Below you'll find a list of all posts from March, 2015
Night vision is a great item to have in your bug out bag. Think about bugging out and/or having to travel at night for safety reasons. It makes perfect sense that if you had to bug out because of a threat chances are good it would be at night. You also need to think about navigating at night. If you …
Today’s task- Well, I hit a sale and picked up a generator. We have been putting it off but after the last few years we thought we should get one. We are good without power since we can swing it without. But honestly it is so much nicer with the ability to run the freezers a few hours at a time …
Too Bad more people didn’t read this 4 years ago…wow its crazy right now. So how much toilet paper do you need to stock up on for when the Shit Hits The Fan….literally? The average American uses about 20,000 sheets of toilet paper a year. From what I find the average roll has about 362 sheets of toilet paper. That …
Reloading or hand-loading ammo is a great skill to have and something that any prepper with firearms should be doing or at least preparing for. Even if you do not reload now but think you may in the future you should start collecting the components. You can purchase all of the components you need (brass, bullets, primers and powder), …
I have bought the big 60-serving food buckets of dehydrated food with a 25-year shelf life and felt that all-in-all it’s a good deal. The buckets cost you a little over $100 and honestly the food tastes great. The disadvantages are that they are very high in salt and are not food allergy friendly. The additional salt is welcome if …
When you look at being prepared you need to ask yourself what you are preparing for, and where might you be when it happens? You never know when something bad could happen so it is difficult to know where you will be. You need to think about your current location and if you are going to be able to handle …
This is a water purifier that produces Chlorine from table salt that you then use to purify your water. It can be charged with a USB cord and even has a solar charger as a back up. You can purify 150 liters per charge. You need to check it out. Here is a link to their site – Potable Aqua …
Ammunition needs to stored in a dry clean environment. Military ammo cans are a great storage container and are easy to find on the surplus market and fairly inexpensive. The plastic cans that are available are less money but not as sturdy as the metal military cans. Another thing you may want to consider is the overall weigh of a …
It the scenario is a total breakdown of society, there is a good ongoing debate whether you are safer in a group or alone. I would argue on the side of having a group and have them selected prior to the event. This is something that you should talk about now and have a plan in place with everyone involved …