Prep items commonly forgotten

partndn

Seeking serenity
Silver Subscriber
#2
for medical - you and I have talked about the bandages and related things when daddy has had injuries.
I now stock the xeroform dressings, as well as some tegaderm.
Colloidal silver
Steristrip wound closures (I just used this on my own knife inflicted self Sunday)

In other categories.. hmmm
have to think more
 

GOBLIN X

PUKUTSI
Brass Subscriber
#3
been laughed at before. but.a atv inner tube, a co2 inflateor and a patch kit extra tube of glue. i can swim decent still, but i cant swim rucking 60 to 70 lbs of gear. your going to have to cross a river or swamps, and even rice fields, if you go anywhere down here. everything in the ruck is in wetbags to start with, so even if the bag inverts frame strapped to tube, you would not loose your gear.
 

Mel's Cookin'

Word based person lost in a video world!
Moderator
Brass Subscriber
#5
Larger diameter bicycle inner tubes - make much better holders than regular rubber bands. Just cut the width you want.

Zip ties.

Good duct tape, cloth tape, aluminum foil tape, flue tape - and replace those occasionally because they aren't a once and done purchase. Tape gets icky.

Emergency plumbing repair stuff - connectors, glue if pvc, and there's a waterproof applications epoxy kit for temporary plumbing repairs that could be handy.

Complete replacement set for working insides of toilet, plunger and snake.
 

LostViking

Well-known member
Brass Subscriber
#8
Bug spray, tick tools, flat files, wood rasps, sand paper,

Extra boots that are already worn in and ready, extra socks.

Various sizes of heavy duty hardware store tarps.
They can cover a hole in a roof, cover cached kit, expand vehicle living quarters.
And of course be a tarp.

@Mel's Cookin' s
Nailed a lot of stuff, I would have.
Ranger bands, zip ties, and duct tape, can cover a lot of bases.

I am a huge fan of the SAS Basha.
Shelter, improvised litter, gear carrier,
 

Bronzino

Florida Groupie
Brass Subscriber
#10
First thing that popped into my mind for women is tampons/pads. There are certainly alternatives, but good to have a nice stock if you have menstruating women in your group. Think how much they will love you when they say, ”Dang, I am out of tampons.” And you say, “Don’t worry, honey. I have a stock of 1,000.” LOL
 

GOBLIN X

PUKUTSI
Brass Subscriber
#11
First thing that popped into my mind for women is tampons/pads. There are certainly alternatives, but good to have a nice stock if you have menstruating women in your group. Think how much they will love you when they say, ”Dang, I am out of tampons.” And you say, “Don’t worry, honey. I have a stock of 1,000.” LOL
that destined to screw up. you will have stocked the wrong style or the wrong brand, you will suffer the cat eye glance from the check out girl 1000 times, and still suffer the


just accept the fact that as a man, you will always pick the wrong thing. well, most the time anyway .Victoria's secret and the great bra debacle is still frozen in my mind. i was set upon by a horde of sales girls. i was a pilgrim in a unholy land that day......
 

240Geezer

Old dude with a ‘tude
Gold Subscriber
#20
Lighter Fluid (We Don't Smoke, but ZIPPO brand Lighters and handwarmers use it) Flints.

Sealing/Gasket Materials TEFLON sheet, Rubber Sheet/Neoprene sheet, Chart Paper...TEFLON Pipe tape

Make Your Own O-Ring set...get it in Buna-N version
Lighter fluid is naphtha.
Stoddard solvent (parts washer fluid) is the same.
Both work in zippo type lighters.