Earplugs
Can’t go anywhere without mine now. Movies, sporting events, bars. Just way too loud without earplugs
Guess I’m deaf 😭
I just use my in ear earphones, they work decently well and I’m getting them around anyway.
For OP and anyone into this thread - If it’s not on lemmy already, there was a dedicated subreddit for this called EDC (every day carry).
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 ;)
Swiss Army knife, bottle opener, pocket pen, and most important of all: one of those wavy keys to open toilet paper and paper towel dispensers
Sauce for the wavy key?
Are we still doing “sauce” in Lemmy? It seems a little passe now.
Gerber Shard multitool. Thing has come in handy so many times.
Bonus: Only useful multitool I’ve found that the TSA won’t give you shit over.
Seconded. My partner has had hers for well over 10 years and it’s barely scuffed. One of the best 10$ I’ve ever spent!
Came here to post the same. Been carrying mine for at least eight years now. Always useful.
Titanium whistle, one saved my life when I was incapacitated and freezing to death.
If you’re willing to share, I would be interested in hearing your story.
I think they were freezing and somehow got incapacitated. Thankfully they had a whistle, so they blew into the whistle and someone heard it and came for the rescue. I think that may be the story.
Yes that’s basically it. Not one of my proudest moments, so I’ll leave it at that lol.
Were you floating on a door in the North Atlantic?
Floating on something.
Does it have to be titanium?
Of course, it’s tacticool’
I don’t know about pockets, but my bag usually has(besides the usual stuff) a tiny sketchbook with a pencil. I use it as an alternative to browsing my phone whenever I have time to kill.
Mostly because I feel I spend way too much time on this thing… like now…A bottle opener.
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.
I second this. Worth it just for the countless “I got you, bro” moments when you’re with friends and family.
- Leatherman. I carry a Wave. Got a Gerber and a couple others, but the original (this replaced my 1st gen) is best.
- Pen & notepad. Always having your own pen that is kept full, and some paper to write someone a physical note, is an amazing superpower.
- Face masks. COVID is still a thing, don’t be dumb. Also carry hand sanitizer or alcohol wipes.
- Flashlight. I have a small tube 9-LED that’s usually in there, but also a 1-LED watch battery thing for the keychain, and I’ve got a few more around here. Yes your phone has a flash that can be kept on, but it burns battery, and is often awkward. Having light whenever is magic.
- Switchblade, survival knife, folding knife, etc. Defensive uses, but also heavier utility knife than the Leatherman.
- Pepper spray, derringer, etc. if you live in a dangerous area.
- Survival kit. This is more of a backpack item. Get a tiny survival, first aid, etc. kit, there’s a million uses for having some cord, bandages, shiny foil blanket, etc.
- Cigarette lighter or box of matches. Even if you don’t smoke, being able to make fire is another magic skill. I keep this with the survival kit.
- Headphones, I have slightly-better-than-earbuds tucked in my coat. Noisy annoying people just stop being a problem.
And then my phone, keys, wallet, shades. Yes, I buy clothes with a lot of pockets.
Do you carry a fuckin lifejacket too mate, fuck me if you fall into water you’ll sink like a stone
Do you rattle when you walk 😂😂
I haven’t figured out how to keep a lifejacket in my pockets or pack yet. Perhaps a puffy coat that doubles as a flotation device? Good idea, keep workshopping it.
Why are so many people saying “Leatherman” as if it is a common term or globally known brand? Is this my first Lemmy ad?
Because it’s one of the most popular multi-tools on the planet? The only one more popular is Victorinox
Leatherman to me is synonymous with “multitool with foldout pliers” as I believe they popularized if not invented the form. I think if you’re into multitools you know the name, up there with Victorinox and Gerber. It’s my preferred form factor for a multitool, I get way more use out of the pliers/wirecutters than pretty much anything on a Swiss army style multitool. Leatherman had an amazing tiny keychain model, the Squirt PS4, that I would recommend for keeping in your pocket but it was recently discontinued, and their other keychain tool, the Micra just isn’t as good imho
I’m not a sponsored read, or I’d’ve linked and not included Gerber as well! It’s pretty common, but prob. could’ve said “multitool” there too, so: A multitool. A folding pliers, knives, screwdrivers, files, etc. gadget.
A security key for your online logins.
- I have foldable scissors that are always attached to my keys. They’re useful for, well, cutting stuff.
- Safety pins. Not only that you can use them for clothes (for example if your coat’s button decided to detach), you can use them for self-defense if you can’t have weapons or pepper spray.
- A small notebook and a pen. You can write down important things or just doodle out of boredom.
Victorinox knife; FIDO2 key with USB-A, USB-C and NFC; small USB-A to USB-C cable with magnetic cable tie thingy
Edit: I regularly throw in a bootable Linux drive, too
How often is that bootable Linux drive useful to have on hand though? I can’t imagine it being useful more than once a year or so, but maybe I’m not thinking creatively enough.
It’s nice to have when a system breaks, to test stuff or when I’m at a new computer but want to use my current distro of choice. But yeah, I don’t use it on a daily basis or anything.
This handy aspirin holder. Could save the life of someone having a heart attack. https://www.saveaheart.ca/
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.
A carry this kind of multitool with my keys
And this ceramic blade box cutter
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
