In my opinion the best edc i have found is a bic lighter (or zippo if your fancy and remember to fill it). A quality pocket knife. A mini blade screw driver and a quality flashlight. I think those four items can do 99% of the daily tasks I need. But anyway good video showing options
Same here. (Although I keep the mini-Bic/mini-Clipper in the bag instead of the pockets due to not-quite-daily use.) Quality pocket knife, flashlight, some bluetooth earbuds, and a pen (Italic-nibbed fountain pen because I'm a stationary nerd). That's all I will keep in my pockets. Anything else goes in the messenger bag, or stays home.
@@HipposHateWater yes. A pen helps with navigation. 5 min at 10 degrees. 15 min at 180 degrees, etc. Leaving notes for people to find you, etc. Never thought about it before.
@@josephlinares96 This is true. I have the Chevy Cobalt car where people were dying from heavy keyring. Women in particular have heavy keyring. There was the largest recall ever over the keyring thing.
Y'know fancy stuff aside, channels like this are part of the reason I started carrying extra tools (a knife, screwdrivers and a multitool.) So far its stopped me from likely getting mugged, made me look good in front of my college instructors, and helped me fix a thousand small issues) If you dont carry anything, I'd reccomend keeping a small knife alongside your wallet, it doesn't seem like it'd be useful often, but when you have it on you 24/7 "often" only has to happen once or twice for it to start paying off
I’ve had a wazoo whetstone necklace for years. I’ve worn it so much I wore out the leather and had to replace it with paracord. Great product IMO. I totally agree about having a Ferro rod with you when you’re outdoors
@@barmstrong25 I don’t think choking on a necklace is quite the hazard some people believe. If you’re worried about it by all means go for it but I’ve never heard of something like that actually happening.
@@evanf1443 To me it is common sense even for basic self defense. If you're wearing something that can get huge up on or used as a weapon against you. It is just my opinion I've been doing martial arts for over 30 years. This is why I would not use a paracord neck knife laynard without quick release connectors. This is why some knife companies use chains for knife laynard because they can break before being strangled. Do what you want it is a free country for now.
@@barmstrong25 I think we can agree to disagree. Even in self defense that sort of thing is unlikely since it often goes underneath my shirt anyway and if I’m in a self defense situation I’m going to cheat, a lot. I’ve spent over a decade practicing martial arts myself and in my experience someone is just as likely to try to choke you using your shirt or jacket as anything else, so wearing a necklace isn’t going to cause me any undue concern.
@@evanf1443 You're probably correct. But why give someone a tool to use against you. This is especially true against someone with no training. They are very unpredictable and that is what makes them dangerous.
my dude that is not a bit holder (the Dewault) that is a driver for 1/4" hex screws. You can for purposes of getting more perfect grip on various screw head types actually put screw in then hammer other end while screw tip is on hard object and that magnet will slide down, if u look the end of that is a 1/2 inch, the depth for screw is only 1/8th and so is magnet. any who, thats not a bit holder just FYI. great videos, always enjoy the things you find to show us
I feel like all of the “tiny compartment” items are marketed to the survival geniuses that can cram a whole fire-starting/fishing set into an Altoid’s box. I’m no McGuyver, so I’d die pretty fast if my life depended on me assembling and using one of those kits. They’re also useful for lockpicking kits.
I have an instinctual gag reflex anytime I see those. Especially the ones you'd see with the kit included in a hollow "survival knife" handle, right where the the tang should be. Granted, stuffing the little bits and bobs into a separate pill box and using a normal knife with an actual tang as a separate device would solve all of my misgivings, but it's still a several decade long conditioned response lol
I always appreciate these videos because we all know there’s some cool quality stuff in the vast sea of EDC gear but actually buying a lot of it is such a gamble. Also I think the writings on the wall, your next video needs to be the best Allergy EDC lol.
The DeWalt 'Bit Extender' is not a bit extender. That's a 1/4" nut driver, for hex head screws, not 1/4" bits. A bit extender will interface with most of the changeable bit, and hold it well.
My dad hit me hard with that one. Just because it can do it does not mean it can do it well or that it makes the task easier. The right tool for the right job if you have the option to do so. The more bells and whistles, the more crap that can go wrong, get in the way, and be broken or lost. I'm not going to share how many Leatherman bit kits I have replaced or have a few bits in one left and lost enough to replace. I have a collection of tools with missing pieces and bit kits with only a few bits.
