Those who don’t identify as a fella also welcome to answer!
I’m getting tired of my wallet and I’m hoping to get some new ideas. Current EDC is my phone, wallet, and keys on a lanyard. Whatchu got?
Edit: I ought to be a little more specific with my EDC, since most people are kindly taking the time to do so.
Phone: Pixel 8 Pro Wallet: bulky leather wallet, I don’t even remember the brand, I’ve had it so long. Keys: a stylized lanyard with various house keys, car key fob, and a keychain that reads “I hope your day is as good as my butt” from my wife. I have to keep that, you understand.
Misc: Burt’s Bees chapstick, Listerine breath strips, and occasionally a utility knife depending on my destination.
Right pocket: Sunbeam F1 flip phone, space pen, moleskin notebook
Left pocket: rotates between Arduboy, Moaan eReader, Flipper Zero, or Rabbit R1
Rear right: wallet (containing car keycard)
Attached to belt: Ricoh GRIII camera
Only picked it up a few days ago.
I went the dumb phone route in March of 2023 because I was constantly scrolling or getting distracted while I was out with my wife. (Still use my iPhone on WiFi at home). Found that it worked well for me, but there would be the occasional question I’d have and have no way to look it up besides asking to borrow my wife’s phone.
She got annoyed, so I got the Rabbit used on eBay for $130. Got a $5/mo sim for it. I think it’s made a lot of improvement since initial launch comparing my experience to reviews. Battery life is well over a day for me, and I haven’t had it glitch out too terribly. Even the scroll wheel isn’t as bad as they say.
You just have to assume that 20% of the time, it’s entirely wrong. Like Diane Keaton wasn’t in 1989’s Parenthood, it was Diane Wiess.
I bought it under the assumption that the company would fold in a year or so, but there’s already a community rooting them and installing base Android. For $130, it’s worth whatever I can get out of it.
Edit: also aware of the glaring security hole, so no personal questions to the R1
This is a very unique EDC
When you ditch the smartphone, you make up for it on other ways.
Donald Ducking?
Saright but it feels saright.
Pockets-
Front right:
keys if they’re not clipped to a belt loop
Lighter
Cigarettes if I don’t have a shirt pocket or cargo pockets Phone - pixel 7 pro, otterbox caseKeys: Carabiner
NiteIze DoohickKey FishKey
Small comb
House and car keys
A couple frequently used store membership cards
Mostly held together with s-biners, or niteize g series binersFront left:
Mustache wax
Pixel buds
Knife- depends what I’m doing, most commonly an opinel, butBack right:
BandannaBack left:
Chums Zipper Wallet, with key to my bike lock attached
A couple bandaids and safety pins in the walletCheap sunglasses, no real brand or style preference, but I like metal frames, usually hanging from my shirt collar when not in use
Left wrist- Casio Protrek prg-550 with a cheap nato strap
Work bag:
Maxpedition Kodiak gear slinger (I like this bag’s functionality but I’ve fallen out of love with the military styling, and it’s probably bigger than I need these days, but it takes a beating and hasn’t fallen apart in over a decade of regular use so I can’t bring myself to replace it)
My work headset
Phone charger
Cheap Lenovo tablet for reading (M8 I think?)
Sometimes my switch
I normally keep a small first aid kit in my bag but I took it out for something a little while ago and keep forgetting to put it back, I believe it’s whatever the smallest ultralight/watertight kit that adventure medical sells
1l narrow mouth nalgene bottle ’ Maxpedition pocket organizerIn that organizer:
Zebra f-701 pen
Pentel graphgear 1000 pencil in .9 lead
Spare lead
Zebra pm-701 permanent marker
Yellow sharpie highlighter (if anyone knows of a highlighter thats less cheap looking, preferably metal with replaceable ink, I’m interested)
Thrunite ti4 NW flashlight
Pocket screwdriver, little plastic pen shaped thing, double ended with 2 double ended bits at either end, I think mine is Stanley branded but I’m pretty sure I’ve seen other brands selling the exact same thing with different logos
Small crescent wrench (I think channel lock brand)
County comm widgy pry bar
CRKT CEO flipper
Tide pen
Lighter
Eraser
Field notes pitch black notebook
County comm titanium ruler
Samsung bar flash drive
Eraser
Spare AAA batteries
Small sewing kit
Small spool of some very strong thread (I think dyneema, not sure, pretty sure I picked that up from county comm as well) Wrapped the handle in some Paracord
USB A to C adapter (my wife borrowed it a while ago and I haven’t gotten it back yet)Metal Stanley lunchbox
20oz Stanley thermos/travel mug thing (I don’t think they make my exact model anymore but the “trigger action” one is pretty closeWe found him boys. Take him away.
Right pocket: moustache wax
Left pocket: moustache wax
(don’t worry, I’m jealous)
Back in the beforetimes I had a fairly long commute to work, I pretty much had to rely on what I could carry with me, so I had a rather significant EDC which included several tools, utilities, comforts, conveniences and PPE between my pants pockets and my laptop bag. Now I don’t even carry a Leatherman with me and when I do leave the house it’s just keys-wallet-phone.
