BOB recommendations

I am fairly new to constructing a BOB. We have a large supply in house in storage containers (medical supplies, food, water, misc gear). I am now constructing a BOB for my car, my wife's car and the house.

I have done a lot of reading and think I have found the bags I want to use for the cars. Just wanted an opinion on the bag itself as well as color choice.

I have been reading a lot about color and just can't decide. I live in a 4 season climate, thats a small urban area (40,000 people) surrounded in all directions by 30 miles of farmland and forest before the next built up area, so one color won't cut it anyway so I am just trying to figure out what's the best base color choice and I will buy pack covers from there.

I am looking at the Condor 3 day assault pack as the bag.


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I guess as far as color goes I am asking that since I have to contend with all 4 seasons I won't be able to get a bag that encompasses everything. I am not planning on running out and buying covers right away so in the meantime if you had to pick a BOB color which would it be? My original intent was to ask that since I live in an urban area surrounded by a lot of rural and forest do I get some form of green camo? Or do I just get a basic black or olive drab solid colored pack. (Thank you for your opinion on the solid color). I have read a lot and a lot of opinions out there conflict. Half say blend into your surroundings and the other half says don't stand out with camo or military looking gear as you will make yourself a target for those who didn't prepare. So in all my research I have found that half the time it's saying buy camo or olive drab and the other half of the time opinion says basic black or even a normal backpack (trouble I find is packs that look like every day bags aren't heavy duty enough or large enough to hold enough gear/food/water).

I guess it would be easier to leave the covers out of the equation and give me an opinion based on that.

And also any opinions on the Condor 3 day assault pack would be appreciated as well. I was also looking at the Fox advance hydro pack.


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You can get a cover for your pack... get a comfy bag thats stoutly constructed and then get a rain cover of your choice (camo works if the bag is a civy bag...)

 

Thanks for the replies. As I said I live in a relatively small city surrounded by extensive rural areas. Theres also a larger city (about 400,000) about 40 miles away so theres a lot of people that live here and commute there.

I guess I will have to think on what I am going to choose. Blending in with what's around me as far as the population is a crap shoot. It's such a mix match of people. For instance on one side my neighbor is a university professor that drives a BMW and wears suit and tie every day and the other is a ex-army now firefighter and avid hunter that drives a truck. The whole city is a mix in between so blending in with any one population makes you stand out among the rest.

I think maybe a solid black or olive drab is the way to go as said. Then maybe invest in a couple pack covers.


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THIS is an entersting post the hole not "sticking out" thing has me boggled... being thought i have been threw Katrina .
If im am some were and see a entire familt family all toting back packs {espically with camel pacs} and mostly oversize packs its gonna throw a red flag up...
so now what is there to do ???

as for the camo situation ??? it all depends on were u live???
If i was from the "country " i would buy ur everyday "hunter cammo" the more standard for the "community"....

Now if i lived in the" i would " Hood" I would have something more "military standard" that wouldnt be nothing out of the ordinary!!!
But no matter were u are if there is a entire family walking down the street with bib ass bags on there back with straws hanging out of the sides and bottles hanging off of it {not to mention the head lamps } its goona start thorwing up red flags!!!

 

Fair enough point KAS.

Now what about the bags themselves? Good or bad choices? Quality? Anyone have any experience with them?


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Buy them in Camo. Going strictly by tag numbers (I don't require tags on my own land) alone, hunters in just three average Eastern states outnumber the ENTIRE U.S. military's fighting men (and women) and even kids hunt, with and without their parents. You would be a blade of grass in an open field of grass. Indistinguishable.

 

Thanks Brokor for the very detailed reply. It is much appreciated.


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One additional point and it is an important one. Depending on the mission, an infantryman is capable of humping ~80 pounds (gear, extra clothes, etc) on a sustained basis. But, their pack isn't in the picture when they fight or are out and about looking for one. It doesn't matter how high speed, low drag he isn't going to fight carrying it.

It is a BOB and bugging out is its prime purpose and not brawling.

 

Not as nervous as the sheep in Scotland.....

 

We back up to game lands. The terrain is steep mountainsides so it is really "challenging." As a result, hunters never walk this far; however, the deer they push out of the game lands sure do.

 

Give me a GPS fix and written permission, and I may come visiting......

 

To shoot our deer?

Depending on the mission, an infantryman is capable of carrying ~80# sustained. However, he doesn't fight carrying 80#. It is a BOB, not a combat load out which is what infantry carry when they fight.

 

OK, the backpacks might stick out a bit. But would you rather have the emergency supplies that they are carrying or not??

If I see a family carrying backpacks, I am definitely not thinking of them as victims. If I were a dumb predator looking to score some easy emergency prepper supplies, I might find myself on the receiving end of a serious reappraisal as one of the adult family members levels a loaded weapon and instructs me to turn around and walk away.

 

OK do what u want!