Comments on: What’s in your gear bag? How do you roll portable?

By: wallets bags

wallets bags — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:29:47 +0000

i need to check my father’s roll portable.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 05:45:03 +0000

WHEW!! Now I don’t feel so odd knowing others carry a “life preserver” bag full of odds & ends. A buddy of mine recently commented on the contents of my bag saying “Dang!! What AINT you prepared for?!”
Well, I’m a known “Mister Fix-It” to family & friends, and I travel on AMTRAK/GreyHound thru Ca., Nv., and Or.(once thru Az.), quite a bit…….
So, in this old GAP brand multiple-pocketed messenger tote I carry;
paperback (600pg. or less)
2x 5″x3″ 50 page note pads, a small 1in.x1in. stack of post-its, and a couple scraps of sandpaper.
8 1/2×11 5 subject pocketed “BUNGEE” notebook.
purple-ink PENTEL R.S.V.P. ballpoint pen (fine).
PENTEL Twist-Erase 0.5 mechanical drawing pencil (+a small dispencer of 30 extra leads).
black 0.7 ballpoint pen.
LEXAR JumpDrive Secure 256mb flashdrive (contains doc. files of passwords for websites and such).
4GB PNY Attache’ flashdrive (for sharing/storing travel/visit photos).
small zippered pouch of various USB & other connector cables & AV/stereo adaptors, including a 15ft stereo headphone extension and “Y” adapter.
folding travel stereo-headphones and earbuds.
HP digital camera with 32mb and 4mb mem cards (soon to upgrade).
cheapo web-cam/digi-cam/vid-clip recorder.
homemade 4AA powerpack w/ interchangable tips.
Medium-sized pouch containing; PSP w/2x 1GB cards for the 750+ WMA’s of tunes + a variety of optional background images (I make bucket-loads of those as a time-killer) and some extra game saves, + a 32MB for main game saves, 5-8 various games, necessary charger, auto-adapter, and a combo external solar charged power-pack (homemade from yard accent lights, and will charge my other homemade listed above!).
Small pouch containing; GameBoy w/several games & charger.
32-CD case w/various PS2 & XBOX games, favorite DVDs, homemade vidclip/picture-discs, and various CD-ROM install CDs for digicam, PSP media convert, etc.
an old ever-dependable well-used Swiss Army Knife (some 15-20 flip-outs, like an American Express card to me!!).
small 3 blade pocketknife, and an average sized lockblade.
Leatherman w/case + accessories.
small antique brass jewelers magnifying piece in fitted leather pouch.
small handsewn case w/several jewelers & magnetic ended screwdrivers, 2 jewelers files, tweezers, X-Acto, 6in. metal rule, a few paper clips & rubberbands, 8 sized allen-key tool, and a compact cheapo 8ft. tape measure.
2AA MAGLite(3LED conversion) w/bicycle handle-bar mount attached.
turbo-lighter and stardard disposable lighter.
disposable 2LED clicker light (attached with velcro just under a conveniently accessible flap on the bag).
travel size bodyspray w/ extra refill.
flask of fav “sleep-help” beverage.
breath mints.
6 Tylenol Quik-Tabs, 4 Pepto chewables, a nearly depleted roll of medical tape, about a dozen QTips, & 2 small packets of Neosporin in a baggie.
a couple nutri-grain bars and 2 bottles of water.
Men’s deluxe personal grooming kit with a couple toothpicks, sewing needles, straight-pins, and a few feet of thread thrown in.
Plus 2 bandannas, 3 empty zipper pouches & a 2ft. length of nylon strap w/adjustable buckle for whatever need, and a beanie my momma knitted for me which serves as some padding for everything and has kept my noggin warm on some very cold stops during my travels!
Though it seems like a lot of stuff, the contents have proved to be invaluable MANY times over, and really aint a chore to haul around. Mind you, I take this bag camping as well, which this household happens to do at least twice a year.
A few years back I quit carrying a soldering iron and portable/rechargable DREMEL mototool (plus accessories) due to not being used much, as well as quite a few of the items John (above post) listed. Obsessed is alright friend, just remember to downsize if peeps start calling ya a tweak! LOL!!

Yeah, Life Preserver is a good name for these types of bags!
GADGETEERS ROCK!!

Invaluable tip for travelers!!!;
Kid’s cereals are fun to eat, and the free toys in them are PERFECT remedies for the ruccus you may encounter on your travels!! I usually carry a couple, and a HotWheel or 2 “Just In Case!” Kids love them and ya earn kudos with the adults as well, LOL!!

By: john

john — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 19:32:04 +0000

Together, at the time of inventory taking, the combined weight for everything listed in these three modular kits was 732g, or 1.6lb.I have since added a cliff bar and gum, and keep on the side a pair of glasses in soft unpadded pouch, a bandana/beanie combo (best 1.5 oz of warm ever – headgear and scarf/balaclava). Also in a folder I keep tin foil, waxpaper, chess board (pieces in ziploc), stickers, and google SMS flyers. I made a cardboard and bubble wrap and napkin-material sheath for laptop (sheath – quick extraction).

