One item you wish you carried sooner?

[MTWop]

InReach, Liquid IV, 15x binos on tripod, baby wipes

 

[JLH208]

InReach most recently, small price for peace of mind I didn’t know I needed


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[gjs4]

Hearing protection


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[Lkellogg]

Trekking poles.

 

[danswanky911]

CNOC water bag. Its easier to fill in a stream than a platypus bag due to the dual opening. In cold weather it’s easy to fill in seconds which means less time with hands out of gloves. I can hook my sawyer squeeze to it and hang it on my tipi pole or a tree.

 

[JohnJohnson]

Tripod and suppressor. Both are massive upgrades to quality of life while shooting/hunting.

 

[Kurts86]

Backup water filter/ filter tablets. This has burned me twice in a unit where the sediment destroys sawyer squeeze filters.

 

[bard]

Ditching the water bladder/Hose and going with a combo of 2 platypus 2L bags as well as a nalgene and hip belt holster. Can't stand sucking out of the hose. Taste like crap. has froze up on multiple trips to the point of being useless. The Nalgene is a bit heavy but I justify it with multiple uses. It is also used as a tape holder and gets the hot water treatment and into the quilt on cold nights. and ramen on the top of the hill and into the coat to keep warm while glassing.

 

[Boarmaster]

Binos and baby wipes.

 

[Te Hopo]

A little container of Aloe gel.
I'm usually good about applying sunscreen on hot dayd and using Chapstick but after one trip with a real cold dry wind that left my face painfully tight and miserable I started chucking in a small container of Aloe gell.
Now at the end of the day I can give my face a quick rub down and within minutes I'm feeling refreshed and comfortable

 

[Deleted member 8-15-23]

Better binos

 

[Justin_Tree]

Tripod for Binos

 

[bow_hiker]

Mine is a good med kit with a tourniquet. Took a first timer out a handful of years ago and he was a medic. One afternoon we got talking about all the things that can go wrong and how hard it is to get help to you in a lot of places. I got educated real quick when I got back and carry a kit I know how to use now.
But there is a bunch of great things listed above.

 

[summs]

When tracking, being light as possible is a must. Wool bibs and a fanny pack with a water bottle hoslter. But switching to a small runners backpack and a water bladder has been a big improvement. When moving slow, hearing the water sloshing in a yeti drove me crazy,

 

[BugleMeTimber]

Vortex Lens Pen that goes in my bino harness with lens wipe in neoprene pouch also hanging on side of harness.

 

[CobraChicken]

Leuko tape

 

[HunterXHunter]

Headlamp and external power blanks to charge phones.

 

[ThunderJack49]

Mine is a good med kit with a tourniquet. Took a first timer out a handful of years ago and he was a medic. One afternoon we got talking about all the things that can go wrong and how hard it is to get help to you in a lot of places. I got educated real quick when I got back and carry a kit I know how to use now.
But there is a bunch of great things listed above.

Tourniquets really should be more common than they are. I live in an area with lots of grizzly, and there's a fatal attack in the area about once a year, so I always have that on me. Also very handy if you shoot yourself. Guns and TQs go hand in hand in my mind.

 

[grappling_hook]

Headlamp and external power blanks to charge phones.

I'll add to that-- a headlamp that can be charged with the power bank.

 

[DenimChicken]

So many great answers on this page alone.

Trekking poles, ear pro, CNOC, iNReach…