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Hello Everyone,
So I have finally decided to get serious about putting together a BOB. I got a really great deal on a backpack last week and thought it would be cool to chronical everything as I buy and add it to my pack. My wofe and I are both students so I will be trying to keep everything as cost effective as possible. I will be searching for deals and doing as much reaserch as I can as i put it together piece by piece. I will tally each Item in this initial post and keep a running tab on what I have spent. I am hopeing for help from you guys to figure out what is the most important to get next.
This Bag is a Nargear toolbox that i found on clearance at a local sporting good store for 15 bucks. The cool thing about this pack is that it can be opened like a suit case so you have fast access to everything without having to unpack everything on top to get to the stuff at the bottom. It was missing a clip to allow a snowboard to be attached.
I also purchased a few things over the last few days. 100ft of 550 cord for 8 bucks from a local murdoch's, 2 bic lighters from the checkout line for 2 dollars. A flint and magnisium fire starting stick for 5 bucks ( I started a small fire with a cotton ball in my side yard today just to see if I could get it to work.) A spork that I found for a dollar from an REI. I am also adding a couple things I already had like a knife my grandpa gave me when I was 8 a 250 lumen flashlight I got for christmas from my parents last year and some cotton balls as easy tinder. Also 2 alcohol swabs from a Buffalo Wild Wings. Also some ammunition for my Sks 40 rounds of 7.62 x 39 on stripper clips in hollow point was about 13 bucks
Bag:
Nar Gear Toolbox - 15.00
Fire Starters:
x2 Bic lighters - 2.00
Firestarter - 5.00
Cotton Balls - Priceless
Lint- free
watertight tuperware - 1.50
Food/cooking:
Spork - 1.00
x3 cans of sardines - 3.00
x4 Clif Bars - free
Water:
Camelbak Bladder 100oz - 15.00
Lights:
250 Lumen flashlight - Gift
Headlamp 80 lumens - 20.00
Kinves/ Multitool:
Folding Knife - Gift
Throwing knife - 10.00
Small multi tool - gift
Clothes:
2x pairs of wool socks - 10.00
1x pair of coton socks - 2.00
Patigonia Rain coat - 30.00
waterproof pants - Gifts
Misc:
100ft of green 550 cord - 8.00
alchohol swabs - free
TP - 1.00
Ammunition:
40x 7.62x39 HP - 13.00
100x 22lr. Blazer - 5.00
Total: 143.5
So I have finally decided to get serious about putting together a BOB. I got a really great deal on a backpack last week and thought it would be cool to chronical everything as I buy and add it to my pack. My wofe and I are both students so I will be trying to keep everything as cost effective as possible. I will be searching for deals and doing as much reaserch as I can as i put it together piece by piece. I will tally each Item in this initial post and keep a running tab on what I have spent. I am hopeing for help from you guys to figure out what is the most important to get next.

This Bag is a Nargear toolbox that i found on clearance at a local sporting good store for 15 bucks. The cool thing about this pack is that it can be opened like a suit case so you have fast access to everything without having to unpack everything on top to get to the stuff at the bottom. It was missing a clip to allow a snowboard to be attached.

I also purchased a few things over the last few days. 100ft of 550 cord for 8 bucks from a local murdoch's, 2 bic lighters from the checkout line for 2 dollars. A flint and magnisium fire starting stick for 5 bucks ( I started a small fire with a cotton ball in my side yard today just to see if I could get it to work.) A spork that I found for a dollar from an REI. I am also adding a couple things I already had like a knife my grandpa gave me when I was 8 a 250 lumen flashlight I got for christmas from my parents last year and some cotton balls as easy tinder. Also 2 alcohol swabs from a Buffalo Wild Wings. Also some ammunition for my Sks 40 rounds of 7.62 x 39 on stripper clips in hollow point was about 13 bucks
Bag:
Nar Gear Toolbox - 15.00
Fire Starters:
x2 Bic lighters - 2.00
Firestarter - 5.00
Cotton Balls - Priceless
Lint- free
watertight tuperware - 1.50
Food/cooking:
Spork - 1.00
x3 cans of sardines - 3.00
x4 Clif Bars - free
Water:
Camelbak Bladder 100oz - 15.00
Lights:
250 Lumen flashlight - Gift
Headlamp 80 lumens - 20.00
Kinves/ Multitool:
Folding Knife - Gift
Throwing knife - 10.00
Small multi tool - gift
Clothes:
2x pairs of wool socks - 10.00
1x pair of coton socks - 2.00
Patigonia Rain coat - 30.00
waterproof pants - Gifts
Misc:
100ft of green 550 cord - 8.00
alchohol swabs - free
TP - 1.00
Ammunition:
40x 7.62x39 HP - 13.00
100x 22lr. Blazer - 5.00
Total: 143.5