Breakstate
Packing OS by Breakstate

The system in your hand

Find the right gear in under five seconds.

Nine modules, named on laser-cut, Velcro-backed Cordura patches and held on the bags you already own with reusable straps.

Target launch price $79 USD. No payment is taken during field testing.

Module label mockup

M1 · Medical

reusable straphook-and-loop backingmodule code · large & bold
Not to scale· Colour by module family· 60 × 60 mm patch

01 · Problem

Anonymous bags make you slow.

You're on the side of the road. It's raining. Someone needs the medical kit. You have three identical black dry bags on the bike and you can't remember which one.

That's not a preparation problem. It's an identification problem - and it lives on the label, not the bag.

02 · Solution

Give the module an identity.

A high-contrast patch names the module. A reusable strap holds it to any container. The bag can change - the label doesn't. Identity moves with the kit, bike to hotel to plane to boat.

In the field

Nine modules. One glance.

Laser-cut, Velcro-backed Cordura patches on the bags you already run. Colour and code do the work - no rummaging, no re-reading, no second-guessing.

  • · High-contrast on any bag colour
  • · Laser-cut edges - no fray in weather
  • · Hook-and-loop backing · reusable
Nine Packing OS modules - M1 Medical, T1 Tools/Repair, W1 Water, C1 Camp/Sleep, F1 Food, E1 Electronics, D1 Docs/Nav, P1 Personal, S1 Survival - each carrying a laser-cut, Velcro-backed Cordura patch on real bags.
Nine core modules · rev-3· Laser-cut, Velcro-backed Cordura patches· Field photograph

Packing OS Starter Kit

The complete nine-module system.

  • Module patches9 (all core modules)
  • Blank patch1 + paint marker + custom-print QR
  • Reusable straps6 (mixed widths)
  • Quick-start cardField-manual format
  • Weight< 220 g total
  • CompatibilityAny strap, dry bag or roll

Field-test build

Early kits ship at cost to a small group of testers. Feedback goes back into the next revision. If you want to be part of that group, tell us your trip type and vehicle in the field-test form.

Starter kit contents

rev-3

Nine module patches. Select a code to open its field reference.

CU module

CU

Custom patch

For whatever your expedition needs that we haven't named yet. Order printed, or paint the code yourself.

Plus

Straps × 6

Mixed widths, hook-and-loop backing.

Blank × 1

Paint marker + custom-print QR included.

Field card

Quick-start, laminated.

Under 220 g

Adds nothing meaningful to your load.

M1 module

Medical

The kit for you. The kit for the person you find.

What belongs here

M1 covers two kits, not one. The kit that keeps you alive between the incident and evacuation. And the kit you deploy for the driver you find in a freezing ditch.

The field lesson

Wilpena dehydration and the Seward roadside - medical and tools stop being separate modules in the field.

Pressure-test the module

Four questions before departure.

  1. 01

    Do you carry the trauma essentials - tourniquet, pressure dressing, chest seal?

  2. 02

    Is your kit accessible in seconds, not minutes?

  3. 03

    Have you taken a wilderness first-aid course in the last 3 years?

  4. 04

    Do you know the nearest hospital and evacuation route for every leg?

Before departure

  • Check that your medical supplies cover more than minor injuries and keep the trauma kit accessible.
  • Include supplies for helping another person and review whether your training is current.
  • Prepare an evacuation plan for each leg, rather than relying on a generic plan.

Run all nine modules against the expedition you are planning.

Start Expedition OS

Field test

Help us test the first production run.

No payment. We will invite a small group to test the first production run and tell us what survives real travel.

No payment taken
Target launch price $79 USD