In 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. A USB thumb drive
8. My phone (Moto G7)
On a selective basis, add:
9. A Keltec PF-9 9mm pistol
10. A Gerber fixed blade knife
On a seasonal basis I also add
11. A ferro rod
12. A small block of magnesium
When it's cold enough to wear my heavy winter coat (which it rarely is) I have a few things tucked in my inside pockets:
- an Altoids tin filled with cotton balls dipped in Vaseline
- a box of waterproof matches
- a couple of "space blankets"
- an Altoids tin filled with small chunks of fatwood
- probably a couple of other things I don't remember offhand
As far as my backpack: there's so much random shit in there I couldn't even begin to list it all. Besides the actual laptop and charger, there's a USB hard drive, a yellow rubber duck, a pencil roll, a plush stuffed white rabbit, all sorts of USB cables, an extension cord, an RTL-SDR dongle and accessories, a couple of notebooks, a TI-89 calculator, a Bluetooth trackball, reading glasses, headphones, a couple of bottles of Coke Zero (usually), etc., etc., etc.
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. A USB thumb drive
8. My phone (Moto G7)
On a selective basis, add:
9. A Keltec PF-9 9mm pistol
10. A Gerber fixed blade knife
On a seasonal basis I also add
11. A ferro rod
12. A small block of magnesium
When it's cold enough to wear my heavy winter coat (which it rarely is) I have a few things tucked in my inside pockets:
- an Altoids tin filled with cotton balls dipped in Vaseline
- a box of waterproof matches
- a couple of "space blankets"
- an Altoids tin filled with small chunks of fatwood
- probably a couple of other things I don't remember offhand
As far as my backpack: there's so much random shit in there I couldn't even begin to list it all. Besides the actual laptop and charger, there's a USB hard drive, a yellow rubber duck, a pencil roll, a plush stuffed white rabbit, all sorts of USB cables, an extension cord, an RTL-SDR dongle and accessories, a couple of notebooks, a TI-89 calculator, a Bluetooth trackball, reading glasses, headphones, a couple of bottles of Coke Zero (usually), etc., etc., etc.