Best protractors according to redditors

It’s this! Helix Angle and Circle Maker (36002) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0044S5CZM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_q1.ZAbTACXDBX

A notebook and a pen. Dotted will make your life easier, because if you choose to draw lines, you won’t have to measure.

The ruler for me is overkill, because I use whatever is at hand to make straight edges if I don’t freehand it— a visiting card (ha, they still exist), the edge of an envelope or a post it stack. But I do like the circle maker, and you may want to invest in one eventually, if you make my kind of a bujo.

What is essential though, is to go in with some rules. What are you going to do for the first month? When it doesn’t work, the rules can change, of course, but the bullet journal inspirational sources can be overwhelming and intimidating and a lot of not sinking is not doing everything at once.

Like /u/lilin_unite42 I have a limiting rule that makes my life easy: no spread of mine must require more than one pen, and must not require any tools to fill. I use more than one pen, and I use other stuff, but I didn’t want to be forced to carrying paraphernalia everywhere (because if I decide that this must be filled in red and that in black, then I’ll get antsy if I don’t have both on hand for when I need them).

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You can practice with USGS 1:24,000 scale UTM maps (also known as 7.5 minute scale), but you will need a protractor in that scale: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003NAOERO

UTM is the same as MGRS except for the 100,000 grid square identifier. UTM just uses numbers instead of two letters.

https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/ is a good source of historical maps, once you figure out the map name for the location you want, you can search for a more up to date PDF version on data.gov or buy a paper copy on the USGS website.

Another good site is https://www.topoquest.com

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Oh I'm a shameless cheat. I use this thing. Thanks so much for the advice and feedback! I forget that vowels can act alone even if they don't start off a word.

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Oh ok, I gotcha now. Pick up one of these bad boys. You can get them for cheaper at a place like Staples or OfficeMax, around $3 at those stores versus Amazon's for $6. The outer ring spins, once you find the angle of line you want draw the line using the spaces on the inner solid part. I use this when plotting on a map and for other stuff.

https://www.amazon.com/Helix-Angle-Circle-Maker-36002/dp/B0044S5CZM/ref=pd_lpo_vtph_229_bs_t_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=VFMM9CEQY9T7NY0YRMRC

Helix 360 Degree Angle and Circle... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0044S5CZM?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Yeah! Basically any size circle you want within 6 inches/15.2 cm :) The smaller ones are a bit trickier since you can't use the rotating part, there's just different-size stencils in the plate instead. Link to the helix

Here is a slower, but more in depth discussion on the hook grip. I like it a bit better.

I've also been planning on picking up a pair of fat grips to use during OHP and other exercises. They don't mess up your form or anything, but they definitely work the forearms out more.

It's not so bad with a roller ruler, and one of these ruling template things :)

This is the type of protractor I'm talking about:
http://www.amazon.com/Improved-Military-Reader-Protractor-Super/dp/B003NAOERO In case you assumed it was a heavier metal protractor. I've used it a few time to mark and return to campsites, hard to find trails since with a good topo map you can pinpoint a 10m^2 area.

I tore the core out of the 550 cord a while ago, should have mentioned that.

The calamine lotion is in a 3oz bottle

The iodine is because some infections can develop in hours, not nearly enough time to return to civilization. If I could get broad spectrum antibiotics I would carry a 3 day supply with me as well. I will look into something that can function as a antiseptic and back up water purification.

The tourniquet can be applied with one hand, and you can apply the tension in increments so that you can apply the ITB(which is a pressure dressing) over the wound and maintain a distal pulse, or if needed you can eliminate the distal pulse entirely. When I say 3 packs of gauze, I mean 3 rolls, 3" wide with a 1" diameter.

Yeah, I imagine sticks or a rock would work for digging waste holes and I'll look at my actual usage of clothes and compare it with what I carry, I suspect you're right and I'm carrying too many.

I even use a circle maker for my power sources.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0044S5CZM/ref=asc_df_B0044S5CZM5443197/?tag=hyprod-20&creative=394997&creativeASIN=B0044S5CZM&linkCode=df0&hvadid=167136703436&hvpos=1o4&hvnetw=g&hvrand=5585320991790148940&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9052790&hvtargid=pla-311251556309

Looks neat, something I'd really be interested in. The one review on amazon is kind of poor though, have any comment on the accuracy/fragility as noted in the review? I know it's only $4, but it'd be nice if I didn't have to buy a new one every six months. ;-)

http://www.amazon.com/Helix-Angle-Circle-Maker-36002/dp/B0044S5CZM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1342221109&sr=8-1&keywords=HELIX%C2%AE+Angle+and+Circle+Maker

Not sure what you're exactly looking to use it for lol

I've gotten by just fine on a Helix and pocket engineering scale.