Get Real About Get Home Bags
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- Опубликовано: 12 мар 2024
- Get Home Bags, Bugout bags, and 72-hour bags. They aren't the same. When it's SHTF time but automobiles aren't an option (because of EMP or CME or whatever), you need to get home ASAP. Do it right and avoid the mistakes that so many right-minded preppers make. Your mindset, determination, and fitness are your greatest assets, not your gear. Preppers talk about SHTF and prepping for it should include understanding what you're prepping for. Getting home from the office doesn't necessitate a 40-pound backpack. It requires movement. Getting off X and getting home.
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Thank goodness someone made this video. Shoes, water, socks, a few snacks, concealed weapon, headlamp. Start walking. It's not hard.
Im 58 disabled now. Mechanic,tree cutter, factory worker. I carry a full backpack in jeep. Neck back disabled. Im learning.from you
When I was working it was only 12 miles but there was a major river to cross. If all the bridges were out I would have had to cross that river. I never did get a blow up kayak or wet suit which I would have needed .Get home bags are very subject to to area and circumstance. I agree with you on how people have so much gear to go 20 miles.
Thanks for the perspective. Please send more knowledge out to the internet. I always wondered where the common sense get home bag video was, found it lol
Yeah, there is an awful lot of BS out there.
Walking along train tracks is hard work. The spaces between sleepers are less than average stride.
Yeah. Especially if the gravel is lower than the cross ties or if crossing a bridge. Walking on the road or sidewalk or highway shoulder is the way to go if possible.
This is the most practical get home bag video. People don't realize the weight cost of all that extra shit. Everything in this is spot on. I only have a recommendation, eye googles, and dust mask. When there's a major emergency, smoke/dust and debris are always present. Fantastic job my man.
Good points about the mask and goggles.
Outstanding advice! Look forward to more, just subbed 👍🇬🇧
So yeah, a get home/EDC bag is a great idea, and totally sensible. The BOB is a little to romanticised for me This is real life here. Im not leaving my house(the best shelter I have) unless its flooded, blown up, or on fire. If I am meant to die, I will die in my home, and not out in the woods playing the walking dead stuff. PLEASE!
Spot on and inline with my thinking as well.
good info, thank you sir.
Thanks for watching!
This is a very good video and points out the elephant in the room of GHB videos. I carry a bunch of stuff in my van in case I’m stranded somewhere and can’t walk out, like a blizzard closed highway. I’m good to go for 72 hours easily while department of transportation clears the road. My GHB is too much for one person to comfortably carry but my plan is to take only what I’ll need depending upon the circumstances and either leave the rest with my abandoned van or give my extras to someone who may not be walking my way. Also where I live is a piedmont region and creeks are everywhere so a water filter is probably the best option. My first four quarts of water is already packed in the bag and I always have several bottles of water in the van along with those tasty boat rations.
I don't mind the cinnamon flavored boat rations.
If I'm a bad guy... those huge bags and all that gear are zombie chow
Not bad advice for an ideal situation, but you also have be prepared for the unexpected and for extenuating circumstances.
True. You have to assess the situation and be prepared to adapt if needed.
Finally, a realistic “get home bag” and more importantly a realistic “get home mentality”. Get and stay fit, socks, comfortable shoes and water for a roughly 7-10 hr journey. Everyone plz stop with the Johnny apple seed frontiersman bag with saws and 7 knives, 5 ways to start fires etc
Thanks for watching
You’re obviously an urban dweller, lol. We’re in the Ozarks and 10 miles here is NOT 10 miles in the city. My husband commutes 32 miles to work and leaves home before the sun comes up and leaves work just as it’s going down. He’s career Army and even humpin it, sans pack, that’s 15 hours with no break. That’s why GHBs are more complex than than you elude to. And a BoB is not the same as an INCH (I’m Never Coming Home bag).
Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment. I agree that for lots of folks a BoB is not the same as an INCH bag which is not the same as a GHB, that's why I said that in the video. And wow, 32 mountain miles is very different from the 20 miles that this video is specifically about. Your husband should definitely carry a much more robust bag. As far as being an "urban dweller" goes, we do live within an hour drive of a town with over 9,000 people and it does have a Tractor Supply and a Walmart. But there are more chickens, goats, horses and cattle around us than people. And we are more than 50 miles from the nearest interstate highway. Which is fine with us.
From my perspective, the zombies are already here.
Thank you for sharing your Wisdom Mr.Blevins. It was a pleasure taking a class with you.
@@markcurtis4465 Thanks Mark!