@@Lizzard2060 nice! Mine came from my dad as well.. he was/is into electronics and hated combo units. IE, TV/VCR type things. I’ve found that it Carries over to most things though.
@@jseden Uncle taught me the electronics and same as yours went off on the tangents of "Why would you ever put two items (TV/VCR, DVD/VCR, etc.) coming off one power source, OMG, this will kill the power source so fast?!?!". It was true and many of those items did not last the way a single use one did.
@@Lizzard2060 it’s true.. and then you’re left with a half functioning thing that’ll probably cost more to fix than than just replacing the faulty component. I dissected a ton of electronics with him throughout the 90s and those combo things were just never built quite as well as a (when broken down by cost per function) stand-alone component
That small "storage compartment" in the titanium carabiner is for tabs of acid IMPORTANT EDIT: Do not throw that small battery into the stash container... It can hard short and pop.
I wish company's that sell things like the fire zip pull/tinder zip would include a small section of material to test so you don't have to waste product just to learn the " Manual of arms" 😅🤷♂️
@@BlackDragonWitheHawk ya the "SUPER DRAGON BALL" type of world would be GREAT 😅 but unfortunately our reality is more of the "BLACK STAR 🐲BALLS" type of existence.... A wish is possible with the black🌟 🐲balls but there's always a catch.. i.e. Glad to include extra for a cost even though selling cordage has to be damn near pure profit from the jump after start up costs lmao😅
@carl I was super into that kit because I want to try the whole "Altoid kit" thing but the price tag made me spit out my water. So ridiculous. Most of the components were just glorified pill containers that I could get at the dollar general
10 plus years looking at EDC gear and I’ve never run across your channel till now. Bummer. Good job. Love your content and effort you put into it. Thx man
Interesting stuff. Know that strong magnets and mechanical watches don't get along very well. The VSSL cracks me up. They give you everything you need to get drunk, lost and find your way back.
Just want to say haven’t watched you in about a month or two and wow man, you are looking great with your weight loss. Keep up the good work it’s truly inspiring
*something else you might consider would be many of the items found at grim workshop...especially the tiny edc that makes cordage out of a discarded plastic bottle...works surprisingly well and the cordage provided is strong enough for most emergency camping/survival improvised uses...got mine as a kickstarter campaign but the website has many other useful items including a wallet axe...seriously*
@@thatrealba Why would anybody who's EDC kit includes a good knife - "Every Day Carry" it and then not use it because they might have to sharpen it? WTF? Then carry a second knife...which is the one you actually use?? 😆😆😆
I love your videos but for us that can't afford the stuff you buy..its all a dream. I know you make money of UA-cam and get sponsors which is amazing. But normal people can not afford this stuff to an extent. I do love the videos of the amazing gear and how intricate you go through each thing...keep up the good work.
My EDC pocket knife is a Kershaw 1920 Select Fire. It has a very nice and beefy blade with no serrations. It holds a great edge and sharpens fairly readily. But it fits this video because it has a swing out arm with a 1/4" socket driver. 4 bits are in spring secured, swing out bit holders. It comes with two flat and two Phillips bits, but it'll work with any single ended bits. There's a very short ruler on the swing arm, and the recess it closes into is a bottle opener. Costs about $35, and has a nice strong pocket clip. I'm trying to find a good field knife sharpener. I've tried several. So far, the Work Sharp Field Sharpener is good for my needs. It has two diamond plates, coarse 220 and fine 600. There's a large ceramic rod that rotates to show a coarser and finer surface for honing. There's a very small ceramic rod for sharpening serrations. But the best part is the narrow but serviceable leather strop pre-saturated with green stropping compound. The whole thing is lightweight and compact, and works great on just about anything. I have and carry that Titanium tape measure on a shot bead chain around my neck asking with a tiny 550 lumen RovyVon flashlight with a glow in the dark blue case. One of the light modes is a UV blacklight that makes a good night light that doesn't destroy your night vision. I always have a small Fresnel lens in my wallet for emergency fire starting. If I have my bag, though, I have several fire starting tools and kinds of tinder. I have an odd EDC tools, a Covert Companion lockpick set. I'm a sport lockpicker, so it's fun. But if I must get through a lock, I have the tools. Instead of the bit vault, I have the Budi stick. Holds 6 microSD cards, two phone SIM cards, a short data and charge cable, with a full set of adapters, a microSD reader/writer, and a SIM tray tool. The other end is a small phone stand. It's a little longer than that bit vault, but it has more features.
