Royal Marine Veteran's GRAB BAG: Prepared or Paranoid? SURVIVAL BAG... EMERGENCY USE ONLY
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Take a look at what Rus, a former Royal Marine, keeps in his grab bag / bug out bag, good to go incase the SHTF!
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Hey up,
This week I show you the grab bag that me and Gibbo have put together to keep in our van for emergencies. Recent events have shown us how quickly things can change so we wanted to get prepared in case the worst should happen while we're out on the road. Are we being paranoid or do you have something similar??
Let us know what you think about grab bags down below...
Thanks for watching, stay safe!
Rus
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Also forgot to say I like how it can be just for bugging out to hotel at short notice and not just apocalypse stuff!
As Preppers we always joke about the zombie apocalypse and right now we are surrounded by humans infected with Coronavirus
Don't worry about the possibility of a zombie apocalypse, the very real dumb arse apocalypse is happening all over the world right now! 😉
Zombies have more intelligence than the cult CONavirUS dumbasphuck public.
Good presentation Royal!
I would suggest hand sanitiser to supplement the baby wipes and a small bar of soap together with a small microfibre towel (from Mountainwarehouse-own brand).
A packet of tissues(as found in the 24 ORPs) comes in handy!
Batteries are good to have as they can be versatile but what about using the rechargeable variety of headlight. They can be recharged from your power bank.
Notebook and pencil? Others have suggested some additions already. Striving a balance between going overboard or what is just right.
I have added 6 ball bungees and 6 tarp clips. Usually between them you can hang anything for shelter, bungee balls have multiple uses too. Also I thrown in some zip ties ( cable ties ) they very useful too.
Might seem a bit excessive, until the day you need it.💙❤💙❤
If we had a grab bag it would be filled up with all the wife’s stuff like makeup and shit 😂😂
Lmao
Bro, you need a primary knife other than just a multitool, imo. And some sort of shelter, be it a tarp or heavy mil contractor bag. I would like to see a updated version of your go bag.
My first Go Bag was created in 1975, when I joined Emergency Rescue.
Over the years it has evolved, particularly when I was embedded into the Australian Military.
Although Size, Shape and Contents have changed over time, its existence never has.
I would recommend an Otter Box for a first aid kit. It's water proof and relatively small, contains things from hemostat to items needed to stitch a wound. Very durable container.
A change of clothes, spare walking shoes, rain poncho, poncho liner, foot powder and lots of socks. The jet boil is ok but a solo twig stove is more practical and the fuel is free. An alcohol stove is a cleaner option and the fuel is plentiful.
Been looking for a decent video like this for ages! A lot of these types of videos are either from the US, or just not as well produced as yours. This was a great video, and has inspired me to finally put my rather empty grab bag to use! 😂
Then your stupid if you need to watch this shit
good idea, keep the dogs healthy in case you have to eat them
Great video Rus, will be putting a grab bag together! Not a big enough plug for the coffee 😉 Only other thing I would suggest is clean socks for you and Gibbo! Don’t forget to look after your feet! Also I would probably put a soap bar in mine so you can wash said socks and pits and bits.
Add Honey/ use it for small wounds or food, bandanas / use as towels, bandage, etc.
Maybe a poncho tarp ( lightweight Helikon or similar) , couple of contractor bags to lie on and some para cord and compass?
Good stuff, enjoying all your vids.:-)
Mike
Nice bag for one day trip in sunny weather! Shelter? Sleeping system? Clothes? No? Hmm... Good lock with your survival!
@@TheNomadicVeteran "To get us from the van to an Airbnb" sounds to me more like a summer vacation, no offence. Imo, mixing words like van trip and Airbnb with survival and emergency is a bit of a stretch. But, hey, you're the expert. I just share my two cents.
Now asking out of curiosity if you could would you carry a firearm ??
I love a good headlamp for a hike or kicking around camp but I prefer a handheld for tactical use, up close and personal, search, or signaling 😁
I would add some water in bottles so you and the boys have some drinkable water immediately to hand.
Great video. Great delivery. Can you do a video on how to get home if SHTF when you’re away from home
Another thing would be a few food bars, high energy or snack bars
Sick load out mate , great inspiration for my grab bag
To save space I'd take a Millbank bag and a couple hundred puritabs.
Look into pemmican as survival food long shelf life and packed full of calories and its been use by the Native Americans, frontiers, voyagers and Cowboys. It's not comfort food but it will keep you surviving
Great show Bootie... what about an old school compass?
My grabby is a 10x4 H2O pouch with two mag pouches on the side, basically a brew kit with shelter kit but warm, dry and brewed up is a good place to be able to put yourself 👍
You get a sub for saying scran haha!
