BUILD A GET HOME BAG - And Be Ready For Anything, Including A Hike
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A Get Home Bag - basically a bag with some gear it in that might come in handy if you ever need to hike home. Thus for me a Get Home Bag is basically the same as a hiking bag. Either a get home bag or a hiking pack will have a few light survival items, a few tools that might come in handy, and maybe some medical gear. In this video I walk through and build out my get home bag for you.
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0:00 Do You Want To Build A Get Home Bag?
1:10 A Little Bit of Intentionality
3:15 The Bag
4:50 The Contents
25:45 Don't Spend Too Much
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I've watched dozens of these "Get Home Bag" videos. What I've learned about building one is that half of the components are identical. That is a gun, knife, water filter, medical kit, shelter, etc. About another quarter of the bag is built around where you live and/or what time of year you're in. The last quarter pretty much seems to be optional, whatever makes you feel safe and you're personal style of survival. I have to admit, my bag is in a constant state of flux. I change things up based on the times of the year and where my travels may take me. Plus, I may add things or change things up based on people's ideas. Not only does all this keep me prepared, I just enjoy the hell out of it.
One of the best things I learned in SAR, vacuum seal all of your warm stuff, you can make a puffer jacket take up the same space as an unfolded beanie. Socks, beanie, extra warm jacket will all take up next to nothing for space, and if your bag gets soaked all the stuff you'll need to get warm will all be dry! Try it out, it may make a good video actually
Travel toothbrush, toothpaste, and floss. I keep a set in my emergency-ish bags where a day or two might pass. Not only is it important long term but I feel like it's a good moral booster to have a clean mouth. Especially after some grainy snacks. Otherwise the get home bag in my car is pretty similar.
Not a bad idea, plus there have been a few camping trips in my life where I forgot to pack my toothbrush/toothpaste, so it'd be nice to have a spare
@@LastLineOfDefense I use folding toothbrush - very useful and saves space. Don't know if you have these in US.
@LastLineOfDefense get a few of those mini quick brush things that already have toothpaste on them. Disposable, lightweight and only need a few drops of water to rehydrate!
+1 to this and I also have travel deodorant and contact solution. Once got a free beer from a bartender who had forgotten to put on deodorant that morning.
My orthodontist has bamboo toothbrushes in a pack with paste already applied on the brush. It’s a one time use but in an emergency, it’s a good tool to have. I grab 3 every two month on my visit.
1. A paper map of the place where you are traveling, in addition to a compass. You can also use some of it to start a fire in an emergency.
2. Notepad (preferably moisture-resistant) and pen/pencil. Leave a note on the tree, indicating your details and direction of movement, if you need help and they are looking for you.
3. Loud plastic whistle - sound signal. It's cheap and weighs nothing.
Watched a bunch of these videos and really like your perspective on this. Seems to me a get home bag is, like you say, essentially what you would bring for a day hike where if things go sideways you can survive the night. Too many of these videos the bags are filled to the brim with survival crap you wouldn't use on a multi-night camping trip. The fact that you bring a bag big enough to have extra space to carry your jacket speaks volumes to your understanding of what you actually need for 2 days of exertion while you hike back home.
Also remember you may be 100 miles away on the highway. Yes in a car that may only take a few hours but walking will be longer
I keep an extra 2 magazines in a side pocket. 1 FMJ 1 Hollowpoint. Just joined your channel after hearing you on Casual Prepper
Garmin InReach. This is a very multi purpose device. Text, GPS, SOS, ETC. For yourself, family or another injured person.
My only adds would be a canteen cup (or small single wall stainless cup) to heat water over fire and a whistle (carries further than a yelling voice).
Great video, as always. Thanks !
Thanks for the Vid Mike. Last weekend I was on a spontaneous hike that went 5 hours and after sundown. Really glad I had my bag with me.
I've successfully repaired a couple of my sleeping mats before with duct tape after coles from my fire landed on them causing small holes...and still to this day the duct tape is still going strong.. it works awesome at repairing your gear!!!!
I rarely comment on anything on CZcams, I've been watching this stuff on CZcams for years and you have the best get home bag. period. you "get it", which reassures me that I know and understand what a get home bag is.
Not a bad kit, but you need a better shelter system. A cheap bivy and a space blanket aren't gonna cut it if you have to sleep outside overnight. Weather will kill you as fast as anything else. Some good options are a tarp or poncho. And I carry a snugpack junglebag, which is a very compact, insulated sleeping bag with a mesh section to cover the face and keep bugs off. It can also be unzipped and just used as a blanket. I also pack wool thermals.