6:20, that's not a bit holder, the "dewalt one" that is a quarter inch hex driver. It will marginally hold onto a hex shank for a 1/4" drive, but it isn't a bit holder, nor is a bit holder a quarter driver, though there is some overlap where they will perform tasks meant for the other.
I realize this video is a year old, and I'm behind the curve here, but my EDC is a Milwaukee Fastback with the screwdriver end. I'm an electrician, and a knife of some sort is almost mandatory, the screwdriver end is a nice bonus for when I climb up a ladder and forget my Klein screwdriver, I just pull out the knife and open the junction box or whatever instead of having to go back down to my tool cart. I found this video because I was looking for tactical pens, a concept I only recently discovered and now I'm intrigued. I may get one, may not, not sure yet. So far I'm leaning toward the Atomic Bear, because it has a built-in flashlight, and as an electrician, I frequently find myself working in the dark. I'm also just an enthusiast of flashlights in general, and have dozens. Hardhat lights, penlights, magnetic work lights, etc. Lights that double as a phone charging bank, you name it, if you want me to just throw money at you and give me a product, put a light on it. One of my favorites is the newish Klein flashlight with built-in laser pointer, my only complaint with it is that the pocket clip is a bit weak, it gets ripped off my side by ductwork hangers and other typical things in a construction environment. It's a bit too bulky to be described as a pocket light, I can't really put it in a shirt pocket, and it often gets left on my truck dashboard even though I like it in theory and spent around $50 on it. I also had some lights I bought at either Harbor Freight or Tractor Supply, I forget which, that I quite liked but weren't very durable. They were these multi-function lights with a yellow plastic body, found them on clearance for like $7, discounted from an original price in the 20s. I loved them when I started using them, because they had a strong magnetic base, could stick them to I-beams, ductwork, sprinkler pipes, whatever to see what I was doing. The first time I dropped one, it held up, and I was pleasantly surprised, even though the battery percentage display got cockeyed. The second time I dropped one, it fell apart. It is technically still usable, the light still works, but the body is in 3 pieces with the internal wires dangling out.
I love the rip spool, but as for the tinderZip, I would rather get some Titan Survivor Cord and a bag of those end clamps to make my own zipper pulls with even more options inside. Just my opinion.
I think that's a really cool idea! Though I can't find what you're referring to when you say "bag of those end clamps". Can you share a better phrase that will yield appropriate Amazon or Google results?
I got a few of those pen light/lighters and just threw them in a drawer somewhere because the instructions weren’t in English and I didn’t even know it was called to search online for demo. I’ll have to find them and try them out now thanks for sharing.
I have that pill opener and I love it. It comes in handier than I expected. It keeps gunk off your keys from opening tape. I hung it on my dog for a while when I couldn’t find a ring for his rabies tag. I’d be like “come, I need to open a box! Come here boy!”
I have the bit vault. I bought it because of your original video and I just toss it on my belt still today. I just carry edc medicine in it, Tylenol, allergy meds, etc. definitely has come in handy fairly often.
"Thumbs up" earned with the SICK SMOKE RING off that Wazoo fire starter! And at 2:00 on the money! Noice! I, myself, have the sharpening stone necklace, and it is BEAUTIFUL. It looks and feels SO CLASSY, yet it is so functional at around 600-800 grit. I LOVE IT.
Stuff like the tape measure isn't necessarily key-ring material, but key rings don't have to be the only thing you might attach small tools to. Rather than having a box or pouch for small tools that you keep in a backpack, it strikes me that having a ring for your small tools, perhaps with short cable extensions on some of them, would be a good way to make sure you can't easily lose individual tools just because you've opened their container. You could even attach the ring to your belt (loop) or a backpack strap and use the jangling to forewarn bears and such when out on a trail.
The carribiner hiding spot would be a great place to stash a nitro pill 💊 for people with heart problems or some other kind of emergency pill 💊 😆, but yeah it’s pretty gimmicky. Awesome content. Thanks for the post.
I’ve had a Swiss Qlip on my Tinker (funnily enough) for about a year now and love it. Don’t get my wrong it’s bulky and ugly but works and until I get a pocket slip this is perfect.
At first I thought it was a Hamilton Intramatic panda chrono. But the lugs are different. Then I thought about the Seagull 1963 Sugess panda...no again.
