The Best Gear for Your Go Bag
This guide from Wirecutter explains how to build a lightweight, portable go bag (bug-out bag) for 72-hour evacuations, prioritizing essentials such as water, shelter, fire, food, first aid, protective gear, lighting, communication, and tools. It recommends durable, compact items— for example, a metal bottle like [[Hydro Flask]] alongside a collapsible option, a personal filter such as the [[Sawyer Mini]] plus [[Potable Aqua Chlorine Dioxide]] tablets, weatherproof matches like the [[UCO Titan Stormproof Match Kit]], and compact food like [[Clif Bar]]. For warmth and shelter it recommends emergency blankets and bivvies such as the [[UST Survival Blanket 2.0]] and the SOL Thermal Bivvy. The article emphasizes customization to personal needs, value and weight considerations, and recommends building your kit gradually rather than relying on preassembled bags.