INCH Bag
An INCH bag, short for I'm Never Coming Home, is a pack built for leaving home permanently. A bug out bag carries you through about three days away from home. An INCH bag is built for starting over somewhere new, so it leans on durable tools and the means to find water, make shelter and get food, rather than on supplies that run out.
Preppers meet the term when planning past the short-term evacuation. It fits the case where home is lost for good, such as after a wildfire, a flood or a long regional collapse. It is larger and heavier than a three-day kit, and it rewards the skills you practice to use the gear inside it.
Start by deciding whether your family plan needs one alongside your bug out bag. Then read the full guide to the INCH bag for how to build, pack and carry yours.
