If you’re planning on doing some traveling by plane this summer, you should put together a small travel kit to make your journey more comfortable. I’m not talking about a full-blown survival kit. Just something that contains items you might want while sitting around in airports or airplanes. Having a handy kit is a lot better than digging through your pockets and carry on bag.
In this video, EverydayTacticalVids shows what’s in his travel kit. He uses a VanQuest pouch, and it’s pretty amazing just how many items he fit in there. Here’s a list of everything in it:
- Hand sanitizer
- Mini lights
- Business cards
- Pen
- Sharpie
- Lighter
- Whistle
- Tide stain stick
- Leatherman Style
- Squeeze light
- Bandana
- Mylar blanket
- Field notes book
- Micro USB
- Phone charger
- Power bank
- Headphones
- Chapstick
- Mini flashlight
- Cordage
- Dental floss
- Meal replacement bar
- Airborne immune booster
- Duct tape
- Bandaids
- Sewing kit
- Ear plugs
- Expandable washcloth
- Thyrm Cell Vault
- Cough drops
- Painkillers
- Gum
Watch the video below to learn more about these items and why he chose them.
This is an especially nice travel kit because it is physically compact enough to be carried inside one’s backpack, briefcase, purse, or other carry-on item.
Suggestion: before putting your carry-on backpack/ briefcase/ purse on the belt, do yourself a favor: remove this travel kit from that larger carry-on item and send it through the x-ray machine separately. That way, if an agent should want to take a closer look only at the contents of this travel kit, he/ she/ they might not feel the need to spend time digging through your larger carry-on item.
Next suggestion: if/ when shopping for the “Leatherman Style”, people should exercise caution to purchase the right model because there are at least two (2) distinctly different models available — the “Leatherman Style PS”, featuring pliers and scissors, (that’s appears to be the one you feature in your video); and the “Leatherman Style CS”, featuring scissors instead of pliers and ADDING A KNIFE BLADE…the “CS” model might not be on the TSA’s “approved carry-on items” list; I don’t know.
But if the “Leatherman Style CS” is not on “TSA approved” list, then your friendly, alert TSA agent/s (or other nations’ airport security agency officers) rightly should not allow it through the screening checkpoint, and instead simply:
1) The screening agent could simply turn you back (suggestion for “Plan B”: time permitting, you could go back to the ticket counter and put your “Leatherman Style CS” inside your checked baggage, then come back through the security checkpoint without it); or
2) The screening agent could offer to confiscate your “Leatherman Style CS” and then allow you to pass through screening without it ($30 down the drain.) Or,
3) It could get even worse…depending on the mood they’re in, the security agents might decide to invite/ escort you into a separate room for a somewhat less friendly, somewhat more probing “discussion.” Not very likely, but it has happened.
So be aware of the difference between the models of the “Leatherman Style” and avoid disappointment.
Thanks to the author for this informative, watchable, and clearly audible video. Very well done.