 A while back I did a video about what I keep with me what I carry with me when I go out and that changes a lot over time with What specifically I carry with me now? I'm gonna do a separate video and I've had a few at least with some of our on-site wiring technicians and what they carry They deal with the physical layer a lot. I don't I am a network engineer when I'm not running this business So I'm doing things like troubleshooting VPNs or cable modems that need to be put in bridge mode But not physical wires that part has always been checked by the time I get there And I bring that up because someone's gonna ask why I don't have a bunch of crimpers and some of the other wire testers It's also because I don't like to carry much with me I keep it very simple but that being said I wanted to share some of the things that I find handy to keep in my bag here and There's really not much to it. First off is I like to keep it pretty light and That's it. That's all of the things I have in here. I usually have a USB drive in here, too I don't happen to have it at the moment outside of a USB drive missing. That was it That's why I just carry this really thin network bag because mostly 99% of the time what I'm doing as a network engineer is Right here having my laptop currently has Linux loaded on there. I do have virtual box in here with Parrot OS, so I'm either running something in a virtual box to do a scan or I'm directly using Linux and the tools built in in it to do network diagnostics network engineering and such so on and so forth But that does require a few things one of them is I'm there a long time And sometimes waiting really long time when you're waiting on service providers to turn up a circuit or check a fiber connection So you get a plug in your laptop and this laptop which I have a separate review I'll leave a link to really love this laptop. It's a Lenovo L480 really basic does have a great battery life But I have these anchor chargers and anchor makes really nice USB chargers including this particular one is a USB-C laptop charger. It's small. It's convenient. It has this cable right here. I'll leave a link to this as well it's just a USB-C to USB-C cable for charging my laptop and Very quickly with this nice braided cable. I am set up and running With plenty of room to spare and then I say about USB-C is because it can pull out from either end If I accidentally somehow wrap this around or the plug falls out. It doesn't take the laptop with it It's in there tight enough. It's not going to drop. But if you try hard enough, you'll get it to drop so That's the first part here and like I said, it folds up nice and neat goes right back in the bag And this I don't know how exactly safe. I'll leave links to this. It's a C-H-O-E-T-E-C-H These cables seem really nice. They're capable of carrying the wattage that you need For doing a USB-C laptop and that's why I chose these ones anchor does make some cables I didn't see anchor once at the time. I bought these. I don't know if they were out of stock or just didn't have them I didn't find any anchor ones that were capable of handling the same wattage and he's actually a little bit less expensive But still come with that really nice nylon braiding that I really enjoy next thing is Anchor charger for my phone because what if you're sitting on the phone for a long time and the same thing these are another Brand but the same I built once again. I really like these Brady cables But I have a short one here because I have the anchor charger here and this is a standard USB Rechargeable one now. This is great. Sometimes when I travel This is actually the same set of tools I travel with and which is also because sometimes I'm put on planes to go places Why I don't have any sharp objects in here because that would have to be checked and certainly not something you want to Have a carry-on and I do prefer my laptop I'll usually have it in this inside of my backpack with a few other things when I'm traveling with my carry-on But there's nothing in here that sets off any alarms when you're traveling But you know you got to keep the phone charged once again I've actually had this for I think two years and the battery life is still amazing on it It's held up really well I like the fact that it can completely charge my phone can plug in there and I'll leave a link to this This is just like a standard anchor charger, but sometimes when I just want to have my phone It works really well for just keeping it charged. It's simple, but it's a handy device It's really held up and I do like the fact that anchor So they're not poking holes in your bag. These just fold right down both of them are designed that way Next tool right here this one these are so inexpensive, but so well made at the same time So this is your Amazon basics. Yes, just the Amazon basics is really inexpensive USB 3 Gigabit network adapter works in Windows perfectly fine. No drivers needed works in Linux perfectly fine. No drivers needed and This is just a great handy little. I need another network. Now. Yes, my L480 does have a network on it But sometimes when you come back doing network engineering You need to be in more than one network at a time rather than switch back and forth And this is a easy way to bridge between them and the transfer speeds are reasonably fast on its USB 3 But I'm generally not as worried about speeds. It's not about transfer speed it for me It's all about I need to be in the side of this network and be in that network And that's a really handy little device to have now the cables themselves. Let's talk about those. So I have here Two different cables. This is 20 feet of cable and I love these thin cables I reviewed a series of them a while ago and I used to like the flat cables and I tell you they do not Bundle as nice as these. These are so quick and easy to Unwrap wrap and to have 20 feet of cable right here. I usually use a short one occasionally You know you have to be here the plug is over here But the network is all the way at the top of the rack or the rack is you know mounted Six feet off the ground that I need to plug into and having that is just 20 feet that small Fold it up really easy and of course. This is the smaller one and Once again always keeping velcro ties, but even as tiny as this was here we go We I think this is a five footer right here. Yeah, these are five feet This one I'll leave a link to it But these are just some of the basic things I keep with me all the time now the last thing I'm going to show you is a flashlight and this flashlight goes under the name Vansky But I know it doesn't sell under that name now I found it I'll leave a link to the one I found that's the same price as this was it just says something else on it So the flashlight still made these have actually been around we've bought these for all the technicians here And it's a great flashlight because it's USB rechargeable works really well as far as brightness Supposedly waterproof. I would say splash proof. I don't know how long it would last underwater But uses standard 18650s now the advantage of these is if the 18650 goes bad These are readily available and very inexpensive to go buy another one. So your 18650 battery easy to find easy to replace and keep the lights Lasting only one of I think out of the five of these we bought five or six for our techs One of them did go bad like the battery not the flight and We dropped it in replacement and we just wouldn't hold the charge you turn the light on and it wouldn't stay on This one's mine and I use it quite a bit. It's matter of fact. It's just handy just to have it It's got a couple brightness settings and a flashy setting then you just Hold it in and it goes off Well those simple little things, but wow, it's handy. It's also quite heavy if you wanted to hit something with it It's pretty well made. It's all metal design matter of fact interesting. So is this Amazon basics This is metal as well, but I'll leave a link to these like I said These are just a couple things in there and of course this inexpensive pro HT case There's nothing too special about it. Someone will probably Complains it doesn't have anything but one big pocket, but for me I don't need individual pockets because there's so few things I can load this up real quick And have it all packaged back up and be out the door Really fast without having to look at all and it all fits in here nice and flat and away we go Oh last little thing that I didn't pull out that came in there. This is the USB Unfortunately, I have my phone is USB-C, but the Bansky flashlight is still standard micro USB But hey, it fits in there. I love these little short cables, too So we if you don't need them to be longer because I just need to charge it real quick to sit next to something It's very helpful and especially when you're trying to read part numbers off the back That's why I use a flashlight more often than you think I use my phone as a flashlight Which actually has some advantages as well because a lot of times I'll turn a flashlight on the phone and reach it behind a router and take a picture of it So I can get a serial number off the back But I've had to look around for things that I may or may not have dropped in your phone It's not bright enough when you drop something behind a rack and you need to find it That's it and I'm out of here And Thank you for making it to the end of the video if you like this video Please give it a thumbs up if you'd like to see more content from the channel hit the subscribe button and hit the bell icon If you like YouTube to notify you when new videos come out if you'd like to hire us head over to laurance systems comm Fill out our contact page and let us know what we can help you with and what projects You'd like us to work together on if you want to carry on the discussion head over to forums dot Lawrence systems Com where we can carry on the discussion about this video other videos or other tech topics in general even suggestions for new videos They're accepted right there on our forums, which are free Also, if you like to help the channel out in other ways head over to our affiliate page We have a lot of great tech offers for you and once again, thanks for watching and see you next time