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RockHopper
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Location: Tulsa, Ok Joined: Mon Nov 25, 2013 Posts: 2324
Real Name: Jeremy
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Got the idea from a comment on a commercial product page. Absolutely brilliant. Found a spot for one in my bag immediately. Just about any commercial building uses these keys to operate the exterior spigots.
Avoiding urban sprawl in a “get home” mode is going to be difficult for most people. Having the key to potable water could be an enormous saving grace for yourself and others. Could you do the job with your multi-tool? Probably, but I’ve met some stubborn valves before. If you’re trying to remain low key, quick and quiet is optimal. Can’t believe it never occurred to me.
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golddigger14s
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Location: Faxon, OK Joined: Sat Mar 19, 2011 Posts: 17818
Real Name: Chuck
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RockHopper wrote: Got the idea from a comment on a commercial product page. Absolutely brilliant. Found a spot for one in my bag immediately. Just about any commercial building uses these keys to operate the exterior spigots.
Avoiding urban sprawl in a “get home” mode is going to be difficult for most people. Having the key to potable water could be an enormous saving grace for yourself and others. Could you do the job with your multi-tool? Probably, but I’ve met some stubborn valves before. If you’re trying to remain low key, quick and quiet is optimal. Can’t believe it never occurred to me. A link to what you are talking about?
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RockHopper
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Location: Tulsa, Ok Joined: Mon Nov 25, 2013 Posts: 2324
Real Name: Jeremy
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Sun Jul 29, 2018 6:39 am |
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Arisaka
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Location: Tacoma Joined: Sat May 4, 2013 Posts: 6214
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Vice grips
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Sun Jul 29, 2018 10:20 am |
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jukk0u
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Location: Lynnwood and at large Joined: Wed May 1, 2013 Posts: 21268
Real Name: Vick Lagina
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Heavy/bulky for a bug out bag... but perhaps more versatile and multi use
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dj_fatstyles
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Location: renton, wa Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 Posts: 4062
Real Name: below me
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Multi tool.
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Sun Jul 29, 2018 10:59 am |
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Chains
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Location: Marysville Joined: Tue Jul 31, 2012 Posts: 1261
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There’s this one too. Does Utility Boxes and some different Meters. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072LPLKP6/re ... rd_w=IPUhC
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Sun Jul 29, 2018 11:01 am |
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RockHopper
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Location: Tulsa, Ok Joined: Mon Nov 25, 2013 Posts: 2324
Real Name: Jeremy
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dj_fatstyles wrote: Multi tool. How many times have you pinched the shit outta your fingers doing that? Pfffffffffffffft
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Sun Aug 12, 2018 9:47 am |
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SporkBoy
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Location: Deckerville Joined: Wed Jan 13, 2016 Posts: 2944
Real Name: Rob
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Yeah, single use tools are not ideal.
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Tue Aug 28, 2018 6:33 pm |
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Guns4Liberty
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Location: Lynnwood/Bothell Joined: Thu Jul 31, 2014 Posts: 8562
Real Name: Curtis
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SporkBoy wrote: Yeah, single use tools are not ideal. The flip side of that coin is that multi-tools often suck at all but a couple things. I see compromise in either choice.
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Fri Aug 31, 2018 8:42 am |
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TINCANBANDIT
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Location: Mohave Valley Arizona Joined: Fri May 20, 2011 Posts: 13371
Real Name: Casey
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yep, I can't think of a single tool that is more useful, not much cannot be fixed with a pair of vice grips and some duck tape
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mislabeled
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Location: N-Sno Joined: Thu Oct 3, 2013 Posts: 4015
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I'm considering a sillcock key, too. It was one of the items mentioned in Creek Stewart's recent BOB webinar series and it hadn't occurred to me before. (It was a very good series, by the way. Not sure if it's still available on his website but it would be worth looking for.) I need to keep my pack light so I can't cram everything in there that I'd like to, still rolling around the sillcock key as a possibility though.
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RockHopper
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Location: Tulsa, Ok Joined: Mon Nov 25, 2013 Posts: 2324
Real Name: Jeremy
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Random find.
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Sat Sep 01, 2018 6:48 am |
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vic_b
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Location: Maple valley Joined: Thu Oct 27, 2011 Posts: 3528
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Small size needle nose vice grips. I carry one at work and they work good on the locks between rooms on the train. Lots of other uses too. On the flip side I also carry one of the sillcock keys too and it has a bottle opener in the handle.
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Col_Temp
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Location: Lake Stevens Joined: Fri Jan 3, 2014 Posts: 6213
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