What items do you carry multiples of while in the backcountry?

[BugleMeTimber]

Extra Knife, 2 bics, headlamp/flashlight and more wet wipes than I need. Always have more than one water purifying method in group. Usually an extra fuel cannister for the jet boil even though I never need it.

 

[BuckeyeRifleman]

Man the extra waist buckle is a great idea, and one that I didn’t consider. Just bought two on Amazon for my hunt next week… This is why I made the thread!

Right now my list is…

Fire starters
Headlamps
Water purification (forgot to list this one too, I always have backup tabs in case the steripen shits the bed)
Knives
Waist buckles

Keep it coming guys!

 

[BassAssassin04]

Just added a spare waist buckle to my kit

 

[MT_Wyatt]

My list is almost a carbon copy of this. I carry an extra lighter, tinder and emergency matches in my bino harness. Same exact approach on knives/socks/nitrile gloves/headlamp (I have a petzl e lite).

I will carry aqua tabs as a filter backup - I used to carry multiple squeeze bags to filter with but the hydropak is so tough I can trust it.

two headlamps- I was a one headlamp/spare battery guy until I had a headlamp go on the fritz, now it's two

two knives- one fixed blade (custom) and one changeable blade

two pairs of socks, one for sleep (or the last day) worn daily

I carry a full sized Bic in my pocket w/ some tinder attached via ranger bands, one full sized Bic in my fire kit (a very robust fire kit at that)

two pairs of nitrile gloves

 

[IdahoElk]

Headlamps, lighters and knives

 

[TaperPin]

Water tablets & purifier
Waterproof matches in waterproof container & bic & small wood matches in ziplock & wax fire starter
7-1/2 minute map & forest service map
Headlamp & flashlight

It‘s funny how a bad experience changes what we carry. In decades spent in the Rocky Mountains I’ve been really cold, really hungry, really thirsty and a few other reallys, but only once was hypothermia a sure thing if something wasn’t done and thank god for multiple fire sources. When it’s been raining and sleeting for a few days making a fire becomes a little harder.

 

[Scoot]

If I'm bivy hunting, I carry 2 lighters, 2 pair of socks, two shirts, two underwear (socks, shirts and underwear are just one extra, besides the one I'm wearing). More than one wipe is usually a good plan too.

 

[LoganKenworthy]

My list is much the same
Knives
Headlamps
Lighters
Water purification
Socks
Waist buckle
The one thing that I carry in duplicate that I don’t see here is a heavy duty contractor bag. A pair weighs about 3-4oz and they are very versatile. I’ve used them to wade creeks, line my pack, as a pack cover, emergency poncho, ground cover, meat sack for throwing it in the creek to cool off. So useful, just don’t grab scented ones.

 

[mlgc20]

I used to carry duplicates of a lot of things. Over the years, they've all gone away. I don't think I have and dupes in my pack anymore. As I get older, the premium for me is on reducing weight.

 

[LoganKenworthy]

I used to carry duplicates of a lot of things. Over the years, they've all gone away. I don't think I have and dupes in my pack anymore. As I get older, the premium for me is on reducing weight.

Not even a spare mini bic or a petzl? Damn. I don’t think I could ever cut those out.

 

[mlgc20]

Not even a spare mini bic or a petzl? Damn. I don’t think I could ever cut those out.

If it's going to be really wet, I might carry a lighter or stormproof matches. 95% of the time I just use my flint. If my headlamp dies, my phone has a flashlight. Although, I've spent over 40 years in the woods and never had a headlamp die on me that wasn't just running out of batteries. YMMV.

 

[mtwarden]

Once you do lose a Bic, have a headlamp quit, misplace a knife in the dark in the middle of processing, etc you're thought process changes just a little bit

 

[robtattoo]

The one thing that I carry in duplicate that I don’t see here is a heavy duty contractor bag. A pair weighs about 3-4oz and they are very versatile. I’ve used them to wade creeks, line my pack, as a pack cover, emergency poncho, ground cover, meat sack for throwing it in the creek to cool off. So useful, just don’t grab scented ones.

Well........shit.

*Tromps back to the cupboard.

 

[BuckeyeRifleman]

Once you do lose a Bic, have a headlamp quit, misplace a knife in the dark in the middle of processing, etc you're thought process changes just a little bit

Yeah there is “ultralight” and then there is “stupid light.”

No backup for critical items like fire starters, headlamps, knives, etc is stupid light.

 

[dtrkyman]

Bic lighters as well as waterproof matches and fire starters.

Multiple ways to purify water, gravity filter and life straw.

Knife, one edc always in my pocket and a havalon in the pac.

Headlamps.

Burt's bee's lip balm x2, vanilla bean!

 

[Westernduck]

I’m the same as most others it seems. My extras are a knife, light source, fire starter and water purifier(tablets). I do try and make sure I have one in my pockets and one in my pack when I have two of something. Just in case I got separated from my pack for some reason

 

[WMWILLIAMS]

2 Headlamps
2 Sporks
Multiple Lighters
2 extra tent stakes
2 hydra packs


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[Seeknelk]

Do headlamps have a high rate of failure or something? An LED Bulb with a simple switch would be one of the last things in my gear that I would suspect to fail.

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Not failure that I've seen besides failure to keep it in my possession. I had just bought a new BD and went the next day up into some very rough, brushy country, a bit of a grizzly hotspot. Half hour or maybe more before dark when it was putting puffies away etc for walk out , I put my head lamp on my head. Well....when I got to the start of the cliffs n brush right at full dark, reached to turn light on.... gone. It was a long evening and the darkest night I've ever experienced even with snow on the ground it was like the inside of the proverbial cow. Branches poked my face before I had a clue they were there. And heard pissed off bears multiple times I was sure.
That's why I bring two. Another time I forgot any altogether and killed a tank of a buck right before dark but thats another story ...
- more than one arrow, cartridge and boot for sure.

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[tyler155]

Head lamp- (3rd set spare AAA wrapped in electrical tape)
Lighter
Knife
Tp
I like to wrap duct tape and electrical tape in my trekking poles too.

 

[RockAndSage]

In addition to what some have already mentioned:

1) Lens wipes
2) Shoelaces (but only for boots where paracord won't work)
3) Spare Eyeglasses

Also, not so much a "two of" thing, but as far as redundancy goes, I always have a paper map and compass with me, backing up OnX or a GPS.

On the contractor bag mention, I'm a big fan of this, but recently learned that a lot of the companies are putting insecticides in their bags. It's a bit of a PITA to find heavy-duty contractor bags that are unscented and not containing neurotoxins.