Get Home Bag

Overview

Ever been broadsided by a flat tire, flash flood, or sudden transit strike? This Get Home Bag is your "oops-I-need-to-walk-home-now" solution, packing essential gear for unexpected treks. It's designed for 3 days, ensuring you're covered whether it's a minor inconvenience or a mini-apocalypse.

Key Features

This kit prioritizes mobility and self-sufficiency, helping you navigate urban emergencies and get back to loved ones safely. • Mobility-First Urban Design: Explicitly designed for urban/suburban evacuations. At 25 Liters, it is lightweight enough to walk 10 miles without exhaustion, and the muted colors prevent you from standing out in a panicked crowd. • Extreme Weather Survival: Prioritizes core body temperature with a super-absorbent microfiber towel (dries you fast), a 100% wool hat that retains heat even when soaked ("Cotton Kills"), and breathable Mylar bivys that trap heat without causing you to sweat to death. • Trunk-Safe Caloric Energy: Features Millennium Energy Bars that survive 130°F summer car trunks without melting and freezing winter temperatures without turning into bricks, providing thirst-free glucose for walking. • Hands-Free Navigation & Comms: The backpack features a shoulder-strap phone holder for easy mapping, while the magnetic yellow-strobe flashlight and pealess 120-decibel whistle ensure you can signal for help without draining your voice or tying up your hands. • On-the-Move Hydration: Swaps the traditional "survival straw" for a stainless steel filtered tumbler, allowing you to scoop dirty water and drink while walking, rather than laying in the mud.

When you would use Get Home Bag

Imagine this: you're at work when a surprise blizzard shuts down the city. Public transport is a mess, and ride-sharing is surging. No problem! You grab your Get Home Bag, throw on your waterproof poncho, pull up offline maps on your phone (secure in its dry bag), and start walking. The N95 mask keeps the snow dust out of your lungs, and the hand-crank radio keeps you updated on the storm's progress. You might even swing by the store to pick up the necessities, "I'm walking home anyway!" Home sweet home, crisis averted.

How we selected the items

We thought through the common pitfalls of unpreparedness to assemble this kit. Most people forget that GPS dies, so we included clear dry bags for printed maps. We know trunk heat destroys snacks, so this kit has extreme-temp-rated food. The work gloves and N95 masks are critical for safely moving debris and breathing through smoke. We also included a personal water filtering solution, water treatment tablets and purification packets so you can hydrate from available water sources.

Item Highlights

• Emergency Weather Radio: Stay informed with NOAA alerts, plus charge your phone with the hand crank.
• Heavy-Duty Poncho: More than just rain gear, use it as a shelter or ground cover thanks to the reinforced grommets.
• Work Gloves: Cowhide leather protects your hands from abrasions and punctures, ensuring you can handle obstacles safely.
• Wool Hat: Retains heat even when wet, a crucial defense against hypothermia in unpredictable weather.