Hello,
Does anyone else find it annoying an nonsensical that you somehow fit EIGHT (sometimes more) tools/weapons in your tiny backback that only has 20 slots?
I present to you... the toolbelt! A literal belt that is separate from your backback inventory and has a minimum of eight slots for all your weapons, tools, canteen and torches. I says a minimum of eight because I like to carry spare torches - the torch+ doesn't last so long that one is enough to explore an entire anthill sometimes. Or, if you prefer the helmeted approach, you'd need an extra slot for the firefly helmet. Yes, this is a survival game and managing your inventory is important, but it just doesn't make sense for these teenagers to not wear toolbelts - or belts of any description for that matter.
You could even go one step further and not have the toolbelt at game start; the devs could probably make it an item that you find and, once you equip it, it permanently adds slots to your inventory, just for your tool.