Thank you for this realistic down to earth take on a get home bag. I’m setting up a get home bag for me and a friend. It’s slightly extra but not over the top. I characterize it more so as a two-day rapid deployment move fast bag. I chose the Camelbak HAWG as my bag.
My commute varies. Typically, it's about 25 miles, beginning in a semi-urban environment to a very rural home environment. But one to a couple times a month, it's around 200 miles, transiting through very remote, high mountain terrain. Due to this variable, I carry two separate GHBs.
One is fairly small, with just a few essentials of additional clothing, one MRE entree, a few snacks, water, a couple spare pistol mags, a headlamp, basic IFAK and a folder. As stated, my goal is to be back home in 8-10 hours. Weight - 5-7 lbs.
The extended commute GHB is more akin to a 4-5 day backbacking setup. I used to do long-distance solo hiking on the Pac Crest Trail, so I already had a fair amount of high-quality, lightweight kit & food. Plus it includes the same essentials as the small bag. May also include a .556 SBR, as this route is on a fairly major highway which passes through a few sketchy towns. Weight - 20-25lbs
Add a few more pounds of cold weather clothing/gear in the winter. Winter storms might make it impossible to get over the Cascade pass, so I may need to just find shelter and hunker. That would really suck!
You should make a video!
This is awesome!!! I have been laughing at all the videos pretending they are in the Middle East trying to get home for years. All your comments are so accurate, I carry a small child size backpack for my water, extra socks, Luna bars, and some butt wipe. That’s it. And living in metro Detroit, I would never put a long gun in my truck, I’d have no windows in 5 minutes.
Morgan was his name and Thad and an outstanding series of books but also on audible
Link?
@@ThatBlevinsGuyThe Survivalist Series by A. American. Excellent series. I believe he is on book eleven.
As a 79 year old and still working about 20 miles from home, I've given this topic a lot of thought. My first GHB was 30 lbs. I'm fit but I'm not that fit. My current GHB is about 10 lbs. I think your reasoning is dead on.
I liked the couch to 10 mile hike idea. Guilty of the 5.11 skiing bag. It's black though so it's a less noticeable 😂
Definitely have at least two ways to make fire and two sources of light. I'm gonna keep a flashlight and light sticks in my bag. I'll also have two bic lighters and storm proof matches. You should really try to gey home by dark, but there's no guarantee you will. You don't want the bag too big or too heavy and you don't want to draw a lot of attention. I keep a winter hat in my bag. I have been considering a head net and some leather work gloves. I put an extra pair of socks in my bag too.
I'm physically disabled and 100 miles from my home. I'm currently taking care of my father who fell and broke his hip. All my plans are now no good. I never planned for this situation. Any ideas anyone?
I think I'd make plans to hunker down wherever I was if travel is impractical.
Man, you just made more sense than a 100 other guys.I've seen all put together
Thanks for watching. I'm not much of a knife guy, so I have to ask... What are your thoughts on knives that don't set off metal detectors?
Less than 10 miles work to home. Small bottle of water, good footwear, waterproof clothing, hi viz armband as walking country lanes, phone with power bank and cable, small torch, whistle on keys anyway, cash n cards etc, blister plasters. Food will be what ever is left of my lunch that day. Get home as quickly as possible.
I live in an area with the potential of a 7.0 earthquake or greater with a river between me and home. I keep a little extra in case I need to get across if bridges go down.
Good idea. I live in the New Madrid Fault area so it's something I think about too. Luckily there are no big bridges around me unless I needed to cross the Mississippi, which I don't. 😀
This was the best video I've watched in a long time. I've been prepping for years and always considered my 72 hour bag to be my get home bag. You just squared me away on this. Much appreciated!
Thanks for the feedback.
Thank you for the wisdom I look at a lot of these videos yours is the most informative make more sense
FINALLY, someone with some common sense and logical thinking on this topic. Well done and thank you! Keep videos like this coming, more people need to watch them.
There is way too much Fantasy Island BS about bags out there. The KISS principle reigns supreme, in my opinion.
AWSOME video! This is the first honest and realistic video I’ve ever seen. Too many people pack everything and the kitchen sink but get winded walking up a few stairs. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for watching
Also think about a cane or walking stick. They will help you walk and can be used as a weapon.
Good idea. 👍
Unbreakable Umbrella. Walking stick, Umbrella, last ditch thwacking tool. I carry one on my trips to the Philippines.
Yeah those things are cool. Expensive though!
@@ThatBlevinsGuy they're not cheap, true. But mine has survived several trips, plus use here in the US.
In a southeastern summer, an umbrella is less hot than a poncho or rain jacket, and can double as a parasol against the sun.
Multifunctional capabilities.
