--- title: "Get Home Bag" url: "https://bepreparedsolutions.co/solutions/BeEquipped/kits/get-home-bag" description: "Lightweight 25L emergency backpack with weather gear, water filtration, and navigation tools to walk home safely during urban disruptions." source: "BePrepared Solutions" --- # Get Home Bag For: Get Home ## 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 in case of an evacuation, or the need to hit an escape route. • 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. **Estimated total:** $412. Estimated Amazon total when this page was built, not a price BePrepared Solutions charges. Kits are fulfilled through Amazon; the current price is on Amazon at checkout. ## What's in the kit (16 items) ### Food, Water & Waste - Food safe for storing in your car - Personal Water Filtering Solution - Water treatment tablets and purification packets ### Personal Defense & Safety - Clear dry bags for maps, money & phones - Alert whistle - N95 Masks - Backpack for emergency gear - Heavy-Duty Double-Layer Adult Rain Poncho - Lightweight Child Rain Poncho - Work Gloves - Heavy Duty, Cowhide, Abrasion & Puncture Resistant - Wool hat ### Health, Hygiene & Medical - Micro super absorbent towel ### Navigation & Maps - Carabiner Plastic Compass ### Radio Communications - Emergency Weather Radio, with 14h charge capacity ### Tools & Power - Magnetic base flashlight - Handwarmers ## About this kit The Get Home Bag is built for people who need to walk home when transit fails, roads close, or emergencies strand you far from family. Whether it's a blizzard, power outage, or sudden evacuation, this 25-liter backpack keeps you mobile and self-sufficient for 72 hours without weighing you down. Inside you'll find gear designed for real urban scenarios: extreme-temperature food bars that survive car trunks, a stainless steel water filter for drinking on the move, weather protection (wool hat, rain poncho, hand warmers), and hands-free communication tools (magnetic flashlight, 120-decibel whistle, hand-crank radio). The backpack includes clear dry bags for printed maps, work gloves for debris, N95 masks for air quality, and a personal compass for navigation when GPS fails. This kit prioritizes what actually matters: staying warm, staying hydrated, staying oriented, and keeping your hands free to walk. It's designed for commuters, remote workers, and families who want a practical backup plan, not doomsday fantasy. ## Questions ### Who is the Get Home Bag designed for? It's built for anyone who commutes to work, lives in an urban or suburban area, or wants a backup plan if they're stranded far from home. Parents often keep one in the car for their kids, and professionals use it as a commuter safety net. ### How much can I carry for 10 miles without exhaustion? The 25-liter backpack is designed to be lightweight enough to walk 10 miles comfortably. The weight depends on your fitness level, but the compact design prioritizes essential items over bulk. ### What makes this different from a generic survival kit? This kit is built for urban walking scenarios, not wilderness camping. It includes mobility-first features like a filtered tumbler for drinking while moving, hands-free navigation tools, and extreme-temperature food that won't melt or freeze in your car trunk. ### What should I add to this kit before using it? Add a broken-in pair of walking shoes for yourself and your children. Also print 3 alternative map routes from your workplace to home and store them in the included dry bags, since cell service may not be available. ### Can I use this kit for other emergencies? Yes. The weather protection, water filtration, food, and communication tools work for power outages, severe storms, and other scenarios where you need to shelter in place or move safely for a few days. Full kit page, with product details and the affiliate disclosure: [Get Home Bag](https://bepreparedsolutions.co/solutions/BeEquipped/kits/get-home-bag) --- _Guidance here is general and cannot account for your circumstances. In an active emergency, official instructions from local authorities take precedence over anything published by BePrepared Solutions._