Fellas of Lemmy, what's your Every Day Carry (EDC)?
Those who don't identify as a fella also welcome to answer!
I'm getting tired of my wallet and I'm hoping to get some new ideas. Current EDC is my phone, wallet, and keys on a lanyard. Whatchu got?
Edit: I ought to be a little more specific with my EDC, since most people are kindly taking the time to do so.
Phone: Pixel 8 Pro
Wallet: bulky leather wallet, I don't even remember the brand, I've had it so long.
Keys: a stylized lanyard with various house keys, car key fob, and a keychain that reads "I hope your day is as good as my butt" from my wife. I have to keep that, you understand.
Misc: Burt's Bees chapstick, Listerine breath strips, and occasionally a utility knife depending on my destination.
Im one of those weirdos that carries a cross body bag full of stuff everywhere. Here's what's in it:
The pills are my prescription plus paracetamol. The tube thingy is 50spf sunscreen. There should be a pocket knife but I lost it and haven't gotten around to getting a new one yet.
Copying my comment from a discussion a while back:
Everything I wear is based around practicality which involves a lot carrying capacity. As someone who's a lot on the move, this is my usual kit:
Jeans, right pocket: Snus
Jeans, left pocket: Bluetooth earbud charging box thingy
Jeans, right back pocket: Boarding pass / ticket
Jeans, left back pocket: reserved for trash
Jacket, left front pocket: card holder, in which I also keep receipts
Jacket, left inner pocket: Phone
Jacket, front right pocket: varies. Usually a pack of chewing gum and a pen
Jacket, right inner pocket: Wallet with passport and misc other important stuff
Backpack: Two laptops, a change of clothing, USB battery bank, a bunch of adapters so I can plug in almost anywhere, phone stand, misc access cards, a plastic fork, and a toothbrush. Plenty of room to spare for things I add last minute or pick up along the way.
When I'm only moving locally, it's the same except I don't bring my backpack. And when I'm not flying, I have a small multitool/knife in my right inner jacket pocket instead of my wallet.
Oh, and up until a few hours ago I used to have my sunglasses hanging from a ring that is hanging Frodo-style around my neck. But I realized while I was boarding my plane on my way home that I'd left them in the airport lounge. No time to fetch them, but they weren't particularly expensive.
Yorepek 50L backpack (everything else goes in here)
Laptop (notes, actual work) (Debian w/ KDE Plasma)
Laptop charger
Grandma's laptop from 15 years ago that runs like dog shit (backup, also Debian, can still access my repos and load web pages, decoy if robbed)
Tablet (books)
Voltmeter (yes all the time)
Blank computer paper and pencils (derivations)
Guitar picks (Dunlop Gator Grip 2.0mm; for playing death metal, but also makes for a great tool)
Wireless headphones get extra priority because they allow me to control what I hear. For example, instead of getting sensory overload (I'm autistic) at the supermarket, I can replace it with death metal, which is better for some reason.
Phone, leash, poo bags, treats, 2m length of rope for the dog walk. The rope is mostly for defense against off leash agro dogs. I used to carry a knife but stopped because it's illegal and innocent rope will do the trick.
Eh! This thread just reminded me of something I've been meaning to buy, but only ever think about buying when I'm at work or something and not able to get online to make the purchase:
Key-chain pouch with a CPR face barrier that has a one-way valve.
I've never had to give CPR outside of a hospital environment, but there it's much more controlled w/ supplies readily available like a resuscitation bag that you just slap onto the patient's face and squeeze to give breaths. I know how to do the field version without any supplies, but when you give breaths in that scenario, YOU are the resuscitation bag, and it'd be nice to be prepared to give rescue breaths without needing to worry about shit like picking up herpes off some dying stranger's face.
Also CPR is NOT hard to do or learn, so if I've piqued your interest and you're not already familiar with it, plug your city in here (https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class) and set it to CPR and see what's in your area. Price varies a lot, but expect $30-$100 (WHY ISN'T THIS FREE/SUBSIDIZED?!). Learn some shit, get that cert, save a life. Make sure the class you sign up for good for first-timers and not a refresher course; and I STRONGLY recommend doing in person vs online so you can practice on a dummy with an instructor present to let you know if you're fucking something up.
A pixel phone with a case on it, in the case I tuck my driver's licence and one credit card. I have a wallet app on the phone for all other cards I might need.