You know those little stash containers you can put a little bit of gun lube and bore cleaner in for your edc side arm or you can wrap a little cotton balls in vasoline and put them in plastic and then stuff them down there as a fire starter to start with your lighter. Honestly the possibilities are endless
I like the idea of such a small ferro rod. My first thought was for that size you could attach it to a lanyard hole on a knife or sheath. Loop it though like a zipper pull so you can take it off easily and strike it with your knife spine.
That CC mini driver was in my pocket every day for years when I worked at a car dealership. Perfect for always having something to take plates on and off with. Mine is beat to crap and have been waiting for them to come back in stock.
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Wow I can't believe you don't think that's useful. Obviously that's where the real men who carry that kept their condoms.
looks like a compartment for one crack.
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In my opinion the best edc i have found is a bic lighter (or zippo if your fancy and remember to fill it). A quality pocket knife. A mini blade screw driver and a quality flashlight. I think those four items can do 99% of the daily tasks I need. But anyway good video showing options
Same here. (Although I keep the mini-Bic/mini-Clipper in the bag instead of the pockets due to not-quite-daily use.)
Quality pocket knife, flashlight, some bluetooth earbuds, and a pen (Italic-nibbed fountain pen because I'm a stationary nerd). That's all I will keep in my pockets.
Anything else goes in the messenger bag, or stays home.
@@HipposHateWater yes. A pen helps with navigation. 5 min at 10 degrees. 15 min at 180 degrees, etc. Leaving notes for people to find you, etc. Never thought about it before.
Please suggest best tiny pocket knife
Also an interesting challenge video would be an edc set up only on a key ring or on a key set up.
if you are in discord of him, tag me (head standing penguin ore something like that) I used to have most of my stuff on my keychain...
edcforums.com has a lengthy thread of people showing their keychain setups.
Im sure everyone knows this but a weighted key chain is bad for the cars ignition but if you had a push to start no problem
@@josephlinares96 This is true.
I have the Chevy Cobalt car where people were dying from heavy keyring.
Women in particular have heavy keyring.
There was the largest recall ever over the keyring thing.
This video is not going to be gimmicky stuff you can hide your weed in, proceeds to show me a bunch of stuff I could hide my weed in lol
Y'know fancy stuff aside, channels like this are part of the reason I started carrying extra tools (a knife, screwdrivers and a multitool.)
So far its stopped me from likely getting mugged, made me look good in front of my college instructors, and helped me fix a thousand small issues)
If you dont carry anything, I'd reccomend keeping a small knife alongside your wallet, it doesn't seem like it'd be useful often, but when you have it on you 24/7 "often" only has to happen once or twice for it to start paying off
I’ve had a wazoo whetstone necklace for years. I’ve worn it so much I wore out the leather and had to replace it with paracord. Great product IMO. I totally agree about having a Ferro rod with you when you’re outdoors
It is a good tool. However, it is easy to get choked with the leather necklace. I would replace it with a breakaway paracord connector.
@@barmstrong25 I don’t think choking on a necklace is quite the hazard some people believe. If you’re worried about it by all means go for it but I’ve never heard of something like that actually happening.
@@evanf1443 To me it is common sense even for basic self defense. If you're wearing something that can get huge up on or used as a weapon against you. It is just my opinion I've been doing martial arts for over 30 years. This is why I would not use a paracord neck knife laynard without quick release connectors. This is why some knife companies use chains for knife laynard because they can break before being strangled. Do what you want it is a free country for now.
@@barmstrong25 I think we can agree to disagree. Even in self defense that sort of thing is unlikely since it often goes underneath my shirt anyway and if I’m in a self defense situation I’m going to cheat, a lot. I’ve spent over a decade practicing martial arts myself and in my experience someone is just as likely to try to choke you using your shirt or jacket as anything else, so wearing a necklace isn’t going to cause me any undue concern.
@@evanf1443 You're probably correct. But why give someone a tool to use against you. This is especially true against someone with no training. They are very unpredictable and that is what makes them dangerous.
my dude that is not a bit holder (the Dewault) that is a driver for 1/4" hex screws. You can for purposes of getting more perfect grip on various screw head types actually put screw in then hammer other end while screw tip is on hard object and that magnet will slide down, if u look the end of that is a 1/2 inch, the depth for screw is only 1/8th and so is magnet. any who, thats not a bit holder just FYI. great videos, always enjoy the things you find to show us
Came here to say this. Thanks man :)
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@@dr.marvin4816 me too
I feel like all of the “tiny compartment” items are marketed to the survival geniuses that can cram a whole fire-starting/fishing set into an Altoid’s box. I’m no McGuyver, so I’d die pretty fast if my life depended on me assembling and using one of those kits. They’re also useful for lockpicking kits.
