EDC or Every Day Carry is pretty much just what it sounds
like, something that you carry every day.
Of course not everyone has the same idea for an EDC, the most extreme
EDC carrier might be preparing for the end of the world as we know it and carry
a gun, knife, and some dry food rations.
On the other end of the spectrum you could see a business man who
carries a flash drive, laser pointer, and iPad.
Somewhere in between is where you can find the Rescue Bands
EDC products. Currently available in two
styles, the Lite and the Axis, these EDC’s are capable of saving your life or
helping to overcome the minor speed bump in your daily life.
The item on the Axis that I find most useful is either the
waterproof/airtight lighter or the mini crowbar. I can imagine the lighter to be the most
useful in a survival situation. Having
done some survival training myself I have a pretty good understanding of how
important fire is and how challenging it can be to generate a fire in these
situations. The crowbar certainly has
its uses in the wild but I tend to use it more often to open a package or pry
the top off a beverage.
The most useful tool on the Lite for me is probably the
Philips head screwdriver. It happens to
fit perfectly into the screws that attach my wakeboard bindings to my
wakeboard. If you’re a wakeboarder you
can probably appreciate the convenience of having a screwdriver that fits on
your keys or just stored on the boat.
With the little Philips head on the Lite, you always have a screwdriver
if you have your EDC.
And of course both EDC’s from Rescue Bands have 3.5’ of
parachute cord. The uses for this stuff
are countless but I’ll stay on the wakeboard example for a little longer, think
back to if you’ve ever been riding and either your laces on your bindings
broke, your tow rope broke, or you don’t have enough rope to tie up to the
dock. The paracord solves all of these
issues. Especially the binding laces,
for some reason mine never hold up for more than a few months and I end up
going through a few pairs of shoe laces before I am done with the
bindings. I’ve started using the
paracord instead of the shoelaces and haven’t had any problems. If only the binding companies would just put
this stuff on their bindings originally then I wouldn’t have to replace them.
