Read carefully, here’s the difference between Get Home Bags, Bugout Bags, and other emergency loadouts. Reference the legend below for acronym explanations.
✏OTH – any location Other Than Home.
✏BOL – BugOut Location.
✏RP – Rally Point.
✏BOV – BugOut Vehicle.
🎒Get Home Bag (GHB)
Gets you from OTH to home, (1-2DAY).
Recommended Types: Slingbag, School Backpack, Large Purse, Drawstring.
🎒Bugout Bag (BOB)
Gets you from home/OTH to a RP/BOL, (3 DAY).
Recommended Types: Medium Size Backpack, Multi Compartment.
See our Bugout Bag Checklist.
🎒INCH Loadout
Gets you from home to a RP/BOL, (1-2 WEEKS).
Recommended Types: Framed Hiking Pack or Ruck Sack
🚗Bugout Vehicle
Gets you and your gear from anywhere to RP/BOL or even home, (1-4 WEEKS).
Recommended Types: 4×4, 5+ passenger, lockable storage, good MPG.
Read more in this guide to bugout vehicles or read about how to evaluate a bugout vehicle.
🛠Every Day Carry (EDC)
EDC is composed of useful tools and supplies to accomplish daily tasks. While some items can aid in a survival scenario, the purpose of the kit varies. These items are carried on one’s person or kept nearby such as in a small pouch. EDC is also what you wear; this is EDW or Every Day Wear. A Personal Survival Kit (PSK) should be in your EDC.
Make Your Bags Modular
Clearly, you could literally have 5 bags prepared and stored in various locations. One at work, in the car, etc., but instead use a modular system that incorporates supplies from various loadouts. For most of us, it’s not financially feasible to have multiple fully loaded packs. Make your bags work together.
#EDC compliments a GHB which then has a companion bag at home, where if needed, you can simply dump the contents of the #GHB into a prepped larger bag that then becomes a BOB. Your #INCH is a combination of your #BOB and #BOV .
Read our Insider Magazine article for a more in-depth explanation of the difference between a GHB and BOB.
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