The keychain one's are cocaine/ecstasy containers usually
I have an instinctual gag reflex anytime I see those. Especially the ones you'd see with the kit included in a hollow "survival knife" handle, right where the the tang should be. Granted, stuffing the little bits and bobs into a separate pill box and using a normal knife with an actual tang as a separate device would solve all of my misgivings, but it's still a several decade long conditioned response lol
I keep a Ti tiny container on my keychain with a folded up $20 in it for emergency money.
yeah those container ones are definitely for weed lol
Those guys who think some tiny ass kit is going to keep them going are gonna be surprised if they ever end up needing a real kit.
The flask come with a compass and flashlight so you can find your way home after you get smashed lol
I always appreciate these videos because we all know there’s some cool quality stuff in the vast sea of EDC gear but actually buying a lot of it is such a gamble. Also I think the writings on the wall, your next video needs to be the best Allergy EDC lol.
The DeWalt 'Bit Extender' is not a bit extender. That's a 1/4" nut driver, for hex head screws, not 1/4" bits. A bit extender will interface with most of the changeable bit, and hold it well.
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I learned young that the more features something like these items has, the worse it usually handles the intended tasks.
My dad hit me hard with that one. Just because it can do it does not mean it can do it well or that it makes the task easier. The right tool for the right job if you have the option to do so. The more bells and whistles, the more crap that can go wrong, get in the way, and be broken or lost. I'm not going to share how many Leatherman bit kits I have replaced or have a few bits in one left and lost enough to replace. I have a collection of tools with missing pieces and bit kits with only a few bits.
@@Lizzard2060 nice! Mine came from my dad as well.. he was/is into electronics and hated combo units. IE, TV/VCR type things. I’ve found that it Carries over to most things though.
@@jseden Uncle taught me the electronics and same as yours went off on the tangents of "Why would you ever put two items (TV/VCR, DVD/VCR, etc.) coming off one power source, OMG, this will kill the power source so fast?!?!". It was true and many of those items did not last the way a single use one did.
@@Lizzard2060 it’s true.. and then you’re left with a half functioning thing that’ll probably cost more to fix than than just replacing the faulty component.
I dissected a ton of electronics with him throughout the 90s and those combo things were just never built quite as well as a (when broken down by cost per function) stand-alone component
Been watching you since mod days. I even was on your subscription service. So cool to see you're still killing it :)
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As a university student, the most underrated EDC item you can own is a mini-stapler.
A nano paperpro has been in my backpack for almost a decade
for what tho? making a lil staple chain?
@@anthonydentice8180 It has normal size staples, just not as much capacity or leverage making the tool smaller.
@@sams.mk8 yeh but for what normal stapling of paper or some other type use is what im getting at
@@anthonydentice8180 Just normal stapling paper
That small "storage compartment" in the titanium carabiner is for tabs of acid
IMPORTANT EDIT: Do not throw that small battery into the stash container... It can hard short and pop.
that's the only thing i could think of that would be good for that haha
just wrap the backup in electrical tape
I wish company's that sell things like the fire zip pull/tinder zip would include a small section of material to test so you don't have to waste product just to learn the " Manual of arms" 😅🤷♂️
that would be great in a world where the customer is king but bad in a world where vulture capitalism is king...
@@BlackDragonWitheHawk ya the "SUPER DRAGON BALL" type of world would be GREAT 😅
but unfortunately our reality is more of the "BLACK STAR 🐲BALLS" type of existence.... A wish is possible with the black🌟 🐲balls but there's always a catch.. i.e. Glad to include extra for a cost even though selling cordage has to be damn near pure profit from the jump after start up costs lmao😅
@@BlackDragonWitheHawk but hey a man can wish lol *also if that slightly elongated over zealous🐲 🌟 ⚽ reference doesn't land that be my bad 😂
My impression of this sort of "stylish" EDC stuff is that it's very, very expensive for what it is. Sort of hard to understand the appeal.
Exactly my thoughts! Heres one stash container and two separate stash containers and a led light, all these go for a hundred bucks...
