If you truly want to live off the grid, but you don't want to give up electricity, then you'll need to spend some time learning about battery systems. It's not as simple as plugging your home into a battery bank, turning on your lights and AC, and calling it a day. There's a lot … [Read more...]
9 Tips for Buying the Best EDC Flashlight
Across the entire Internet, I doubt there's a single list of survival supplies that doesn't include a flashlight. Even people who have never heard the term "prepper" know you should have a flashlight in case of emergency. Unfortunately, 99% of people don't put any thought into … [Read more...]
30 Survival Skills Modern People Have Forgotten
Every generation is skilled at using the technology of its era. For example, people today are very good at driving cars, using smartphones, setting up home entertainment systems, and so forth. The problem is, if the end of the world as we know it ever happens, all those skills … [Read more...]
20 Crime Prevention Tips From a Veteran Cop
I've learned countless crime prevention tips over the years--some good, some bad--but when they come from a veteran cop, I pay close attention. Police officers have about a thousand times more experience with crime than the average citizen. They learn the many ways burglars break … [Read more...]
The Art of Blending In: 5 Tips From a Counterintelligence Special Agent
One of the main differences between wilderness survival and city survival is that in the city there are far more people to deal with. I've written a little about home security and self defense, but there's something else urban survivalists need to learn about: blending in. … [Read more...]
32 DIY Projects for Preppers
If you're the type of prepper who likes to spend time in the garage or outside building your own things, then you need to check out these articles from Skilled Survival. There are enough DIY projects here to keep you busy for a while. The first article is about DIY survival … [Read more...]
Similar to Morphine: Natural Painkiller in Your Backyard
Recently I read an article about the medicinal benefits of lactuca virosa, otherwise known as wild lettuce. I found it very interesting because I've seen it growing in my neighborhood. Lots of it, in fact. I remember learning that it has effects similar to opium, but since there … [Read more...]
10 Things You Didn’t Know You Can Make At Home
As some of you may have noticed, I'm no longer curating two articles every week like I used to (in case you don't know, "curating" is when I make a post about an article on another site). Instead, I'll just be doing this once a week on Sundays. Sometimes I'll comment on an … [Read more...]
6 Ways to Keep Your Food Cold Without Electricity
We are right in the middle of summer, and it's a hot one. Parts of the United States have seen record high temperatures, and in Phoenix, nearly 50 flights were canceled because some planes can only operate in temperatures of 118 degrees F or less. Of course, the heat is no … [Read more...]
5 Disaster Movie Scenarios That Probably Won’t Happen
Thanks to disaster movies and survival TV shows, most people have a very unrealistic idea of what will happen after the shit hits the fan. You know what I'm talking about: The power goes out, and immediately people flood into the streets and start rioting and killing each other … [Read more...]
32 Tips for Finding & Purifying Water
At this point, there are literally hundreds--maybe even thousands--of articles about finding and purifying water, but every now and then I come across one that stands head and shoulders above the rest. This one, in particular, is my personal favorite and anyone who is interested … [Read more...]
17 Prepping Tips Every Newbie Should Know
Sometimes people complain when I post survival information that is "obvious" or "for newbies." I understand where they're coming from, but I think they'd be surprised just how many of my visitors are brand new preppers. I regularly get messages from people asking where to start … [Read more...]
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