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General discussion

What's in your pockets or purse for EDC (everyday carry)?

May 20, 2015 1:18PM PDT

In my pocket now:

-- Wallet with millions of dollars (J/K I wish Wink )
-- Cell Phone
-- Pocket knife
-- Small flashlight (high powered)
-- Keys

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not too much
May 20, 2015 1:41PM PDT

- keys
- wallet
- cell phone
- lighter
- change (e.g. coins)

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(NT) same for me, minus the lighter
May 20, 2015 5:02PM PDT
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it's a battle not to carry too much
May 20, 2015 7:17PM PDT

but besides wallet and keys, gum is a must!

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I also bring a bottle opener
May 20, 2015 8:26PM PDT

Because you never know

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if you smoked
May 21, 2015 4:14AM PDT

the lighter is a perfect bottle opener

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It's good to see you JJ!
May 21, 2015 7:43AM PDT

Hope things are well with you and the family.

Agreed a lighter is a great bottle opener.

Cheers!
-Lee

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Always carry a penny along with your paper money
May 21, 2015 1:39AM PDT

If not, and you try to pay for something with cash, your total coinage need will end in 1 or a 6.

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Cell Phone AND Flashlight????
May 22, 2015 8:57AM PDT
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This flashlight is a small, but very powerful...
May 22, 2015 4:19PM PDT

not something my cellphone's wimpy flashlight can produce.

Check it out--I have the Olight S10R. I'll let you borrow it one day, maybe Wink

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Yeah, got lots like those.
May 22, 2015 8:15PM PDT

Also credit-card shaped lights that do a good job of scaring off demons, ghouls and other creatures of the night. I usually carry a cc-flash.

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Flashlights
Jun 24, 2015 11:07AM PDT

I have a slight addiction to flashlights. The one you mentioned (Olight S10R) is quite tempting! Happy

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A few items
May 22, 2015 10:30AM PDT

Keys (including the awesome Midnite Minichamp Swiss Army Knife)
Wallet
Commuter card

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I carry one of these, instead.
May 22, 2015 8:17PM PDT
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SwissCard
Jun 24, 2015 9:54AM PDT

That SwissCard looks super handy. It's not as thick as a traditional SAK so it can easily slip into a pocket. If only it had a bottle opener. Thanks for the idea! I'm going to check it out.

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Victorinox one is better than my Tool logic one...
Jun 24, 2015 11:07AM PDT
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Tool Logic
Jun 24, 2015 1:59PM PDT
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Still on the subject of the bottle opener
Jun 24, 2015 2:03PM PDT

I wonder if the handle of the scissors in the SwissCard can be used as one.

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It will probably break...
Jun 24, 2015 3:33PM PDT

How about opening a bottle with keys or a lighter,  I do when there is no opener around  Happy

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Loads.
May 22, 2015 8:08PM PDT

In my pockets I usually carry: several plastic carrier bags, key-chain with micro-toolkit, torch, pen, bottle-opener, other stuff. Credit-card shaped micro toolkit. Flip-card style leather wallet with lots of cards, credit, loyalty, store, NHS prepayment and others. Large biro, sharpie-type pens, cigarette lighters for the wife's birthday candle as I can never find one in the church, transparent plastic wallet with my annual bus ticket and any train tickets I have,. Coin thingy for releasing supermarket trolleys, UK-pound shaped thing with a smiley face on it that was a birthday present from my lady. A couple of pen-knives and multi-tool knife-like things that were birthday presents. 64GB pen drive with a "toolkit" on it - things like PortableApps and *nixxy ISO's for file-system repair. Anti-bacterial wet-wipes. Nitroglycerine spray. Usually a tray of Piriton and generic Ibuprofen. Any loose change, including notes, that I may have accumulated and not yet given to my favourite charity. If I'm out at night I sometimes add a folded reflective, high-visibility vest.
Sometimes I'll add a phone, camera, light headphones, mp3 device or e-reader, possibly with a multi-charger.
I generally remove the thing when I'm being weighed. It has more mass than I do.

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Whoa that is a lot to carry!
Jun 1, 2015 12:42PM PDT

Now these all go into your pockets or do you carry additional pouch of some sort?

Thanks for sharing!

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Gilet.
Jun 4, 2015 10:45AM PDT

A sort of suit vest thingy only with lots more pockets.

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Gotcha!
Jun 4, 2015 11:01AM PDT
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Yerp. Only more so.
Jun 4, 2015 11:27PM PDT

Mine has way more pocketses and some very large ones, too. Large enough for tablets, e-readers and even hardback books.
Mine weighs more than his, too!
My wife found it for me.

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My pocket depends on my activity but ...
May 23, 2015 4:55AM PDT

Usually I have:
a wallet,
a comb,
car keys as my usual items. Oh and I usually have a piece of paper. For some unknown reason.I always seem to end up with some paper in my pocket and what's worse? I usually don't check what it is for a couple days. I just like the feel of having the feel of something in my pockets.

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Pretty Mundane Stuff
May 23, 2015 5:06AM PDT

I always carry my smartphone in my shirt pocket, my wallet in my right back pocket, my keys in my right pocket, and change in my left pocket.

I am a complete creature of habit. This never varies. Sometimes there are additional items, however. I tend to stuff cash register receipts in my change pocket until I get home. Sometimes I carry a little permanent magnet in my change pocket, particularly when I am shopping for cookware (I have an induction stovetop and need to test pots and pans to make certain that they're magnetic). And, when setting out on social occasions, I occasionally put a Listerine Power-Pack in my change pocket in case I nosh on something that might leave me with less than ideal breath.

And that's the whole list.

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a condom
May 23, 2015 7:21AM PDT

you just never know.

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Yup, you never know when you need to...
Jun 5, 2015 4:32PM PDT
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What's usually carried daily?
May 23, 2015 7:51AM PDT

Coins, wallet, keys, handkerchief, shopping list, reading glasses, comb.

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Well....
May 23, 2015 12:02PM PDT

knuckledusters, mace, gumshield and taser. It is Wales after all.
Dafydd.

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wow, it's rough...
Jun 5, 2015 4:48PM PDT

in your neighborhood.

What's a gumshield?

Is it something to protect you from bubble gum? Wink