@carl I was super into that kit because I want to try the whole "Altoid kit" thing but the price tag made me spit out my water. So ridiculous. Most of the components were just glorified pill containers that I could get at the dollar general
I laughed out loud when he said how much the tape measure was.
Been waiting on this "unusual edc" since the last one. Thanks for trying the weird stuff so i can know before i buy or not
10 plus years looking at EDC gear and I’ve never run across your channel till now. Bummer. Good job. Love your content and effort you put into it. Thx man
Hey! Now you can enjoy all his older vids lol
That was a wicked smoke ring
Great videos Man. You definitely have a voice that I don't mind listening, and the cool stuff is endless
The Micro Blade TI is what I use when carving my gang affiliations into the back of CTA bus seats on my way to buy smack.
I use mine to scratch yours out
Damn, all the stuff I didn’t realize I needed!
Congratulations on the new arrival man, hope all is well
Hey buddy, I haven’t watched your vids in over a year and WOW! You slimmed up dude! Good for you! Keep it up brother, I know you feel much better!
Interesting stuff. Know that strong magnets and mechanical watches don't get along very well.
The VSSL cracks me up. They give you everything you need to get drunk, lost and find your way back.
Just want to say haven’t watched you in about a month or two and wow man, you are looking great with your weight loss. Keep up the good work it’s truly inspiring
Love the channel and your hard work in the gym is paying off Taylor. Keep up the good work.
I have had the Wazoo whetstone necklace for a couple of years now. It's a great stone and puts a great edge on a knife.
Very cool items, thank you! May I get the details on the screw bit you used on the carabiner?
Nice Lorier, good choice and the sub dials look perfectly stunning
County Comm....2 pack for under a buck!! Now give us 9 bucks to ship it to you! lol
I wonder if the Pill TI @10:00 would be a good TSA alternative to travel and fly with since pockets knives are a no no.
I'm just getting started in bushcraft and I'm now ordering the whetstone necklace, thanks
*something else you might consider would be many of the items found at grim workshop...especially the tiny edc that makes cordage out of a discarded plastic bottle...works surprisingly well and the cordage provided is strong enough for most emergency camping/survival improvised uses...got mine as a kickstarter campaign but the website has many other useful items including a wallet axe...seriously*
You look happy and healthy, Taylor. Keep up the good work. 🤙🏻
i haven’t seen one of your videos in almost a year due to time and busy schedules
man you look great! and i’m sure you feel great and healthy
You look fitter here, great! New Fan here from the Philippines man... really love your EDC ideas. Keep it up and God bless.
Good video. I have been wearing a ferro necklace for years. I used tinder paracord for the necklace, set up just like yours showed. I wear it daily.
Looking healthier good for you man! 👏
This channel brings out the nerdy kid in me... I love it!
Great video! Nice job on segmenting the time stamp.
Did he actually cut something with his knife ???? Madness !!!i 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪
@@thatrealba ah ah use your blades and wear your sneakers ✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼
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Why would anybody who's EDC kit includes a good knife - "Every Day Carry" it and then not use it because they might have to sharpen it? WTF? Then carry a second knife...which is the one you actually use?? 😆😆😆
Because steel snobs like myself pay 150+ for the best! Can I borrow your knife.. what did you say haha! You can use my SAK
The Mecarmy kit actually looks pretty cool and practical!
I love your videos but for us that can't afford the stuff you buy..its all a dream. I know you make money of UA-cam and get sponsors which is amazing. But normal people can not afford this stuff to an extent. I do love the videos of the amazing gear and how intricate you go through each thing...keep up the good work.
My EDC pocket knife is a Kershaw 1920 Select Fire. It has a very nice and beefy blade with no serrations. It holds a great edge and sharpens fairly readily. But it fits this video because it has a swing out arm with a 1/4" socket driver. 4 bits are in spring secured, swing out bit holders. It comes with two flat and two Phillips bits, but it'll work with any single ended bits. There's a very short ruler on the swing arm, and the recess it closes into is a bottle opener. Costs about $35, and has a nice strong pocket clip.
I'm trying to find a good field knife sharpener. I've tried several. So far, the Work Sharp Field Sharpener is good for my needs. It has two diamond plates, coarse 220 and fine 600. There's a large ceramic rod that rotates to show a coarser and finer surface for honing. There's a very small ceramic rod for sharpening serrations. But the best part is the narrow but serviceable leather strop pre-saturated with green stropping compound. The whole thing is lightweight and compact, and works great on just about anything.
