all that, fine, its your life. But I think its a stupid amount of kit.

[Mrearp]

The PM9 is awesome. I carry it everyday everywhere. You wont be sorry if you buy one.

[Mrearp]

Some updates..



Kahr PM9 - 1 spare Mag on person, 2 Mags in the coat
New - Kimber Ultra Carry .45. in a crossbress supertuck - Still getting used to this and not being my fulltime carry..
Benchmade Knife - Not sure what model # it is.. Kinda looks like a CQC7 but its not.
Bluetooth Earpiece for my Crackberry
Blackberry bold 9K with 4 meg Micro SD card
Cheap Mini Pen from Walmart
Leatherman Charge TTI
Leatherman Flashlight LGX200
Ham Radio - Icom IC92AD
Public Safety Radio - Kenwood TK2180
4 GB Thumb drive
Not Shown - Note Pad
Not Shown - Voice Pager - Motorola Minitor 5

Yes I know its a lot.. But life changes in minutes for me . One of my radios is with me all the time. Usually my ham because it can cover all of the freqs I need to have plus some .

Tonight or tomorrow I'm going to dump my man purse and I'll do a post on that .

[phorsaken1]

I know what a pain in the ass carrying all that comms gear can be. One trick I learned to keep from carrying my pager was to have my vertex vhf programmed to detect my specific pager tones. When on this dedicated frequency, my radio would lock out all traffic until it detected my tones, then would monitor like a normal pager. This allowed me to dump that heavy ass Minotaur 3, but not have to listen to everybody else's chatter. I don't know if this is an option, but might be worth a look. Also, like you, I sometimes carry two firearms, but I don't carry any reloads. Just curious, but why 1 reload, not 2 or even none?

[Mrearp]

On the programming thing, my 2180 will do it. I've got it set up, I just like to have the radio with me for when I do need it.

Reloads? Well I carry one mag in my pocket. It fit's and I can be comfortable with a spare mag. Since its freezing cold in Michigan I'm stuck wearing a coat. So I carry a few spare's in my coat also. And yes I practice doing reloads from my pocket and from my coat.

Tomorrow I'll snap a pic of the ones I carry in my coat. I made a cheap mag holder for them from a black berry holster. It was free and it works awesome!

With the Kimber, I haven't gotten comfortable enough with it yet to call it my primary and probally wouldnt EDC a spare mag for it.

[mk_ultra]

I always carried at least 2 spare mags . Most failures are mag related , so it made sense to me to have multiple mags available .

[avenger]

Another thing to consider is battery standardization.
When I started loading my murse I made a conscious decision to go with AAA as much as possible, until I got my Surefire- then I standardized with the CR-123. There's 8 CR123 and there's another half dozen in my B.O.B. There's probably a couple of AAA's still in my bag, just like there's probably a couple itty bitty band-aids in my FAK, but the weight you can save by just carrying a single battery size could allow you to put something more useful in there (like maybe a couple Cliff bars or something)
-A-

[Mrearp]

I agree about the battery standardization. Tonight hopefully I'll be taking pics since I'm stuck at work and do a major update to my Murse...

[Mrearp]

Well I was doing some updating of pictures and posts this week. So here is my latest Murse. This isn't really my bob or my GHB. It’s my extended EDC which will get me through most issues in my day that I may face. It’s also the one bag that I grab when walking out the door at home or if I have to leave my car for whatever reason and ride with someone else. If I'm at work its with me near my "cubby" if I'm in the car its ridin with me. I generally don't lug it everywhere though when I leave the car.


The bag is a maxpedition colossus with a mini rolly poly attached to it.










I carry the following in the bag:
4 Clif Bars - Various flavors
1 Mini Deck of cards
10 AA batteries
10 AAA batteries
3 Spare PM9 Mags
1 Mini Crow bar
1 Ti Spork
1 LMF Spork
1 bottle of pepto
1 bottle of anti-poo
1 blister pack of anti-gas
1 bottle of Excedrin Migraine
1 spare AA battery for my Icom 92AD
1 Bruton Monocular
1 Stream light Micro Stream (was my EDC)
25 FT of Para Cord
1 LED Head Lamp - Petzl Tikka XP with red filter
1 Timex Watch with Compass - I don't wear it generally unless I have to
2 NFPA rated carabineers
1 Spare battery and Charger for my Cannon SD1000
1 Cannon SD1000 4 Gig card
2 Packs of chicken bouillon (vac sealed and dated)
1 tube of glucose
1 mini FAKS
1 roll of electrical tape
1 Mini USB charger for blackberry / mini usb devices
1 spool of fishing line
1 pack of fishing hooks
1 4 in one tool (2 Phillips heads and 2 regular blade)
1 rite in rain note book
1 mini sewing kit (its in 2 parts but it makes up the hole)
1 cheapo butane lighter
5.00 In loose change (in the mini fak)
5.00 in various change wrapped in masking tape in 1.00 increments
1 energizer emergency recharger for my phone - mini usb
1 coast 3 AAA, 149 Lumens light output model # TT7736TSCPSE
2 pairs of nitrile gloves and CPR mask
1 knit hat
1 Aspire One Netbook with Windoxs XP 160GB HD Bluetooth mod and 1.5 gb of ram and 6 cell battery
1 battery operated lightstick red
1 whistle
1 mini roll of duct tape
1 LMF fire starter
3 mini sausages and mustard
1 bag of jacklinks thai jerky (not shown)
1 bag of jacklinks a1 beef nuggets (not shown)
1 liter camelbak better bottle (not shown)
2 mini non loadbearing biners
1 Garmin GPS 60CSX
1 Garmin Nuvi (not shown)
1 pair of prescription sun glasses (not shown)

If I was going to carry this bag with me everywhere I would add a few N95's and probally another cheapo 1.50 multi led flashlight. My situation though is most the time I'm within a block of home unless on a SAR call or at the EMD office and I have my car which well has more fun stuff in it. I'll be posting pics of whats in my trunk soon.

[cssims]

Where did you find the small bottle of Pepto? I'll need to look for the Equate anti-dia. next time I'm in Wal-mart.

[Mrearp]

Any pharmacy.. These are the pepto pills. Between that and the anti-poo your pretty much set for most stomach ailments. I carry a big bottle of tums in my SAR deployment bag also.

[oolelandoo]

Nice bag. I'm fapping all over that Kimber, too.

[avenger]

Any pharmacy.. These are the pepto pills. Between that and the anti-poo your pretty much set for most stomach ailments. I carry a big bottle of tums in my SAR deployment bag also.

Had an ER doc tell me the pepto pills are really the only thing that works reliably on serious tummy ailments (on a trip to the ER for a world class case of food poisoning). The G/F was half dead between vomiting and diarrhea and after 2 hits of the pepto pills and IV fluids in the ER she was right as rain.