Comfortable boots, protection from the rain and protection, like pew pew. Most of us already carry adequate edc to handle various situations. But a water bottle would be nice and butt wipe is handy too.
I do something similar.
Im in a food desert, walk 3 to 5 miles one way to go shopping. And carry everything home rather than ride the bus. I can cover 20 miles shopping in a day taking breaks in my own apt, ( i make a loop on east side of town, go home unload my wagon and have lunch go to west side make another loop go home make dinner. )
304 Looking forward to the rest of your videos
Thanks for this! I am older with a very bad back, so these videos recommending 30 lb packs are unrealistic to say the least. I work 10 miles from home on flat terrain so I can make it with your suggestions. I even have a bag like the urban one you showed with the metal in the straps. I feel so relieved. Thank you!
@@patricia-patticonner1185 Thanks for watching!
3 miles an hour is 21 miles in 7 hours. So according to your statement 3 mph should be fine.
Only 20 miles? Since I carry a Change 612 in the back seat, I can cover that in a bit over an hour and a half without really exerting myself.
Folding bicycles have come a long way in functionality and durability in the past few years.
Thanks for a practical video.
I really admire your polite responses to all of the comment section commandos.
"Comment Section Commandos" 😃
My drive is 64kms twice a day-I figure at least a week trying to get home.
If a nuke goes off and you travel your 20 miles right away your dead.
You need more thought put into your plan.
If you're talking about an EMP caused by a nuke then you're talking about a high altitude detonation. The explosion and radiation wouldn't be a threat on the ground. If you're talking about a nuclear missile strike at ground level then an EMP probably wouldn't occur and it would be months or years before you could safely walk home (assuming your location wasn't incinerated).
If my drive home was 64kms I think I'd have to go with what I think you call your "bad situation bag."
Again sir you are wrong-you need to hit the books and stop listening to mainstream media.
You can come out in as little as 3 days for a limited time.
I have professional NBC training -you need to get some before preaching on RUclips mis information.
A nuclear war will be over in two weeks after the last one drops.
The elites and authorities know this, that is why the threat is being tossed around.
The government just spent the last 3+years training us for it as the preparations for said event are very similar.
You sir need to do more research .
Your get home bag should be equipped like an ( inch bag )
because if you can't drive home may not be there anymore depending on your location.
Come out for a limited time you say? Would you consider walking 64kms a limited time?
U make good sense,,, thanks
Love the going home series
A classic thriller! Thanks for watching.
very important question for you. will the antena survive out of the faraday bag? I've wondered about it as mine wont fit in my bag...
Good question. If it's a coronal mass ejection emp the antenna would be fine. With a nuclear burst emp I think it would be ok as long as the antenna was just a wire with no circuitry but I'm not sure. The little snubby antenna work well for me and fit better in bags and glove boxes.
An emp will only fry circuitry. A wire antenna would be unaffected. Just keep it disconnected from the radio until needed.
@@williamkious5349 that’s what I figured. He’s probably just storing his in the bag because it fits and keeps it together. But I had to ask because mine is kept out of the faraday bag, and I’ve always wondered if I was correct in my thinking. Thanks
Be prepared to spend the night in bad weather if you get stuck more than 20 miles away! A military style poncho in a neutral color with a puffy jacket may just save your life. Also a small hand gun with a couple speed loaders or magazines is always reassuring as well!😊
Indeed. And when I mention the assumption that the viewer has a good EDC that means (to me) a concealed pistoI and ifak.
Thank you for the common sense approach. I see so many videos that are filled with fantasy BS. Thanks for perspective.
You obviously do not live out in the country or a rural area. Camo and a rifle are musts out here. Also a first aid kit and I prepare in case there is severe weather.
You can probably tell from the video that I live in a very rural country area on a small farmstead. I assume that everyone watching this video carries a firearm and an IFAK on their person as part of their EDC. This video is just intended for someone who needs to get home from work and doesn't live more than 20 miles away.
I guess the chickens in the background noise isn't rural. I would say he does.
A rifle in a get home situation is just misery. Why waste the calories?
Why do preppers think people are going to go crazy a day after the power goes out? It simply doesn't happen. There have been multiple power outages and there were no societal meltdowns. It will take more than the grid going down before chaos ensues. People won't become chaotic until they are desperate and power outage simply won't cause that until there is a lack of basic resources like food and water. Neither of which will become unavailable in the short term of a simple grid down scenario.