- Old leather wallet
- Flashlight (Skilhunt H150)
- Knife (Spyderco UKPK)
- Pepper spray (Sabre Red, with a pocket clip from a random flashlight)
- Phone (Pixel 4A)
- Keys, and another flashlight (Skilhunt EK1)
- Flash drive (Sandisk 128gb)
- 1.38€
See also !edc@sopuli.xyz
Im one of those weirdos that carries a cross body bag full of stuff everywhere. Here’s what’s in it:
The pills are my prescription plus paracetamol. The tube thingy is 50spf sunscreen. There should be a pocket knife but I lost it and haven’t gotten around to getting a new one yet.Not weird at all imo. This is all very useful
Thanks for saying that! My friends joke that I look like a tourist with the bag though
Your friends are wrong 😤
In their defence. I often wear a bucket hat in the same colour.
Leatherman does engraved knives. I have mine engraved with my name and cell number.
Caught me :)
Plus in my backpack, there’s everything I need for staying the night somewhere. I used to live way out of town and frequently miss the last bus, so it became a habit to be prepared.
I have one pair of underwear, one pair of socks, a toothbrush+paste, face moisturizer and hand cream.
Also, a foldable reusable shopping bag, a small umbrella, and a water bottle.
Found my EDC doppleganger lol. Almost down to every item in the backpack at least. Suncreen is so underrated!
Are those plasters I see? Too many people forget those😂I’ve ended up awkwardly searching for one after an accident cooking or paper cut one too many times Always stay prepared
Yes they are! I have dry cuticles that I sometimes absent mindedly pick so I need those frequently lol
I’m sorry for your loss.
Thank you. It really feels like it, I’d been carrying for half my life.
Ugh the casualness of the earlier mention helped me avoid feeling terrible for you. Now the truth is heartbreaking.
Phone: It’s iphone mini because fuck bigger phones
Card holder style wallet- only needs to hold a few cards so don’t need anything bulky: Bank card, drivers licence, Medicare card, construction induction card, myki card for public transport
Keys on carabiner: Car key, house key, mini screwdriver
Phone, wallet, keys, 5 USB flash drives of various uses, sharpie, kershaw knife, multitool: I recommend the wave plus with bit kit and ratchet driver from leatherman, ChapStick, and lastly Glock 43x. Plus I usually tote a backpack around and that’s a large list of goodies most people are shocked I use often. 32 oz insulated stainless tumbler and medication. If anyone has travel bag suggestions that’s easy to carry unlike a backpack please speak up! Links are appreciated.
I’m a fella of Mbin but I’ve still got my bag of tricks with me:
- Cirkul water bottle until I run out of cartridges for it
- Keychain with a key-shaped multitool and a double-ended USB flash drive with Hiren’s BootCD PE (soon: Ventoy!)
- Wallet with one credit card and way too many gift cards
- Motorola Moto G Power 2021 running a stock Android OS I want to replace
- Anbernic RG35XX Plus currently running Knulli, a fork of Batocera
- Vital Hero Digimon Red where I should be wearing a good watch like my old Pebble
- Printed cloth face mask from Bluehalo or Level One Bar + Arcade
- I want to carry some cheap clip-on earphones again
- Wallet
- Phone
- Work phone
- Butt plug (stainless steel)
- Car keys
- Chapstick (love Burt’s Bees)
- Viagra (sponsorship deal)
- Apple Watch
- AirPods
Does the butt plug have a paracord wrap?
Of course, never know when you’re gonna need it
Heckin’ epic, Senator Dole!
Flipside 4 wallet, put a clip on the lanyard to clip to my shorts so doesn’t slip out of my pocket. I had a custom thin RFID made that I slipped between the outside of the lid’s rfid-blocking plate and the plastic lid itself to get into my apt building’s various doors. Wallet has all my cards and key, and cash for the rare times I have it.
I always carry a victorinox classic sd sak with a big orange Paracord lanyard on it so I don’t lose track of it. It’s black and limited edition with a cool skeleton carrying a Halloween bucket graphic.
I carry a Spyderco manbug as well, good slicer, small unscary size. Has super blue steel, so cool patina near the edge. I have a clip on that as well so doesn’t fall out of my shorts pocket.
I have a modified Leatherman style ps as well, removed the scissors (scissors better on the sak anyways) and added a little titanium prybar that has a sharp enough edge for opening packages. That has a carabineer-style clip that clips on edge of my pocket.
I wear an apple watch ultra, good for apple pay, timers/alarms and texts. Siri to check stuff like sports scores in a pinch. Negates me needing actual phone, I tend to leave iPhone 13 mini in a cheap Etsy “Arnie” case (cameras are barrels of gun from that movie Commando) at home, unless I feel like I’ll need the entertainment of f’ing with my phone wherever I’m going
I wear wedding ring out always, bracelet my wife made me often, next to the apple watch. Often have a mechanical wrist watch on other wrist, varies which (have a collection.) I often wear a couple/few Happy Beads bracelets with the mechanical watch to put the finishing touches.
Vast majority of the time I’m just wearing sandals, shorts & T-shirt (I work from home).
The above is my unique and probably awful/questionable taste, more of an admission than edc and/or fashion advice 😂😢
Wallet, phone, keys. Everything else i just keep in my car or work van. Whenever i see someone add a gun to their list, i always find it funny. It’s such a silly thing to walk around with
Phone. Keys
I carry a thin fabric zippered wallet in a front pocket along with my keys.
I have a set of keys for each car. Each set has a tracker and house key.
And a phone in the opposite front pocket.
And an Apple Watch.
That’s it. That’s all I carry. And nothing goes in a back pocket to sit awkwardly on.
