Gear-Up: Bug-Out Can w/ Flashlight

Just thought I'd throw this one on here...Using the Inova 24/7 and one of the wall mounts that comes with the accessory pack, you can have a flashlight mounted ON your bug-out can...and actually make your bug-out/first-aid/car emergency can double as a flashlight!!!

Just use the included adhesive strips that came with the Inova 24/7 accessory pack, and attach one of the wall mounts to the hinged side of your small ammo can (9mm/5.56mm), and voila!!! your bug-out/first aid can just turned into a flashlight, emergency beacon...whatever!!! Hope you enjoyed!!!

Gear Up-Gear Quick Fix Kit

Here's a great combination of items that will ALWAYS come in handy when you need them the most, and you you can fit just the right amount of stuff you need with out packing too much or too little...and it all fits in a compact LC-1 Compass/First Aid pouch... keeping in mind, this a REPAIR KIT for "In The Field", and should be supplemented with a decent first-aid and survival kit...

Here's what I can fit comfortably into this, and I have used every one of these items recently, and more than once...

- A "Roll" of Combat Duct Tape (about 15 ft.): Marking your gear/, fixing a radiator hose, quickly attaching "stuff" to your weapon, or expedient repairs to rips/tears in your tent or bag

-20 "Gear Ties" (miniature zip/electrical ties): Attaching your Camel-Bak/Knife to your LBV/Tac-Vest.

-5 or 6 Larger "Gear Ties" for heavier attachments

-Light; a few different one's will work, but I prefer the Gerber Recon...just enough light to make those essential repairs in the dark, and it easily attaches to a ball cap/BDU Hat, for hands free lighting!!!

-Cutting Tool; Either a Gerber Eclipse or a Leatherman Micra...both compact and excellent tools!!!

-220 Cord; Similar to 550 cord, but alot thinner, and only rated to...you guessed, 220 lbs. Although this may not hold up to as much constant pressure, this is perfect for a repair kit, as you can pack 10 times the length, and it will still do what you need it to in place of some 550.

-I also included a small cyalume light stick, for giggles...I had the room, and you can always use one of these!!!

I have three of these assembled, although some of the items (Light/Knife/Tool) are interchanged between the one I think I'll have on hand first. I keep one on my CFP-90, one on my LBV, and a third I switch between my ALICE Pack and Spelunking Bag. You can easily change this into a "survival pouch" by switching out the repair items with some life-boat matches, and fishing tools, signal mirror, etc. Also, if you have any recommendations or comments, please let me know!!!

Gear Up - Combat Duct-tape

"How to fit a roll of Duct Tape ANYWHERE???"

Combat Duct Tape...A.K.A. 90mph tape. I saw a retail version of this at base supply one time, and thought "I can make one of those!" Ever been out in the trenches, at the camp ground, or on a trip, and needed some duct-tape? To bad you can't carry a roll of that in your field-gear...not comfortably, anyways! So the "Duct-Tape" guys got smart and made a "compact roll" you can carry with you, in your field gear...comfortably!!! IF you know the "guys". But if you don't, here's how to make your own roll of "Combat Duct-Tape"

"Combat Duct Tape...small enough to take anywhere!!!"

Get a sturdy piece of cardboard (fiber board actually...the thin, sturdy stuff...not "corrugated"), and cut it to about 4" long. For the width, cut it just a little thinner than the tape itself. Then, start wrapping the tape around the board, length wise, making sure to keep it taught as you wrap. Do this about twenty/thirty times ,or until the tape is about 1" thick. Now you have a "roll" of "Combat Duct-Tape that will fit in your LC-1 Compass/First-Aid pouch, back pack, Individual First Aid Kit...or just about anywhere!!! I keep one of these in one of my Compass pouches on my LBV, CFP-90, and ALICE Pack, along with some zip-ties and 550/220 cord, as my "Quick Fix/Repair Kit" while in the field.

"Combat duct Tape in an LC-1 Compass/First-Aid Pouch"

Please comment on my blog, and let me know if this was helpful....or maybe you just thought it was neat! Thanks!!!

Gear Up - The Ultimate Knife/Tool Combo

Here's one of the best "Gear Combinations" I've seen...Not sure where I ran across this, but once I did, I thought "That's a heck of an idea...why didn't I think of this?". Take one of the best "Survival Knifes" and put the best multi-tool in it? It utilizes the USAF 499-Survival Knife (the sheath, anyways), by Ontario Knives, and The Leatherman Micra.

To do this, you need to remove the sharpening stone from it's holder on the front of the sheath, and replace it with a better survival tool...the Leatherman Micra. If your stuck out in the wild long enough to have to sharpen your knife, then sharpening it is the least of your problems to begin with. I've tried the same thing with my USN-1 SP-24 Pilot Survival Knife Sheath, but because it's plastic, it doesn't take the Micra very well.

Just place the Micra (with some 220# Cord attached...another great survival tool by the way!!!) in the sharpening stone pocket...

...and when you take off from camp with your knife, or just have a SNAFU, you'll always have two valuable tools, and won't even notice that your packin' one of them!!!

Oh-Yeah, since this is my first "Gear-up" label, please let me know if you liked it, or if it helped...Thanks!