I think it is the mythical EMP scenario that everyone yearns for... I mean is afraid of. Where there's no radio or phones or internet to tell people what happened or what to expect. So mass confusion would be pervasive. The prepper fiction genre almost always has about a third of the population go full Mad Max almost immediately. I have no idea what would really happen but the toilet paper wars didn't help me to relax about the possibilities. And it's no fun prepping for an apocalypse where most everybody is ok to each other and everyone just starves to death because if we aren't Amish we can't hunt enough game or produce enough food to live more than about a year.
@ThatBlevinsGuy Fair enough, but I don't think that happens within days of an emp. Society and government won't magically cease to exist just because the power goes out. I don't pretend to know how long it will take, but I don't forsee it happening until people begin to starve and become desperate.
Idk about that... in '03 when the power outage put 50 million ppl in the dark for a few days, I was working on the outskirts of Detroit. By the third night it was starting to get rough. Luckily the power came back on, but it was different that 3rd night
In all probability an isolated EMP won't destroy as much as we fear. And a coronal mass ejection emp would probably be regional, not nationwide. But if multiple high altitude emp occurred it would almost certainly be part of a larger nuclear war and would be inconsequential as civilization would be destroyed within hours. (Just finished reading Annie Jacobsen's Nuclear War. Hoo boy.)
@@user-wd4ge2zh2cfor much of the population thier food supply will have been used in 72-96 hours. At first it'll be simple foraging, but shortly thereafter it'll be food riots, followed by looting and/or die trying. That'll be within a week to ten days, or sooner, of grid down. I've seen this first hand in NOLA after Katrina. It gets very ugly, very quickly!
Try 70 miles one way! Lots of roads thru the woods here down south.
@@attra91 yeah that'll take a few days. I'm in the south (rural Tennessee, but lived in Georgia and South Carolina too). Where in the South are you?
@@ThatBlevinsGuy Glades!
really good video. well done sir a lot of common sense in your bag and preparation which isn’t so common anymore
@Happy-AR Thanks for the feedback and thanks for watching
Awesome video
Thanks for watching!
Excellent topics covered in the appropriate manner. Moving your body is key.
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Informative and beneficial video, but also entertaining!
Thanks for watching.
You make some good points but my truck is parked at work I'm always 60 miles from it and at least 40 miles to a 100 miles from home so a shelter is a must no guns in company vehicles so I'm working on getting them at a couple different secure location I carried my bag with me Monday it generally stays in my vehicle at the yard
Yeah I think you'd need more than the guy who works 20 miles from home. I'd have a hard time not at least rocking an ankle holster but depending on the kind of work that might not be a great idea.
@@ThatBlevinsGuy I'm in and out of location where I would lose my job I drive a trash truck in a rule area
I'm in your shoes. Biiiiiig get home bag. The plan is to access the situation and leave what's not needed to shed weight.
First aid and medication is a consideration. I use a small hydration backpack. Security is also a consideration.
I wish it was 20 miles. hahahaah I am looking at 3 days min in nice weather. 30lbs pack - side arm Everyone wears camo in TN hahahaha and everyone carries a AR here at least in my area.
@@SurvivalSavvvy LOL. I'm about 65 miles north of you. TN is a unique place for sure.
If you're gonna try to get water from somebody's water hose you might get shot or something
the division bag!
Dont forget an extra magazine or 2 for yer concealed carry firearm that you should have on you anyways 😂😂😂
No ifak?
@hypnoprep I have an ankle ifak on me already plus 2 more tourniquets in my back pocket (Snakestaff brand). Wouldn't hurt to add some blister preps to the bag maybe.
@ThatBlevinsGuy awesome brother! Glad to hear it. One of my key components is my ifak! Stay safe out there!
Anyway I can get a link to that radio and faraday bag
The Faraday bag...
a.co/d/hZHr2Kt
The radio is just a generic Baofeng UV5R. There are better options these days but here's a link anyway...
a.co/d/3iNcK3S
Your advice is very good. Please be aware your audio is very quiet in some parts of the video and this may limit your audience depending on how they are watching. Keep up the great work.
Thanks for the feedback. I'd just bought a cheap Bluetooth lav mic and it turned out to be worth about what I paid for it.
Great advice, excellent video. where did you get your solar power hat?
Bought it 5 years ago and it still holds a charge. Fingers crossed it keeps on going.
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Making me rethink my bag, may be bringing a bit too much. 🧐
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😀 should've disabled comments probably.
Ok I fixed it.
let’s go!
sounds good if your only 20 miles from home, some might be alot more, could take days to get home. What is a fully semi- automatic 🙄🤣
This makes sense if you live between 20 and 30 miles away you work but this doesn’t make sense to me because I’m a over the road truck driver I could literally be hundreds to thousands of miles away from home so I will have to carry as much as possible
You're right. That's why at the beginning I tried to make it clear that this video was for someone who works 20 miles (or less) from home. I made the video after watching a ghb video from a guy who said he would have to walk "almost 20 miles" home and proceeded to show his tent, camp stove, MREs, huge water filtration setup, etc.
