Mini-Sized EDC Items---Let's See 'Em,

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Posted: 12/11/2016 5:58:38 PM EDT

I wear pajamas (Scrubs) at work. The miniature EDC items have made things so much better for me. Years ago, I carried full sized scissors, cheap ass dim as fuck penlight and a damn surgical clamp for twisting off stubborn things. Now---
Small countycomm light is bright as a motherfucker. Swiss Army Cadet for cutting open stubborn packaging etc. Leatherman Micra for tightening screws on our machine arms, twisting off stubborn IV connections etc.
Not pictured====The Spyderco Endura riding in my scrubs.

Posted: 12/11/2016 6:02:23 PM EDT

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I have the AAA maratac light. Love it, the little diffuser it comes with is so useful and neat.

Posted: 12/11/2016 6:05:26 PM EDT

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I carry a wooden toothpick. The plastic ones suck.

Posted: 12/11/2016 6:08:14 PM EDT

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Old School!!!!!!!

Posted: 12/11/2016 6:09:24 PM EDT

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My "weird" EDC item is a 3' mini tape measure. It has come in handy for a lot of things at work (engineering at a lighting equipment manufacturer) and at home. I wish it was a bit longer, I should look for 5' or 6' that has a thin tape.

Posted: 12/11/2016 6:10:27 PM EDT

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I carry a wooden toothpick. The plastic ones suck.

Old School!!!!!!!

It also serves as a secondary use. When I finish eating at La Carreta, I use it to gain access to remaining bits of food I have trapped in my mouth...

Posted: 12/11/2016 6:10:42 PM EDT

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I have the AAA maratac light. Love it, the little diffuser it comes with is so useful and neat.

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Yep - don't have the diffuser though

Posted: 12/11/2016 6:10:59 PM EDT

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I have the AAA maratac light. Love it, the little diffuser it comes with is so useful and neat.

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I gave one to a buddy of mine. Let's say he was at the time in a Tier 1 unit. He liked it better than what he was issued.
He Covered the diffuser with tin foil. He would turn on light, let the glow in the dark material charge up a little, turn it off and then remove tin foil to read maps etc. He said it was the perfect amount of light.

Posted: 12/11/2016 6:11:02 PM EDT

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I've been carrying around a Streamlight ProTac 1L-1AA. It isn't as small as the SL Microstream that it replaced, but given that it will take either 1xAA battery or 1xCR123, it is far more flexible than the 2xCR123 lights I used to carry and the illumination is useful, whereas the microstream was lacking.

Posted: 12/11/2016 6:20:48 PM EDT

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To me, the best bang for the size in a SAK is the small tinker.

It's so tiny you forget it's there.

Posted: 12/11/2016 6:25:09 PM EDT

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I like my Olight S1 Baton ( 500 lumens). There's a new one out now that is even smaller & brighter.

Posted: 12/11/2016 6:25:19 PM EDT

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To me, the best bang for the size in a SAK is the small tinker.

http://www.sakwiki.com/show_image.php?id=2695
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Absolutely!!!!

I have one somewhere.
I used to carry it all the time when
I went to the range several times a week

Great knife

Posted: 12/11/2016 6:33:54 PM EDT

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This is my work EDC. Much if it qualifies under your "miniature" standards.

Posted: 12/11/2016 7:23:21 PM EDT

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This is my work EDC. Much if it qualifies under your "miniature" standards.

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Nice!!

I have that 5.11 knife
I like it

Posted: 12/11/2016 8:22:48 PM EDT

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Absolutely!!!!

I have one somewhere.
I used to carry it all the time when
I went to the range several times a week

Great knife

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To me, the best bang for the size in a SAK is the small tinker.

http://www.sakwiki.com/show_image.php?id=2695
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20130910/4e7e4ama.jpg

It's so tiny you forget it's there.

Absolutely!!!!

I have one somewhere.
I used to carry it all the time when
I went to the range several times a week

Great knife

I did not not know the tinker came in a small size.

Well, there went 22.00.

Posted: 12/11/2016 9:09:25 PM EDT

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I have that 5.11 knife
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Great beater knife

Posted: 12/11/2016 9:20:17 PM EDT

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Fisher Bullet Space Pen
Victorinox small Tinker
Olight S2 Baton

Not exactly miniature but a great amount of "bite" for the size: Leatherman Raptor.

Posted: 12/11/2016 11:28:06 PM EDT

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Tried the Streamlight and it's still a favorite - but then I ran across the Nightcore Tube LED and for small, it's better. 1 to 40 lumens with 40 to 1 hours of light, USB rechargeable. It retired all the AAA lights hands down.

Posted: 12/12/2016 12:11:09 AM EDT

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The baby brother of the Blur and Leek. The Kershaw Chive. Speed safe opens it fast! Sharp as hell. Tucks away easy. Solid for a knife this small.

