Category: Equipment / Supplies

  • Top 164 Survival Gear and Equipment for Hiking, Camping, Bug Out

    Top 164 Survival Gear and Equipment for Hiking, Camping, Bug Out

    I decided to make a comprehensive list of the top survival gear and equipment for hiking, camping, and bug out survival. The list includes knives, axes, stoves, fire starters, water filters, flashlights, lanterns, backpacks, tools, multi-tools, tents, sleeping bags, emergency foods, and more. Enjoy! Top 12 Survival Knives Survival knives are a popular choice among…

  • Night Vision For Preppers

    Night Vision For Preppers

    When it came to the evolutionary ladder, the human predator was cut short on vision.  Sure, we get a full-color spectrum but we miss out on the sharpness of many animals and we are even farther from the natural night vision granted to most mammals. Because of our shortcoming, we have used technology to our…

  • 15 Items Every Prepper Should Hoard

    15 Items Every Prepper Should Hoard

    I tend to agree with most everything on the list, especially batteries and toilet paper, as one can NEVER have enough of either, lol. I was glad to see he included items like tarps and cordage since these items can be more useful than most folks realize during a SHTF emergency. I do, however, take…

  • Urban Altoids EDC Kit

    Urban Altoids EDC Kit

    Normally, I’m not a big fan of makeshift EDC kits like this, but The Urban Prepper usually does a good job with this kind of stuff and this project is no different. To give you an idea of the unusual contents, he includes a mini Leatherman multi-tool, USB charging cable, and a mini ratchet tool…

  • Camp Tarp Shelter Wizardry

    Camp Tarp Shelter Wizardry

    This guy is awesome! He’s always coming up with neat outdoor survival ideas, and this one is a great one to know for camping. FYI, he also links to a series of other tarp tent videos that may be of interest to you as well. Here’s the tarp shelter wizardry one; it’s a bit hard…

  • How to Set Up Your Garage for Survival

    How to Set Up Your Garage for Survival

    If you’re like most of us, your garage is one of two things: It’s either a catch-all for the junk that won’t fit in your house anymore but that you can’t bear to get rid of, or it’s a place to store and work on your car or your hobbies. Either way, it has a…

  • The Ultimate Backpacking Survival Rifle Build

    The Ultimate Backpacking Survival Rifle Build

    Looking for the “ultimate” survival rifle? Well, look no further than this Ruger 10/22 rifle (featuring the Gemtech Mist-22 silencer) with Magpul X-22 BackPacker stock (holds 3 ten-round mags), and Primary Arms Advanced Micro Dot sight mounted on a Magpul optics mount. All together you’re probably looking at around $1,000 to put this survival rifle…

  • DIY Solar Tracking System Inspired by NASA

    DIY Solar Tracking System Inspired by NASA

    I just love DIY ideas like this, don’t you? After all, I wrote an entire book about DIY survival projects, so it only stands to reason that I would, lol. In any case, the neat thing about this solar tracker is that it doesn’t need any GPS signal or computers to work but, instead, simply…

  • How To Utilize Trees For Survival: The Ultimate Guide To Surviving Off Of Trees

    How To Utilize Trees For Survival: The Ultimate Guide To Surviving Off Of Trees

    Earth Day always gives us a little time to think about the trees. Planting a tree on Earth Day is a tradition in many places, namely because these life-giving plants help provide clean air and natural resources like wood, as well as habitat for other living creatures. But trees aren’t just worthy of our appreciation…