I have and carry that Titanium tape measure on a shot bead chain around my neck asking with a tiny 550 lumen RovyVon flashlight with a glow in the dark blue case. One of the light modes is a UV blacklight that makes a good night light that doesn't destroy your night vision.
I always have a small Fresnel lens in my wallet for emergency fire starting. If I have my bag, though, I have several fire starting tools and kinds of tinder.
I have an odd EDC tools, a Covert Companion lockpick set. I'm a sport lockpicker, so it's fun. But if I must get through a lock, I have the tools.
Instead of the bit vault, I have the Budi stick. Holds 6 microSD cards, two phone SIM cards, a short data and charge cable, with a full set of adapters, a microSD reader/writer, and a SIM tray tool. The other end is a small phone stand. It's a little longer than that bit vault, but it has more features.
6:20, that's not a bit holder, the "dewalt one" that is a quarter inch hex driver. It will marginally hold onto a hex shank for a 1/4" drive, but it isn't a bit holder, nor is a bit holder a quarter driver, though there is some overlap where they will perform tasks meant for the other.
for the carabiner, you can put a password in the "secret" compartment so you can remember the code for a lock or some stuff like that.
My man is that a Herman Slim? Very nice sir, I actually have mine in my pocket today.
22:20 "I lost all mine..." If that ain't me! 😂😂
Looking slim. Keep it up. I need to get on it myself. 💪😎
Cool vid, nice coverage.
I realize this video is a year old, and I'm behind the curve here, but my EDC is a Milwaukee Fastback with the screwdriver end. I'm an electrician, and a knife of some sort is almost mandatory, the screwdriver end is a nice bonus for when I climb up a ladder and forget my Klein screwdriver, I just pull out the knife and open the junction box or whatever instead of having to go back down to my tool cart.
I found this video because I was looking for tactical pens, a concept I only recently discovered and now I'm intrigued. I may get one, may not, not sure yet. So far I'm leaning toward the Atomic Bear, because it has a built-in flashlight, and as an electrician, I frequently find myself working in the dark. I'm also just an enthusiast of flashlights in general, and have dozens. Hardhat lights, penlights, magnetic work lights, etc. Lights that double as a phone charging bank, you name it, if you want me to just throw money at you and give me a product, put a light on it.
One of my favorites is the newish Klein flashlight with built-in laser pointer, my only complaint with it is that the pocket clip is a bit weak, it gets ripped off my side by ductwork hangers and other typical things in a construction environment. It's a bit too bulky to be described as a pocket light, I can't really put it in a shirt pocket, and it often gets left on my truck dashboard even though I like it in theory and spent around $50 on it. I also had some lights I bought at either Harbor Freight or Tractor Supply, I forget which, that I quite liked but weren't very durable.
They were these multi-function lights with a yellow plastic body, found them on clearance for like $7, discounted from an original price in the 20s. I loved them when I started using them, because they had a strong magnetic base, could stick them to I-beams, ductwork, sprinkler pipes, whatever to see what I was doing. The first time I dropped one, it held up, and I was pleasantly surprised, even though the battery percentage display got cockeyed. The second time I dropped one, it fell apart. It is technically still usable, the light still works, but the body is in 3 pieces with the internal wires dangling out.
I love the rip spool, but as for the tinderZip, I would rather get some Titan Survivor Cord and a bag of those end clamps to make my own zipper pulls with even more options inside. Just my opinion.
I think that's a really cool idea! Though I can't find what you're referring to when you say "bag of those end clamps". Can you share a better phrase that will yield appropriate Amazon or Google results?
I got a few of those pen light/lighters and just threw them in a drawer somewhere because the instructions weren’t in English and I didn’t even know it was called to search online for demo. I’ll have to find them and try them out now thanks for sharing.
I have that pill opener and I love it. It comes in handier than I expected. It keeps gunk off your keys from opening tape. I hung it on my dog for a while when I couldn’t find a ring for his rabies tag. I’d be like “come, I need to open a box! Come here boy!”
I have the bit vault. I bought it because of your original video and I just toss it on my belt still today. I just carry edc medicine in it, Tylenol, allergy meds, etc. definitely has come in handy fairly often.
