Did you know you could recharge batteries without electricity? That’s right, no electricity needed, a completely off-grid battery charger. This is a cool product! A fellow reader of this blog recommended I look into a prepper product that recharge batteries using salt-water created by Greenivative. The company agreed to let […]
It was time… time to update my analog radio to a digital preparedness radio. What is a preparedness radio? A preparedness radio is a radio that gets the National Oceanic and Atmospheric (NOAA) stations also known as emergency weather stations. It also should have multiple power source options. Preparedness […]
Stanford Outdoor Supply has two B.O.S.S. Survival Kits worth checking out. The first is a 127 piece Fishing and Hunting Kit. The second is a 33 piece Fire Starting Kit. In previous posts, you’ll find articles on assembling a mini fishing kit and fire starting kit but I get the occasional […]
Choosing the best food for your bug out bag can be challenging. There are several things to consider: shelf life, calories, taste, weight, bulk, fragility, and prep time. Here are several bug out bag food ideas that I have used in my emergency kits over the years that […]
An item that every emergency kit should have, but a small percentage actually do, is a power bank. A power bank can charge a depleted cell phone when a conventional outlet isn’t available. My husband is a Boy Scout leader and he took a power bank for the […]
You may have heard someone talking about it or seen it in the home improvement isle or maybe this post is your first exposure to it but what is FiberFix? It’s an epoxy wrap that’s used to repair broken items around your home such as: tool handles, table […]
It took me a long time before I even considered purchasing powdered milk for food storage. First, I do NOT enjoy milk. It’s just not something you’ll find in my fridge. Second, my parents introduced me to powdered milk as a child, YUCK! My dad had a seasonal […]
I bought an MRE seven years ago but never tried it or even opened it to see what was inside, it simply sat in my bug out bag until now. While reading One Second After (a fictional doomsday story) I learned that there were goodies inside the pouches and […]
MPOWERD has an Eco-friendly, off-grid portable light called the Luci Lantern. The Luci Light is simple to operate because it was designed well. On one end are the solar panels and the on/off button. On the other end is the mouthpiece to inflate it. There is also a […]
Being a part of a emergency preparedness community has its advantages. One of those advantages is that you can ask for advice, opinions, and/or feed-back to questions you have. A fellow prepper recently ask me what emergency preparedness items would be a good gift for a non-prepper. If […]