Basically EDC is all stuff you carry everyday to support your daily task.
Gadget is something (can be EDC) which has blink-blink effect (price, function, style, etc) but may not always an EDC
I'll show mine, let's see if i'm falling into gadget freak category or not.
1. Buck Odyssey ATS-34 folding knive with Carbon Fiber handle and half serrated blade. I'm not a fan of multitools. I have several victorinox at home, try a leatherman wave, but most of them have "weak" blade and i have seen a friend bent his leatherman phillip screw driver bit during light usage. If i want to carry tool, it need to be something i can depent on, for the task i did everyday. Here i choose this small yet strong folding knive. Thanks to ATS-34 blade i can depend on it (5 years already been passed together, i break the tip as i use it to open a flat screw, but it is far from it's main function). I sharpen it twice a year, and it hold it's edge sharp all day long. I cut cables, i cut metal (alumunium), i cut my nails, i bring it Every Day and i know it will not let me down.
2. Citizen Eco-Drive BL5350-59L Titanium. It has all function that i want : it is sort of mechanical watch (needles, dials), no need to change battery (thanks to eco-drive), dual time (sometimes i go abroad and want to remember my country time), perpetual calendar (once you set, it will keep track of date correctly, forget setting date every monthly basis), chronograph (60minutes at 1/20s increment, just enough), ALARM (it is a nice little reminder), and it is made of Titanium. Is this a gadget? Nope. i bash it everyday, scratches are all over the glass surface (it is not saphire crystal, too bad). it light and thin enough in my hand and something i can depend on to track time. A very EDC watch !!
3. Nokia E7. It works like a small laptop for me. It syncs to my work email (thanks to it's keyboard i can type fast), it open all file i need (office files, tiff schematic files, pdf, etc) browse internet,It is game station to my son, flash light in emergency, photo uploader to imageshack, flickr/picasa, photo browser directly to SD card from my digital camera, photo editor, HDmovie viewer (i can play MKV, AVI file with it), it can hooked up to HDTV as well, long battery life, really a usefull phone for me.
what else do I carry most (but not daily)?
- Gossen Digisix for my old RF/MF gear (if i carry film camera)
- 1 camera 1 lens (it used to be Pentax istD + DA21), can be Leica M2-T/Hexar RF with nokton, IIIc-T/RD1 with Sonnar, or a simple Ricoh GX100, rollei 35SE, or the mamoth MAmiya C330. one camera, one lens only
I don't babysit my stuff. i don't mind to break it, scratch it, damage it, as long as they are performing well for the service. They are the slave and i am the master. They were bought to serve, to be a tool i can depend on and i really use it to the limit (doesn't mean abuse it)
Am i gadget freak ? I think not. I am just a technical guy with some EDC stuff in my pocket. I'm not buying all new stuff. I bought something i can use to live my life better.
ps : soon, will come CRKT Guppie & Pockettoolx Piranha. I wonder if any of them goint to be my EDC or not. I am not a fan of big stuff, I carry as small as possible, as efficient as possible. we'll see.
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