Posted: 12/12/2016 12:18:33 AM EDT

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The baby brother of the Blur and Leek. The Kershaw Chive. Speed safe opens it fast! Sharp as hell. Tucks away easy. Solid for a knife this small.

http://www.lockharttactical.com/media/com_hikashop/upload/kershaw_chive_black_lockhart_tactical_4.jpg

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I need to look around I think I have one somewhere.

Has a lock for the blade so it won't spring open in pocket IIRC

Posted: 12/12/2016 12:23:29 AM EDT

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Posted: 12/12/2016 12:27:20 AM EDT

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Olight I3E EOS

Posted: 12/12/2016 6:26:33 AM EDT

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I wear pajamas (Scrubs) at work. The miniature EDC items have made things so much better for me. Years ago, I carried full sized scissors, cheap ass dim as fuck penlight and a damn surgical clamp for twisting off stubborn things. Now---
Small countycomm light is bright as a motherfucker. Swiss Army Cadet for cutting open stubborn packaging etc. Leatherman Micra for tightening screws on our machine arms, twisting off stubborn IV connections etc.
Not pictured====The Spyderco Endura riding in my scrubs.

http://www.ar15.com/member/photos.html?aid=-10 https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/224703/anesthesia-EDC-105357.jpg

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My pj carry is a cardiology III, pair of shears, a sog flash II, note pad, pen, fine point sharpie, and my phone (use the built in flashlight it needed). Don't have to carry pager, yet.

If you're on FB, look up EDCWerks.

Posted: 12/12/2016 6:39:38 AM EDT

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My pj carry is a cardiology III, pair of shears, a sog flash II, note pad, pen, fine point sharpie, and my phone (use the built in flashlight it needed). Don't have to carry pager, yet.

If you're on FB, look up EDCWerks.

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Mine is a master cardiology, SF sidekick, pulse ox, pager and pens.

Leatherman in backpack.

Sadly my EDC has really dropped off since 6 days a week I go to and from work then to bed several hours later. No need to carry things.

Posted: 12/12/2016 6:53:01 AM EDT

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No pic but I carry a Gerber Clutch multi-tool in the watch/change pocket of my jeans everyday. Comes in handy all the time. It's mini, but has saved me from climbing down a ladder or walking back to the truck lots of times.

Posted: 12/12/2016 7:47:35 AM EDT

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The leatherman micra is legitimately the most useful tool I've ever owned.

Posted: 12/12/2016 8:15:30 AM EDT

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AAA light on my keychain and a cheep folder in my knife pocket. If it's night, I grab a small led.

I guess I really should have a tactical folding tool thing, but I almost never need just one tool or a small tool.

Watch, since I need to know the time more often than looking at my cell is convenient, wallet, and money. Pens and paper are usually nearby, so that's about it. GHB for each car, and pistols with extra magazines and more cash in safes in the vehicles.

Posted: 12/12/2016 8:20:02 AM EDT

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I have that but I like the single output Viking Tactics version OP Tactical was selling more.

Posted: 12/12/2016 10:47:05 AM EDT

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Not pictured: wallet, phone, hospital ID with keyring attached. I use the handle of borrowed scissors for stubborn IVs, and the belt clip of the pocket knife works as a bottle opener for medication vials.

Any bonus points for recognizing and copying the model of table OP used for his layout?

Posted: 12/12/2016 11:02:51 AM EDT

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My "weird" EDC item is a 3' mini tape measure. It has come in handy for a lot of things at work (engineering at a lighting equipment manufacturer) and at home. I wish it was a bit longer, I should look for 5' or 6' that has a thin tape.

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You might try one of these:

The rubberized case makes it a bit thicker than the 1/4" x 3' Stanley, but this is an actual working tape with a 1/2" blade. I have at least a half a dozen scattered around the house, shop, and truck. Five bucks or less at Walmart, Lowe's, Home Depot, etc.

Posted: 12/12/2016 11:09:33 AM EDT

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OP:

Here is your Mecca...

Posted: 12/12/2016 11:17:44 AM EDT

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Posted: 12/12/2016 11:23:08 AM EDT

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It also serves as a secondary use. When I finish eating at La Carreta, I use it to gain access to remaining bits of food I have trapped in my mouth...

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Interesting that you have a la carreta in Florida. Thought it was just a east Tennessee chain.

Posted: 12/12/2016 11:27:49 AM EDT

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Mine is a master cardiology, SF sidekick, pulse ox, pager and pens.

Leatherman in backpack.

Sadly my EDC has really dropped off since 6 days a week I go to and from work then to bed several hours later. No need to carry things.

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My pj carry is a cardiology III, pair of shears, a sog flash II, note pad, pen, fine point sharpie, and my phone (use the built in flashlight it needed). Don't have to carry pager, yet.

