Those who don’t identify as a fella also welcome to answer!
I’m getting tired of my wallet and I’m hoping to get some new ideas. Current EDC is my phone, wallet, and keys on a lanyard. Whatchu got?
Edit: I ought to be a little more specific with my EDC, since most people are kindly taking the time to do so.
Phone: Pixel 8 Pro Wallet: bulky leather wallet, I don’t even remember the brand, I’ve had it so long. Keys: a stylized lanyard with various house keys, car key fob, and a keychain that reads “I hope your day is as good as my butt” from my wife. I have to keep that, you understand.
Misc: Burt’s Bees chapstick, Listerine breath strips, and occasionally a utility knife depending on my destination.
Wallet, keys, phone, smart watch if I’m going somewhere.
If not, just phone and watch.
Metal wallet, phone, keyring, e-reader, and a thermo. I’ll skip the e-reader if there is no chance of a queue or waiting time.
Wallet, phone, keys. Everything else i just keep in my car or work van. Whenever i see someone add a gun to their list, i always find it funny. It’s such a silly thing to walk around with
Right wrist (I’m a leftie): Garmin Instinct Crossover Solar Tactical (with generic glass screen protector and silicone case)
Front left pocket:
- A leather pocket organizer, holding:
Front right pocket: my iPhone 15 Pro Max in a black Spigen Tough Armor case
Back right pocket: a large handkerchief (I get bloody noses and my engine runs pretty hot - I can sweat a lot at times)
Back left pocket: reserved for my minimalist EDC wallet when I carry it (not the exact model, I don’t always carry, as I can use my phone for everything, including digital driver’s licence)
Belt, right side:
- Leatherman Surge stainless, using the pocket clip, but on my belt
- A spring clip carabiner, on a belt loop, holding
- My house keys and a trolley token release tool, in a black leather Orbitkey
- My car fob
Belt, left side: RAE Gear sheath for Leatherman bit kit, holding:
- Dual bit kit
- After-market bit kit extension (simply cannot get the Leatherman ratchet extension ANYWHERE!)
- Leatherman saw blade (file lives on my Surge)
When I go camping/offroading, I’ll often put the Leatherman into a Toolbro holster, holding my Wuben L50 rechargeable torch.
Sadly, it looks like WJMake is no longer selling on Etsy (where I got the Toolbro), which is a real shame. They sold some really nice, handmade EDC accessories, and were happy to customise to suit my exact needs.
Mine has the extra elastic loop on the side to hold my Space Pen, an extra pocket on the front to hold the Leatherman saw blade, and they swapped out belt loops for a pair of belt clips, so I could wear/remove without having to undo my belt - a really important (to me) capability when camping and offroading.
Sony Xperia 5 III (has headphone jack) with LineageOS for microG. Shanling Q1 DAP/DAC. My everyday IEMs I take out of the house are Truthear Nova. I have a 10-year-old Ridge wallet & a mound of coins in the other pocket. Motorbike keys have nothing special other than an OnlyKey for TOTP/FIDO2.
It depends a bit on what bags I carry, what kinda pockets I have, what my needs are for that specific trip and what temperature it is.
Front right:
- keys (2 house keys, 2 USB thumb drives, some decorative key fobs and a carabinier to attatch my bike lock key that needs to be inside the lock while riding)
- 1 or 2 lighters
- tobacco, filter and papers for rolling cigarettes (when I’m wearing a shirt with front a pocket, the rolling stuff goes there)
- anything that’s able to scratch my phone screen
Front left:
- phone (pixel 5)
- wallet (random leather wallet from amazon, that held up surprisingly well over the past ~5 years)
In my backpack for longer transit/going to the park etc:
- wallet in the backpack now
- headphones (bluetooth IEMs)
- whatever novel I’m currently reading
- umbrella
- water bottle
- a backup reusable shopping bag
- flashlight (some cheap USB rechargeable LED light with both a focused beam and a bigger LED in the handle for illuminating larger spaces)
- sometimes rolling stuff for joints inside a waist bag
When grocery shopping:
- other, bigger backpack with several reusable shopping bags
When its hot:
- a towel that I often just tuck in my pants a bit so it can dry better while hanging from my waist, when dry I usually keep it in my front left pocket
- usually also a folding hand-held fan, in my backpack when I happen to carry it, otherwise front right pocket
When I go out but don’t want to carry my backpack I put the following inside the waist bag and carry that across my chest:
- cigarette rolling stuff, unless I’ve got a front pocket on my shirt
- sometimes also joint rolling stuff
- keys
- wallet
- usually headphones
Idk if this much detail was wanted but here you go lol
RFID-blocking leather wallet, keys, phone
Phone, car key.
RFID blocking wallet, keys, Pixel 7, Pixel watch.
