Everyday Carry Pocket Dump of the Day: The Holy Trinity?

January 25, 2018

ZombieLivesMatter is just messin’ with you. Click here to see his real load out, that includes . . .

a tactical pen, a tactical flashlight, a knife, a Leatherman and a beat-up Louis Vuitton wallet.

But point taken. If you had to pare down your everyday carry to three items, what would they be? For me it would be a iPhone, wallet and gun. Done.

As I reckon most of you would agree with that holy trinity, what fourth item would you carry?

25 COMMENTS

strych9 January 25, 2018 At 14:22

“If you had to pare down your everyday carry to three items, what would they be?”

I don’t really consider a wallet or a phone to be an EDC item since everyone carries one and the EDC community focuses mainly on gear outside what every hipster can be found carrying. So, watch, knife, flashlight for three items.

Forth item to add to that list: Generally a pistol/spare mag (I consider this one item really). When that’s not an option I do sometimes carry a tactical pen.
pieslapper January 25, 2018 At 14:23

Keys.
- BLoving January 25, 2018 At 14:40
  
  RIGHT!?
  It’s as if these guys never drive anywhere…
  Phone, wallet, gun, City Slicker coin purse, keys, knife… bare minimum. Might also have my walking stick and speedloaders but not always – just usually. If all that isn’t on me, it’s because I haven’t left the house yet.
  🤠
Mark Clayton January 25, 2018 At 14:31

Pepper spray..
pwrserge January 25, 2018 At 14:49

[checks pockets]

Ok… I am WAY over the three item limit. There’s an upside to wearing cargo pants on a daily basis.
Tom in Oregon January 25, 2018 At 15:02

A wad of cash.
- Geoff PR January 25, 2018 At 15:52
  
  “A wad of cash.”
  
  Depending on the size of the ‘wad’, it could double as an instant lawyer, IE, a nice ‘gratuity’ could get one out of *all* kinds of un-pleasantness.
  
  CAUTION – Use care when ‘thanking’ law enforcement.
  
  (Like the kindly Indian fellow who tried to ‘fine’ you at the fishing hole…)
Ben January 25, 2018 At 15:25

Seems like no one ever carries a lighter. Even if I didn’t smoke I’d always have a lighter.

And yeah, who doesn’t have keys?
- knightofbob January 25, 2018 At 15:31
  
  Don’t smoke, and I carry a lighter. Always. And it’s not like I’ve never had to use it. The up-front cost and pocket real estate for a mini-Bic, there’s not many good reasons to not carry a lighter.
  - DaveM January 25, 2018 At 18:01
    
    I try to buy light color Bic lighters, use flashlight on the back side for fuel check.
Vic Nighthorse January 25, 2018 At 15:35

Five knives all about the same size and shape.
- OmnivorousBeorn January 25, 2018 At 16:12
  
  Haha!
- jwm January 25, 2018 At 18:26
  
  No hatchet?
Specialist38 January 25, 2018 At 17:12

Keys
Knife
Wallet
Phone
Snuff
LCP
No need to chose…easy to have all these in anything i would wear.

Reducing anything would mean i was in a shithole country or state i had to fly to.
Jackass Jim January 25, 2018 At 17:24

Burger
Shake
Chuck Norris
Larry January 25, 2018 At 17:52

Watch ( Blackface Explorer II)
Knife ,Hinderer xm18
Olight flashlight
Gun
Five C notes always in wallet ( Saddelback )

Never “carry keys” at home they’re on a hook ,at work in locker
GS650G January 25, 2018 At 20:20

At least I have the same watch as this guy
ironicatbest January 25, 2018 At 20:33

I kept asking myself what defensive use is a wristwatch, then flash backed to 1970 and a fight, improvised brass knukles, busted the watch, but saved my skinny ass
- Ben January 25, 2018 At 21:47
  
  James Bond watch with retractable piano wire
What About Bob January 25, 2018 At 22:25

Wallet, keys, phone, mini bic, handkerchief, mini123 flashlight, TCP, lockblade knife that fits my mood.

Backpack or fanny pack (carried, not worn) has a few more goodies, including a USB battery, 3×5 spiral notebook, pen and double ended sharpie marker, RX bottle.

Four Sevens Mini 123 flashlight gets the most use by far.
M C Paradise January 26, 2018 At 01:32

Israeli battle dressing. Don’t want to win the fight only to bleed out. Poor form, poor tactics, poor training and hesitation have killed more people than any knife, bullet, bludgeon or bomb ever made. Eaglescoutactual out. 30.
Tile floor January 26, 2018 At 06:32

Glock 22, smith and Wesson shield on the ankle, two sets of handcuffs, two spare magazines, Vexor pepper spray, ASP baton, 5.11 TPT L2 flashlight, Mag Lite LED, a taser, Motorola radio, axon flex 2.0 body worn camera, glove pouch and flashlight ring, along with Point Blank IIIa body armor.

Still not as bad as my time as an IIB which included a 240 on my EDC 😀
burley January 26, 2018 At 07:42

I don’t consider myself dressed if I don’t have wallet, keys, phone and reading glasses, and I won’t leave the house without a knife in my pocket, regardless, and haven’t since middle school. I guess my “3 items” beyond that are: pistol, flashlight, Leatherman. However, I carry a laptop with me everywhere, so I have a significant EDC beyond what’s on my person, including some basic first aid supplies and for the last 3 years, an EPI pen.
Aaron January 26, 2018 At 10:24

1 .45 caliber automatic
2 boxes a’ amanishun
4 days concentrated emergency rations
1 drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills
1 miniature combination rooshun phrase book and bible
one hunert dollars in rubles, one hunert dollars in gold
9 packs a’ chewin gum
prophylactics
3 lipsticks
and 3 nylons
- Aaron January 27, 2018 At 09:31
  
  You could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.