A Victorinox Manager. It contains a small blade, a bottle opener with a magnetic Phillips screwdriver, a pen, a nail file, scissors and tweezers, all in a very compact form factor.
Less.
I was the guy with all my keys and fat wallet with all cards and phone + Multitool knife.
Then I got inspired by my sister that travels a lot and tries to optimize for what she REALLY needs.
First I realized that most of my wallet is useless. I started carrying a smaller flip style one with my most used cards and some cash.
Then I reduced my keys to a carabiner with sorted keysets on keyrings, so I carry only the needed ones. Home + bike + cellar for daily use. Home + family keys for vacations. Home for going out. Added a very small key knife and a bottle opener that is part of my daily driver but left when not needed/forbidden.
The current setup is a phonecaee with space for 4 cards and maybe 3-4 bills. And my key setup. Yes you have to remember to take some Special thing. But usually I have my old wallet in my backpack when traveling or when needed.
Sometimes less is more.
I second this!
I actually use an Orbitkey holder to keep things neat and less bulky. Strongly recommend adding their multitool to that too, which I find super helpful.
I have a Secrid Miniwallet for cards and some cash, but usually I just use Google Pay so rarely even have that with me now.
SIM tools :)
I always carry a pepper spray with me just in case!
What’s a hardware security key?
Ahhhh, ok, thanks! Yeah, I’m aware of yubi. I was thinking it was some special key to open doors.
I didn’t realize that even good areas are bad areas until I was homeless. Got jumped by a preppy-looking frat boy in a nice part of Boston.
Now I carry the knife everywhere because it all feels dangerous to me now.
Boston
the whole place is a bad area
I couldn’t get pepper spray without a license, so I went with the knife.
That law has since changed in MA, and I hope that my telling that story to Elizabeth Warren helped change it.
I was utterly horrified to discover I couldn’t get pepper spray. I couldn’t even keep myself reliably enrolled in Mass Health, as awesome as it was.
No license needed for a knife so I got that instead. Now since a knife can’t actually stop an attack very well, I had to use it as a deterrent.
To do that I had to promise myself I would give anyone who attacked me life altering consequences. Once I had that established, I stopped getting fucked with.
Before I armed myself, after the attack, it was like I had a crack in my aura. Predatory people could smell the fear on me. Had a few weird run-ins that almost turned into fights. One time a guy just put his hand out and stopped me. It was terrifying.
The thing that hurt really bad about the attack was the way the guy stumbled drunkenly away, probably forgetting about me, having zero consequences. So at least I can prevent that from happening again.
Depending on how much you want to carry, some of these:
- Screw-lock karabiner, rated for climbing.
- Loud whistle.
- Resqme car escape tool.
- Mini pry bar.
- Mini flashlight.
- Keychain Fisher space pen.
- Mini swiss army penknife.
- Keys ;)
Soft shackle over a carabiner. It’s lighter, stronger, cheaper, and more versatile.
You piqued my curiosity. Has to go check into these.
Shortest one is 22"?
Huh, interesting, I’d never seen those before! Thank you!
Found the impromptu can burglar
Lock up your cans
He hates these cans!
A bottle opener.
I second this. Worth it just for the countless “I got you, bro” moments when you’re with friends and family.
I used to carry a bottle opener but it had been YEARS since I used it and decided that 99% of the time that there’s bottles that aren’t twist, that it’s at my house and I have to walk further to get my keys than the opener that is attached to my fridge.
A bic lighter works good too, or anything about the same size and shape.
Yeah, I used to carry an opener before but once you know what you’re doing everything is a bottle opener.
And really what you’re doing is peeling the metal back enough to release let air flow into the bottle. Once you get the edge up, the vacuum seal is broken.
Always freaks me out when people use their teeth though.
Agreed, seeing someone open a bottle with their teeth is like nails on a chalkboard for me.
My bottle opener is built into my wallet, two for one and solves that issue!
I have a tiny led light that fits on my keychain that I find really useful. It’s better than the light on my phone and is a good backup light when I go camping. I also really like the Victorinox Rambler knife. It has a Phillips screwdriver, bottle opener, and scissors.
Haha I was trying to figure out what the battery was for, if it had a flashlight built in or something. Finally figured out it was sitting on a bolt head.
does that multitool have any sort of name so I can find it
Looks like the Geekey Multi-tool
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07T5JZD9H?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Calm down there Mr Bourne.
If you really want to go deeeeep down this rabbit hole, the words to search are “every day carry”. Hide your credit card first though 😬
Carrying stuff is a weird hobby.
A knife. I use mine about once a week.
A tracker on my key for when i lose it.
A lockpick set. You never know.
For anyone thinking about carrying lock tools, watch some of Deviant’s videos about everyday tools - he recommends like 10 things that are more useful for opening locked doors (that you don’t have a key for) than lock picks.
As long as you know how to use it. Otherwise you might as well grab a rock.