Keychain is a carabiner and short piece of webbing holding 2 house keys, car fob, mini knife and mini flashlight.
The keys clip onto bra strap and go inside my shirt and phone tucks into bra. Definitely not a fella :P
Front right:
keys if they're not clipped to a belt loop
Lighter
Cigarettes if I don't have a shirt pocket or cargo pockets
Phone - pixel 7 pro, otterbox case
Keys:
Carabiner
NiteIze DoohickKey FishKey
Small comb
House and car keys
A couple frequently used store membership cards
Mostly held together with s-biners, or niteize g series biners
Front left:
Mustache wax
Pixel buds
Knife- depends what I'm doing, most commonly an opinel, but
Back right:
Bandanna
Back left:
Chums Zipper Wallet, with key to my bike lock attached
A couple bandaids and safety pins in the wallet
Cheap sunglasses, no real brand or style preference, but I like metal frames, usually hanging from my shirt collar when not in use
Left wrist- Casio Protrek prg-550 with a cheap nato strap
Work bag:
Maxpedition Kodiak gear slinger (I like this bag's functionality but I've fallen out of love with the military styling, and it's probably bigger than I need these days, but it takes a beating and hasn't fallen apart in over a decade of regular use so I can't bring myself to replace it)
My work headset
Phone charger
Cheap Lenovo tablet for reading (M8 I think?)
Sometimes my switch
I normally keep a small first aid kit in my bag but I took it out for something a little while ago and keep forgetting to put it back, I believe it's whatever the smallest ultralight/watertight kit that adventure medical sells
1l narrow mouth nalgene bottle '
Maxpedition pocket organizer
In that organizer:
Zebra f-701 pen
Pentel graphgear 1000 pencil in .9 lead
Spare lead
Zebra pm-701 permanent marker
Yellow sharpie highlighter (if anyone knows of a highlighter thats less cheap looking, preferably metal with replaceable ink, I'm interested)
Thrunite ti4 NW flashlight
Pocket screwdriver, little plastic pen shaped thing, double ended with 2 double ended bits at either end, I think mine is Stanley branded but I'm pretty sure I've seen other brands selling the exact same thing with different logos
Small crescent wrench (I think channel lock brand)
County comm widgy pry bar
CRKT CEO flipper
Tide pen
Lighter
Eraser
Field notes pitch black notebook
County comm titanium ruler
Samsung bar flash drive
Eraser
Spare AAA batteries
Small sewing kit
Small spool of some very strong thread (I think dyneema, not sure, pretty sure I picked that up from county comm as well)
Wrapped the handle in some Paracord
USB A to C adapter (my wife borrowed it a while ago and I haven't gotten it back yet)
Metal Stanley lunchbox
20oz Stanley thermos/travel mug thing (I don't think they make my exact model anymore but the "trigger action" one is pretty close
[UK] I carry phone and keys. I pay for everything with my phone. Twerking on street corners as a Gen X for cash isn't profitable anymore.
If I know I need ID, eg. Costco, I have my old fashioned wallet in my jacket pocket. I keep meaning to set up the Costco ID on my phone. Doesn't happen.
The number of times I open or reach for my wallet is maybe twice a month. Frigging barber still wants to be paid in cash, and all the 20th century banks and their ATMs are closing .. [so now they have 20th century tech and no way to interact efficiently with the public. Haha!].
I'm very increasingly anarchist as I get into my sixth decade - UK 2020s feels like 1970s again so screw the useless thieving politicians - so I should be actively pro-cash but I'm actually more pro-crypto pro-barter (especially pro barter) in the real world. Long ago l learned that if I have physical cash, I piss it up the wall, but I'm careful with credit card cash. No idea why. I never have more than £30 in notes on me; that's enough money to buy a Costa coffee for you yanks.
Sadly, that means I can't give cash to the odd homeless. Not too many homeless with contactless readers. Maybe that'll be rabbit-in-headlights Kier's big thing: contactless readers for the destitute veterans that the armed services and government abandoned (I came of age around Falkland conflict).
My pockets carry is wallet, keys, two knives, emergency meds, bandana, and edc kit.
Keychain has two mini tools on it, one a knife pick (I can explain later if anyone cares) and a key tool from from niteize.
