Fellas of Lemmy, what's your Every Day Carry (EDC)?

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.

Azal ,

Pen, pocket journal, wallet, phone, and whichever pocket knife I grab that day.

I'm really a simple person, but I"m going to go into my favorite pocket knife and I'm angry that it's not made anymore.
The SOG Q2. It's a "baton" shape" IE, slightly longer than a standard pen. Has a flashlight, bottle opener (with flatehead screwdriver, in other words beveled the bottle opener) and knife. The opening mechanism is such I've never had it accidentally come open on me, can be opened one handed, and to keep it from closing you're literally holding the body that goes over the knife.

iamericandre ,

Secrid card slide wallet

Weed pen

iPhone 13 pro

captain_aggravated ,
@captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works avatar

Back in the beforetimes I had a fairly long commute to work, I pretty much had to rely on what I could carry with me, so I had a rather significant EDC which included several tools, utilities, comforts, conveniences and PPE between my pants pockets and my laptop bag. Now I don't even carry a Leatherman with me and when I do leave the house it's just keys-wallet-phone.

palarith ,

Phone. Keys

linkshandig ,

Phone, keys, wallet, airpods

eightpix ,
@eightpix@lemmy.world avatar

Watch, wallet, keys, phone, BT headphones.

MEC sling bag containing: (nicest $1 store) notebook, (Sharpie and/or 0.38 mm Muji) pens. Prescription sunglasses.

KestrelAlex ,

My EDC is

  1. A pixel phone with a case on it, in the case I tuck my driver's licence and one credit card. I have a wallet app on the phone for all other cards I might need.

  2. Keychain is a carabiner and short piece of webbing holding 2 house keys, car fob, mini knife and mini flashlight.

The keys clip onto bra strap and go inside my shirt and phone tucks into bra. Definitely not a fella :P

burrito ,

Do the NFC readers pick your phone up first or your credit card?

SuperRecording ,

Flipside 4 wallet, put a clip on the lanyard to clip to my shorts so doesn't slip out of my pocket. I had a custom thin RFID made that I slipped between the outside of the lid's rfid-blocking plate and the plastic lid itself to get into my apt building's various doors. Wallet has all my cards and key, and cash for the rare times I have it.

I always carry a victorinox classic sd sak with a big orange Paracord lanyard on it so I don't lose track of it. It's black and limited edition with a cool skeleton carrying a Halloween bucket graphic.

I carry a Spyderco manbug as well, good slicer, small unscary size. Has super blue steel, so cool patina near the edge. I have a clip on that as well so doesn't fall out of my shorts pocket.

I have a modified Leatherman style ps as well, removed the scissors (scissors better on the sak anyways) and added a little titanium prybar that has a sharp enough edge for opening packages. That has a carabineer-style clip that clips on edge of my pocket.

I wear an apple watch ultra, good for apple pay, timers/alarms and texts. Siri to check stuff like sports scores in a pinch. Negates me needing actual phone, I tend to leave iPhone 13 mini in a cheap Etsy "Arnie" case (cameras are barrels of gun from that movie Commando) at home, unless I feel like I'll need the entertainment of f'ing with my phone wherever I'm going

I wear wedding ring out always, bracelet my wife made me often, next to the apple watch. Often have a mechanical wrist watch on other wrist, varies which (have a collection.) I often wear a couple/few Happy Beads bracelets with the mechanical watch to put the finishing touches.

Vast majority of the time I'm just wearing sandals, shorts & T-shirt (I work from home).

The above is my unique and probably awful/questionable taste, more of an admission than edc and/or fashion advice 😂😢

lightnsfw ,
  • Keys
  • Phone
  • Bullet Space Pen
  • Leatherman Skeletool
  • Wallet
  • Notebook

Depending on what I have going on that day I have a pair of Loop earplugs and a bit kit for the Leatherman I carry sometimes.

Cwilliams ,

Always cargo shorts or pants (depending on weather):

  • Phone in upper left pocket (galaxy s22)
  • wallet and keys in lower right pocket
  • ear buds in lower left pocket (soundcore space a40)
  • I find it surprisingly uncomfortable to keep anything in my upper right pocket

Galaxy Watch 4

my backpack (if occasion requires):

  • Laptop (Thinkpad X1 Carbon 6)
  • A jacket or sweatshirt
  • A tech bag (USB-C cable, wireless cavle for my watch, magic anker wall charger)

...and that's about it

Volume ,
@Volume@lemmy.world avatar

CZ 75 P-01 with a Holosun 508t and a TLR7, in a Trexarms Sidecar.
Microtech Scarab 2
Keys
Wallet
Phone
Hat
Glasses

sem ,

Phone and keys.

I really need to buy one of those id holders for the back of my phone so I can take my id too.

EDIT: oh, and I guess my wristwatch counts too. It's a casio.

OrgunDonor ,
@OrgunDonor@lemmy.world avatar

I am very minimal with what I carry.

