The Best UK Bug Out Bags

In search of a bug out bag (also known as a grab bag) in the UK? Here is our choice of some of the best:

Pre-filled

• if you want all the decision-making done for you and are happy to trust in the selection already made by the retailer, you can just put down your money – a fair bit of it, in truth – for a pre-filled backpack from Survival Bug Out Bags;

• it’s a tidy sum because the pack is filled with just about everything you are likely to need during those first three days locked down in a survival situation – that’s why they call it a 72-Hour Emergency Kit;

• the sales material insists that the contents cover all ten elements essential to your survival – namely, water, food, shelter, fire, lighting, communications, first aid, hygiene, personal protection, and a range of other tools;

Build your own bug out bag

• probably closer to the prepper’s heart, though, will be the chance to fill your own bug out bag with the supplies and equipment you have chosen – it’s then a question of choosing the right bag;

• that’s where the military-style, tactical backpack is likely to come into its own -and you’ll have a wide range from which to choose;

Molle Army Assault Pack 3 Day Bug Out Bag

• the Molle Army Assault Pack 3 Day Bug Out Bag made by QT&QY, for instance, gives you a whopping 45-litre capacity that’ll take everything you might possibly need – including the kitchen sink – during those critical initial 72 hours;

Spaher Trekking Rucksack

• if you thought 45 litres was capacity enough, you’ll be taking more than a second glance at the 100-litre tactical military-style mountaineering backpack from Spaher;

G4Free Military Tactical Backpack

• G4Free also make a range of medium-sized backpacks with capacities from 40 up to 50 litres;

YoKelly Tactical Backpack

• the tactical backpack from YoKelly is a more modest bug out bag for everyday use yet still boasts sufficient – and expandable – capacity for hiking, camping, travelling, any other outdoor activity and, of course, basic survival;

JFA First Aid Kit

• if you want a separate bug out bag containing all the first aid materials you’re likely to need this large haversack bag first aid kit from JFA will be just the job;

Compact First Aid Bag

• only slightly less capacious, this first aid bag from General Medi still manages to pack a total of 175 items in multiple compartments;

• even so, it remains lightweight and durable – weighing just 1.2lb – so, can be carried by younger or more frail members of your survival group;

Universal First Aid Kit in Bag

• some of the smaller, most compact first aid kits are designed for optimum portability, to be carried within your larger bug out bag;

• this version, from the Safety First Aid Group Store, nicely fits the bill;

Emergency Survival Kit

• on similar principles to your first aid kit, there are also a number of options for keeping together in your bug out bag – or as a separate piece of kit – all the tools you’re likely to need for your survival;

• the Emergency Survival Kit from Lixada, for example, offers an all-in-one collection of survival tools inside its own waterproof box – which you can delegate a member of your team to look after and carry;

• the kit comprises 27 multifunctional tools – including a knife, whistle, compass, emergency blanket, fire starter, flashlight, paracord (which you can wear as a bracelet), and wire saw.

It’s worth giving more than a moment’s thought to your bug out bag and what goes inside it – they are decisions that could save the lives of your survival group.

Bug Out Bag Checklist

• Survival Bug Out Bags
• Molle Army Assault Pack 3 Day Bug Out Bag made by QT&QY
• Mountaineering backpack from Spaher
• G4Free range of medium-sized backpacks
• Tactical backpack from YoKelly
• Large haversack bag first aid kit from JFA
• First aid bag from General Medi
• Universal First Aid Kit in Bag
• Emergency Survival Kit from Lixada