As a prepper, it's always wise to learn how to take everyday items and use them in ways that will make life easier during a disaster. Knowing how to do this might even save your life someday. One everyday item that you will definitely find in the majority of homes is coffee. It's been estimated that four out of five … [Read more...]
18 Off-Grid Uses For Tin Cans
There is one item that every prepper in the world is guaranteed to have: canned food. Even if they mostly have dehydrated or freeze-dried food, every prepper has at least one can or corn or beans somewhere. And of course, canned food usually comes in tin cans. Most people throw them away without a second thought, … [Read more...]
30 Amazing Uses for Wood Ashes
All preppers are bound to find themselves in possession of wood ashes at some point. Whether it's from your fireplace, a campfire, or somewhere else, you're going to end up with a big pile of ashes. So why not doing something useful with it? Believe it or not, wood ashes are incredibly versatile. You can use them to … [Read more...]
18 Alternative Uses for Plastic Milk Jugs
If you plan on living through a major disaster or economic collapse, you're going to need a certain amount of ingenuity. Almost everything around you has multiple uses if you know how to think outside the box. Nothing is "just a can" or "just a bag" or "just a milk jug." Everything can be something more if you know … [Read more...]
20 Survival Uses for Condoms
If you're living through a long-term disaster, you really don't want to be pregnant or get someone pregnant. And disaster or no, there will be times when people give in to their urges. That's why I think condoms are an important part of any survival cache. But contraception isn't the only reason you should stock up … [Read more...]
50 Survival Items You Can Find Around The House
All preppers have that moment where they feel completely overwhelmed by all the survival items they want to buy. If you're feeling this way, just relax, list the items in order of importance, and focus on one thing at a time. You'll get there. You should also consider the possibility that you already have many of … [Read more...]
12 Uses for Glow Sticks in a Survival Scenario
Glow sticks are also known as light sticks or chemlights. I'm not gonna get into the details of how they work. All you need to know is that if you bend them, the glass inside breaks and they start glowing in the dark. If you want more details, check out this Wikipedia article. Once you light them up, they last … [Read more...]
27 Uses for Alcohol After the SHTF
When people stockpile items and equipment for SHTF, they usually focus on food, water, ammunition, medical supplies, and so forth. That's fine, but since all their attention is on the main things, they tend to overlook the little things... things that will be very useful. For example, alcohol. Most preppers don't … [Read more...]
15 Brilliant Uses for Buckets
One of my favorite ways to preserve food is to seal it in Mylar bags and store them in food grade buckets. With this method you can store a lot of food in a small space, your food will have a very long shelf life, and you can reuse the buckets as many times as you want. But there's another bonus to using buckets … [Read more...]
16 Survival Uses For Zip Ties
Part of being a resourceful prepper means finding small yet common items that we take for granted in our daily lives and learning how to use them a survival situation, hopefully in multiple ways. Zip ties are a prime example of such an item. Like duct tape, their survival and non-survival uses are practically … [Read more...]
25 SHTF Uses For WD-40
Almost everyone has a can of WD-40 somewhere in their home. If you don't, you should get one next time you're at the store. WD-40 isn't just for lubricating squeaky hinges. According to the manufacturer, it has over 2000 uses! Of course, most of those uses involve cleaning things around the house. The question is: … [Read more...]
32 Foods That Aren’t Just For Eating
Regular readers of this blog already know that I love learning about alternative uses for everyday items. Not only is it fun and interesting, but it saves me money and makes me feel more prepared. For example, a while back I realized that instead of buying lots of household cleaners, air fresheners, and toothpaste, … [Read more...]