I always have phone, headphones (either wired earbuds or my shokz bone conducting ones) and the least amount of keys(this is currently down to a single key on a small elastic cord).

If I am cycling I add in a small cafe lock, and in the summer I include spf30 Chapstick as well.

That is all the stuff ever really worry about taking with me on a daily basis.

Appoxo ,
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How are those bone conduction? Thinking of getting some.

OrgunDonor ,
@OrgunDonor@lemmy.world avatar

They are great for what they are and definitely have their place. But they are expensive and pretty mediocre in comparison to something like my KBear KS1s which are around £20, or £140 cheaper than the Openrun Pros I have.

I love them(I am on my 3rd pair), and I reach for them more often than the in ears. They are super comfortable and easy to listen too, they allow you to hear stuff around you as long as you don't crank them up too loud, and the battery lasts ages(I got about 13 and a half hours of music out of them in a day).

In terms of audio quality, they arent great, listenable but the bass is fairly bad and the highs are thin. Mids, especially voices are pretty great though. So if you listen to a lot of podcasts they are fairly easy to recommend, music is not their strong point.

I cycle a lot, like a silly amount. So not having my in ears blocking sound is always good. I also suffer a lot from wind noise which can give me really bad headaches, which having the Shockz on helps reduce, and the music eliminates the headaches. This is why I love them so much, they are basically essential to me on rides, espcially when doing long ones. You can wear them all day listen to music and hove converstions with people without turning the music off.

I also like them when just out and about in normal every day situations, because I can keep tabs on things around me while enjoying music. This doesnt really apply if you are commuting on a busy bus or train, or it is really loud around you they kinda suck at that point. Because you probably have to turn them up too loud to drown out the environmental noise, and that can cause them to vibrate on your head which really isnt good or comfortable.

In terms of recommendations, if you cycle, run or walk a lot in nature(rather than cities) I would definitely encourage someone to try them. If you also hate wearing in ears I would recommend trying them as well, but keep in mind the audio is not great due to nature of the tech behind bone conduction.

I would not really recommend if you like blocking out sounds(commutes, noisy office, busy city streets), or you are looking for great music audio quality.

Appoxo ,
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That confirms what I read online. Thank you very much for your review!

My use case would be pretty mixed (city/nature).
Atm I use in-ears if am unable to use over ears like with cycling or when it's so hot outside the cups begin to sweat.

Azal ,

I'll toss in as I have two, a set at home and at work.

For music, they're honestly kinda meh. They'll get the job done if you want some music but lets be frank you'll find better sound quality headphones out there.

The reason I absolutely find them game changers is they allow me to wear them when I'm at work. I work on mechanical equipment in hospitals, so I need to hear what's going on around me, one earbud can block up a side but this means I can hear when someone is talking to me. Also I found that earbuds didn't fit me well so would potentially fall out, these wrap around the back of the head and stay in place, even when I'm working in some strange positions. And when I'm pulling out the power tools and things are going to be loud, I stick in earplugs, and I can hear what I'm listening to better even.

Phone work, I was shocked because my last job I was in a cargo van with minimal insulation so A LOT of road noise, but I'd hear the person I'm talking to with little issue and they could hear me well. Makes hands free phones a lot better.

I listen to podcasts, audiobooks, and the like. I mean chew through so many of them it's not even funny. Because of that sometimes I found with the single earbud one you'd have something in stereo, well that single earbud messes it up and you gotta set it to a mono sound. These you've got that dynamic sound going.

So in short, if you're going for audiophile level stuff, pass on these, but for daily drivers in day to day life they're on the top ten things I've ever bought.

Appoxo ,
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Music is usually something i'd listen during work or at home.
Usually I listen to an array of podcasts during commute and when I bike.

Any model you can recommend for a 75/25 mix of podcast/music?

Soggytoast ,

Always a knife. By far my most used and important tool used many times a day

Appoxo ,
@Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Help?

Pringles ,

I used to have my pockets always filled, but since a couple of years I have a leather bag (i.e. a manpurse or as my wife calls it: the gay bag) in which I have my work phone, keys, wallet, chewing gum, sunglasses, reading glasses, paper tissues and sometimes a drinking bottle. Also occasionally a book.

red_pigeon ,

I'm curious, do you wear the bag diagonally or vertically shoulder to waist. Also, what's your usual attire ?

Pringles ,

Cross shoulder, right shoulder to left hip. A friend once told me that is how gay people carry their bags, but my self-consciousness is not fragile enough to give up comfort for the odd chance of being considered homosexual. Anyway, that and in summer shorts with a t-, polo- or regular shirt, in winter long trousers (not jeans usually) with sweater and a jacket. Nothing special, really.

red_pigeon ,

Thanks 👍

Melatonin ,

I thought this was a second amendment question. The wording is exactly the same as they would use.

That being said, other than phone, wallet and keys?

Nail clippers.

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