Moleskin for blisters, it’s also good to keep in the first aid kit. Great video
If you do an Airtag remove the speaker so it can't alert the person who stole it. Then sew it in a hidden compartment.
Conifer seems like a nice area
Thanks for the video Mike! Helped a lot.
I have watched many get home bag videos and one thing I haven't seen that I have in mine is a small radio. Mine fits in my pocket if needed, but if stuff has gone sideways I would think information is important. If the stuff is EMP just throw it out.
Am I over estimating the need for info?
Always learning from you. Thanks!!
Paracord is also always great to have around for crafters. So many things to make with Paracord. Also occupies young people. And if someone doesn't want to use pepper spray on a dog, dog daycares have a similar container that is the dog version, and it's just citronella. I have both available to me at all times.
You can also use a watch with hands as a compass very easily in conjunction with the sun
I have those same 3 Velcro pouches in the same configuration in my gamut overland. They definitely help with the organization.
Requires some DIY, but if you lay 3 MRE entrees and heaters landscape mode, one above the other, in a food saver vacuum bag, the vacuum pressure will hold them in their position and now you have three meals that lays totally flat that you can slip into the water bladder or laptop compartment and takes up hardly any volume.
Good idea
Thank you for the great video again Mike!
Great video. Recommendations split the lighters in case you lose the fire starter kit. I also love the little pill sized towels that expand with water and carry a couple. I know they aren’t eco friendly but do come in handy for multiple uses.
Love the video. Have pretty much everything you suggested in my kit + esbit stove and small Stanly cook kit. Emergency radio with crank that can be use as a battery backup. Blanket and some extra cloths and shoes incase I’m wearing nice clothes or beach wear when I’m out and get stuck.
Perfect video. Thank you.
I’m a quarter way there. In a bag in my car I have a balaclava,knife,rope and duct tape. Just need the rest.
That would look a little suspicious to a cop lol
This was actually pretty funny.
awesome info! just got my vertx overlander bag that I'm going to be using as my hiking/get home bag. This vid couldn't have came at a better time :D keep it up man, can't wait for the next one.
Beautiful scenery in the intro
Built and refined my get home bag over the years finally got my bag the way I want.
Also have an INCH bag that I keep at home....just in case complete with potassium iodide pills....lol...u never know.
Haha you really never know!
What does INCH stand for?
@@J.Young808 I’m Never Coming Home= INCH
I like & agree with most of your practical application of "bag theory". That being said, I wouldn't put the critical medical equipment (tourniquet, hemostatic agents, ect.) buried in the bottom of the bag, unless maybe it was of a "clamshell" design.
Remind me to throw some snicker bars in my bag….
Well done sir
Thank ya!
Found a decent deal at Costco on Mechanix gloves. Two pair for $19.99.
Zip lock bags of various sizes and chap stick.
Mike you need to check out Loki in Grand Junction next time you pass through. They have a style of jacket I think you’d be interested in for your winter load out. It’s a local biz that’s been around for some time. Great practical jackets with multi purpose use in mind.
Do not forget condoms! Very useful esp if it’s raining
Get home bag, most important thing is the person carrying it.
1) Do your roadwork.
a) 5 miles, get to the point where it is less than an hour with no pack. Run until you are short of breath, walk to catch your breath then run again.
b) do a 24 mile walk in one day, 12 out, 12 back. No pack, buy water and snacks along the way. This will kill a Saturday unless you are used to doing a lot of walking.
c) with the pack, start at 7 AM, walk until noon, turn around walk home. Drink and eat from the pack.
2) How many miles with the pack? Wow, that much of a reduction in miles?That says a lot, doesn't it.
3) What are the lessons?
a) The lessons are probably that the pack reduced your miles by 30-70%
b) Good footwear is needed.
c) Unless you are in better shape the goals I set are unreasonable.
d) Sternum and belly straps make a pack much more comfortable
4) followup suggestions
a) figure out what you need in the pack
b) more roadwork is needed.
c) have good footwear and socks ready with that pack
d) the pack should be routinely checked for
i) appropriate weather clothing
ii) that the snacks are intact
iii) that the gear is intact and in top condition
IIII) all the straps and closures are in top condition
v) the water is fresh
I am not suggesting anything that I have not personally done many times in one way or another. If you are in any way trying to be prepared; know that after a disaster it will be hard days. The way to be ready for hard days is to practice. Gear, food, even meds mean little if you are not practicing for hard days. This is not a comfortable thing, it means regularly spending time being uncomfortable.