Hey! Nice Herman knife. I've wanted one of those for a long time.
the MecArmy S7X, i might just buy that for a key chain, weed and lighter mix. literally perfect
I have the whetstone pendant and can vouch for it. Really nice quality and will touch up an edge nicely in the field
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"Thumbs up" earned with the SICK SMOKE RING off that Wazoo fire starter! And at 2:00 on the money! Noice! I, myself, have the sharpening stone necklace, and it is BEAUTIFUL. It looks and feels SO CLASSY, yet it is so functional at around 600-800 grit. I LOVE IT.
The firestarter necklace is striked easier by wrapping the rod around your finger so you can strike the whole length
What's the watch you are wearing? Looks really cool
At first I thought it was a Hamilton intramatic panda chrono, but the lugs are different. Then I thought it was a Seagull 1963 sugess, but no again.
That a lorier Gemini ? Nice ! They make great watches, waiting on my falcon 3
Looking good dude!
I'm curious on the flinch striker(?) on 21:21 but you didn't include the link on your description. Where is it from? I tried googling without result
The Gemini is my favorite out of all the gizmos.
I actually have both of the necklaces. I love them both. Haven't used them yet. But it's always good to have on "just in case".
Looking cut AF bro. You’re motivating me! Great video as always!
I totally know what you mean about allergy medicine, I dropped sugar from my diet and now I have a whole lot more space in my everyday carry
Lookin good, great job on the weight loss!
21:22 what does he call the fire starter? mecarmy flint striker? what is the name of that exact one he shows
Stuff like the tape measure isn't necessarily key-ring material, but key rings don't have to be the only thing you might attach small tools to. Rather than having a box or pouch for small tools that you keep in a backpack, it strikes me that having a ring for your small tools, perhaps with short cable extensions on some of them, would be a good way to make sure you can't easily lose individual tools just because you've opened their container. You could even attach the ring to your belt (loop) or a backpack strap and use the jangling to forewarn bears and such when out on a trail.
@2:02 The wazoo should definitely do keychain versions of their necklace.
tudor panda!!!!! thats a cool watch man
Great and fun vid! Would love to see more.
The carribiner hiding spot would be a great place to stash a nitro pill 💊 for people with heart problems or some other kind of emergency pill 💊 😆, but yeah it’s pretty gimmicky. Awesome content. Thanks for the post.
I’ve had a Swiss Qlip on my Tinker (funnily enough) for about a year now and love it. Don’t get my wrong it’s bulky and ugly but works and until I get a pocket slip this is perfect.
Yoooo my man is lookin fit!!!
Curious observation question- What's the watch bracelet?
At first I thought it was a Hamilton Intramatic panda chrono. But the lugs are different. Then I thought about the Seagull 1963 Sugess panda...no again.
As someone new to prepping the one i like is the whet stone necklace
where can I get the mech army flint striker you mentioned during the lever gear bitvault?
If I can't think of a gift for someone, Wazoo has been a great fallback. Love the site
I like these. Plus I like your honest review of whether it is gimmicky or not. Take a look at the Kershaw Kapsul, manual OTF.
That smoke ring warranted a like
8:37 what kind of a baking pan is that?
You know those little stash containers you can put a little bit of gun lube and bore cleaner in for your edc side arm or you can wrap a little cotton balls in vasoline and put them in plastic and then stuff them down there as a fire starter to start with your lighter. Honestly the possibilities are endless
Thanks, great video
I like the idea of such a small ferro rod. My first thought was for that size you could attach it to a lanyard hole on a knife or sheath. Loop it though like a zipper pull so you can take it off easily and strike it with your knife spine.
That lever gear look great if you are a knife guy soy you can carry your bits and other little tools for any emergency great recommendation 👍
Love that room brother! And you're okay too.
Also wonder if the double sided bit @6:00 would work in the gear vault @20:00 and help save room in there.
I have a fire starter pendant I made. I love gimmicks and fun edc, but it does add weight 😅
What is that screwdriver at 13:39?
What’s up with the blisters on back of hand? Must be a cool story attached to it? Do tell. Cheers!
Was wondering the same thing myself.
Attacked by a giant spider, obviously
the look of pure joy and woonderment when that fire starter popped a smoke ring :) its the simple things in life eh
Congratulations on the weight loss bro, looking good
That CC mini driver was in my pocket every day for years when I worked at a car dealership. Perfect for always having something to take plates on and off with.
Mine is beat to crap and have been waiting for them to come back in stock.
You can sharpen your knife with the ceramic on the wazoo fire starter necklace
The Dangler type clip is a much better choice.