Those are filters for the light, allows you to use them in the dark so you don’t ruin your night vision among other things
What essentials do you carry on a daily basis?
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OH you are from military? Nice!
No, no military here. I tried to enter when I was younger but I had surgery to repair my ear drum so according to the military I am permanently deaf in my right ear and never got to serve
I am not of age to join yet but will not be able to due to RAD (reactive airway disease) 
Sog multitool when I’m heading into a situation may need to do some handywork
Swiss multitool I keep in my work bag.
Leatherman tool which is TSA compliant I fly with
Swiss penknife with built in pen for daily pocket carry with keys
Leatherman tool for my bike bag
CRKT folding knife for when I need a serious blade.
None of these are EDC but I leave house always with one of them.
Isn’t that what edc is? Taking something with you whenever you leave the house to go somewhere and have it when it’s needed?
But I don’t leave every day with the same thing, but a different thing. So leaving walking the dog I have the little Victorinix, leave house on my roadbike I have the small Leatherman, leave on bike to to work have the large Victorinix, the folding CKRT tends to stay home, the SOG if I’m heading into a helping-hand task.
I think an EDC is meant to be Every Day Carry so its with you always.
Similar to Anker batteries, I take the Fusion 5000 into office, but say the 10000 on a short business flight trip, or the 26800 on a long business flight trip, etc. I’m always with one of them but it varies.
do you like the fusion 5000? Is it one of your favorites? I was thinking about gifting one or two to some family
Love/hate with the Fusion. I like it combined charger with battery so removes a cable but don’t like its size/shape it needs a good and accessible socket. So I take it in my work bag to office where I know its power sockets but don’t take on overnight trips to unknown places where I prefer say the Powerport5 which can better tolerate bad sockets.
Fusion makes maximum sense for non-geeks who simply forget or lose things, this is one item which recharges itself implicitly eventually after its recharged your phone. But for that it makes it heavy so falls out of weak sockets (hotels for example where the sockets are often aged loose) and in confined spots (like offices where the sockets are recessed in a desk or under floor).
I’d recommend as a gift to someone who is non-geek, absent minded type as its harder to make it non-functional.
“It’s all you need” if you gift it with one cable to match their phone type (Lightning, MicroB, C). I initially make up a bag kit with a small 12W dual socket charger with microB cable and their device cable and the Mini+ but I found the kit getting split up and the battery used and not recharged when next needed, so the Fusion removes a cable to lose and removes needing to remember to recharge it if you use it to recharge your phone.
Given the Fusion 5000 is now released 10 months ago, given they managed to shrink eventually the Powerport2, I see the Fusion due an upgrade, probably make it smaller and lighter.
Anker powercore 10000, Anker cables (3ft and 6ft) to keep my Samsung phone on charge 
Easier to say if it ain’t Anker its NOT in my bag.
Never leave home without your ID, your money,your emergency stash cash (that folded $20 in the back of your wallet), your phone (protected with an ANKER case), Anker earbuds and an ANKER PORTABLE CHARGER. And not always in this order.
Put a high value note inside the case under your phone as emergency cash, like if your credit card is refused.
Close one eye when dark adjusted if vehicle lights point to you. It leaves with one night adjusted eye while the opened one normalises.
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OnePlus 5 Nice!!! Beast phone
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To be honest, I’d never heard of them until your post. Just had a browse of the website and there are some very, very appealing models (Baton Q3) but with eye-watering prices in the UK 
, might have to keep my eyes open for some good deals at UK stockists…
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SOG use to be my EDC until I came across the Meyerco. It’s razor sharp and has not lost its edge since I got it over a year ago. This knife has been all over with me from diving to emergency use and has not failed me
As a rule, I carry a lighter (I’m a smoker), a pepper spray (for security), a powerbank and other small things. However, the most important thing that I carry on a daily basis is my edc multitool. I can’t even count how many times it saved me. It has so much functions! This is one of the best human inventions of all times. There may happen a lot of different situation in the day by day life, and all of them can be solved by one single item. Isn’t it wonderful?
I always carry a machete around
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