3V Gear Posse EDC Sling Pack
I recently connected with the awesome folks over at 3V Gear. If you’re not already familiar with them, they make some killer bags and offer them at affordable prices. One of the bags that I got from them was the Posse EDC Sling Pack that you’re seeing here. As soon as I saw this pack and got it in hand, I knew it’d make the perfect Get Home Bag for times when I’m venturing into suburban or urban environments.
I have been carrying this kit every single day for the past month or so and it has really proven itself. It slips in behind the driver seat of my car with ease, it’s comfortable to carry and holds a ton of lifesaving urban + wilderness survival gear. Which is what I’d like to dive into right now in this full kit breakdown…
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My 3V Gear Posse bag with some added shock cord + carabiner
Urban Get Home Bag: Preface
I’m going to preface this entire article by saying a few things that will hopefully help you when creating the perfect Get Home Bag for yourself…
Make it personal:
Everyone’s Get Home Bag should and will be different. My area of the United States is very rural. By way of car, I can go from a small built-up town to a rugged wilderness setting within 5 to 10 minutes. So, my kit heavily reflects the environment in which I live in and my skillset here.
Make your bag an extension of your EDC:
This kit compliments the gear that I carry every day on my person. As an example: I carry my stainless steel water bottle every day. So, I have more room in my bag for other critical pieces of gear. Another example: I carry a light that takes AA batteries, so I have chosen a two-way radio that accepts AA batteries as well.
Follow the Priorities of Survival when building your kit:
Rather than getting too caught up about the gear that you’re going to put into your bag, consider the 5 priorities of survival and go from there.
- Safety and Tools
- Fire
- Water
- Shelter
- Food
Categorizing your kit, based on the priorities of survival, will help you pick the appropriate gear for the environment and timeline that you anticipate using your kit.
(Survival Priority #1) Safety & Tools
Whether you’re out for a fun adventure or find yourself in a survival scenario, safety, and practicing safety with your tools is the number one thing to consider. For me, this category is always pretty robust. These items, along with proper planning/communication with others allows me to stay safe and build/repair items that make my time in the outdoors better.
Gear List:
- GoalZero Battery Bank (my cords not pictured)
- Midland T71VP3 2-Way Radio (another radio is in my wife’s kit)
- Crüd Gjöra Leather Gloves
- Morakniv Companion Knife
- Leatherman Wave+ Multitool and Bit Kit
- Rite In The Rain Notepad and Pokka Pen
- Batteries that match my Olight i5T and Midland T71 Radios
- Tuff Possum Gear Belt Pouch (see next section)
- Olight i5T Flashlight (my EDC light)
- Olight M2R Pro Warrior (my backup light when I need maximum power)
- Tourniquet w/ Sharpie for the timestamp
- Rogan Foreman Tool
- Gorilla Tape On-The-Go Roll
- Work Sharp Field Sharpener
*All links above will lead you to sites where you can purchase the items in my kit.
Safety & Tools Continued: Belt Pouch Kit
One of the smaller kits in my Get Home Bag is a belt pouch kit from Tuff Possum Gear. Anytime I set out on foot with my bag, this small kit goes onto my belt freeing up valuable space on the inside of my 3V Gear Posse Sling Pack. This belt kit contains some crucial items for any urban or wilderness kit.
Gear List:
- Mosquito Head Net (can be used for pesky mosquitos, pre-filtering water, catching baitfish, etc)
- Repel Bug Spray
- Adventure Medical QuikClot
- Small Altoids tin of over the counter medicines
- Bandages, gauze, medical tape, butterfly closures, clippers, dental picks, etc (not all of my first aid gear is shown)
- Swiss Army Knife Farmer
- Brunton TruArc 3 Compass
- SOL Signal Mirror
- Fox 40 Emergency Whistle
(Survival Priority #2) Fire
Our bodies can only endure 3 hours of extreme temperatures before we are at risk of hypothermia or hyperthermia, which can lead to death or permanent damage to our bodies. Keeping hypothermia in mind, fire is an important part of any Get Home Survival Kit. A fire will allow you to keep your body’s core temperature at a safe level, but it will also give you another option to disinfect water and/or cook.
Gear List:
- Metal char tin with homemade surefire discs (always carry surefire!)
- ExoTac Emergency Candle
- 2 Full-Size BIC Lighters
- Exotac polySTRIKER XL Ferro Rod
- Überleben Lødern Ferro Rod (this is a discontinued model…if you like the looks of it, check out the Zünden)
Two is one and one is none with fire-starting gear. I keep part of this kit in the pouch at the bottom left of this photo. While the rest of the fire gear resides in the top front pocket of my 3V Gear Posse Bag. This allows me to easily retrieve fire making gear anytime I need it.