If you're on FB, look up EDCWerks.

Mine is a master cardiology, SF sidekick, pulse ox, pager and pens.

Leatherman in backpack.

Sadly my EDC has really dropped off since 6 days a week I go to and from work then to bed several hours later. No need to carry things.

Cardiology III here as well. Streamlight stylus. Microtech utx. Zebra stainless pens. Fine point sharpie. Write in the rain notepad. Titanium clauss shears. I occasionally get a pager.

Posted: 12/12/2016 11:49:44 AM EDT

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Cardiology III here as well. Streamlight stylus. Microtech utx. Zebra stainless pens. Fine point sharpie. Write in the rain notepad. Titanium clauss shears. I occasionally get a pager.

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The detent on my Card III is about deadlined and won't hold the bell in place. The diaphragms are also getting a little sketchy again, and I've done a diaphragm & earpiece replacement once already. Littmann doesn't list "fixing the ball bearing deep inside the swaged-together parts of the head" in their refurbishment service.

This replaced my old IISE that's retired to hanging in my closet after being a faithful companion through school and most of residency (until it was lost for the 3 months of my PGY4). Hopefully this one will limp along another few years.

Posted: 12/12/2016 12:04:10 PM EDT

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The detent on my Card III is about deadlined and won't hold the bell in place. The diaphragms are also getting a little sketchy again, and I've done a diaphragm & earpiece replacement once already. Littmann doesn't list "fixing the ball bearing deep inside the swaged-together parts of the head" in their refurbishment service.

This replaced my old IISE that's retired to hanging in my closet after being a faithful companion through school and most of residency (until it was lost for the 3 months of my PGY4). Hopefully this one will limp along another few years.

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I've not had any issues with mine yet. It's about a year old now. I still have a iise that's in my truck kit. I sold my other one.

Posted: 12/12/2016 1:26:29 PM EDT

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Mine's pretty old. Someone gave it to me when my beloved prodigal Cardiology IISE was on milk cartons about 12 years ago, and it was already well broken-in by then. Between those 2 scopes, I don't know how many thousands of patients have been auscultated.

Posted: 12/12/2016 1:44:45 PM EDT

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Posted: 12/12/2016 11:26:35 PM EDT

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Jesus Christ! Your car key is bigger than your knife, and almost bigger than your gun! Do you drive a damn bulldozer to work?

Posted: 12/12/2016 11:31:47 PM EDT

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Jesus Christ! Your car key is bigger than your knife, and almost bigger than your gun! Do you drive a damn bulldozer to work?

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Jesus Christ! Your car key is bigger than your knife, and almost bigger than your gun! Do you drive a damn bulldozer to work?

Ford seems to think that small keys make their owners feel inadequate. It's like a pocket bayonet. Right next to it is a standard size Kwikset house key.

Posted: 12/12/2016 11:38:22 PM EDT

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Gun, flashlight, and tools have gotten smaller over the years. Small as it gets.

Old edc.

Posted: 12/12/2016 11:39:06 PM EDT

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Not pictured: wallet, phone, hospital ID with keyring attached. I use the handle of borrowed scissors for stubborn IVs, and the belt clip of the pocket knife works as a bottle opener for medication vials.

Any bonus points for recognizing and copying the model of table OP used for his layout?

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I like small lights. If the power goes out in the OR you can put a small light in your mouth and have both hands free. We have the huge plastic POS 2 dollar flashlights in the OR but they are dim and unwieldy.

Nice.

I need to get a Christmasy OR cap.

I wear the lunch lady hat.

GE Aestiva machine and same clusterfuckery of cables and shit pouring out the back of monitor to get snagged on table and disconnected. We've zip tied them etc. The special snowflakes find a way to fuck up the machines.

Posted: 12/12/2016 11:39:55 PM EDT

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normal daily load out..

Posted: 12/12/2016 11:41:31 PM EDT

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Ford seems to think that small keys make their owners feel inadequate. It's like a pocket bayonet. Right next to it is a standard size Kwikset house key.

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t151/sleepdr/D7C089EF-67CD-4BFD-A7D9-04A630F177FE_zps1pvjdgu9.jpg

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I see the problem.

Posted: 12/12/2016 11:41:48 PM EDT

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I do my intra oral airway blocks with the light clenched in my teeth. Syringe in one hand, tongue blade in the other. I usually apologize in advance for gagging and drooling.

Posted: 12/12/2016 11:43:48 PM EDT

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I see the problem.

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Ford seems to think that small keys make their owners feel inadequate. It's like a pocket bayonet. Right next to it is a standard size Kwikset house key.

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t151/sleepdr/D7C089EF-67CD-4BFD-A7D9-04A630F177FE_zps1pvjdgu9.jpg

I see the problem.

It's worth the hassle of a big key.