Best Type of Backpack For Bug Out Bag

A bug-out bag is a portable kit that contains the items one would require to survive for seventy-two hours when evacuating from a disaster. The focus is on evacuation, rather than long-term survival, distinguishing the bug-out bag from a survival kit, a boating or aviation emergency kit, or a fixed-site disaster supplies kit.

Building a Bug Out Bag can seem like a big task but if you cover all of the basics in a survival situation you will still be better off that 99% of the people. Here are the 7 basic types of gear you will need for your Bug Out Bag:

Many of the articles that I have read on various web sites are, in my not so humble opinion, not adequately addressing the equipment necessary for a Bug-Out-Bag (BOB). Having had many years of experience in the survival arena, winter and summer, in the Arctic, mountains, tropic and desert regions, many times in hostile theaters, I have drawn up a list for a BOB, along with some accompanying information.

I threw this gym bag together in a hurry, mostly from items lying around the house. I would throw it and extra gas containers, water, a Henry AR-7, and other items into my SUV and head for the hills if the roads were passable. Please view my 3rd generation BoB here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9wRPrsM7Lo Thanks for watching.