Underrated Survival Items For a Bugout Bag?

Well, I always would search for "trail boot", but... check this pair out:

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You can live in these... they are so great, so comfortable, and the foot / ankle support is superb.

About gloves:

I like the Mechanix brand. They are extremely wearable, reasonable durable, and completely sufficient for almost all situations.

If you see yourself building your own log cabin in Alaska from lumber you fell with an axe, you might need something more.

Lose weight now. Nothing stands out like fat people. Start walking each day building up to a few miles. Get rid of every med you can. Fat and sick won’t make it very far.

I like those boots. I wish they came up a bit higher. That’s a reasonable price also.

I like those boots. I wish they came up a bit higher. That’s a reasonable price also.

1. A nice hand held water filter device, even if it's those filter straws.

2. If you insist on clinging to your precious technology, you might want to look into RFID shielding cloth/sheets/bags otherwise your gadgets will be sending out a homing signal. Some little feller bored along with the other 300 cubical farmers in that room in India will be subcontracted out to push the button that sends a small $3.99 drone out with a tiny but effective C-4 charge that will be sufficient to pretty much eliminate everything within a 20 foot radius of where you are standing, using your own obliterated body parts as shrapnel to do most of the work for them. Maybe you'll get a really cool but unknown ring tone right before blammo.

3. One of those kits of stamped out flat metal sheets that fit together turning into a camp stove. Very handy, it forms a small chimney stove thing that shelters the burning wood under/inside it, while directing heat straight up for cooking. The titanium ones are lighter than the stainless steel ones. Pans, water boilers or whatever sit right on top, even a small grill could be used but wasn't included with mine. They come right apart, go into a small thick soot blocking bag that fits in a backpack about 1/2 inch thick or so.

If a genuine bug-out is called for, take everything you can because you might not be back for a while (or it may be burned to the ground when you return) stash heavier less immediately needed supplies as you retreat, you can always come back for them as long as you have good close by spots (have you even looked for places like that good for stashing bulkier items/bags, have an actual plan of retreat, have you actually practiced it?). It's easier to sneak back to the remote edge of your neighborhood to retrieve the heavier but just as needed items, rather than chance really going back into an unknown situation that used to be your property. The last time you were home you were running for your life, they could still be around somewhere in the dark.

4. For most of ya'll I'd say just remain on the couch, stay tuned in here at GLP until even this place goes dark, then crank the old Thorazine drip up a few notches...your doomsday has arrived, finally.

In case it hasn't been said before, you need a SPARE can opener. A can opener is one of the most important things to have, and you might break or lose the first one. Should be great for barter too.

It is easy to open a can with a knife. Just use the tip on the edge of the can, keeping it slightly angled to the outside edge go along and keep lifting up.

Socks is one that probably goes overlooked a lot and doesn't seem like a big deal until you are right in the thick of it.