I live in the AZ dessert and venture no more than a days walk away from my home.

I keep a handful of change (usually to throw at bums), sunglasses, a shitlaod of napkins, a 30’ Yankum rope, two soft shackles, two hard shackles, a 15 lb c02 bottle with freeze free regulator, hose, inflator, tire plugs, and a SIG.

Maybe a few bottles of water to drink too.

You’ll score a lot of points with her if you start with some super cushy soft toilet paper (her preferred brand), a supply of “feminine products” and whatever type of her preferred pain and ache relief products, including sanitary wipes for those icky public toilet seats and some nice smelling hand sanitizer.

Good luck to you.
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One thing I keep are about 6 emergency mylar blankets in the glove box. Although it doesn't get too cold here, another use for them is to cover up broken windows by duct taping them over.

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Originally posted by hrcjon:
And I can't conceive of a single reason to need one.

So not wanting get out of the vehicle in a bad location or freezing rain or blowing snow in the middle of the night to pee is inconceivable? lol


(An hour plus in stopped bumper to bumper traffic on the Cross Bronx Expressway a time or two myself)

If you keep the water bottles in a good small cooler it’ll keep them from freezing in winter and getting hot in the summer. I use the smallest mammoth white hard cooler they make and also keep some clif bars, Mountain House, coffee, beef jerky, etc inside. It seals insulates it and keeps it from being affected by the changing temps so much.

I also have a couple milk crates. One in the back that has tools and stuff, the other I leave in the back seat. It's great to hold and carry in take out food and keeps stuff from flopping over/rolling around if just laid down on the floor or seat.
Makes a great stool.

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Originally posted by OKCGene:
super cushy soft toilet paper (her preferred brand), a supply of “feminine products” and whatever type of her preferred pain and ache relief products, including sanitary wipes for those icky public toilet seats and some nice smelling hand sanitizer.

Now we're talking! Convenience goods for her, extra points for me. Win-win!

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Originally posted by SpinZone:
Flashlight, i highly recommend a headlight style.

Noted! Will add it to the list.

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Originally posted by reflex/deflex 64:
Hot hands do go bad, check date on pack

Good to know! I've got some checking to do...

Some cash might come in handy, and as mentioned previously, if possible keep the gas tank half full.

Modern cars will run a LONG time while idling. We got stuck in snow/traffic for four hours once. No traffic moving because of an accident ahead. 30F outside and we never turned the car off and kept the heater running. Gas gauge never moved (it was full).

I wouldn't pack the jerky, instead I'd go for hiking energy bars. The jerky doesn't handle hot/cold cycles as well, and the energy bar gives you carbs for longer term energy.

Instead of empty bottle for urine, Why not an extra water bottle? Clean water if you need it, or dump it if you really need the bottle.

As for the extinguisher, I came across a new extinguisher called "Element" that's more like a road flare than a traditional extinguisher. It uses a chemical reaction to release an extinguishing gas that leaves no mess. More expensive, but stores better than a traditional dry chem unit.

I have a CAT tourniquet, a full sized folding knife, pistol, sleeping bag, cold and rain clothing. No food, can get by for a couple of days w/o food.

I'm in SW Utah and we do venture in the backcountry. Usually, we'll see other people but there have been days where we they were few and far between. I carry these items, always in the Jeep:

Plug kit
Compressor
Recovery Rope
Soft and Hard Shackles
Small Shovel
Leather Gloves
Led Flashlight - most likely 2
Strike Anywhere Matches
Sharpie Pen - Fisher Space Pen - Waterproof Notebook
Paper Towels
A Fully Charged "Jump Starter"
In a soft duffle style bag:
Toilet Paper
A Large Knife
Fleece pullovers for wife and I
Jet Boil Stove - Coffee Cups - Instant Coffee
Extra Pair of Sandals
Emergency Blankets

I let my my vehicles decide the gear. They are all automatics and the Hellcat is too much fun to try and change gear(s) on my own.

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I like to think like a boy scout and always be reasonable prepared. My Tacoma has great storage under and behind the rear seating. The stuff that's always in there is:
Decent first aid kit
Jumper cables
ratchet straps and tow line
hitch and spare pin
basic tool kit (pliers, sockets and wrenches, drivers, etc)
work gloves and bag of nitrile
blue shop towels
boonie hat
hatchet
glock knife
monocular
mags for carry pistol
fuses and bulbs
flashlight and headlamp
cool guy shades

The stuff I add for winter time:
Warm hat
good gloves (x2)
fleece sweater
blanket
insulated socks
candle with bic lighters (whole pack)

The gloves and hat gets thrown into the map pocket behind the seat and everything else I store in dry bags that fit perfectly behind the seat. If I'm going anywhere out of the city where I will be away from civilization I have a day bag that sits by the backdoor with some lara bars, trail mix, powdered peanut butter (stuff keeps forever and tastes yummy when mixed with a little water), a few bottles of water, phone charger, and a few other handy little things one might need if spending a night in a truck or hiking a few miles for help.
I do a lot of day hikes and some overnight hikes so I just keep the backpack I use for that as my emergency (disaster, zombies, etc) grab bag.

My convenience bag is similar to most of what has already been posted. But when winter arrives in PA I add a separate bag of cold weather clothing. Fleece, down, gloves, hats, socks. They tend to be bulky and I don't want to start making trade offs on the contents of the convenience bag to be able to carry a good quantity of cold weather clothing.

Summer time: Camelbac HAWG, 100 oz. Water bladder, rain top and bottom, light weight long sleeve jacket, pen, pencil, paper, travel medicine bottle with various odds and ends, 2ea CAT-T.

Winter: I got a flight bag issued to me back in ‘98. I have full ECWCS, full long johns, extra poly pro, extra gloves, survival blanket, plus the camelbak HAWG.

I have extra TQ in the glove box. Pistol spare mag on my person when not at work or in the state of MD I can’t carry rifles and any other support gear because I work on a .mil base. I don’t feel like being proned out at O dark 30 and then having to be escorted off base without a job to come back to.