Post #3029233
2026-06-01 18:40 UTC
@scarlet@chaos.social and as you may have seen, I scaled up and then down again - especially when it comes to tools and medic foo.
It was "just too much" and last year I put a postit in every bag and marked on it, what item of the packing thing has been used.
Then I reviewd it and hell was there a lot to scale down on ~4.5kg in total.
The small medic thing? Gets the job done and still includes some things I hope to never need.
The tool thing? What do I really repare in the field? Laptops - Glasses (especially them), etc.
When doing work? Sure I now have the space for adding things, but they get packed "as an addition" and not as "yea, thats now in there forever". Jana's back is thanking me for that.
All big universal keys? Sure when traveling, otherwhise the 8-9mm trainkey does it together with the basic 35€ knive.
The thing to learn is, when do compromise and when not.
Still the packing cubes are verry good, especially in combination with them not being hard shelled and velcroed in.
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@scarlet@chaos.social 2026-06-01 19:03
@lindazepam@estrogen.network Yeah, makes sense. One of the reasons I resisted buying things is because I know my needs are actually not that big. Very small medical pouch with the common painkillers and some plasters (especially for foot blisters). For anything more I am usually close to a real first aid box. A multi-tool with enough bits to fix some furniture, laptops, and glasses. Enough adapters to connect and power a Mac or iPhone to anything I could reasonably encounter.