# What’s in YOUR Go Bag? **URL:** \ **Category:** Open Forum\ **Tags:** china\_invasion\ **Created:** [March 19, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/what-s-in-your-go-bag/249757 "2025-03-19T16:18:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Celeborn](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/celeborn/32/26102_2.png) [@Celeborn](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Celeborn)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/what-s-in-your-go-bag/249757/1 "2025-03-19T16:18:33Z")
> **[What’s in Your Emergency Travel Bag?](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/travel/emergency-bag-essentials-pack.html)** > > Whether you call it a save-the-day stash or an absolute essentials kit, it contains those five or six things that can make or break a vacation. This article just got me thinking again whether I’m ready for something I do not expect will (and I hope will not) happen This post from 2020 has a solid list > [@Do you have an invasion plan?](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/do-you-have-an-invasion-plan/200674/127): > > My attitude is similar to what you and @olm wrote above. We put together a small backpack (two, actually) a couple of months ago in the run-up to the U.S. election (mostly at my girlfriend’s insistence - I’m not sure personally how useful the bags would be in the event of anything happening, but it’s definitely helped with her worrying/complaining about it, and ergo my stress levels). The bags contain: passports some irreplaceable documents some USD (I should probably get more, or some JPY/C… Does anyone have more suggestions for 2025 to 2027? ---
**Author:** ![CTaitung](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/ctaitung/32/100105_2.png) [@CTaitung](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/CTaitung)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/what-s-in-your-go-bag/249757/2 "2025-03-19T17:52:32Z")
These are things I would not want to have to apply again for or lose: Passport, drivers license, bank books, 1 laptop at least, multiple USBs with saved spreadsheets of taxes, etc., multiple smartphones, ARC, SS card (if on me), all credit cards, all bank ATM cards, any small notebooks with saved passwords for various accounts, cash in USD and TWD. ---
**Author:** ![Andrew0409](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/andrew0409/32/69821_2.png) [@Andrew0409](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Andrew0409)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/what-s-in-your-go-bag/249757/3 "2025-03-19T20:28:54Z")
A weird thing I carry besides a $100 bill when traveling is a box of Marlboro. I don’t have a go bag but I would consider a carton of cigarettes in it. I think maybe this is an unusual recommendation. The reason being cigarettes are easy to trade. With the absence of cash in prison, cigarettes are often used to trade. ---
**Author:** ![TT](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tt/32/271883_2.png) [@TT](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/TT)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/what-s-in-your-go-bag/249757/4 "2025-03-20T00:38:09Z")
> [@Celeborn](#): > > Does anyone have more suggestions for 2025 to 2027? I don’t think i had anything not already mentioned here. But some stuff in the emergency bag I used for hiking and camping and travelling so was constantly taking stuff out, not to mention checking the dates on the 3-day supply of food (I also had a shelf stable 3-month supply for a while). Keeping on top of it started to be a pain in the ass. Last summer I unpacked the go-bag to use as a carry-on and didn’t repack it. My more suggestion for 2025-2027 is I’m looking for work in stable countries, gonna bust a move. Norway, maybe… ---
**Author:** ![QuaSaShao](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/quasashao/32/220200_2.png) [@QuaSaShao](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/QuaSaShao)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 7:18am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/what-s-in-your-go-bag/249757/5 "2025-03-20T07:18:16Z")
10 of these fire starters. One will start up to 12,000 fires. The other nine are for bartering after everyone else has used up their lighters: > **[Amazon.com: Potato Zone Ferro Rod Fire Starter Kit – Wood Handle Ferro Rod...](https://www.amazon.com/Potato-Zone-Ferro-Fire-Starter/dp/B0C94L8NY5)** > > Amazon.com: Potato Zone Ferro Rod Fire Starter Kit – Wood Handle Ferro Rod Striker and Wrist Lanyard – Weatherproof and Waterproof Fire Starter Survival Tool for Camping, Hiking : Sports & Outdoors ---
**Author:** ![QuaSaShao](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/quasashao/32/220200_2.png) [@QuaSaShao](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/QuaSaShao)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 7:24am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/what-s-in-your-go-bag/249757/6 "2025-03-20T07:24:48Z")
A two week supply of freeze dried food for four I created myself. Fruit, vegetables, grains, meat, fish, and dairy products freeze dried in my own freeze dryer. Plus some extra for bartering after the store shelves have been emptied. All in sealed mylar bags with oxygen absorber packs, good for up to 25 years at room temperature. Much lighter than canned foods, or non-freeze-dried foods so they’re easy to carry. > **[How freeze drying works | Harvest Right™ | Home Freeze Dryers | Freeze Dried...](https://harvestright.com/how-it-works/?shelf-life)** > > Learn how freeze drying works and more about freeze drying at home with a Harvest Right home freeze dryer. ---
