• Work laptop (although I use it as my personal laptop too)
• Kindle
• Bluetooth speaker (JBL clip 4)
• Surface Pro 3
• Folding mouse
• Folding keyboard
• prepaid envelope in case I forget to check my knife while flying
• notepad and pen
• Umbrella
• Flashlight (Nitecore T4K)
• craft hammer w/ flatheads in shaft
• mini ratcheting screwdriver w/ bits
• mini tape measure
• 130w usb-c charging block
• 10ft USB-C cable
• short USB-C cable
• adapters for everything
• folding lockpicks
• collapsible chopsticks
• Folding Allen wrench set
• sunglasses
• passport
• compressible shopping bag
• 20 Ah power bank w/ 65w output
• Small folding drone and controller
• Probably other things I'm not thinking of right now

Edit:

• Koss Porta Pro headphones
• 500gb Samsung T7 touch external SSD
• Surface Pen

• Two N95 face mask
• An USB charger
• Two USB cords a type C and a mini-B
• A pen a pencil a very small notepad
• A rigid sleeve for importants documents (actually the menu from a restaurant near my workplace )
• A scarf, two gloves, a wollen cap
• sunglasses
• no-sun-glasses
• cloth for cleaning glasses
• plastic bags
• flashlight

I hate having to put the labtop from work in here that bastard is heavy

Wait, is this something characteristic of the spectrum?

I love to take a backpack nearly everywhere with 1st basis supplies

• Cough drops
• Ear plugs (a few here and there)
• Microfibre cloth
• a lucky charm
• pocket-size tissue pack
• an emergency $50 bill
• an emergency snack
• an emergency Linux install USB drive

These are stuff then generally stay in the bag between trips. Stuff like a water bottle I add before almost any long trip out.

Never leave home without one. I’m always amazed others don’t do it as well.

I carry a 5.11 Rush 72. Uually there’s:

• a camera; Fuji X-S20
• contact lens cleaner and storage
• small bicycle pump
• 2 sunglasses (Oakley M2 & Ray-Ban Wayfarer)
• sunscreen during summer
• floppy boonie hat during summer
• one/two pocket knives
• a single watch storage case, usually with a watch in it
• a strip of blood pressure medication
• two powdered ibuprofen painkillers
• a bandaid or two
• a pen

And there’s bound to be something like a roll of candy, a snack, a water bottle, etc in it at any given time.

Lol. Read the title and started giggling. Family asks why I giggle, I tell them and they start laughing.

So yes. After losing everything, including the backpack I always have it with me. It's a hard rule - the moment I'm far from it, I need something from it.

The contents are pretty much everything I might need during an average day. Keys, vallet, medicines, a notebook and a pen, bandages, headphones, deodorant.

• Change of clothes for my kid
• couple of hair ties for kiddo
• pouch (charging cables, blocks & headphones)
• kindle
• wet wipes
• notebad & pen
• medical bag (needle, emergency meds, bandaids Powerade packet) -powerbank
• sometimes pocketknife (depending on pants worn)

Bonus: Cannon T7 with 24mm EF-S f/ 2.8 (when I’m feeling artsy)

That’s it i think.

• Spare phone charger (USB battery pack before it turned into a pillow)
• Micro-USB and USB-C data cables
• Ethernet cable
• 32G USB drive:
  • 8G partition with bootable Linux Mint (can you guess what I do for a living?)
  • The rest is FAT32 storage
• A cheap wireless mouse
• Bluetooth earphones (currently Skullcandy Jib True)
• Flashlight
• Sunglasses
• 300ml bottle, even if empty
• Several plastic bags
• Bunch of rubber bands
• Fork
• Teaspoon
• Toothpicks
• A tacky collapsible cup
• Tweezers (one with a sharp tip, one flat)
• Ibuprofen
• Photocopy of my medical insurance card
• Sometimes an iFixit Essentials kit (not sponsored)

This excludes the content of my wallet.

• chap stick
• second pair of glasses in another color in case I need to match my clothes
• wipes for glasses
• noise canceling ear buds
• a pen
• meds
• charged travel charger with solar cells for recharging
• plug-in charger with cable
• laptop with accessories: mouse, stylus pen, backup battery for pen, USB charger for back up battery (can't be too safe!)
• hoodie
• whatever else I may need for the specific occasion

Sunglasses

Phone charger

Chapstick

Deodorant

Perfume

Glasses wipes

Lighter

Kleenexes

Hand sanitizer

Passport

Pens

Scarf

Sweater

Socks

Notebook

Binder

Work apron

Extra water bottle

Sunscreen

A metric fuck ton of receipts

Gum

In my backpack:

