everyday carry (EDC) // 18-2-15

  I like to read what other people carry every day, e.g [1]solderpunk,
  [2]kvothe and [3]pet84rik, and using their ideas to improve my EDC.

  Here's my current, split into what I have on me, in my small pouch, and
  my backpack:

on me (pockets)

    * small Swiss Army knife with scissors, knife, Philips and flat
      screwdrivers, tweezers and ball pen
    * foldable knife with fixable 3 inch blade
    * Kaweco pen -- glad to see others using this as well!
    * some piece of paper with daily to-do list
    * Latex gloves
    * cheap Android smartphone, mostly offline (airplane mode)
    * a.b.art OA series automatic (mechanical) watch

  I'm working in a cleanroom, and often put barely used gloves away for
  later non-cleanroom use, so they often stay in one of my pockets until
  I put them into my backpack.

  The larger knife is a sturdy, simple and rather cheap item, which I use
  recklessly also to pry open crates, strip wires from insulation, etc.
  The small knife I save for delicate stuff. Additional potential weapons
  are classified. ^-^

  During the night, I mostly wear a VECTOR LUNA smartwatch, to wake me up
  in with its vibrating alarm.

side pouch on shoulder strap

    * wallet and keys
    * small notebook
    * printed monthly calendar
    * ball pen with tiny screwdriver bit at the other end
    * foldable tweezers/pince
    * band-aids and small zip-ties

  I don't like to have my pockets filled too much, so I prefer carrying a
  small pouch. At home, I often put the smartphone in there too, and so I
  only really need to make sure to grab the pouch when leaving home, not
  forgetting about some important things.

backpack

    * Android tablet and bluetooth keyboard (where I'm typing this now)
    * USB charger, cables, power bank with built-in LED lamp
    * newspapers, magazines and similar decent time-killers
    * notepad and ball pens, pencil
    * FM/DAB radio with in-ear phones
    * work mobile phone
    * LED flashlight
    * Victorinox pocket knife
    * paper towels
    * first-aid stuff: band-aids, gloves, disinfectant, bandages, sugar
    * packet of mixed nuts
    * cord and zip-ties
    * amateur radio VHF/UHF transceiver
    * keys and ID for workplace

  Like pet84rik, I carry some sugar to help hypoglycaemic people: I'm
  first-aid responder at [4]my workplace, where we often encounter
  underfed and overstressed students doing black-outs...

  You may notice several redundant stuff like LED lamps and knifes:
  that's on purpose, because e.g the Victorinox knife in the backpack I
  only use for cutting food, and sometimes I may want to lend one of the
  lamps to my wife or kids.

  I'm still thinking about a way to power my VHF/UHF transceiver by the
  USB power bank, to improve on redundancy. I'd need some upconverter
  from 5 to 12 V, i.e the inverse problem of powering a Raspberry from a
  12 V sealed lead-acid battery as discussed by [5]solderpunk and others.

  I may again add a bottle of water to my backpack, when temperatures are
  rising after winter.

  .:.

References

  1. gopher://sdf.org/0/users/solderpunk/phlog/on-edc.txt
  2. gopher://sdf.org/0/users/kvothe/phlog/2018/02/11-edc-part-ii
  3. gopher://sdf.org/0/users/pet84rik/phlog/FEB18/Feb12-makeemail
  4. http://www.ethz.ch/
  5. gopher://sdf.org/0/users/solderpunk/phlog/lead-acid-life.txt

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