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

M-01

M1MEDICALEXPEDITION OSreusable 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.

Module guide

Nine modules. One complete system.

Use the field reference to pressure-test what belongs in each module, why it matters and what ready looks like before departure.

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?

Assessment

Green

Trauma kit accessible, second kit for others, training current, evac plan per leg.

Amber

Kit present but training expired or evac plan generic.

Red

Boo-boo kit only, no trauma capability, no evac 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