What do you take on tour?
Just got back from a tour and started to unpack looking for anything I didn't wash before leaving the jobsite.
My wife likes it when I come home with clean gear and.....
I get rewarded 
So I was wondering what other tour pilots take along on a tour of say 6 weeks...?
Anyways, this is what I pulled out of my own tote this morning...
Assorted chargers and power supplies for:
Video player(8X10)... PDA... Pentax Camera... Cellphone X 2
External Hard drive... MP3 Player
Laptop... Rechargeable AAA Batts for backup GPS
NVG (monocular) ...Automobile GPS
Naturally these were accompanied by the various items to go with them.
Clothing...
7 t-shirts---------------------------------------------------Heavy weight sun screen
5 shirts------------------------------------------------------Shaving supplies
7 jocks/socks---------------------------------------3 type's antibiotics
1 set 'Chino's'----------------------------------------Needles and mainline intravenous catheter
3 jeans--------------------------------------------------------3 shorts
Sleeveless Vest (Barbour)----------------Light weight Gore-Tex Jacket with hood
Gore-Tex boots --------------------------------------Helmet and associated crap thereon,
lip-light etc
Track shoes------------------------------------------- Gloves-nomex
Shower shoes (thongs) --------------------2 company flight suits
2 Baseball caps------------------------------------ 1 bush hat
30 Videos (bootlegs) --------------------------3 language books
3/4 bottle 'Glenmorangie' --------------1 bottle Bulgarian red wine
The Glenmorangie I took on tour and the Bulgarian Red was a gift from an engineer whose family came to visit him at the jobsite. I'm trying it now as my wife called from another room and said " try it , it's really good" That is strong praise for a Frenchwoman to give regarding a foreign wine, trust me!
I use an old Ice hockey bag as a tote. I built the wheel assembly myself with oversized wheels (4) and a T type extendable handle. Just about bullet proof...I built it because I got sick of buying bags, cases etc that fall apart with constant use...
The whole kit and caboodle comes in loaded as above at 24.4 kg .
That’s with me wearing the heaviest boots, carrying the Jacket and with the laptop and some of the chargers in my shoulder satchel....
The helmets a DC shorty and I only bring the shell, the Headset stays with the machine...The shell fits neatly in the tote...
The tote is overweight by 4.4 kg...But no-one has given me a hard time over it yet. Although no matter how dead I feel. I try to put on a smile for the check-in people and joke with them a little..... it seems to work...so far 
Yup...Helicopter companies just love coach/economy class don't they?
What do you pack around???
Regards...170'