Edc kit is in a generic edc pouch. Lighter, mini multi tool, workkos aaa flashlight, mini pry bar that was a gift (never would have bought one), and a little whistle that has a storage tube with a sewing kit in it, plus a smaller knife than the two I keep clipped to my pocket.
Yes, that's three knives, wanna fight about it? ;) hell, it's four if you count the useless blade on the mini multi tool.
I also carry a smaller flashlight around my neck on a bead chain. It is incredibly useful, and I highly recommend this form of carry. Mine is an olight keychain light, the i3eeos. Single aaa battery, decent output and battery life. But it hangs just right to illuminate things where I would otherwise have to hold a light in my mouth, or have a headlamp. I use it multiple times a day sometimes, what with piddling around the chicken coop and whatnot.
Seriously, it is the second most used item I carry. It would be the first, but my main knife gets used hard in the yard lol. It's an old benchmade 710.
Now, I also have two carry kits for other supplies. A shoulder bag and a backpack. That's stuff that isn't pocket carry possible, and/or would only be useful if I'm away from home and get stuck overnight, or in specific use cases that are annoying enough to merit the carry.
The big bag has all the same stuff as the little, with extras.
Little bag has a "device kit" with power bank, cables, etc. Pens, pencil, better multi tool, bigger flashlight (still hand sized, but there's throws better light), bigger sewing kit, pill case with my regular meds for two days worth, and a mini 1st aid kit, plus whatever I decide to throw in.
The backpack adds a poncho that can double as a blanket, a usb bank as well as power bank, a bigger knife, some basic emergency food ( granola bars usually, plus some water purification tablets), and has room for various devices, including a laptop and multiple tablets or phones. That's what I have with me when going more than a half hour from home, always. The smaller bag is for in town carry.
And don't get me started on my car kits. Seriously, don't ask, in not typing that much lol.
EDC for me is bare minimum preparedness for an individual. Each "tier" of carry represents having what i need for a given span of time and minor issues that arise often enough to merit the weight.
I always have phone, headphones (either wired earbuds or my shokz bone conducting ones) and the least amount of keys(this is currently down to a single key on a small elastic cord).
If I am cycling I add in a small cafe lock, and in the summer I include spf30 Chapstick as well.
That is all the stuff ever really worry about taking with me on a daily basis.
I'm gonna take this opportunity to plug the nuknives u23. As a lefty, finding a utility blade knife that is lefty friendly is near impossible. This thing fits the bill with flying colors. Bonus: They sell tons of replacement parts, should you damage it. If you have a job that's hard on knives, this is the one for you.
Nail clippers because if I don't carry them I pick my hangnails and my fingers would be perpetually bleeding lol
Lip balm cause I get dry lips
Moisturiser cause I get dry hands
Tissues
A multi-tool
USB-C charger
Wallet
Keys
Antibac wipes
Hand sanitiser too lol
Watch
Lighter
Obviously it's a long list but these are small objects so it's not really a lot when you're carrying a bag.
I usually don't carry a phone or anything like that if I don't need it where I'm going; normally I can avoid it. But if I need a phone, laptop, etc where I'm going then I'll have that on me too.
I used to have my pockets always filled, but since a couple of years I have a leather bag (i.e. a manpurse or as my wife calls it: the gay bag) in which I have my work phone, keys, wallet, chewing gum, sunglasses, reading glasses, paper tissues and sometimes a drinking bottle. Also occasionally a book.
Back right pocket: a large handkerchief (I get bloody noses and my engine runs pretty hot - I can sweat a lot at times)
Back left pocket: reserved for my minimalist EDC wallet when I carry it (not the exact model, I don't always carry, as I can use my phone for everything, including digital driver's licence)
When I go camping/offroading, I'll often put the Leatherman into a Toolbro holster, holding my Wuben L50 rechargeable torch.
Sadly, it looks like WJMake is no longer selling on Etsy (where I got the Toolbro), which is a real shame. They sold some really nice, handmade EDC accessories, and were happy to customise to suit my exact needs.
Mine has the extra elastic loop on the side to hold my Space Pen, an extra pocket on the front to hold the Leatherman saw blade, and they swapped out belt loops for a pair of belt clips, so I could wear/remove without having to undo my belt - a really important (to me) capability when camping and offroading.
It depends a bit on what bags I carry, what kinda pockets I have, what my needs are for that specific trip and what temperature it is.
