We often think of go bags in terms of ourselves, but they make great gifts for other people as well. Reader Wendy Cooper received one well-suited for travel as an anniversary gift, filled with things she likes and needs.
Wendy offers up a helpful explanation of how each item suits her, helps her, and makes for a very thoughtful gift:
Jordon gave me a "go bag" for our anniversary. Lifehacker has been raving about them for a while and they are bad that is full of your essentials so you are prepared to go at a moments notice and do something cool.
He put it together himself and picked up a canvas bag at Quinn the Eskimo. It's a parachuters shoulder bag so if I need to jump out of an airplane, I'll be fine.
In it he got me a case for my iPod Nano and a new LowePro case for my beloved (and aging) Fuji Finepix J10 camera. It's battery was dying so he got me a replacement battery as well so I can take photos all day now. Since I am horrible with keeping track of SD cards, he got me an Optex media holder in it as well.
In the next compartment was some pens and a new journal to keep notes on my adventures. For energy there was a Jersey Milk chocolate bar.
He also put in a funky water bottle and a Starbucks Tea Press. In case I got bored, he bought me a National Geographic Travel magazine (which just listed Saskatoon as a great place to travel to).
This just goes to show how a good go bag doesn't have to be about us—they can make a great, personal gift with lots of little items that have a lot of meaning. Happy anniversary, Wendy and Jordan!
If you have a great go bag with a useful organization scheme and great features, let us know! You can share your bag by posting it to your personal Kinja blog using the tag featured bag or adding it to our Lifehacker Go Bag Show and Tell Flickr pool. Photos must be at least at least 640x360. Please include information about your bag, what you put in it, and any relevant details about how you made it awesome. If yours catches our eye, we might just feature it!