**Author:** ![QuaSaShao](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/quasashao/32/220200_2.png) [@QuaSaShao](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/QuaSaShao)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 7:33am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/what-s-in-your-go-bag/249757/7 "2025-03-20T07:33:45Z")
Four one ounce pieces of UBS gold in sealed packs. Worth over $12,000 at today’s price of $3,057 per ounce of gold. Easily taped to the inner thighs next to the family jewels. To be used for paying bribes if push comes to shove. Otherwise, seed money for starting over in a new land. ![image](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/3X/9/1/91178d968884e22ae6a069b99b94ed300ccf6978.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Van](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/van/32/271495_2.png) [@Van](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Van)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 7:37am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/what-s-in-your-go-bag/249757/8 "2025-03-20T07:37:19Z")
That’s long term. I’m thinking space blankets and peanut butter. ---
**Author:** ![Van](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/van/32/271495_2.png) [@Van](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Van)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 7:54am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/what-s-in-your-go-bag/249757/9 "2025-03-20T07:54:55Z")
And I just put a mylar blanket and usa credit card in there. I just need a weapon now. And peanut butter. ---
**Author:** ![Explant](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/explant/32/130551_2.png) [@Explant](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Explant)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 8:51am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/what-s-in-your-go-bag/249757/10 "2025-03-20T08:51:07Z")
If actual war and needing a proper hellacious escape, small denomination 24k gold coins. Preferably Canadian or a good mint. Twd won’t be worth more than toilet paper. Drugs (tobacco and booze) is good for trade too. But spacious and heavy and hard to hide. ---
**Author:** ![Bree](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/bree/32/270345_2.png) [@Bree](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Bree)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 9:20am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/what-s-in-your-go-bag/249757/11 "2025-03-20T09:20:41Z")
I have two of these guys. They’ve saved my life more than once. I don’t leave the city without them. They filter mud they are so good. I’ve never tried anything sewage or toxin related, but id trust it to drink keelong river if I HAD to. ![Screenshot_20250320_171805_Chrome](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/3X/f/0/f020304046f24025232c01e976b733edeb4d3d89.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Expatium](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Expatium](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Expatium)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 9:55am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/what-s-in-your-go-bag/249757/12 "2025-03-20T09:55:30Z")
These straw based filters do not filter out dissolved toxins, only particulate ones. ---
**Author:** ![Taiwan\_Luthiers](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Taiwan\_Luthiers](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Taiwan_Luthiers)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 10:11am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/what-s-in-your-go-bag/249757/13 "2025-03-20T10:11:54Z")
I do not have a go bag because if it gets to that point then I’m going to die or live so poorly I might as well die. Don’t forget medications. If you’re on an ongoing treatment where you need the meds to live, then better have a big supply of that in your go bag. ---
**Author:** ![QuaSaShao](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/quasashao/32/220200_2.png) [@QuaSaShao](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/QuaSaShao)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 10:25am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/what-s-in-your-go-bag/249757/14 "2025-03-20T10:25:24Z")
> [@Explant](#): > > If actual war and needing a proper hellacious escape, small denomination 24k gold coins. Preferably Canadian or a good mint. Two won’t be worth more than toilet paper. In the event of a global catastrophe you’re probably right that gold won’t be worth more than toilet paper. In the event of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan though I think gold will hold its value wherever you land. Makes me think though. What would be the most valuable thing in case of a global catastrophe? I’m thinking freeze dried seeds would be it: > Yes, seeds can be freeze-dried, and this method can extend their shelf life and preserve their viability for extended periods, even decades. > > Here’s a more detailed explanation: > > - **Benefits of Freeze-Drying Seeds:** > > - **Process:** > > - **Examples:** ---
