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.
Three things always (and yes I slap every pocket every time I leave the house to check):
- Phone (right front)
- Keys (left front)
- Wallet (right back)
I do phone in the front left, keys, wallet and knife in the front right. I stopped keeping wallet in the back because it’s bad for your hip, and harder to access and protect.
Hello, me. Complete with the triple tap check…
Same for me but only front.
Keys and wallets in the same pocket.
Literally only my phone. I don’t even always wear pants.
Donald Ducking?
Sarong but it feels so right.
Saright but it feels saright.
- 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
Who knew EDC could be so… Aesthetic! Thanks for sharing that link too, probably should have looked for that community before posting. But I like giving people a chance to talk about themselves a little. :)
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.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.
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.
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
Leatherman does engraved knives. I have mine engraved with my name and cell number.
No offense to anyone who’s into this stuff, but what is the appeal in cataloging and discussing this what’s in your pockets?
You never know when a filthy Baggins is going to come along and ask, “What have I got in my pocket?”
And the correct answer is “String or nothing”.
I have pocket fluff and no tea in my pocket.
For me, it’s neat to know what other people carry. We’re all different people with different stuff and things, and it’s fun to learn about people I reckon. Totally get what you mean though, it’s very mundane lol
Whats its gots in it’s pockets?
I find it important to have some tools with me. Even if I’m really unlikely to use them, being a useful person who can fix stuff and solve problems is a major component of my self concept.
I also find the tools interesting in their own right. Lots of people like trinkets and gadgets, and there may be no explaining it to someone who doesn’t immediately find that sort of thing appealing.
The component of self concept, that’s exactly it! For me it’s not tools. But I love being the person who always has a band aid, a painkiller, a needle and thread, a tampon. You really don’t need that stuff every day, but when you need it, you NEED it. And it’s nice to get to be helpful like that.
I’m always curious because I stopped carrying a purse as it made me feel more femme than I like, and since then I’ve wondered how dudes get through the day with only their pockets.
Either we stuff way too many things in our pockets, or we too have some kind of bag. I don’t think I ever go out of my place without my backpack if I have to bring more than my key/wallet/phone combo.
We sometimes also opt for irresponsibly not carrying what we need to get through the day.
Sharing things you find useful in your everyday life so that others might enjoy them or recommend things that would better suit your needs.
Imo: just getting new ideas for ways to reduce/consolidate the number of things I have to carry every day. I switched from a regular wallet to an ultralight wallet (Ridge, but there are much cheaper alternatives) and it has been helping out my back a lot. It’s also nice to get recommendations for multi-tools and stuff.
I only everyday carry my phone, car keys, apt keys, and wallet, and I often leave my apt keys locked in my car so I have one fewer thing to carry.
In your car with auto documents with your address on them?
The “why” is what people enjoy. There’s a story behind every item that people packrat.
I’m not a fella, but either
Phone and husband
Or
Purse (keys, phone, wallet, work badge, hair clips, vitamins & medicines, measuring tape, lip balm, hand cream, cloth to clean glasses, crow whistle, gaming dice.)
Seems very space-efficient to have a multi use husband.
This would appear to be my wife’s strategy as well.
Link to crow whistle?
Measuring tape is a good idea, might add it to my work kit. Good loadout.
https://www.faulkcalls.com/product-page/walnut-crow-call
Is the one I have. It sounds good, you can make a lot of different noises with it.
Why crow whistle everyday?
For everyday crows, of course.
Cat, cup of coffee. Sometimes phone if I remember.
You carry a cat with you when you leave the house?
Jealous. My dudes would not tolerate leashes.
This guy (Tim) did it from kittenhood, so he doesn’t mind at all. Our last cat (Dharma) took a bit of convincing, and trying different styles of harness.
Flashlight (olight arkfield pro), pocket knife (cheap, but decent amazon tanto), knipex cobra xs, a comb (chicago model 1), 2nd kickstarter titanium ridge wallet, field notebook. Add an Olfa slim utility knife and a pen at work. Sometimes a uni kuru toga. Keys. Phone.
Good question! I always carry the vague sense that I’ve forgotten something.
phone, wallet, garage door opener. All things as small as i could reasonably get them. my wallet holds (and can only accommodate) my drivers license, work badge, and a debit card.
atm an iphone 14 pro. i used to use an android soap phone which was less than half the size, but sadly certain things didn’t work well on it :(
If you count a backpack, i always carry one with my laptop, a current book I’m reading, a handheld game console, and a small med kit with various otc drugs and bandages.
I like to carry a toiletry bag with a toothbrush, toothpaste, and a bottle opener in my backpack. Really freshens you up after a heavy meal.
I carry around a messenger bag with lip balm, wet wipes, earplugs, earbuds, bandages, sunscreen, sunglasses, a respirator, a hairbrush, a phone charger, a flashlight, and a reusable shopping bag.
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 closeMary Poppins?
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
If you don’t mind me asking, do you get any mileage out of the Rabbit R1?
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.
Metal wallet, phone, keyring, e-reader, and a thermo. I’ll skip the e-reader if there is no chance of a queue or waiting time.