Front right:
keys (2 house keys, 2 USB thumb drives, some decorative key fobs and a carabinier to attatch my bike lock key that needs to be inside the lock while riding)
1 or 2 lighters
tobacco, filter and papers for rolling cigarettes (when I'm wearing a shirt with front a pocket, the rolling stuff goes there)
anything that's able to scratch my phone screen
Front left:
phone (pixel 5)
wallet (random leather wallet from amazon, that held up surprisingly well over the past ~5 years)
In my backpack for longer transit/going to the park etc:
wallet in the backpack now
headphones (bluetooth IEMs)
whatever novel I'm currently reading
umbrella
water bottle
a backup reusable shopping bag
flashlight (some cheap USB rechargeable LED light with both a focused beam and a bigger LED in the handle for illuminating larger spaces)
sometimes rolling stuff for joints inside a waist bag
When grocery shopping:
other, bigger backpack with several reusable shopping bags
When its hot:
a towel that I often just tuck in my pants a bit so it can dry better while hanging from my waist, when dry I usually keep it in my front left pocket
usually also a folding hand-held fan, in my backpack when I happen to carry it, otherwise front right pocket
When I go out but don't want to carry my backpack I put the following inside the waist bag and carry that across my chest:
cigarette rolling stuff, unless I've got a front pocket on my shirt
sometimes also joint rolling stuff
keys
wallet
usually headphones
Idk if this much detail was wanted but here you go lol
Phone:
It’s iphone mini because fuck bigger phones
Card holder style wallet- only needs to hold a few cards so don’t need anything bulky:
Bank card, drivers licence, Medicare card, construction induction card, myki card for public transport
Keys on carabiner:
Car key, house key, mini screwdriver
Sony Xperia 5 III (has headphone jack) with LineageOS for microG. Shanling Q1 DAP/DAC. My everyday IEMs I take out of the house are Truthear Nova. I have a 10-year-old Ridge wallet & a mound of coins in the other pocket. Motorbike keys have nothing special other than an OnlyKey for TOTP/FIDO2.
Phone, wallet, keys, 5 USB flash drives of various uses, sharpie, kershaw knife, multitool: I recommend the wave plus with bit kit and ratchet driver from leatherman, ChapStick, and lastly Glock 43x. Plus I usually tote a backpack around and that's a large list of goodies most people are shocked I use often. 32 oz insulated stainless tumbler and medication.
If anyone has travel bag suggestions that's easy to carry unlike a backpack please speak up! Links are appreciated.
My weird thing is I always carry fingernail clippers. I started doing it because I have a bad habit of picking at my cuticles, and it helps to keep my nails trimmed. I've learned that it's a weirdly useful tool, though. It can cut things in a pinch, but no one sees it as something dangerous needing to be confiscated for example.
Wallet in a side pocket. Started doing this on a vacation in a foreign city to be less pick-pocketable, and turns out I love it.
Another pocket contains a fuckload of little stuff. Earbuds, lip balm, contact solution eyedrops, weed pen, breath spray, car key, set of house keys and some others in a folding keyring to which I have also attached my eBike battery key and eBike lock key.
Oil-absorbing paper in another pocket, great for keeping the adult acne at bay.
Cargo shorts make me a card-carrying member of the Dork Squad, but damn do I love them. I can even fit my Switch in there if I want to.
Flipside 4 wallet, put a clip on the lanyard to clip to my shorts so doesn't slip out of my pocket. I had a custom thin RFID made that I slipped between the outside of the lid's rfid-blocking plate and the plastic lid itself to get into my apt building's various doors. Wallet has all my cards and key, and cash for the rare times I have it.
I always carry a victorinox classic sd sak with a big orange Paracord lanyard on it so I don't lose track of it. It's black and limited edition with a cool skeleton carrying a Halloween bucket graphic.
I carry a Spyderco manbug as well, good slicer, small unscary size. Has super blue steel, so cool patina near the edge. I have a clip on that as well so doesn't fall out of my shorts pocket.
I have a modified Leatherman style ps as well, removed the scissors (scissors better on the sak anyways) and added a little titanium prybar that has a sharp enough edge for opening packages. That has a carabineer-style clip that clips on edge of my pocket.