Minimus online story helped alot with the consumable kite, housed in a husky holdall pouch:

I used coin collector sheets to page out the smaller items here
consumbable bag: 205g

tylenol aspirin aleive motrin benadryl pepto idodine swab alcohol swab guaze pad bandaids neosporin q-tips burn gel petroleum jelly soap condom sewing kit lens cloth woolite lime packet brushup (they suck) folgers single serve coffee liquid bandage (the sharable kind) wetnaps insect repellant earplugs (tremendously useful for anything but ears)

—-
grab bag: 170g
superglue
visene
lighter
paper-sheathed aa and aaa batteries
eyeglass repair kit
bic mini
prototyping plastic
microscope (triple lens loupe)

pathcouli oil
deodorant

——-

this is a modified roll up tool kit that I picked up at walgreens and gutted. 357g

rubberbands
paperclip
hair pin
safefty pin
sharpies )silver, black)
screwdrivers (x4, precision)
segments of coathanger
thick/thin solder
triangle file
hemostats
scissors
duct tape
screws (lodged inside bottom part of duct tape)
wd-40 stick
sticky tack
sandpaper
velcro
comb
boxcutter
wireties
toothpick
chapstick
q-tip again
tapemeasure
tiny copper clips
pipecleaner
travel dental ppoker (non dental)
nailclipper
tweezers x2 (thin/thick)
hot glue stick
double ended brush, clipped for short stiff bristles on one end
tampon

——

and finally, 1.2mm, 0.5mm point pens, .7mm mech bic pencil, .5 mm zebra metal mech pencil (to take apart if need be – once I used the metal tip as a bearing to fix a minifridge door) clipboard with cardboard taped to back (For boxcutting paper/plastic/whatever) hpda (index cards + binder clip) fine point sharpie….

——-

Yes, I’m obsessed. I’m also really frikkin good at it.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 02:26:47 +0000

Well, here goes whats in mine

-screwdriver (I love unscrewing random things…..I know, weird)
-Watch (when I can’t find the cell-phone
-digi-camera (I’m an artist at heart!)
-cd player (yeah its big. And old-school, I suppose. But its music)
-Nintendo DS and Gameboy Advance (never know when a friend will want to play games with you!)
-2 mini hairbrushes
-travel size deodorant
-hand sanitizer
-small cd-case (12 cd-size)
-wallet (the essentials, id, bus pass, coupons, cash, pictures, business cards, mcdonalds arch card, guitar pick)
-Bus schedule
-perfume
-House key
-one wet wipe
-2 perfumes
-5 lip glosses
-a pen
-a pencil
-a marker

Ta da. With a few band-aids, I’d be prepared for anything. I better go grab some!

By: Al

Al — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:57:46 +0000

Thanks Bookie, er how big is your bag, does it have wheels .

By: Bookie

Bookie — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:57:17 +0000

I’ve had this bag since the dawn of time, or perhaps maybe around seven years. Which, for a bag, I mean. It used to be this vibrant sky blue kind of shiny material with a light pink inside but it’s a bit dull as you can imagine. It’s a sidebag and it’s enormous.
Inside, there is:
-Two small-ish notebooks, one for church notes and one for wedding notes
-an address book I made on the job
-my planner which is just a spiral-bound thing
-three tubes of chapstick, one of which is very nearly empty which is upsetting as it’s also my favorite
-one tube of hand lotion, Japanese cherry blossom
-my incredibly charming compact bible with a fancy gold edging
-a crochet hook, at the bottom
-halls spearmint cough drops
-my velcro one-dollar-at-walmart Batman wallet
-”The Four Loves” by CS Lewis
-nasal spray, 12-hour moisturizing.. I’ve been addicted since I was twelve. My nose may fall off.
-three pens – green, red, pink
-one clicky pencil
-a hello kitty compact mirror… what can I say? girly.
-a dollar store booklight
-bicycle playing cards.. except they’re see-through
-an enormous bottle of extra-strength headache relief
-my black Nintendo DS with a cover I made for it
-four games: Nintendogs dalmation, cooking mama, animal crossing and big brain academy. again, the girl thing.
-a tin shaped like an NES controller that contains mints
-some bacon shaped bandages
-a spoon
-”girl things”
-a lighter, although I don’t smoke anymore.
-half of a comb?
-mascara
-a single claritin D 24-hour
-a single midol
-a rock.
-Oh! I’ve just found a rice-krispy treat.
-And finally, my cellphone, a pink razr because I’m that kind of girly girl

Ridiculous! I cleaned my bag while doing this. So thanks, this.