• 0.75L Water bottle + a smaller one if I'm going far
• Mechanical pencil, extra lead, eraser, notes and paper (all in one plastic folder thing)
• Usually my laptop and charger
• Headphones
• USB power adapter
• USB-C cable (for The Phone)
• Earplugs
• Multi-tool (Leatherman wave+)
• Hand sanitizer, multi-purpose cleaner (in a tiny spray bottle),
• Hand lotion, vaseline, sunscreen
• Tote bag
• Bicycle tire hand pump (usually travel by bike)
• Extra inner tube
• Tire changing tool
• Extra bicycle lights
• MicroUSB cable (for the lights)
• Gaffer tape, gauze, disinfecting wipes (and whatever else is in my first aid kit)
• Nalaxone (seen one too many OD's)
• Small powerful magnet (emergency access through some electronically locked doors)
• Condoms (as if; emergency water storage lol)
• Permanent markers
• A Pen

In my various pockets:

• Facial tissues/paper towel
• Two more bicycle lights
• Cheap folding knife w/ window breaker and seatbelt cutter
• The Phone
• The Wallet
• All weather notepad
• Another pen
• Funny shaped Rock (and Stone) that I play with if I get nervous

I like this question, yes I travel with a backpack.

• vape liquid
• coil making kit, sisors, cotton, stainless steel wire, hobby wire snippers
• 18650 battery's
• backup headphones
• tissues
• a drink
• wallet and intern physical cash
• jacket/jumper
• hat
• USB c charger and cable
• 3 usb 32gb sticks, ventoy, films
• pocket knife
• bird seeds

I used to carry some general purpose rope but I dont do that now lol

Flashlight (off)

Lighter (10/100 Butane)

makeshift hammer

makeshift crowbar

pocket knife

smartphone (UPS) (80/100 Battery)

whistle

• USB power bank
• multi-tip charging/data cable (C/micro-B/Lightning)
• bandages
• ibuprofen
• nail trimmer
• small Maglite
• tiny tin of petroleum jelly (I dont like chap-skick)
• reusable silverware + chopsticks
• iPad Pro 10.5 & pencil
• Samsung Note 8 +512GB card (for music, podcasts, notes, OTG storage)
• headphones (Moondrop Chu2)
• pen & pencil
• sewing kit in a tiny mint tin
• Dirtywave M8 music tracker (my current obsession)
• Leatherman Juice Pro + Victorinox eyeglass screwdriver
• Leatherman Squirt S4
• cotton bandana & eyeglass cloth
• combination USB-A/C microSD card reader
• elastic band(s)
• OM System LS-P5 field recorder
• aux cable

I'm sure there's more I've forgotten but there is a cat on me so I am unable to move until he leaves. Sorry, I dont make the rules.

Lets see..

My work bag has:

• Laptop/charger
• Faraday pouch w/ work phone and badge
• Water bottle (covered in stickers)
• Toothbrush, toothpaste, floss, moustache wax, deoderant, and ADHD meds in case I forget them before leaving for work
• Chapstick
• Handwarmers
• Charging cables
• Pen and notepad
• Backup protein bar
• Mini first aid kit
• Fidget toy (begleri)

My personal bag gets repacked regularly depending on the outing, but typically has items from the above list plus:

• Multitool/iFixit toolkit
• Meshtastic radio node
• BTECH radio handset
• Solar battery bank
• Steam Deck, type-C hub, HDMI and Ethernet cables
• Flash drive w/ Ventoy, Linux disk images, and PC repair utilities.
• Portable hard drive w/ media
• Bluetooth keyboard

I chose a purse over a backpack.

• Vape juice and battery charger
• Hank of paracord
• Basic Swiss Army knife
• Napkins (also in various and multiple pockets, I always have napkins).
• Plasticware, chopsticks, condiment packets (whatever is extra from carry-out)
• OBD2 Bluetooth code reader
• Headlamp
• Medicine (prescription and OTC)
• Gum
• Eyeglasses screwdriver
• Charging cords (I have a couple of large batteries, but I don't always carry those)
• Pen
• Jersey gloves
• Ear plugs, cheap and individually wrapped, because I ride a motorcycle and will hand them out, and my son is a musician and has friends over and I make it rain earplugs.

I got panniers for my bike and ever since I have gone off wearing a backpack. I use a tote bag now if im not cycling. Backpacks make my back sweaty.

Basic first aid or MacGyver first aid stuff.. Multi tool... Nail clipper kit.. Few pens... Lockpick set... tablet... And... A spare charger cable... .. Also my work keys and badge..

I think that it...

What's in the bag? 😟 What was in the baaag??? 🥺 What's in the bag? 😭 WHAT'S IN THE FUCKING BAG?! 😡🔫

Not on a spectrum I believe, but I can't leave my house without a backpack holding:

• A universal charger with a splitting cord for all popular connectors, a powerbank.
• Two pocket knives and one or two boxcutters\scalpels with exchangeable blades.
• 0.5-1L of water.
• Usual medications against head, stomack pain.
• Snacks and a fork\spoon.
• A book for leisure, a e-ink book and a notebook.
• A black marker and various pens.
• A rope I can use to carry multiple things.
• Carabins for the same reason.
• More usual options like plastic bags.
• Spare lighters and a flashlight.
• A copy of my ID to access services.
• Headphones and reflective glasses to turn off the surroundings when I need it.

Surprisingly, all of them came up handy in different contexts. Guess, just walking with all these things is a little training.