The first item is an extremely cheap item to you can get at any hardware store. It is used to put on pipes to insulate them. I use sections of it to tuck under the metal lip at the base of the doorway of my safe to prevent dinging my WW2 long guns when I take them out of the safe. It comes with a slit that runs the length of the tubular shaped piece that works great to "snap" it around the metal portion of a barrel when placing 2 long guns in a larger hard case. This prevents them from moving a little and making rub marks. In the pic below I just happen to have a piece sitting on my desk when I went to put my TLR-1s light in my range bag so I used it to pad the light.
Second is a water bottle. I got this idea from an oral surgeon I used years ago. He has since retired but was an avid hiker and camper. The bottle in the pic is one of my original ones and is about 10 years old. They are virtually indestructible, made of consumption safe polypropylene. They have a seal made of silicone (or at least it feels like it, I'm not actually sure) that is situated such that the part you would drink from stays clean from debre. It also features a hanging ring originally designed to hang it from an IV pole. I've had crazy ideas as to what I could re-purpose that for but haven't actually done anything with it yet. I was down to my last one recently so contacted the oral surgery practice and now stop by about once a week to pick up 3 or 4 of these. Not only are they the most practical and my favorite hiking/range bag water bottles but they are FREE!
They fit perfectly in about every backpack and BOB I've ever owned. you can see it in the LAPG Bail out bag in the corner of this pic.
Second is a water bottle. I got this idea from an oral surgeon I used years ago. He has since retired but was an avid hiker and camper. The bottle in the pic is one of my original ones and is about 10 years old. They are virtually indestructible, made of consumption safe polypropylene. They have a seal made of silicone (or at least it feels like it, I'm not actually sure) that is situated such that the part you would drink from stays clean from debre. It also features a hanging ring originally designed to hang it from an IV pole. I've had crazy ideas as to what I could re-purpose that for but haven't actually done anything with it yet. I was down to my last one recently so contacted the oral surgery practice and now stop by about once a week to pick up 3 or 4 of these. Not only are they the most practical and my favorite hiking/range bag water bottles but they are FREE!
They fit perfectly in about every backpack and BOB I've ever owned. you can see it in the LAPG Bail out bag in the corner of this pic.
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