I wear an apple watch ultra, good for apple pay, timers/alarms and texts. Siri to check stuff like sports scores in a pinch. Negates me needing actual phone, I tend to leave iPhone 13 mini in a cheap Etsy "Arnie" case (cameras are barrels of gun from that movie Commando) at home, unless I feel like I'll need the entertainment of f'ing with my phone wherever I'm going
I wear wedding ring out always, bracelet my wife made me often, next to the apple watch. Often have a mechanical wrist watch on other wrist, varies which (have a collection.) I often wear a couple/few Happy Beads bracelets with the mechanical watch to put the finishing touches.
Vast majority of the time I'm just wearing sandals, shorts & T-shirt (I work from home).
The above is my unique and probably awful/questionable taste, more of an admission than edc and/or fashion advice 😂😢
Probably the most unique thing is a Garmin watch w/ a built in flashlight. Which as someone not willing to carry an actual flashlight because I know I'll never both to take it out of my pocket 90% when I need it I find very useful. More smart watches should pick up the feature.
Except for the obvious ones (keys, id, phone) I always carry a USB C to C cable and a small bag with pretty much every USB adaptor I could find. The point is to be able to connect anything to anything. It sounds a bit weird but I've used it a lot. There is also a USB stick with 3-4 live OSes through Ventoy but that one isn't as useful.
Phone, keys, wallet, hand sanitizer. When I know I’ll be in and out of a vehicle a lot (therefore having to empty my pockets to sit comfortably), I use a small bag that I wear across my shoulder/chest that contains all those things, so it’s easy to remove and put back on.
phone, wallet, garage door opener. All things as small as i could reasonably get them. my wallet holds (and can only accommodate) my drivers license, work badge, and a debit card.
atm an iphone 14 pro. i used to use an android soap phone which was less than half the size, but sadly certain things didn’t work well on it :(
If you count a backpack, i always carry one with my laptop, a current book I’m reading, a handheld game console, and a small med kit with various otc drugs and bandages.
I carry around a messenger bag with lip balm, wet wipes, earplugs, earbuds, bandages, sunscreen, sunglasses, a respirator, a hairbrush, a phone charger, a flashlight, and a reusable shopping bag.
Phone and wallet in back pockets, utility knife and earbuds in side pockets.
Other stuff I need frequently like bug spray, sunblock, power bank, extra sketchbook and selfie stick (not necessarily for selfies, I just like photography) are in a backpack in my passenger seat.
Phone, wallet, keychain with my normal keys, my NitroKey USB hardware security token, a flash drive with Ventoy which contains several Linux distros and other live-bootable images, AirPods, and my Apple Watch
Wallet, phone, keys. Everything else i just keep in my car or work van. Whenever i see someone add a gun to their list, i always find it funny. It's such a silly thing to walk around with
Appreciate the inclusive first sentence!
My keyring has keys, a Leatherman Squirt, flat-folding nail trimmer, AAA Maglite, and a leather invincible star charm from Mario. I also keep with me a bandanna (with a glasses cloth folded inside), a leather wallet similar to this design, and a Leatherman Juice Pro.
Phone is a beat up Note 8.
In my bag I tend to have a little sewing kit in a mint tin, small bandages, Ibuprofen, tin of petroleum jelly (way better than Chapstick) and a Dirtywave M8 hardware tracker for when I'm bored.
Of course in the M8's dedicated case there is an OM System LM-P5 field recorder, aux cable, USB-C cable, Moondrop Chu2 IEMs, various headphone adapters, a microSD card reader & adapters, and a TRS midi A-to-B adapter. And the M8 itself.
It's like a nesting doll of comfort devices. I won't survive the apocalypse but I'll be able to distract myself while mutants eat my flesh.
When I'm at work, I also have work keys on a lanyard.
When I'm skating, I wear a fanny pack cross body-style, so I can carry tools and medical supplies. It may seem extreme, but if you bail hard enough, you end up needing both(Why the fuck do I still skate at 37 😅 ).
Well its broken down in layers. Jeans have the basic essentials:
Phone pixel 7 with graphene
keys on karabiner minimal headphones jbl tour pro 2
wallet thick leather + cash is king
Bic lighter
Then the jacket with the level up:
Smiggle smokes box (contains rolling papers filters etc)
Chopsticks
Chewing gum
Hacksmith jet lighter
Serviettes
Bottle opener
String
Condom
Pen
mechanical pencil
Notebook
Calapers
15cm ruler
Usb a+c think drive 1 for data 1 with custom version of kali linux
Need to add powerbank (pls reccommend)
Then my backpack wich is almost averyday but not nessasarilly everywhwre i go.
