I should probably add a reflective vest. That's a good idea. At home, I've got a pretty good adjustable rolling stool I picked up at Harbor Freight. Has a tray on the bottom with a magnetic pad where I can set all the nuts. Wasn't sure it was going to be worth the $110, but it's proved itself on a lot of jobs. It's been great for lawn mower servicing and the like. I like that it has a little back to the seat. Adds some stability. https://www.harborfreight.com/professional-adjustable-shop-seat-with-tool-storage-black-58658.html I also just ordered a couple collapsible stools off Temu. Probably junk, but it was under $20 for two of them including shipping. If they work, great; if not, I'm not out that much. I wanted something that would fold up really small so I could tuck it into one of the side pockets in the cargo area.
I love that set up except for the need for the battery to be charged. Life doing what it does, when I have a flat I will also have forgotten to charge the wrench battery.
I use Ryobi tools, so I have a bunch of batteries. And they've got a button to press to see the state of charge. I check every once in awhile(maybe every month or two) and if it's less than 4/4 bars, I swap it with one of my other batteries. I use 4Ah batteries for this, so even at half charge they still would have enough juice to do a full tire rotation and completely fill a couple flats. You don't want to get stranded unprepared in a bad ND winter. The cell phone changed everything, but I grew up pre-cell phone when at least a few people died every winter from getting stranded on the road. What really drove it home to my generation was a family of four all dying inside the city limits of Fargo on a major street during a snowstorm. They got stuck going under a railroad underpass and let the exhaust pipe get covered in snow(even though they cleared it at least a couple times). Carbon monoxide poisoning.
I got a donut for my Gen 5 but I suspect I'll be calling roadside assistance to install it if I ever need to, unless the car's in the driveway. It's not that I want to avoid the physical effort. It's that I find the idea of mucking around the side of the road while cars are zipping around very unappealing. Also, it rains a lot around here and working in the rain is no fun.
My VW beetle had the spare in the front trunk and use the pressure from the tire to power the windshield washer.
You can still get an OEM Toyota collapsible all-metal, wheel chock, 09184-00010, and a bag for it, 09120-28040, and probably the rest of the kit, even today!
Besides a full-size spare tire, I also keep a 2,000 amp car jump starter, a better scissor jack, and an 18-volt cordless tire inflator in my Prius. (Got to test out the jump starter on a Jeep and it worked great for him.) In my Tundra, I also have a heavy duty tow strap to help folks out if they get stuck in the snow. (Little Honda's seem to need the most help around here!)
