How useful are the items people take with them?

[Inner Sight]

How useful are the items peopel take when they go on salvage trips? I'm aware the gas mask can keep them from getting sick early in the game when the fallout is still everywhere. And I've seen a lets play where someone used bug spray on mutant cockroaches outside. That's all I'm sure about though.

I assume sending them out with a gun or an axe helps them defend themself if they run into threats.

I can't imagine the radio being of any use to take out.

[erisfree]

I've had an occasion where they got 1 or 2 cans of food from taking out the padlock.

[Inner Sight]

Originally posted by erisfree:

I've had an occasion where they got 1 or 2 cans of food from taking out the padlock.

I ran into that last night.

I looked into the wiki for this game (didn't know there was one until after the fact of making this thread).

http://60seconds.wikia.com/wiki/60_Seconds!_Wikia

It seems a lot of items can pop their own events. Though the wiki seems incomplete it helped to clue me in.

[webfischi]

Yes that wiki seems incomplete, they could just watch the game code to get all information. When you take Items with you, it either protects from bandits or radiation (rifle/gasmask) or you can find supplies but those are very few, I remember that there is car somewhere and when you took the padlock they open the car with the key and you get a rifle. At the moment there are 18 of those Events in the game where you can get sth.

[Dominik Gotojuch]

Every item you take for an expedition may potentially benefit the expedition, either by increasing its chances of returning to shelter safely or acquiring additional supplies.

[Inner Sight]

Originally posted by Robot Gentleman:

Every item you take for an expedition may potentially benefit the expedition, either by increasing its chances of returning to shelter safely or acquiring additional supplies.

In a related followup question: do the characters have various advantages and disadvantages on salvage trips? The wiki said Timmy was "the best" and Mary Jane was "the worst" at salvaging.

[necro]

I like to send them out with the gas mask because it seems to reduce the chance of sickness. And I don't know if i'm just lucky but whenever I send out timmy he comes back with an amazing haul. So try timmy with a gas mask I guess.

[Inner Sight]

That's typically what I do anyway. But I haven't really noticed any differences in the hauls. the one and only time I returned with nothing was a time I used mary Jane though - she was the only one left that wasn't tired.