Every Day Carry
"Every Day Carry" or EDC is a "thing". Search it up on Google ( here are some search results ) and you'll see hundreds, nay thousands of references, websites and companies devoted to this topic. I think you'll be amazed at what some people claim to carry every day. Some gear choices are very fashion conscious, matching colors and styles. Others are very self defense themed (hand guns, knives, etc). Collections might have themes of rescue, handyman or a little bit of everything. I've gone through several iterations of what I carry when I leave the house. NOTE: What I describe below is actually what is ON ME. I will sometimes carry a small sling bag that contains even more items and sometimes a daypack (backpack) that contains even more than the sling bag. Although they are both trimmed down to what I believe is essential, the full daypack has just about everything that I might need (and have used!) on an outing. I won't go into DETAIL, but just for e...