Seven best Bug-out Bags
Ready for anything If, like us, you wonder what you would do in a real Emergency, you’ll appreciate this handy list of Bug-out Bags – each one packed with everything you need in a sudden survival crisis.
Bugging out is survivalist slang for leaving your home to go somewhere safe. To do so, you’ll want a bug-out bag (or BOB) full of survival supplies for the road; a bug-out vehicle (or BOV), to get you out of the impact zone and through traffic as quickly as possible; and a bug-out location (or BOL) stocked with provisions to get through whatever crisis is occurring.
So, in short, WTSHTF (When The Sh** Hits The Fan), you’re going to want a BOB to put in your BOV to go to your BOL, where you’ll pray it isn’t the EOTWAWKI – The End Of The World As We Know It. Here’s the list:The Escape & Evasion Bag from Diamondback Tactical is the best of the lot, its heavy duty without being heavy, extremely well made in every detail, and packed with too many functional features to cover here. See the Web site for info on features and dimensions, but what the site modestly doesn’t say is how comfortably it carries, how smooth and supple the material and construction are, and its very low noise signature. This is a terrific all-around bag at a surprisingly low price, www.diamondbacktactical.com
The hardy Hoplite warriors at Gunsite like the Eagle Tactical Attache so much they’ve graced it with their black raven insignia and sell it in their online pro shop. Only the informed might suspect o hidden howitzer rides between the front flapped pouch and the spacious main compartment. That’s Gunsite Director of Ops Ed Head’s well-worn 1911 with the gorgeous grips peekin’ out–the big showoff. www.gunsite.com
Maxpedition Hard-Use Gear has something for everyone, including “neat freaks” packin’ handfuls of pens, mini-lights, PDAs, cell phones and digital gizmos–and who then try to keep ‘era heal. A wide-opening clamshell design puts everything at your fingertips–or closed up tight and secure. If you’re tire of all that pocket litter threatening to pull your pants down or your messenger bag sounding like a washing machine fulla silverware, get a Neat Freak. www.maxpedition.com
The Quakehold – available on Amazon. Each kit contains enough emergency supplies to sustain two people for three days, as recommended by the American Red Cross. There’s food, water and emergency blankets, plus a First Aid kit (33 piece), two 12-hour safety lightsticks, dust masks, nitrile gloves and an emergency whistle. Each kit also contains emergency ponchos and pocket tissues. The kit, in a handy backpack, can be stored at home, at school, and at the office. Add in a couple of good knives from your kitchen drawer and its the best value of all bags reviewed.
Dillon Precision’s enormously popular Wilderness Safepacker is solidly made. This “Hallo-Holster” can be hand curried like a day planner, slung from a shoulder: clipped to a belt or slipped into a forger bog. There is testimony to a man’s life saved by his Safepacker. Now he’s a fanatic about it. www.dillonprecision.com
Designed for military women, the BLACKHAWK! Tactical Handbag has proven popular with female cops and other women who could care less about faux-fur trim and want o tank-tough utilitarian “bag for all seasons.” With a waterproof interior, a rugged, abrasion-resistant Hawk-Tex bottom and military-grade buckles and straps, a woman can be assured her Tactical Handbag will still be serving when those cutesy fashion purses are KIA. All the right compartments and pouches, inside and out, in black, coyote tan and foliage green, www.blackhawk.com
Crossbreed Holster’s CCSB–Concealed Carry Shoulder Bag–looks as good serving a man as it does a woman; rich, hand-stitched leather you could pass along to grandchildren, and one of the slickest, quietest cannon-concealment rigs ever. Two sizes accommodate lots of gear, and the included Ohai Velcro-backed holster keeps your handgun handy. www.crossbreedholsters.com
Leave it to a former SEAL to spot the gap between too-small overnighter hags and monster-bogs you need two men and a boy to carry–and fill it with a tough, thoughtfully-structured mid-size gear carrier. That’s what Chris Osman, CEO of TAG–Tactical Assault Gear–has done with his Deployment Bag. Read the dimensions of the main and side compartments on his website, and it’s perfect for ’bout 90 percent of your travel needs. Then read this: all TAG gear is 100 percent guaranteed for life, and 100 percent made in the USA. www.tacticlassaulttgear.com
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