Lip balm may be a dime a dozen right now, but in SHTF it is going to quickly become a much sought-after commodity largely due to just how many uses this resource can be. Learn a few of the dozens of uses below.

Protecting wounds, starting fires, and waterproofing your leather. Just these three uses makes lip balm one of the most valuable things you can carry in your bug out bag.

Throw in the additional uses of zipper smoothing, making improvised candles, blade protecting, and using the bottle to hide rolls of cash, and what started as an insanely useful little tool quickly becomes an absolute necessity.

And as a bonus, you can just throw a handful of tubes in your bag and they’ll just fill in the space of your bag without having to make room for them.