Everyday Carry. What essentials do you carry on a daily basis?

All kept in my bag.

L to R:

Acetaminophen (math is hard), Car Keys, Leatherman Signal, Pixel Buds Pro, Generic leather wallet, Pixel 6 Pro, Pixel Watch 1, Spare Pixel Watch Band for hikes.

The Victorinox swiss army knife is simply the best pocket tool! (Edit: no one tool is everyone's best)

@edc

The more I look at alternatives, the more I realize, nothing can give you this much functionality in this small a package, while being so high quality and reasonably priced. Popular (machine-assembled) versions regularly go for $25.

The one caveat is that it falls behind modern knives in terms of safety and ease for opening/closing. I'd love to see a next-gen SAK without nail nicks.

Leatherman crunch paired with minichamp

I need all this stuff.

0. An all-black LAMY Safari fountain pen filled with a mix of water, Platinum carbon black, and inkjet printer ink.
1. A blank sheet of A4, folded in half three times.
2. My passport.
3. A fully loaded Secrid card carrier.
4. A really nice rock. It has been in my pocket for a year. Don't think about it.
5. A dumb watch. (Casio W-59. Very small, light as a feather. Green LED-backlight LCD display. 50 metre water resist. Tough, within reason. Effectively infinite battery life.)
6. A beta of the PinePhone Pro, equipped with dreemurrs archlinux.
7. A USB drive containing all of my computers' boot partitions and Archiso.

middle-aged IT generalist guy, United States. from left, lens cleaning cloth, REI 1L nalgene, handkerchief, coffee tumbler, ridge wallet, generic grid lined notebook, Leatherman Signal, Pilot G2 .07 pen, keys for work with included tiny flashlight, and phone case (Peak Design Mobile) to represent the phone (Pixel 7 Pro) used to take the photo.

not pictured: car/bike keys, as the wife has the car today and it was snowing so i didn't bike, and wristwatch because i forget, constantly, that i'm wearing it; it's just a part of me. generic Timex Weekender with a nylon strap. does nothing special but tells me the time, accurately, on a face i can read, even in the dark.

I carry a Leatherman Rebar when I know I'll need a few more tools in my pocket. It's only a few times a month but when I do it's indispensable.

The size is both small enough to fit comfortably in my pocket while be substantial enough to feel like a real tool. The tools I use the most are the pliers, Philips screw driver, and wire cutters.

This model locks the tools while they are open which I prefer but it lacks scissors, a replaceable bit driver and has, in my opinion, a light duty knife.

There are some days when I don't want to carry more things. I normally also carry a small flashlight and a pocket knife of some kind.

While this is my minimal carry it still contains a few loose pages of paper and pen inside the wallet, a "multitool" with a utility blade and a pen drive. I honestly haven't needed the flash drive in years but I still carry it since it's so small.

Sunglasses: Carfia A2

Wallet: Self-made from vegtan leather that I dyed green.

Key fob: OrbitKey Black Canvas Edition that I restored using vegtan 5 oz leather that I dyed black. With HANDGREY KNOX split ring.

Watch: Vaer S5 Tradition on a nato strap

Pen: BigIdeaDesign Ti Mini

Paper: Moleskine Cahier paper

Multitool: BigIdeaDesign TPT v1

Flash drive: Kingston DataTraveler 64gb

I've had this Zippo since early 2011. According to the markings it was made in August of 2010.

I don't always carry it but when I know I'm going to need a lighter it's what I use. I have other lighters around the house, for candles/starting the grill, but when I go out this one is in my pocket.

It was originally the matte black model but after more than a decade I decided to use acetone to remove the coating. It's now raw brass which I do like.

The only downside of this lighter is that the original insert will lose fluid over a few days. I did add a small piece of this plastic over the bottom of the insert to act as a gasket. It does improve the time it takes for the fluid to evaporate by about double.

I know there are flame and torch inserts but I prefer the simple mechanism of this. I've had other torch lighters in the past and they always seem to break. If something on this Zippo ever breaks I know I can repair it with a repair kit. I don't mind disposable lighters since they work well and serve a purpose but I enjoy the permanence of a Zippo.

I’m looking for recommendations for a backpack that will be used for commuting to work. What I’m looking for would have one large compartment that I could put a shirt and a pair of pants in, a Bluetooth speaker, a large Contigo water bottle and maybe some miscellaneous stuff. I don’t want a hundred pockets and compartments (internal or external). All I seem to be able to find are laptop backpacks or hiking backpacks that are just too “busy” with features that would just get in the way or waste storage space. I really don’t want to have to resort to buying a laptop backpack and then cutting out all the internal compartments with a razor blade. That’s just dumb, and I worry that what’s left after cutting would start to fray and fall apart. Durability and and convenience are top priority but price isn’t a huge issue (within reason).

TIA.