@@ThatBlevinsGuy OK, I understand now. I’ll apologize for jumping the gun but if it’s possible, could you make us a video about somebody like me who is a truck driver and I travel hundreds to thousands of miles away from home love to see a video on your perspective of how someone like me should pack for that EMP situation. I do have a get home bag but there are some items that I could have missed so I would love to see your perspective and also if I’m traveling that amount of distance, do you think I should have a rifle because as of right now the only firearm I carry with me is my Glock 17 But I also thought about carrying my Kel-Tec sub 2000 because it fold in half and it’s concealable and compatible with my Glock 17
If you’re hundreds to thousands of miles away from home. You ain’t walking home, you may never get home in a real SHTF situation.
@@stevenk5800 you can walk that amount of distance don’t forget humans have been traveling thousands of miles by way of foot take this into consideration if you are 1000 miles away from home and you walk 10 miles a day it will take you 100 days or a little over three months to walk home so it’s possible
I've never seen a 'fully semi automatic assault rifle'... please learn definitions and nomenclature.
Or you could learn to have a sense of humor. Thanks for paying attention!
@ThatBlevinsGuy sorry. It's a sensitive subject where I live. Getting hammered all the time because the 'neighbours' don't like guns. Well there is a reason I'm the only house on the street that hasn't been robbed.
@ThatBlevinsGuy but your absolutely right about the bag needing to be set up to match requirements. I used a staging bag in my truck and only have the basics packed in the backpacks. I'll take what we need depending on the situation and distance. Also I prefer our lever action takedowns for a long gun they pack down easy and can be kept easily out of sight.
@@Lukey2481 good idea about the takedown.
@ThatBlevinsGuy and the same ammo for the revolver too. No mix ups.
You do know there is no such thing as a fully-semiautomatic rifle?
BTW, a Snickers Bar is the worst food to have in your bag.
Thanks for paying attention!
1. According to Retired Army Lieutenant General Mark Hertling there is such a thing! 🤣
2. What do you have against Snickers? Is it because Biden talked trash about Snickers in his State of the Union speech?
My favorite is M&M, or recesse cups.
@@user-oe6wq7pu8d i like a packet of mixed nuts and dried berries with sugar coatings. It's heavy on the stomach plus they dont melt
Good video, I’m also late fifties and have spent a lifetime camping hunting, 10 years army etc., I live in a country where we don’t have CCW etc, so a cheap and cheerful mora knife is my cutting tool and my defence tool. So no need for the handgun rifle shotgun accessories how much ammo etc discussion. My get home bag is a small Tasmanian Tiger TT Essential pack L mk2 olive. Inside it has a camelback 3ltr, a ponch, a US GI canteen carrier, cup, cooker stand, lid, swapped the bottle for a newer Nalgene one on a green Molle carrier, this gives me the possibility to take it out of the pack, connect it to my belt or to the outside of my pack. The mora and a cheap and nasty led headlamp are on the outside zippered pocket, as is a spoon. Food, I have a pack of dextrose tablets and a couple of dried noodle soups, one of then Swedish folding cups, a couple of those 3 in one coffee sachets, TP 🧻 a stripper of them water purification tablets. Small boo-boo kit, A poncho, a towel, spare pair of socks 🧦. As to your own choice, I also have navigation in a compass and as the crap is in it’s early stage I have my iPhone, otherwise I would walk the same way I would drive apart from the freeways as the law enforcement officers won’t like that. A wind breaker and a woolly hat rounds it up. The water is the bulk of the weight, but dehydration is like exposure, a killer. As I learned as a young soldier, walk for 50 minutes, rest for ten minutes, in those ten minutes check your feet, etc, hydrate and snack, check position and progress. Evaluate and adjust your plans if needed. Then repack, leave nothing behind, and set off again. That’s my way, the kit takes up very little space in my car,, things I omitted were para chord and a few other things, but it’s a get home bag not an inch kit. If there was the possibility that I would have to spend a night out, a woobie blanket would be in that bag, hope we never need these bags.
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@@ThatBlevinsGuy Thank you for your reply, I’m an expatriate from the UK 🇬🇧 I was in the British army, 82-92 and decided to stay here after my service was over. My auto corrected text is a bane, I try to read what I wrote and correct it, but the auto correct readjusts the grammar to those corrections before it posts.. 🥴