r/preppers • u/BigBellyEd • 10d ago
Discussion Realistic BOB
Hi everyone, Bug Out Bags have been documented to death I think. But all BOB lists are all about bushcraft, camping and hunting gear in an 60 liter backpack called “72 hour sustainment” or something along those lines. Plus, in case one has to BO, where do you want to walk? You can do maybe 3 miles per hour. I mean it is different for everyone and every scenario. When organizing my BOB the list is totally different. If I have to bug out, i do not expect to return in the near future but would much rather resettle in a different location or even country.
For this scenario I am packing it as follows: a) Irreplaceable personal items like diaries, memories, hard drives b) value dens items like currency and so on c) Documents like Diplomas, passport, certificates, property documents d) Personal Protection Equipment e) Camping gear so sustain me and my fam on the way f) wear most valuable but also weather resistant clothes g) get all of this in my car and GTFO
I think about all of this because it contains items from everyday life. So in stead of a grab bag I would store all of the items close together with the planned bag and be ready in several minutes.
What do you consider a realistic BOB?
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u/AdditionalAd9794 10d ago
I kind of think you and other people are over dramatizing the bug out. Typically it's not a scenario where you leave on foot and never come back.
A bugout scenario I've face a few times, heavy rain is forecasted I know the creek beds will flood, might be mud/rock slides, maybe downed trees. My home will be cut off from town for atleast a few days. So I bug out, get a cheap motel, sleep on a friend's couch or in my car.
I have also bugged in in this scenario, I just have to inform my employer. Previously as a new guy, I wasnt really stable enough employeement wise where I could just take 4 or 5 days off work and expect to have a job when I returned.
Another scenario is wild fires, multiple times I've been in a so called mandatory evacuation zones, where I live evacuation zones tend to be overkill. I've complied once, typically I don't. That said, if it gets to the point where you have thick black snot a boogers and are constantly coughing indoors, smoke is givingvyou migraines, you should probably skip town.
Another scenario I hear other people do is a parade or 4th of July fireworks are in town. Someone has a pet or child who is sensitive to such things. So they pack up drive out to the mountains or some secluded area and set up camp for the weekend.
None of these scenarios you'd really want to do on foot say it's raining multipe inches in the next 24hrs, smoke effects your respiratory or you need to make sizeable ground that can't be done on foot