What’s Your Most Overlooked Prep Item?

[TeaTimeTalisman]

I always see folks focusing on food, water, and ammo, but hardly anyone talks about can openers or extra reading glasses. Both are easy to forget until you need them most. What’s that one small, easily-overlooked item you consistently pack or wish you had? Curious if there are any surprises I haven’t considered yet. Let’s hear your underrated essentials!

 

[MeadowWhisperer]

Notebooks and pencils, hands down. Folks don’t realize how handy it is to jot down instructions, inventory, or just thoughts if tech fails. I stash a little stack in every go-bag—never failed me yet. Ever tried remembering a complicated seed-planting schedule with nothing written down? Makes me appreciate the humble pencil. Anybody keep those little solar desk calculators too, or is that just me?