Me, 67 years old retired almost 4 years, walked over 1,100 miles with a 20-27 pound pack plus a sidearm, spare mag, phone and pocket knife last year while walking the dog. Used to solo backpack New England regularly 30+ years ago. My long walk last year with all my gear was 6.2 miles in a morning. I have other stuff to do regularly. I know my range capabilities unencumbered, with a medium pack and a full pack. Why do I carry so much weight for just walking the dog about 3 miles a day? He goes through water, some he drinks, some in the summer I wet down his furn. Some of the weight is just things that might be needed, some is just practice carrying stuff and for the exercise. In the past year I've also done some gardening, planted fruit trees, did some brick laying, spread 17 cubic yards of wood chips, emptied a pick up truck of topsoil and gravel and stuff like that. I still have my old man tough card.
I'm not a professional, I'm just an old man who has seen his share and knows that good times don't last forever.
Maybe consider keeping your first aid kit on top where it's quickly available considering it's where your TQ is..
On the baby blow out kit I’d get one or two sizes up because it’s easier to size down a diaper with 100mph tape then it is to fit a big baby into a small diaper.
Sweet
Would recommend putting the IFAK on top and not on the bottom of the pack. Last thing you want to do in the worstcase is searching for your first aid stuff while bleeding.
The BOOOOOSHCRAFT! Great video as always!
Mole skin, small duck tape tape and athletic tape at are great additions for the pack. ESP the mole skin lol
Brought out the old 60 for a cameo! Awesome video
lol @ 35:00. Listening while doing something else, heard you roll through the tongue twister and couldn’t stop laughing. Awesome video!
Lol, i was struggling.
I would just add a simple fox 40 whistle
First aid should be on outside of pack or outside pouch .
I never heard about that duck tape hack. I live in the LI/NYC area so compared to someone living in the woods I would say not everything would be necessary for me but the make your own medical kit was dope. I would pick up some parra cord but I don’t think I need so much LoL
I think you should add back a rite in the rain, slim note pad. That's all. Never know when you might need to write down a description of a person, a license plate # or a tail # on and aircraft.. whatever.
Never skimp on first aid dont be afraid to carry to much .
Hah, was that a Volkswagen?!? A Golf? Also I use for this my Osprey Tropos. Always have some of these in my bag with me.
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Hey brotha what's the best brand of truck cover for 19 tacoma short bed? I heard Diamond back is good but unsure. Thnks
Nice video. Better to have a loud whistle in case you cannot yell for help on you but would be fine in the bag
Love your videos and channel! I recently discovered you! I'm not sure if you have a video on this already but what is the ideal type/size vehicle for disaster? SUV, heavy duty, midsize? I'd love to hear your thoughts thanks!
Hey, I have a video that's kind of in that realm here:
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Lol if i was hungry enough i would DEFINITELY buy a snickers for 20 bucks!!!! Lol
Instead of a get home bag, think get home bike, e-bike in particular, plenty of non obtrusive e-bikes, or folding e-bikes out there that have peddle assist ranges in the 60 to 70 mile range, add an extra battery and you are looking 120 to 140 miles, some with speeds up to 24 mph. So walk 50 mile to get home, or ride. Even in an EMP situation a e-bike will carry more gear in panniers, and travel faster then walking, especially in an early part of a crisis when roads should still be relatively safe to travel. A regular bike can do the same, but an e-bike is faster, and burns less of your energy, especially when it comes to hills. You will still need a pack for Essentials that should never leave your body, if you have to abandon the bike, think back pack and chest rig, better way to carry your weapon, while riding.
Mike can we get more llod hat colors, thx man
My experience, as well as the guy over at Outdoor Gear Review, says that the SOL (Survive Outdoors Longer) bivvy sack isn't worth the money: it doesn't do what it says on the tin, and it retains moisture - so if you start off warm, that warmth will turn to condensation in the sack over time and the user will end up drenched. It's a great concept, but in practice it isn't fit for purpose and may actually cause the user more problems.
Oh definitely not for sleeping in. I tried that back when I was just kinda starting out and testing random survival gear and you absolutely get soaked. For signaling, using as a poncho / rain fly, ground cover, heat reflector from a fire, etc - still has a lot of good uses for a small piece of gear.
Wow that GTI shot is really old (pre Tacoma), or you got another one.
Finally! 😂😊
What jacket is that your wearing in the intro
Like the duct tape moleskin idea!
How did you get the finish on the wall? Looks so sick!
Looks like marble plaster to me.
Can you explain your nalgene is better reasons please. Im interested in your experiences. Also is there a metal cup type thing that fits well on the bottom of nalgenes that can be used for cooking? (Fits on bottom just to save space)
I have been subscribed for years and I haven’t seen any of your videos pop up in many months!! Damn CZcams!! 🤨
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Question for you. Where in a Tacoma do you store this bad. I find this a problem.
