The first thing you need to pack for gear is always the essentials, like a compass, multi-tool, lighter and.or matches, and food and water, not useless Ipods or portable TVs and other electric junk. Weapons are not an essential because not everyone will need a weapon, for example a Kung Fu master can just go all Kung Fu snapping necks left and right instead of lugging around a weapon to slow them down. If you have extra space left you can always pack items that aren't needed, but simply useful to have, such as a portable radio, a non-electric entertainment item(non-electric to save batteries) maybe a tarp, the list goes on and on. However a weapon should be packed before you start to pack the non essentials.

Now an impenatrible suit of knight armor may sound nice, but remember, those are extremely heavy and loud. So now that bulky armor sounds like a bad idea, your thinking just a T-shirt and Jeans, its fast and quiet, right? Well it is, it's just it doesn't really provide any protection, you have to find a happy median when searching for the right equipment. So armor is completely on a personal preference level because everyone has different needs for their armor, but I know that I will be trying to wear thick clothing to cover my whole body. I will probably be wearing a leather jacket and a heavy sweater underneath as well as a T-shirt to wear when relaxing or resting; this is to provide a hard to breach leather exterior, but a soft cushion underneath to protect from impact force as well as bite force. On my legs I will be wearing jeans and maybe spandex under to provide the simular effect as my top half but allow more breathing. I will be wearing Military issue boots, that are roughly 10 inches up the leg from the bottom of the heel. On my hands I will be wearing thin leather gloves, but i also have some fingerless gloves that let my hands breath more and sweat less to substitute protection for comfort when the time comes. My neck will be covered from the collar of my jacket when I pop it up, and the top of my head will either be covered by my kevlar helmet or a bush cap, again I have the ability to trade off protection for comfort.

Now this is all fine and Dandy armor, but you need to think, "Where do I let the Zombies Bite?" yes that's right, let them bite you, if you let the zombie bite a controlled area of yourself than you reduce the risk of hit biting through your clothes. I am going to be putting preferably steal pads in my forearms, to hold my arms out to let them bit one and shoot or smash with the other, I will also be wearing some form of shin guards and leaving a form of shoulder guards back at camp to wear when I need protection not comfort. However, it is not recommended that you attempt a controlled bite, use it as a last resort.

Choose your armor wisely because the room and capacity it has will be very important, you want lots of strong pockets to hold many supplies, and a sling to carry your weapon, but you don't want your backpack/BOB to get in the way of your sling. After your all geared up think how long you will be able to walk with it on, think about how far you can run, and think about carrying it for weeks on end. Now go take out the stuff that makes it too hard for your little wussy back to carry, and then your ready to set off.