MYOG Field Repair Kit

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A palm-sized sewing and patching kit that fixes packs, tents, quilts, and clothing in the field — built from the MYOG community’s consensus list.

Purpose

Repair torn fabric, blown seams, failed buckles, and worn webbing well enough to finish the trip — and often well enough to be permanent.

Day two of five: a pack strap seam lets go, or a branch opens a six-inch tear in your tent fly. Twenty minutes with this kit and the trip continues.

Sewing needles (heavy duty)×3 assorted
Including one sailmaker size for webbing; store in a labeled mini tube.
Why: Stitching is the only field repair that holds under load — tape fails exactly where packs stress.
Repair thread (bonded nylon/polyester)×1 field bobbin (Tex 70)
Wound flat on a card from your main spool.
Why: Tex 70 bonded nylon is the r/myog consensus: strong enough for webbing, fine enough for fly fabric.
Duct tape×3 ft wrapped flat
Fourth kit on this site to include it — fast patches before sewing at camp.
Why: Triage layer: tape stabilizes the tear on trail so the sewn repair can wait for camp.
Trauma shears×1 small pair
Doubles from your first aid kit — clean fabric cuts without a knife.
Why: Clean edges make sewable repairs; a knife point next to inflatable gear is how one repair becomes two.

Paracord (550)×10 ft
Inner strands work as heavy thread or a drawcord replacement.
Nitrile gloves×1 pair
Seam grip and adhesives are easier without sticky fingers.

A kit you don’t maintain is a box of expired hope. Suggested cadence:

Interval	Task
After each trip	Replace used tape/thread; check needles for rust.
Yearly	Replace adhesive patches (they age even sealed) and re-wax any waxed thread.

Full spools, machine needles, seam ripper, and fabric stock — the field kit is a subset of the bench.

Add down-proof patch tape; a down leak is a race against loft loss.

Add TPU patches and the adhesive your boat manufacturer specifies.

Repairs to load-bearing gear (harnesses, ropes, anchors) are life-safety decisions — retire that gear instead of field-fixing it.

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Revision status: approved Last edited 2026-07-01 by human editor