I'd put a bandana over the grayl before filling as an extra measure*
Love my woolly hat and one of those roll up down jackets that work in the wet. Good video, stay safe
Reusable zip ties, 10"
I do like the look of that Aeropress coffee maker. I too am ex-military and always have grab bags. I actually have a smaller quickie version for each vehicle and a two stage for the house. One contains firearms and ammo and one contains living stuff similar to yours. My firearms bag has a multi-barrel gun system which has a .410 20" full choke barrel for small game/birds, a .410 20" open bore barrel with iron sights for shooting my slugs/buckshot (more defensive or mid size game) and a .22 LR barrel that all snap onto the same frame for small game. So for about 24 pounds of weight, I have enough .444 marlin brass shot shells to have 50 shots of #6 shot (good all around shot size for small game and short range birding), 200 rounds of .22 LR (CCI Mini-Mag HP's), 25 Federal 000 buckshot and 20 of my own slugs I make in 9.3x74R cases blown out smooth. These are 240 grain solid leads that hit nearly as hard as a .45-70. The other gun in that bag is my .45 LC Charter arms 5-shot double action revolver with 50 of my own reloads with Hornady 240 gr. XTP Magnums and a little .45 colt reloading kit. I also have enough powder to reload almost every shell along with the wads, but I don't carry bullets/shot because they weigh a lot and I figure if I'm out and about and running out of ammo, I'll have to figure out a source for lead and would figure that out on the fly. I can go a long time on what I have in the pack anyway as long as I don't have to decap too many zombies. ;) I also have a couple molds for making the .45 colt and .410 slug bullets, so if I find a source of lead (ie. batteries or piping in old houses), I can make more bullets/shot. The only other thing I have in my small go bags is something called a Life straw. Lets you drink right out of dirty water and doesn't take up much space. I also have a bigger pump style filtration system in the big go bag which will do up to 3000 gal. Water is life and that's the most important of all. Everything else I can get off the land, but good water is critical. I also do have a light weight aluminum pot and a steel grate to go over the fire in my bigger pack. Both of the big packs combined weigh about 50 pounds, which I can carry alone, but it is a bit bulky. The survival gear is in a Medium Alice Pack and the firearm bag is in a duffel style with shoulder strap. I can loop it around the rear pack and balance it front-back also or my wife can carry one and I carry the other. Usually, I'd have the pistol & slug barrel version of the gun out of the 2nd bag, so it's lighter for her to carry. Oh and I have a pump .22 air pistol in the survival pack with 2000 pellets. This can also be used for small game.
Space blanket. And maybe a change of underwear. I never thought of a grab bag. Good idea. Copies of passports.
@@TheNomadicVeteran definitely
Interesting vid.. hopefully the apocalypse never arrives :p
Good kit. I'd add some shelter elements (tarp or poncho) and some 550 cord. Gotta maintain that core body temperature.
Another quality video Rus. I enjoy the fact you strive to put out different content to most van lifers. Keep up the good work.
Hands are useful Russ I found myself agreeing with you! 😂 I love these longer vids.
Great vid mate.. BUT I don't get grab bags or bug out bags.. If you need to leave home its never gonna be in a case where you need to leave within seconds.. I have a hole cupboard of bushcraft, survival and camping equipment so if I need to leave home with my family id pack accordingly for the situation instead of relying on a bag that's been packed for weeks, months or years. Plus you'd need time to pack food, all the long shelf stuff.. I do get however why you'd have a grab bag in the military environment but for the civs its really not necessary in my opinion.
This isn't a rant im just putting across my thoughts mate. Great bits of kit there and great knowledge bud. Nice watch thanks for sharing subbed....
Grayll is DA BOMB! The best on the market.
Not a bad little kit but always makes me laugh how everybody keeps waterproof matches in a waterproof container been doing this forty years now and still changing kit out haha ya never stop learning 😎👌
I think I would also like to see some sturdy ankle boots, the yellow pages x 2 or possibly 4, rope, waterproof poncho, chainsaw gauntlets and an array of hand axes. A couple of rolls of 240 cm fence wire and steel cable .... and some whiskey. Having watched many survival documentaries covering the breakdown of human civilisation preventing the violent chewing upon ones arms and legs is paramount. A healthy paper index taped to your upper limbs might very well allow you to take advantage of the nearest deserted Supermarket where such survival will reward you with many free goodies and of course access to the Beer isle ..... admittedly might need a bigger bergen.
I don't see any toilet paper. That might come in handy.
Mag to grid the aero press and get coffee bags from one of the veteran/emergency services charity sites. Also I'd need some kind of shelter👍
As an American I would reject most of your selections. A bulky Jetboil ? No fixed blade knife ? Only one bulky container to carry your water ? No small radio for news and information ? No Poncho ? I could go on and on but Royal Marines or not you had better do some real planning here.
Wooden racing spoons. Love it. Class kit ! 👍🏻
It's always good to be prepared. We had a grab bag in the mental health hospital I worked it.