Laptop lenovo thinkpad + manjaro linux
proper notepad/paper
Protractor
40cm ruler
Water bottle
Stubby
120W usb c charger
2x usbc2usbc cables
Socks
Jocks
Spair tshirt
Lock picks
Standars shit panadol etc
Then of cause there is the car but its more careying me not careying it. But lets just say its ready for the zombie apocalyse.
Havnt gone into details about pocket order/organiswtion etc but there is a system.
Dont carry a knife or gun cos its illegal in my country but if it wasnt i definatly would.
Keys, wallet, phone, USB charger pack, meshtastic radio, weed pen, headphones and my glasses.
I was using a smallish lunch bag I got at a tech conference 15 years ago as basically a purse but it finally gave out this year so I got something a little bigger and can also fit my Nintendo switch or small netbook if I want but those are more for when I'm traveling.
Back in the beforetimes I had a fairly long commute to work, I pretty much had to rely on what I could carry with me, so I had a rather significant EDC which included several tools, utilities, comforts, conveniences and PPE between my pants pockets and my laptop bag. Now I don't even carry a Leatherman with me and when I do leave the house it's just keys-wallet-phone.
Phone + Magsafe Wallet with ID, drivers license and credit card
Keys in an Orbitkey organizer with a multitool, an Airtag and a MagNut to attach my car keys on if needed*
An Alpaka Zip Pouch with an Olight Open Mini pen, more cards, some cash and loads of small, flat stuff like band-aids, a tick remover, a round of flattened duct tape and so on
*The little magnet is a bit annoying because it attaches to all kinds of stuff that it should not. I’m going to get something that attaches without magnets
When I travel, I generally lose my Leatherman due to TSA and I have travel wallet independent from my normal wallet. The travel wallet is a lot slimmer, has RFID protection, and carries a lot less.
I have a tiny pocketknife with a tiny scissor on my keyring which has come in handy countless times over the years when opening parcels or various food packaging, can reccommend.
Pen, pocket journal, wallet, phone, and whichever pocket knife I grab that day.
I'm really a simple person, but I"m going to go into my favorite pocket knife and I'm angry that it's not made anymore.
The SOG Q2. It's a "baton" shape" IE, slightly longer than a standard pen. Has a flashlight, bottle opener (with flatehead screwdriver, in other words beveled the bottle opener) and knife. The opening mechanism is such I've never had it accidentally come open on me, can be opened one handed, and to keep it from closing you're literally holding the body that goes over the knife.
Flashlight (olight arkfield pro), pocket knife (cheap, but decent amazon tanto), knipex cobra xs, a comb (chicago model 1), 2nd kickstarter titanium ridge wallet, field notebook. Add an Olfa slim utility knife and a pen at work. Sometimes a uni kuru toga. Keys. Phone.
I carry my things in the front pockets of my jeans: on the right, just my bare Pixel 4a; on the left, my keychain (with 3 keys and 2 small tools, no car keys), my small leather wallet I bought at an artisan market many years ago and occasionally my trusty Edifier X3 earbuds.
Then, in case I make purchases and people hand me tickets (which I've been getting into the habit of refusing in advance, no need to waste paper), I stash them in one of my back pockets, typically the right one.
The layout for my left front pocket is almost always the wallet to my right, the keychain to the left and the earbud case on top of the wallet.
Additionally, I typically wear my analog wristwatch (smallish, very simple and non-flashy, matte grey metal core with lightish leather band) in my left arm and, in sunny days, wear my aviator-style glasses.
In winter, I may use a scarf and/or gloves, but it's often not necessary where I live.
I have my driver's license and emergency cash stored inside the case of my phone, so I can survive without a wallet. I usually still have it with me though.
Right pocket: Minimalist wallet, keys, flashlight, pocket knife, mask
The flashlight is a ACEBEAM Rider RX with an AA-sized rechargeable lithium battery that can be swapped for AA in an emergency. The keys include a Yubikey and thumb drive with Ventoy. Because Portland is at risk for a megathrust earthquake, I carry a whistle in case I am trapped under debris.
I also have a pouch with office supplies, eyeglass cleaner, and so on.