When I’m at work, I also have work keys on a lanyard.
When I’m skating, I wear a fanny pack cross body-style, so I can carry tools and medical supplies. It may seem extreme, but if you bail hard enough, you end up needing both(Why the fuck do I still skate at 37 😅 ).
[UK] I carry phone and keys. I pay for everything with my phone. Twerking on street corners as a Gen X for cash isn’t profitable anymore.
If I know I need ID, eg. Costco, I have my old fashioned wallet in my jacket pocket. I keep meaning to set up the Costco ID on my phone. Doesn’t happen.
The number of times I open or reach for my wallet is maybe twice a month. Frigging barber still wants to be paid in cash, and all the 20th century banks and their ATMs are closing … [so now they have 20th century tech and no way to interact efficiently with the public. Haha!].
I’m very increasingly anarchist as I get into my sixth decade - UK 2020s feels like 1970s again so screw the useless thieving politicians - so I should be actively pro-cash but I’m actually more pro-crypto pro-barter (especially pro barter) in the real world. Long ago l learned that if I have physical cash, I piss it up the wall, but I’m careful with credit card cash. No idea why. I never have more than £30 in notes on me; that’s enough money to buy a Costa coffee for you yanks.
Sadly, that means I can’t give cash to the odd homeless. Not too many homeless with contactless readers. Maybe that’ll be rabbit-in-headlights Kier’s big thing: contactless readers for the destitute veterans that the armed services and government abandoned (I came of age around Falkland conflict).
That’s interesting, I find that keeping cash on hand makes me far more frugal.
Eh! This thread just reminded me of something I’ve been meaning to buy, but only ever think about buying when I’m at work or something and not able to get online to make the purchase:
Key-chain pouch with a CPR face barrier that has a one-way valve.
I’ve never had to give CPR outside of a hospital environment, but there it’s much more controlled w/ supplies readily available like a resuscitation bag that you just slap onto the patient’s face and squeeze to give breaths. I know how to do the field version without any supplies, but when you give breaths in that scenario, YOU are the resuscitation bag, and it’d be nice to be prepared to give rescue breaths without needing to worry about shit like picking up herpes off some dying stranger’s face.
Also CPR is NOT hard to do or learn, so if I’ve piqued your interest and you’re not already familiar with it, plug your city in here (https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class) and set it to CPR and see what’s in your area. Price varies a lot, but expect $30-$100 (WHY ISN’T THIS FREE/SUBSIDIZED?!). Learn some shit, get that cert, save a life. Make sure the class you sign up for good for first-timers and not a refresher course; and I STRONGLY recommend doing in person vs online so you can practice on a dummy with an instructor present to let you know if you’re fucking something up.
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Honestly, a very useful skill to learn. Thanks for the pitch!
Probably the most unique thing is a Garmin watch w/ a built in flashlight. Which as someone not willing to carry an actual flashlight because I know I’ll never both to take it out of my pocket 90% when I need it I find very useful. More smart watches should pick up the feature.
Small leather wallet, iPhone 13 Mini, carabiner on belt loop with keys and small Swiss Army knife, Nalgene.
Cell phone, a roll dog poop bags.
My phone has a couple RFID stickers that I’ve cloned my home & work access cards onto. I use tap to pay so I rarely need my wallet.
I like to carry as little as possible, unlike many here.
Same, though I’d like to know about the work access card trick.
Use a flipper or proxmox to clone your card. If you don’t want to buy the gear, someone local on Facebook / craigslist probably offers card cloning. They’ll have a selection that usually includes stickers.
Finding proper tags can be hit and miss, these are what I used last time: https://a.aliexpress.com/_mP8G9eC
These aren’t stickers but I put them under a dbrand phone skin.
Thanks! Stickers sound cool as I don’t like carrying much, just phone with stick on wallet & a little key chain for my motorcycle/house.
But I’ll bet the sticker is a bit chunky?
It’s a mm or two thick. You notice it if you look, but it’s way better than carrying keys.
I’m a fella of Mbin but I’ve still got my bag of tricks with me:
- Cirkul water bottle until I run out of cartridges for it
- Keychain with a key-shaped multitool and a double-ended USB flash drive with Hiren’s BootCD PE
- Wallet with one credit card and way too many gift cards
- Motorola Moto G Power 2021 running a stock Android OS I want to replace
- Anbernic RG35XX Plus currently running Knulli, a fork of Batocera
- Vital Hero Digimon Red where I should be wearing a good watch like my old Pebble
- Printed cloth face mask from Bluehalo or Level One Bar + Arcade
- I want to carry some cheap clip-on earphones again
I used to rock Cirkul 4 or 5 years ago but the last few flavors I tried tasted waaaay too artificial to me. I liked it pretty good until that point.