**Author:** ![Explant](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/explant/32/130551_2.png) [@Explant](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Explant)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/what-s-in-your-go-bag/249757/15 "2025-03-20T13:42:39Z")
Dangit. I typed twd and it’s changes to two. I mean if Taiwan goes to war, the Taiwan dollar is gonna tank and be hard to negotiate with. ---
**Author:** ![Bree](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/bree/32/270345_2.png) [@Bree](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Bree)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/what-s-in-your-go-bag/249757/16 "2025-03-20T14:39:53Z")
This is an activated charcoal filter and it does remove many dissolved toxins such as chlorine. I’m more interested in not getting giardia when I have to hit the hills though ---
**Author:** ![Andrew](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/andrew/32/179806_2.png) [@Andrew](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Andrew)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/what-s-in-your-go-bag/249757/17 "2025-03-20T14:44:45Z")
> [@Celeborn](#): > > This post from 2020 has a solid list The smart guy who wrote that post in 2020… > [@TT](#): > > Last summer I unpacked the go-bag to use as a carry-on and didn’t repack it. …also did this around 2022. Didn’t bother repacking it since then (the go bag, sans the go stuff, is in the Philippines with me at the moment). ---
**Author:** ![Gmu](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gmu](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Gmu)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 11:45am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/what-s-in-your-go-bag/249757/18 "2025-06-25T11:45:05Z")
Again in the news about the Emergency kit in Taiwán ---
**Author:** ![meishijia](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/meishijia/32/178949_2.png) [@meishijia](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/meishijia)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 12:37pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/what-s-in-your-go-bag/249757/19 "2025-06-25T12:37:44Z")
I recently changed my go back to an air raid shelter bag, somewhat influenced by the constant shelter notices during the Israel - Iran conflict. Made me feel like, if I’m gonna be stuck in an air raid shelter for hours, or days, I’d like to be comfortable. Obviously I still have a separate travel pack that we’d grab if we had to make a dash to the airport though. ---
**Author:** ![Icon](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/icon/32/189245_2.png) [@Icon](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Icon)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 4:49am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/what-s-in-your-go-bag/249757/20 "2025-06-26T04:49:19Z")
This topic has been hot in Taiwan lately due to the Japanese manga prediction of a biggie -earthquake and tsunami- and emergency bags have been selling like hot cakes. However, as @meishijia states, and I just recently watched a video that supports it, there is no one bag fits all situations. Are you leaving your home temporarily but with a clear shelter, with food, water, roof as goal? Or will you be going to have to rough it up? So it would be the difference say, in our case, between a fire or earthquake, where the damage is localized and you can flee in a reasonable amount of time to a safer place. Or, Heaven forbid, war, where you may have to be on the go. I honestly have a bag more suitable for the first case. It’s in a large water proof backpack. I have individual pet carriers and a trolley to carry them but considering buying a pram or bigger backpack carrier for mobility. A few examples of what’s for sale out there: 緊急避難包 地震包 台灣內政部建議 最完善 防災包 急救包 醫藥包 防災包 露營爬山登山包 演習 ［嘟嘟商行］ [緊急避難包 地震包 台灣內政部建議 最完善 防災包 急救包 醫藥包 防災包 露營爬山登山包 演習 ［嘟嘟商行］ | Yahoo拍賣](https://tw.bid.yahoo.com/item/101631594783) 【台灣現貨 C090】34合1 台灣緊急救難包 全台配件最齊全 地震包 救援包 急救包 防災包 避難包 醫藥包 求生包 [【台灣現貨 C090】34合1 台灣緊急救難包 全台配件最齊全 地震包 救援包 急救包 防災包 避難包 醫藥包 求生包 | Yahoo拍賣](https://tw.bid.yahoo.com/item/100889401633) 日本 IRIS 灰色 33件組 專業地震包 避難包 急救包 避難包 防災 救命 安全 登山 露營 【全日空】 [日本 IRIS 灰色 33件組 專業地震包 避難包 急救包 避難包 防災 救命 安全 登山 露營 【全日空】 | Yahoo拍賣](https://tw.bid.yahoo.com/item/101370890455) Couple of videos on the issue: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0NwXTIF5u9E/maxresdefault.jpg "以伊戰爭啟示！ 專家教你打造「超實用避難包」 「它」才是活命關鍵！") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NwXTIF5u9E) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sjpBQDgj28U/maxresdefault.jpg "泰緬強震 台灣預警 ⚠️ 你的防護有幾趴？拖延症患者也適用的防災包黃金公式｜熊好你攏知 EP2") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjpBQDgj28U) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/eF5latM5mmc/maxresdefault.jpg "【戴老師來開箱】戴老師的地震包，裡面有什麼，帶你了解。") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF5latM5mmc) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/_TrR7Z7-B8c/maxresdefault.jpg "在台灣你準備好了嗎？緊急避難包🎒15樣必帶物品、蔬食防災乾糧介紹") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TrR7Z7-B8c) Please note if you have to stay in, in case of typhoon for example, that is another story … [Next page](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/what-s-in-your-go-bag/249757.md?page=2)