7 EDC Hacks That Will Change How You Carry

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0:16 Hands-free flashlight mod

2:18 Keep a backup wallet

3:34 Use an analog watch as a compass

4:49 Ranger Bands

7:44 Use Knipex as a bit driver

8:43 Give your Knipex 4" Cobra Pliers extra grip

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[wizardbrown]

A part of my bushcraft essentials are, believe it or not, two rolls of heavy duty dog poop bags. 13" x 9", non scented, 15 count per roll. They can be used for holding water, protecting small things from water like kindling, a place to put food items you may need to gather, and if it's really rainy you can make sandbags with them. I'm sure their are other uses so let your inner McGyver run wild.

[charlietighe]

I understand this is a hack video to pare down your gear, but I now have an additional 7 things I want to add to my edc 😅

[pdr]

Use marine grade heat shrink and you don't need a knot. Just slide the tails in and heat it. It is lined with heat activated glue.

[Philscbx]

Growing up on farm as a kid, and now seventy, the standard build of your stealth weapon - inner tubes - creative strips with progressive width,
creating a slingshot from a perfect tree branch -'Y' -
Micro zip ties - secure tubing to Y, and load patch.
The best back pocket stealth weapon.
Cheers, , and very cool tips for compass... to alternate hands free grip for EDC.
And always use a tethered strap to keep EDC safe & secure, or it will vanish.

[Wazoo]

Honored, privledged, and giddy to see our Ranger Bands and Viking Spark make it into this vid! Thanks Taylor and crew!

[mosstd]

Not going to lie! As a plumber, I have grips older than you. Tomorrow I am getting the sparky to wrap them in heat shit stuff.

[tomjeffersonwasright]

On ships, we often grind and shape channel lock handle ends, to a flat screw driver and a tapered spud for loosening knots and opening screw shackles.

[davidesilveira]

Best idea for a video ever! Please make this a weekly show. Include the small things you think people might automatically know. You never know when someone is brand new to EDC.

[Adam.]

I have been using paracord for flashlight tethers for years. My method involves keeping one side free to use as a lanyard while still being able to hook it around the light and use it as the hands-free loop or, most commonly, an impromptu belt loop for storage.

It works with fewer designs, but the versatility it gives is amazing.

[DoctorJones]

You can do the watch thing with a digital watch or even no watch by just knowing what time it is and imagining where the hour hand would be if you had an analog watch.

[drunkwoodswyllia]

Hahaha I was in the Army when you couldn’t buy ranger bands!! We made our own! Great video brother! Here’s a hack to add to your videos. When you’re sitting in the car waiting on your wife, roll the window down half way or more and use the edge of the window to sharpen up your knife! This really works!

[billypagonis]

Great vid. For some of your viewers who may not be familiar with using the analog watch as a compass. In the southern hemisphere you have to point noon at the sun, unlike in the northern hemisphere you point the hour hand.
Have a great day

[motorolas]

Had a Leatherman Skeletool for 15+ years and would regularly use the knife, screwdriver, and pliers in that order. Also would have my Leatherman Micra for longer and would use the knife, screwdrivers, and scissors. EDC either of those, and a Photon keyring light for over 10 years takes care of 90% of what I need to do on a daily basis.

[dreed]

I like your flashlight lanyard idea but I still like mine better. Although I've never needed it, mine can be adapted to yours quickly. My flashlight is on a lanyard made to wear ID badges, park passes, etc. The type you see everywhere and they often have corporate logos and are handed out as schwag. I simply wear it around my neck, dangling when in use. I can use both hands and (this is key) as long as I'm working on something directly in front of me and below my chest, it works great. Car repairs, clean a fish, air up a tire, and find the right key for a lock. It works great and points where I usually need it. Your method always points the light off somewhere else unless maybe you are using a screwdriver and gripping it overhand working chest high or above. I wouldn't call mine a hack. It's just hanging an led flashlight on a lanyard and putting it around my neck the way that event pass lanyard was meant to be used. I can wrap it around my hand binding the light to the back of my hand if I want to, but never have. When the need arises I'll remember your trick.

[Flynn_Stones]

Take the first tip and combine with your last tip to give your mini pliers an index finger loop. This way you just open/close your index finger to open/close the pliers.

Comes in handy when you lose some finer hand movement while wearing gloves or your hands are just freezing.

[SavageShooter]

Pro tip. For small flashlights with a two way clip for putting on a hat cut a small slit into the brim of the hat about 2-3" from where the bill meets the cap (length of clip + 1") super glue the threads so they dont fray and you can slip your light into it and it will lay on the bill without sticking out really far. Its far more natural to use as a headlamp that way.

[ewakingwood]

And to take ranger bands a bit further: when you make your own out of old bicycle innertubes, you can make them any width you like, while store-bought ones usually come in different diameters, but usually not different widths. I find that they give better grip if you clean off the talc powder on the outside of the tube (put there to reduce friction between the tire and the tube) that they give a lot more grip. The advantage to cutting your own ranger bands to wider sizes is that you can do the shrink wrap-flashlight hack without buying shrink tubing and used tubes from bike shops are always free. You can ask the wrenches in the back if they have a box of them but often times, they're piled out by the dumpster. Most shops replace rather than patch tires but they'll sell you a patch kit 😉

[SplitRing]

I recently found that the opposite/near-widest channel opening on a set of 150 Cobras works as a wire cutter in a pinch (literally!) Only works on wire you could feed into the groove though. Also when doing the handle heat shrink, try cutting a 1/2" "tail" that you can tuck back into the tubing to create a bit more padding for the very ends of the handles. Cheers!

[kevinmadrigal]

I appreciate that you credit folks when you share their ideas. Lots of people will share “hacks” as there own without crediting the people like Mors who came up with them

[HorsepowerHeaven]

I wish you released this video a few days ago, I lost my Fenix pd25r in the bush the other day. I will be attaching a cord to all my lights that I take hunting now. Great video, keep it up!