A light yet versatile addition to your EDC

Packing sensibly for a backpacking trip is often a case of settling on a compromise between weight and comfort. You want to keep your pack weight down to a comfortable maximum, all while ensuring you allow for those more fringe items that you should probably pack ‘just in case’. For us, this is when we always reach for the M.005 Micro Tool from Tactica. It delivers unbeatable versatility at a teeny tiny weight, all while being smaller enough to always slip into the bottom of your pack. A wrench, screwdriver, pry bar, scraper, bottle opener and box cutter all in one — and all for an incredible 17 grams. It’s the kind of outdoor accessory it just doesn’t make sense to leave at home.