Being paranoid is wearing a respiratory excrement face nappy. Being prepared & organised is common sense.
Items missing (10 C's of survivability) - fire steel, swap gimmick lighter for clipper lighter (spark wheel is removable & refillable), tinder, shelter, cordage, signalling, writing stuff, compass, ditch jetboil for pocket rocket & metal single walled water bottle (can be put into a fire to boil water, cotton bandana / schemagh, snack bars, repair / sewing kit, money.
warm kit, wet kit?
Good video, I would add two more bits of kit, some wet wipes to keep yourself clean and for £10 a LifeAdventure survival bag. They weigh nothing but would make a night outside/stuck in the car etc, more bearable.
Cool vid Ross, that looks like the grab bag you used to carry around the Pink house, when you where tabbing round after Maserati!! Hahaha
Yeah, I have to protect the dome in the sun also, good vid thanks.
I've had a jet boil for years and personally I use the French press accessory, I wanted to know if you have an opinion to justify carrying the aero press weight?
Hi Ros, I had a grab bag when I worked in Erbil for a couple of years. How about a small tarp to bivvy under? Love the vlogs.👍🏻
The Nomadic Veteran I was there 2012-14. Would have stayed longer but my company’s insurers pulled the plug.
@@TheNomadicVeteran I did six months in the Emirates when I left Erbil but I'm now living in North Yorkshire and working in Blackpool. I'd love to get back to Erbil though.
Nice vid. I’d add some tp wash cloth soap. Great bag.
No Fairbairn-Sykes?
I would say I'm cautiously optimistic for sure or a little of both of said topic lol...nice kit bruv! Cheers, Jerbs.
@@TheNomadicVeteran you betcha bruv! You have a new subscriber out of me!
Coffee ..... ? how about something to sleep in, on and under !
Great Video, to the point, sensible loadout that doesn't go uber prepper! Noice :-)
Crazy to be. Tight arsed about yer lighter. Fire is what separates man from the other animals, spent ten years under canvas, my zippo never let me down ever and I filled her for nothing by shaking out the nozzzel at a petrol station, zero pounds zero pence mr Texaco, what’s for supper ? Road kill.
Like that its orientation is towards most likely scenarios. Embarrassingly, not thought about our dogs needs before 🧐
all that and no bog roll
@@TheNomadicVeteran we had ezal we called it john wayne roll its ruff tough and takes no shit lol
When you talk about the zombie apocalypse you mean ANTIFA and BLM well I tell you now I'm putting together a bug out bag or two for a long term camping trip just in case they come to a town near me
@@TheNomadicVeteran Did you do any Afghan tours I did Herrick 11
A hat for the solar panel, a waterproof?
and money..............
All you need now is a Glock a bit of spare amo because is there is an issue then you will need some kind of protection... Sorted
@@TheNomadicVeteran Bad language and Bootneck charm..Ummmm ye that might work lol, yep im good mate thanks. 👍
@@TheNomadicVeteran 👍👍
Get some protein bars, some bags of moral (Haribos) and toilet roll in there pal
The Nomadic Veteran doesn’t need a full roll we all kno how those guys can wipe there arse on one sheet and even have a little left over to clean there finger ☝️😉
Small shelter and cordage.
I have never been in a hostile environment that have air bnb's. Must have been very hostile 🤣
@@TheNomadicVeteran At my age, it's not even worth it
I’d say paranoid.
Prepared or paranoid?! Trust me. I ask the same thing on myself many times. Even my family ask me the same. Sometimes I dont know what to do man. Is it worth to spend money on high quality gear to be as ready as possible for an shtf scenario or its just waste of money?! I dont know man. Do you feel me?! You need high quality gear, you dont want them to snap on the first or second use. You rely your life on the tools you have. What if nothing happens and this is just in the sphere of our imagination?! Wasted money and time for nothing...
WTF does scran mean?
Wow, this is not what I expected from an x marine lol a nice video.
@@TheNomadicVeteran TBH i was expecting a more military-themed one like most other x military RUclipsrs do. a refreshing change indeed,
Maybe a pair of shoes
Keep your passport and some money in there
U.K. : GRAB BAG
U.S. : Bug out Bag
@The Nomadic Veteran
Yh gotta do that bro,
I'm into survivaling and so yh man I always every time I needed a vid on survival it was always American, ay got a G in London now
Half of your bag is for your dogs. And you say scran too much.
My "grab bag" is my credit card it's about 3 inches by inch and a half
Love the vid.
Suggestion - an important suggestion - soap and a cloth. I would suggest Blue Power soap, a shammy and lightweight travel towel and some foot powder. Clean teeth are important, but so is a clean body. In particular: If you look after your feet, your feet will look after you!!
some thing to sit on some water and some sort of waterproof ie bin bag