Category: Equipment / Supplies
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Preparing a Survival Kit for Your Car Can Help You in Everyday Driving too! (Guest Post)
Cars offer the extra feeling of safety because they have a shell that can protect you. However this shell cannot help you when you are stranded in the middle of nowhere unless you packed a survival kit in it. A few small things that you keep in your vehicle can sustain you for a long…
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OxyLED Q6 Smart Rechargeable LED Flashlight Review
I received this OxyLED® Q6 Led Lamp / Lantern for review and I can honestly say that I was surprised at how useful of a light it’s turning out to be. Thought I have many lights–in the form of flashlights, lanterns, and headlamps–I’ve never had a flashlight like this, in that, it’s sort of like a…
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Last Stand: Warlords – Fun Survival Book Review! + Giveaway!!
Thus far I’ve had a chance to read and review all three of William Weber’s exciting survival book series, Last Stand. It’s been a fun, interesting, and continuous read and, in fact, the Last Stand series has been the ONLY fiction books I’ve read in years. Weber’s newest addition to the Last Stand series is…
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The Prepper Pages: A Surgeon’s Guide to Scavenging Items for a Medical Kit, and Putting Them to Use While Bugging Out
I was recently sent this book The Prepper Pages: A Surgeon’s Guide to Scavenging Items for a Medical Kit, and Putting Them to Use While Bugging Out (as a Kindle edition) to review. I quickly obliged. First, so you understand the book, here’s the Amazon description: “In the two hours it takes to read our…
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Attach Res-Q-Me to Seat Belt for BEST Accessibility
This just recently dawned on me and though I’ve yet to purchase the handy Res-Q-Me Keychain Car Escape Tool (pack of 2) for my own use, I have been contemplating where the best place to keep it would be when I do. Photos show it attached to keychains like this: But I’m wondering if that’s…
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17 Great Ways to Use Your Foodsaver for Preparedness
I’ve been thinking about my foodsaver again lately. After the post on Foodsaver Successes, Failures, and Tips I figured I would point out many of the positive ways you can and should use a foodsaver for preparedness. While I own the FoodSaver V2244 Vacuum Sealing System (which is a budget model) I’d say it’s served…
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16+ Abrasives and Lubricants for SHTF
It’s easy to get focused on the items we NEED for survival and forget about everything else. Water, food, ammo, and so on are the easy ones to think about. But what about all the other stuff that makes life easier but just aren’t nearly as sexy when it comes to SHTF blog posts? There’s…
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Foodsaver Successes, Failures, and Tips
I’m sure I’ve said it before but I NEVER use my FoodSaver to seal leftovers or for any foods whatsoever. I use it exclusively to prolong the life of supplies and gear that I want to better protect from oxygen and moisture. That was the plan anyway. I’ve done so for years and rarely had…
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Put Your Vehicle Door Pads to Good Use
Sometimes I feel like I take my prepping overboard… and my car is no exception. I literally have stuff shoved everywhere, from the nooks and crannies of the spare tire well to the glove box, under seats, and in bins and bags in the back. Sometimes I wonder if I could actually fit more stuff…