Update 1: Since there have been several positive comments re. JanSport bags… That’s what I’ve decided to try. I pulled the trigger on this bag. It’s a bit fancier (suede parts) than what I was originally planning but it ticks all the boxes. The fact that they have a Canadian store and free shipping is icing on the cake.

Update 2: Bag just arrived today. It’s nice, really nice. I almost feel bad about the abuse it’s going to take. The canvas is quite thick and has a very high quality feel to it. Same for the suede. Doesn’t feel cheap at all. It’s just the right size for my needs. At first glance the external water bottle pocket looked too small to fit any kind of reusable bottles but I tried forcing it a bit and found it has a very strong elastic band that holds the pocket folded against the main body of the bag. We’ll see how long that elastic band holds up. The zippers feel nice but I don’t know what brand they are as they have a stylized “JS” on the zipper pulls. It does have a laptop sleeve that I was kinda hoping to avoid but the way they’ve done it is very nice. It’s a zippered full length pocket not accessible from within the main compartment. It’s kinda hidden between the top mounting points of the shoulder straps and the upper flap that covers the main compartment zipper. Overall I’m very happy with this bag and I think the price is about right for the quality of the materials and construction of the bag.

Thanks everyone for your input.

I recently made myself a Midori inspired notebook. It's 5 oz veg tan leather that I dyed.

Been wanting a prybar to go with my copper EDC stuff for a while but I was worried copper wouldn't be strong enough. Found this old wrench on ebay for $10 and modified it for my needs. Left one of the wrench jaws on there so there's two ways to use it as a prybar. The spike end is rounded enough to probably not tear through a pocket but tapered enough to splice rope or tighten knots. Ended up being 5 1/2" which is a nice size.

1Tb backup disk, 512Gb Ventoy & tool disk, assortment of av/rescue/security usb's, usb adapters, sd/sim readers, 4€ screwdriver set, sim adapters, tools...

From left to right and reasons why I carry it.

[Nixon Regulus] it has a timer, (which is really great for cycle times on the mill and you gotta use the can) 2 chronographs, 3 alarms and most importantly tells the time. The reason why I chose this watch is that I wanted a simple watch with a few feature and ABSOLUTELY DO NOT want a smartwatch because of privacy and how useless they are without a phone connected, I originally thought about buying a Casio gshock but wasn’t thrilled at how it looked, although I have heard some pretty crazy stories of them surviving.

[USB Toolkit] USB-C to USB-C cable (quick charging and data in a pinch)

USB-C to Lightning (for that one friend that insists on owning an iPhone)

USB-C to Micro (for them crusty old devices)

USB-C to A (for when USB c isn’t available)

USB-C male to USB-A Female (for when you need to plug something USB-C into USB A)

USB-C to micro SD card (for when you need to save a file or need a Linux live environment)

[Wallet] it was a gift, have no idea what brand it is, It’s made out of canvas and has a neat little pocket to hold my USB-C stuff.

[Leatherman skeletool] I have always like having a screwdriver and pliers multitool, I in the past carried a Gerber center drive and loved it. Except for how bulky and heavy it was, it also did not fit in my watch pocket/coin pocket. I also have used the Gerber Dime, which I really liked because of how pocketable it was. However, I used the pliers on it and it broke :/. So I settled on a Leatherman Skeletool, I don’t like it has proprietary bits, but it’s really lightweight and fits perfect in my coin pocket. The main reason I like having a pair of pliers in my pocket is at my job I do a lot of cutoffs and there are hot metal chips that make the pliers very useful when u need to move them

[Atom Tech Power Bank] it has 1 USB-C (in and out) 1 USB A port it’s 3000mAh which isn’t that big but I only use it for a hop up on charge as I rarely use my phone and my earbuds have big batteries

[extra mentions] I also have a pair of Sony xm3’s i daily for music and junk, and they work pretty well, and sound great. They are kinda big case and earbud wise, however I’m fine with some chunk.

I received a new watch as a Christmas gift.

It's the Vaer S5 Tradition which originally came with a silicone and khaki nylon strap. Since I prefer nato straps, I swapped it for my old watch strap. It's a 40 mm case with sapphire crystal and screwdown crown. The lume is honestly better than I expected.

I've finally found a bag which nicely fits almost everything I want to carry every day, and alos makes everything easily accessible - it is about the same size as what I used to carry, but now I no longer need to dump everything out to find what I neede, even with some lose parts still in there.

