Comments on: What is under your bed?

By: Daniel Martin

Daniel Martin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:39:33 +0000

You might want to re-consider having that gun within reach of your bed. My father (a veteran police officer) has always urged me to keep my home defense fire-arm at least three large paces from the edge of my bed. Those few steps give you some valuable wake-up time and can really prevent a mistake. I completely agree with the all-purpose tool though, for those pesky airplane crashes.

By: What’s In Your Earthquake Kit? | Los Angeles Metblogs

What’s In Your Earthquake Kit? | Los Angeles Metblogs — Sun, 24 May 2009 23:15:45 +0000

[...] love for you all to share things you have your kits, items you have in your cars, what you keep by your bedside. I would love recommendations on hand crank/solar flashlights and radios. Tell me what oddball [...]

By: Grant Henninger

Grant Henninger — Fri, 22 May 2009 05:28:42 +0000

I’ve thought about work a bit, and I can’t ever imagine a time when I would need something that I don’t have in my EDC kit. My office is only on the second floor of a two story building, and my car is right outside. If I was a woman, I would definitely have an extra pair of shoes in my desk.

By: BWJones

BWJones — Fri, 22 May 2009 04:33:06 +0000

Got all of the above with the exception of…. The Annihilator. I am totally ordering two of those. One for home and one for my office at work.

Which brings us to being prepared at work. We spend much of our lives there and you should have an “under the bed” kit at work as well.

By: Fixer

Fixer — Thu, 21 May 2009 19:30:26 +0000

On my nightstand is a gunsafe (with XD45/loaded mag/slide back + 2 more mags) which I open each night and close each morning. Next to that is a cheap LED torch, I still need to convince myself a Surefire is worth that much money.

I have an exterior door in my bedroom, so next to the door I keep my clothes from the night before, and have gotten out of the habit of emptying my pockets of everything, that way I can grab my trousers and go, having my EDC items on hand. I also keep a first aid kit, POGO bar & Cold Steel Bushman (handle wrapped with paracord and a ring with whistle/led button/firestarter attached) but am building up a BOB.

By: Grant Henninger

Grant Henninger — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:06:26 +0000

This is a part of my equipment that I'm sorely lacking in. I too, have a flashlight that normally resides in my pocket that gets transferred to the nightstand at night. I also generally have a pair of boots next to the bed, my Corcoran Marauders, since I wear them nearly every day and that's just where they reside when I'm not wearing them. I don't have any type of do-everything-tool or gun within easy reach. Nor do I have the things you're missing either or anything else you're missing. One thing I might add to your list, and you probably have one within arms reach and just didn't think about it, is a knife. How do you store all of this stuff? I've thought about getting a smallish Pelican case that I can throw under the bed. Just want to make sure it has room for a do-everything-tool, gun and ammo, which are probably the biggest items. Everything else can just fit in the extra space in the box. The nice thing about a Pelican case is that you can throw a lock on it and stay on the right side of the law when it comes to gun storage.