Category: Equipment / Supplies
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290+ Ways to Use Four Basic Supplies for a Healthier Life
The more I’m exposed to prepping the more I feel like it’s about re-learning how to live a healthier lifestyle every bit as much as being prepared for emergencies. These days, we’re programmed to go to the store and purchase whatever products are prominently displayed on the store shelves without giving it a second thought.…
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CONTEST POST: Two Camp and Pack Tools Worth Getting by T.R., EAL
Today I would like to mention two camping and backpacking tools that are inexpensive, yet worth the purchase. Sometimes the simplest piece of gear, can give you the most use on a day to day basis if you have it on hand out in the woods. Bothe are small, relatively light weight, and are multi-purpose. I’m…
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CONTEST POST: Prepping on an Extremely Small Budget by G.R.
For the last 18 years, I have supported a family of 6 to 10 people on under $18,000 a year, an extremely small budget, but through it all I have managed to be a prepper. Until the last couple of years, I did not know I was a prepper, it has always been a way…
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CONTEST POST: 7 Survival Tools for Camping with Kids by T.L.
The tools I pack for a camping trip may seem unorthodox or a too extensive, but I believe you need the proper preparation to handle any drastic situation in the wilderness, especially with children. I was always the younger brother that older siblings took to baseball games, waterparks, and other events. I never got the…
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What Did We Ever Do Without Plastic? …The Many Plastic Preps We Rely Upon
I’m still amazed at how pervasive plastics are–in all of its forms–in our modern society. The most amazing part is that the plastics we’re accustomed to using really didn’t become mass produced until around WWII or so. In just a matter of a few generations, plastics have become so ingrained that you simply cannot get…
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Why Buckets Should be a TOP Priority Purchase
If there’s one supply that I feel people tend to overlook in their preps for long term survival, it’s buckets. Yup, buckets. Buckets of all sizes and shapes, from larger five and six gallon buckets to simple pails. Heck, why not throw in large drums while I’m at it, but that’s not what this post…
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What Makes More Sense: Stock the Supplies or Stock the Ingredients?
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about making more and more of my own supplies. While I’ve made things like toothpaste, deodorant, laundry detergent, and a few other cleaning products in the past, I’ve been contemplating going “all in” if you will, and attempting to make as much as I can. My reasoning is for…
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8 Smart Ways to Save Money on Preps
A buddy of mine sent me a link to this article on how a family of four lives on 14K a year and said I should write a post about it because apparently I’m cheap or maybe just broke (FYI, he’s always been much more frugal than I). Likewise, I’ve been seeing a lot of…
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High Yield Low Cost Barter Items
Barter items are often discussed as a necessary prep. Generally, I discourage people from stockpiling barter items because you really should be focusing on what you and your family can use and will need to survive… it seems there’s always something that you haven’t bought yet–I know I always have this problem–or that you can buy…