Contents:

Center:

• 4 empty 64 microSD with SD adapter
• one rpi 2040 with USB-A interface
• headphones
• bag of female jumper cables, with male-male adapters
• a collection of the most used NFC keyfobs

Left side:

• USB-C cable with attached USB-A adapter (USB3, missing on picture)
• two USB-C to headphone adapters
• satechi USB-C power meter
• headphone splitter
• USB-C to SATA adapter
• USB-C smartcart reader
• VGA to HDMI
• USB Ninja (USB-C)
• proxmark3 with battery/bt
• collection of NFC magic cards

Right side:

• USB-C hub with charging port
• miniDP to HDMI
• small USB-C dock
• USB-C to whatever adapters (mini, micro, B, HDMI, ..)
• Chameleon ultra
• MPP pen
• Ninja USB remote
• USB-C to serial, connected via jumper cables

• Bellroy wallet and key holder
• FiiO M5 and JBL earbuds
• Casio Baby-G watch (worn, not in bag ofc)
• Light Phone 2
• Kobo Libra H2O (sometimes replaced by a paperback)
• A7 daily planner, notebook, pen
• Handkerchief
• Cheap torch

Often also carry the camera used to take the picture, Olympus TG6 Tough

• Notabag
• Memobottle A6
• Wallet
• Tiny Swiss Army Knife
• Loop Engage Earplugs
• Pill box for my meds
• Casio watch
• Lipbalm
• Hankies
• Ereader

Anyone else watch the new Ghibli movie and want the knife?

@edc

Studio Ghibli's new movie, The Boy and the Heron, prominently places quite a few traditional Japanese knives, including kitchen knives, a sword, and the boy's pocket knife, a Higonokami. They're a carbon steel friction folder. I just thought it was a vibe seeing it in the movie.

If you want to buy one, fuck Amazon and Chinese copies, go directly to the source!
Edit: higonokami-knife.com may be less legit than others. See comment

Keys - Jeep Gladiator with Threedom Key Fob Mod, Gerber Shard, Random Keychain Spinner

Wallet - Ridge Carbon Fiber 3k

Vape Pen - Boulder Rock, currently running Bad Drips Drooly

Watch - Perpetual movement with exposed interior. No clue the brand, no markings or indications anywhere and it was a gift

Knife - Kershaw Scallion with Fossilized Mammoth Tooth Handle

Fidget - Dual Gear Bike Chain Spinner

Before you ask "isn't it super to be every day carry, yuk, yuk?", I'm just gonna jump out ahead of it:

Well, technically speaking, every day is inclusive of today. I may very well carry these items with me at all times, with no deviation, and would still be correct by submitting a new post with the title Today's Every Day Carry.

I interpret Every Day Carry to mean that we all carry basically the same stuff every day. But what do you have today.

My EDC is: phone, keys, wallet, watch, knife, fidget, vape, guitar pick. Sharing the variations of our own EDC is what makes this interesting and fun. It provides some personal insight into another individual that you'll probably never meet, who could be living anywhere in the world, living a life completely differently from your own.

• Otis Club 100
• Titanium Tweezer
• Air Island Metal Comb
• Mr. Green Ultra Thin Nail Clipper
• Elephant Wallet P Wallet
• Fisher Space Pen
• Leatherman Wave
• Keysmart Vegan Leather AirTag Compact Keyholder
• Olight I1R 2 Pro Eos
• Stainless steel rattlesnake clip
• iPhone 14 Pro
• Apple Watch
• AirPods Pro

My favorite part is the way my grooming kit and pen fit into my minimalist wallet. Always handy to have a nail clipper, comb, and pen in your back pocket taking up as little space as few credit cards.

Colubmia CSS110-118 Watch

CRKT Thero EDC Carbon Fiber Folding Pocket Knife

Boulder Rock Vape Pen - Currently running Bad Drips Laffy

3-Plate Haptic Slider

Ridge Carbon Fiber 3k Wallet

Jeep Gladiator key modded case by Threedom

Gerber Shard

Random Key Ring Spinner

Shady Rays Allure Aster Tortoise

I made the same post on !pensandpaper@lemmy.ml

I'm looking for a high quality pen. I currently have a rotring 600, twsbi ballpoint, and trcpc bolt action pen. I would like to try more high quality machined pens. I exclusively use parker iso g2 refills so that is a requirement.

Citizen Chronograph CA0649-4E - By far my favorite watch, love the EcoDrive

Kershaw Scallion w/ Fossilized Mammoth Tooth Handle

Boulder Rock Vape Pen - Currently running Bad Drips Laffy

Ace of Spades Fidget Slider

Ridge Carbon Fiber 3k Wallet

Dunlop .96mm Guitar Pick

Jeep Gladiator key modded case by Threedom

Gerber Shard

Random Key Ring Spinner

Flashlight: O-Light Baton 3

Knife: Benchmade Barrage Mini

Watch: Casio AE1200WH-1A aka "The Royale"

Keys: some Kershaw keychain knife I can't remember the name of, phillips and flathead screwdrivers, guitar pick, sim tool, handcuff key

Wallet: a big rubber band from some broccoli

Bracelet: vegetarian leather studded wrist cuff from Studs and Spikes

Not pictured: Motorola Edge+ 5G smartphone