What’s Your Most Underrated Prep Item and Why?

[EchoTangoFox]

In my kit, a manual pencil sharpener doesn’t get enough credit—compact, light, and it makes tinder from sticks in no time. What simple item do you count on that others might overlook? Curious what’s kept in the bottom of your bug out bags.

 

[ChrysanthiDream]

Tea bags. Folks always pack coffee or energy drinks but a handful of plain old tea bags can do so much more—clean wounds, soothe tired eyes, even help flavor water if it tastes off. Plus they weigh almost nothing. Anyone else use household stuff like this for multiple uses?