Utility Belt Update

[gfish]

This weekend marked the first major change to my utility belt configuration in almost 2 years. I switched out the digital camera with a much smaller model my parents gave me for Christmas, and finally replaced the lost monocular. It's weird to suddenly be a good centimeter narrower.

Current components:
Leatherman (Charge XTi)
LED flashlight
Sharpie (retractable)
Digital camera
Monocular
PDA/Cellphone
50 feet of 3mm utility cord (built into the belt itself)

Comments

[ewtikins.livejournal.com]

I am doing the fishin' jacket thing at the moment. Mine contains:

-keys
-wallet
-phone
-travelcard
-meds
-combination pocket watch/LED flashlight/compass (don't much care about the compass but that was the sturdiest watch + light I could find)
-ID
-student card thing and holder because I have to wear it when I'm at Trinty
-long silk scarf, folded up to nearly-nothing
-1 or 2 hankies
-mini sharpie
-pen, pencil, highlighter
-earplugs
-foldy hairbrush
-hairband(s)
-lip balm (works as all-purpose emergency moisturizer; my skin hates me)
-titanium spork
-leatherman (except I took it out to do international travel and haven't put it back in yet)

It would normally contain some cord of some sort but, er, I put it somewhere. I used to have a very tiny fold-up waterproof (a good one, not some plastik disposable), but I've no idea where it's gone. That was clipped to a belt and Is uspect the clip came undone.

I also had a wonderful lightweight silk folding wide-brim sun-hat but left it at a friend's house in another city and haven't been back to pick it up. Le sigh. I might make one, or I might just break down and get a Tilley.



I wish I would just settle on one thing that works but every 3-4 months I find something the matter with whatever I'm doing and want to switch. Utility belts are much easier in summer as they don't make me too warm the way fishing jackets can, but in winter I start to have problems wiht getting my coat closed over them. Also every single one I have had so far has fallen apart at some point, and this pisses me off.

[tithonium.livejournal.com]

Pouch, rear right hip: LED-modified 2AA maglite. Retractable scissors. Industrial-strength Sharpie. Lighter.
Leatherman holster, read left hip: Charge Ti (I was torn between the Ti and XTi, but wanted scissors)
Pouch, front left hip: Camera, memorystick reader

Camera hangs from the right front pocket.
Monocular is in a side pocket of my bag.
WiFi detector is in opposite side pocket of bag.

[damiana-swan.livejournal.com]

So, have you actually had an opportunity to use your 50' of rope?

Me, I just carry (in my coat pockets) my keys, a chapstick thingy, my wallet/cardholder, gloves, and (on my belt) my smartphone and my cardkey. I also sometimes haul around a messenger bag with things like my checkbook and a couple of CDs I like to have available (Sooj, Vestia, Nightwish).

[adularia.livejournal.com]

Yay! The monocle returns!

[gfish.livejournal.com]

I was also torn, but the nylon-webbing cutting hook sold me on the XTi. I just knew that, having read about the feature, I would someday need to cut a seatbelt off someone real damned quick if I didn't get it. And there wouldn't be enough curse words in all the languages of the world at that point.

Of course, having gone with that model, this situation hasn't come up. But it is pretty useful for quickly cutting twine.

[gfish.livejournal.com]

Nope, not once. It's... not the most practical of features. But with the mark II rope belt, it doesn't really get in the way, either. Worth it just for the chance it will someday save the day. :)

[tithonium.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I wanted the cutting hook AND scissors. but wanted the scissors more.

[stolen-tea.livejournal.com]

Now if there were a collapsable 10' pole... ;)