Most of the stuff in my GHB is disposable, or at least stuff I'm willing to lose. There's a few exceptions but nothing that I can't do without. I'd be sorry to lose my cheap Aldi down sleeping bag admittedly, great wee bag and well used.jansman wrote: ↑Sun Sep 02, 2018 7:26 am The secret ( for me) was to make sure a lot of my kit is multi- use. And disposable too. My car ghb is geared around a 12 to 15 mile walk home. I have factored in an overnight kip ( or more of a stopover/ snooze)if needs be. No sleeping bag, but a heavy duty plastic survival bag, green in colour, 300 grams and throwaway. Mylar blankets the same, although I have a proper, heavy duty space blanket, with brass grommets. 320grams. All disposable.
Water bottles , full, a Sawyer filter and puritabs, no cook , high energy food, a small first aid kit,a torch and spare battery,a military poncho that has grommets and makes a passable bivi. It also works as a waterproof garment! Clothes for the season, which I would be wearing anyway, boots ( which I wear , not carry), anker phone charger, contents of pockets like fag lighter, multi tool,cash like Deeps, and a hiking pole. I have put a hexi stove and brew kit in now, but it is chuckable if I need to move fast to get home. What goes on my back, including the weight of water and bag is Sub- 10 lb. Still too much IMO , but I am not pratting about anymore with it, as I hope never to use it.
In an ideal world I'd have a row of bags sat in the dinning room, my 'GHB', another one with day walking gear and a hoofing big one with my 'proper' walking gear. Unfortunately I have to mix and match stuff depending on what I'm doing, my 'go to' FAK gets shuffled between bags, same with my bestiest compass, the cheap sleeping bag.... etc etc. Its partly why I don't have a 'BOB', if I was going to make a couple of 'BOB's for me and the missus I could knock up a couple of crackers (for us) but there would be stuff in there that I use for other things. Even my rucksacks get swapped about depending on what kind of walking I'm doing, sometimes I can get away with a 50L for an overnighter, even with my ahem, 'refreshment', other times I'll take a bag twice that size. Admittedly, that's usually cos I'm taking extra toys to have a play with.
Its finding what works for YOU, whatever it is you're doing or prepping for. Jansman and myself have evolved our ways of doing things that work for us, there's no one right way to do it. If you get a chance have a play with your gear and see what you prefer. I've got different stuff that I've accumulated over the years (and the combination of red wine, youtube and amazon
) and its fun to play. I used to swear by Trangia, and while Trangia will always have a special place in my heart, I've used other cooking systems up the hills more recently and at the moment I'm preferring a cheap gas system. I'm sure I'll change my mind again, its part of the fun. From a prepper point of view its no bad thing to have different options for cooking on. 
I hope that helps Dave although I've gone off on a bit of a tangent.
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