Even cheaper than the Mora is the Wahoo from budk I have had both and for as little as 2$ the Wahoo is retardedly sharp and durable like the Mora kniv
Thanks for the tip. I'll look into picking one up. It won't replace the Mora in my big kit, but it'll find a place in my smaller kit, for sure.
I've struggled with what to put in a go bag for myself and this was good with the visual references. Gonna have to go through mine this weekend. Right now its mostly junk.
Shelter>Water>Food. Those are your essentials. Anything else is "nice to have".
I consider fire to be part of "shelter". Have at least 2 ways to start a fire, more if you can. Tarp or tent, sleeping bag or wool blanket, cordage for hanging/securing your tarp or tent (paracord will do, very strong, very compact and lightweight, gobs of uses) and you've rounded out your shelter.
A way to carry water (canteen, flask, nalgene bottle, stainless steel water bottle) and purify it (Aqua Pura tablets, Sawyer or Katadyn filter, steel pot/bottle to boil it in) or even a few bottles or pouches of water and you're set there.
You can actually skip food in a 72 hour kit if you really want to. You can survive without food for up to 3 weeks. If you just don't want to, or you think your get home/bug out bag needs to last you longer than that, then you have to figure on how much space you have, shelf life of what you put in, and the fact that the shelf life on that stuff is going to tank if you leave it sitting in your car all day regardless of the weather. MREs only have a shelf life of about a month in temperatures above 120 degrees. Your car will exceed that in less than an hour during the summer. Freeze dried foods might fare a little better at those temperatures, but they're still going to lose a lot of shelf life at high temperatures.