Bonus Tip: Dress accordingly with the weather & seasons. If it’s cold and/or wet outside, dress in a way that you could survive a night outside in the clothes you’re wearing without a fire. This will make your life much easier in the event you cannot or should not start a fire, depending on your circumstance.
(Survival Priority #3) Water
Our bodies cannot survive past 3 days without being hydrated. While hydration should always be on our minds, this becomes much more of a priority during times of physical exertion like you would experience in a get-home scenario. This water-focused kit is lightweight and will give you ample options to disinfect water (and even cook).
Gear List:
- Lightweight Titanium Pot:
For disinfecting water or cooking in. - Sawyer Mini Water Filter:
This filter is incredibly easy to use, rated up to 100,000 gallons, affordable, can use the supplied bags or a screw top soda/water bottle, and it easily packs away into a kit like the one you’re seeing here. - 4-Way Sillcock Key:
A great option for urban environments where you have access to water spigots. - Campcraft Outdoors Single-Walled 38oz Bottle:
It is important that you carry a single-walled stainless steel bottle if you plan to boil water over a fire (double-walled bottles will explode in a fire). Also, another cool trick…You can boil water in this bottle, wrap it in a shemagh and place it at your feet or in between your legs while you sleep to stay warm.
(Survival Priority #4) Shelter
Building on the importance of managing our body’s core temperature, a shelter will further help in managing this important survival priority. It will also keep you dry and give you some control over your environment. This kit might look very simple, but it is plenty to get you through a 1-3 day period of time.
Gear List:
- SOL Emergency Bivvy:
This bivvy is extremely lightweight and compact for what it offers. It is also a lot more durable than the cheaper mylar blankets (which I carry in my kit for another reason…see below). - Reflective Mylar “Blanket”:
I put quotes around “blanket” for a reason…These are not blankets and should not be used as such. Rather, I would recommend using these as a reflector on the underside of your shelter sheet. They bounce a surprising amount of heat back to you, especially when paired with a campfire. - Tuff Possum Gear Survival Scarf:
This is way more than a scarf and it serves multiple purposes in my kit. But I have used this as an improvised mattress on more than one occasion. Simply stuff it ’till it’s overflowing with leaves and it will give you viable insulation from the cold ground. (be sure to use something on the underside to prevent moisture from seeping up) - (x2) 55 Gallon Drum Liners:
These are the multitool of the woods. But for the purpose of shelter building, you can cut these long ways and rig them up as a lean-to shelter. They are prone to tearing once cut in this fashion, so you won’t get a lot of time out of them…But within 1-3 days they’re well worth their weight. - Plastic drop cloth material:
This material takes up very little room and doesn’t add much extra weight to my kit. Its purpose for shelter building is for cold weather when you need to build a “super shelter“, made famous by the late Mors Kochanski. This can easily be draped over the front of your drum liner lean-to and is capable of heating itself with or without a fire. - 550 Cord & Bankline:
I carry around 50 feet of 550 Paracord and 100 Feet of No.36 Bankline. For the purpose of shelter building, this allows me to create ridgelines & tie-outs.
(Survival Priority #5) Food
As you can see, this kit does not contain food. The main reason is that I maxed out this compact bag to accommodate the other 4 survival priorities, which are more important in a short term scenario. It would surely not be fun, but the human body can go 30 days without food in a survival scenario. However, I am like anyone else and start to feel rough without food. So, the items above would be part of my food situation.
Gear List:
- Gathering & Buying Food:
This pack is with me in urban/suburban areas, typically when I’m out for a grocery run or running an errand. And that is where my Tuff Possum Gear Survival Scarf comes into play again. If I felt a time was coming when this bag would be key to my survival I would run into a store, buy some high-calorie/energy-rich foods with cash that I carry every day, stow the food into my survival scarf, and tie it all around my waist for easy carrying. - Slingshot & Ammo:
I’m not gonna lie, this Scout Slingshot by SimpleShot is partially an item that I carry every day for fun. But it could absolutely be a viable small-game hunting option with the ammo I have selected and carry in my bag. - A couple of sporks:
If I grabbed soup or something along those lines at the store, the sporks would come in handy for eating and they weigh very little. In addition to that, these help a ton when you’re eating through a drive-thru and they forget to give you eating utensils.
3V Gear Posse Review
I am very rough on my daily carry bag. I toss it in and out of my vehicle, it gets caught in the doors, falls out onto the concrete, and everything else that you can imagine. And then, I drag it into the woods and I’m probably even rougher on it out there…But this is about Urban Carry, so that’s a story for another day.
With all of that said and what you’ve seen so far, I cannot speak higher of the 3V Gear Posse Bag. This bag is, in my opinion, a steal at $36. It is well built, comfortable to carry, and makes the perfect basis for a well-prepared Get Home Bag.
