We talk about which tools and gear are best for survival situations, we give you our top picks, and even teach you how to use some of these.
But remember, skills and knowledge always trump tools and gear.
There simply isn’t anything better than quality bargain preps when you are working to fulfill all the items on your survival plan wish list. There are many places to score cheap preps: online, in outdoors stores, flea markets, yard sale… and brick and mortar military surplus stores. Far too often, folks think only military gear […]
27 Items to Score at Military Surplus Stores Read More »
There are all kinds of ways to go about making a survival kit for you and your family or group. You can have kits in bags, kits on shelves, kits in tubs and kits in crates. One kit I’ll bet you have never considered is a survival kit in a trash can! No, your dear
How to Make a Stealth Trash Can Survival Kit Read More »
Preppers are not typically the type of folks who are addicted to “screen time”, but adjusting to an off grid lifestyle during a SHTF event and the long-term disaster days that follows, will still be a massive change. Watching the news every night on television, flipping the channel so the kids can entertain themselves, or
25 Survival Board and Card Games to Help Pass Time When SHTF Read More »
A Kelly kettle is not just another brand of electric or gas kettle, it’s a unique camping kettle that requires just a bit of grass and a few twigs to deliver boiling water in just six minutes. For anyone who has tried boiling water over a fire is a pretty nifty time. When you are
Kelly Kettle Full Review Read More »
Taking along camping items for your dog has a two-fold purpose – it makes the dog’s trip more comfortable and your own trip hassle free so you can enjoy exploring the outdoors together without glitches. The food your dog eats is not on this list – just make sure you don’t forget that very important
The 21 Best Dog Camping Gear Items Read More »
When it comes to self-defense as a prepper, you always want to make sure that you are armed and ready to use deadly force to defend yourself, your family, and your property. However, not every situation requires deadly force, and you cannot always be armed with a firearm. Therefore having a strong less than lethal
The 6 Pepper Sprays Best for EDC and Survival Read More »
Prepping is a commitment to a wholly new level of procedure, schedule and periodic activity. There are always things to do, skills to learn and topics to investigate. If you are a prepper, if never ends, and if it does, you aren’t really a prepper. To stay still, to remain idle, is to start the
The Importance of Equipment Checks Read More »
It’s easy to get caught up in a detailed discussion of constructing the just right list of supplies, gear and other preps to have for a given disaster. There is a shoe for every foot and a list for every kind of SHTF scenario, you might say. That’s fine, and optimization will indeed save the
10 More Mandatory Preps Regardless of How SHTF Read More »
When it comes to our outdoor equipment one of the items that get a lot of use if you do much camping and backpacking is the cook stove. It is one of the most essential pieces of gear you will own, so it’s important to do your research and make sure you are getting a
A Review of the MSR Whisperlite Camp Stove Read More »
Prepping entails a significant amount of physical and material preparation, and with the latter making ready entails significant expense. Most of us are not made of money, and even for those of us who are financially secure, there is always good cause to spend thriftily and steward your resources. Unfortunately the hunt for a good
10 Preps Your Should Not Cheap Out On Read More »