Damn Mike ... you have cost me a fortune over the last 10 years.
Merry Chrysler
Merry CHrimmes
Good stuff man👍
Appreciate it!
Need to add some zip ties for gear repair!
For sure - I've had zip ties in previous bags, but forgot to add them to this one! I usually have normal and then a few of the velcros.
Me: watching intently, as if i leave the house 😂
10:29 Would you recommend using these instead of just having a bottle of ibuprofen?
Either works - but this is just a little smaller for infrequent use.
Hey Mike, if you do any hikes with that pack and if it has heavy enough load out, would be interested to hear a follow up review of how comfortable it was, as has it got waist/sternum strap etc? Or update us in another video, I watch them all. Keep up the great work👍
Do you have a De-chockwr to help with a blocked airway for the kids or adults?
Not in the bag, but I have some at home
Keep in mind lifevac apparently performs significantly better than dechoker according to at least one study: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34223337/
Mixed reviews on those devices in healthcare, gimmicky, better to just learn Heimlich and finger sweep
@@robertkoch1327 They don't have enough data to recommend them as best practice vs Heimlich (and in the linked research article the dechoker actually performed worse than heimlich) but the catch 22 is they can't collect the data because they don't recommend them. Still, there are niche scenarios in which I would much rather have the lifevac than nothing (ie, choking when alone and otherwise having to improvise using a chair or car door)
get home bag, or bug out bag? differences?
But out bag stays at home and means you need to leave your home in a hurry. Should be a last resort, typically you’ll be safer at home.
Get home bag is something you always have on you, so you can make it back home or to safety if you’re out and about when disaster strikes.
What’s nods?
Night vision.
Where did the Golf R come from?
Flagstaff
@@LastLineOfDefense Did you keep the GTR or is this the replacement?
I still have the GT-R, but this replaced my G35
I seen Gordon Ryan said he watches the channel a while ago. Any chance for collaboration? Do you train jiu jitsu?
The SOL bivi is worthless for keeping you warm it was tested and it failed miserably 😢
Yeah all survival blankets have zero insulation, so that should be pretty obvious.
You put coton in a straw
I came to see what your flavor crayon was… disappointed that you ate them already
You can be tracked using your own AirTags. Not great “end of the world” tech. Apple has acknowledged this scenario.
Nobody is gonna bother tracking me in the end of the world, haha
Hahaha
Socks
Room for a camelbak?
Why put medical stuff on bottom?
I get the sentiment, but in this scenario it fits best there, is virtually never used and thus is convenient there, and takes maybe a half second longer to get to.
I thought your video was very good. I took careful notes.
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The moss on the trees to orient your direction isn't true just fyi
Moss likes shade, there is more shade on the north side of trees - so in general there will be more moss on the north side of a tree (in the northern hemisphere). Having said that, you are correct that moss can grow on any side of a tree.
Smoke much?
Never actually, haha
Why not add footwear? You won’t always be coming off a hike trying to make it home. What about leaving work and disaster strikes?
Yup, check out the truck gear video
I would not agree that a get home bag is essentially a hiking bag. If you ended up with a flat tire and were able to patch or plug with small essential compact tools, why not carry them you could go as far as keep a pocket air compressor in your glove box that plugs into your 12v lighter outlet and airs up your tires. Get home bags shouldn’t be subjected to just leaving your transportation behind and kicking rocks
Are you talking about repairing your car tire? Yeah that’s car gear, that’s not get home bag gear.
Number one u shouldn’t be cooking in a get home situation. Pack something u can eat while ur walking. Two anything in those little first aid kits isnt fixing anything that serious. Get rid of it. U dont need paracord because u shouldnt be stopping. Ur trying to get home not camp out. Get home! Water filter is good.
I don't have anything that needs cooking - it can all be eaten while walking.
Tourniquet, compression bandages, quick clot, butterfly bandages, ibuprofen, diphenhydramine, etc all have very real and specific beneficial uses in both a get home and hiking scenario.
Paracord is an excellent thing to have handy to repair broken gear, laces, etc - again, extremely handy.
No one is walking around and working with these bags if u had to leave your vehicle like really just pack what u need to get home comfortable and a radio for communication with family and think about how far from home how long and depending on if a natural disaster or an open attack how much time u have to gather family animals and some essentials if u will not be able to shelter in place but know if u really had to leave your vehicle then shots real and gauze and boo boo bags and all the extra weight and crap you will quickly toss
That’s the longest run-on sentence I’ve tried to read this week…. But yes, you basically described a get home bag, and the theory behind a get home bag.
Toilet paper my niggah.