Modern human civilization has become so reliant on technology that we almost can’t cope at all without it. When was the last time you had to deal with a power outage, and how long did it last? A phone with a cracked screen or terrible phone reception when you really needed it? While technology has made things a hell of … [Read more...]
Urban Survival: Vulture Toolkit
Here's a controversial topic for preppers: If you're trying to survive a disaster in an urban area, should you take things you need from abandoned cars, homes, and buildings? For me, it depends on the situation. If my child has a deadly infection and I need life-saving antibiotics right away, I think it would be okay … [Read more...]
Urban Altoids Survival Tin
The Urban Prepper has a very cool urban survival tin. Most survival tins only have things you would need to survive a disaster: lighter, knife, fishing line, water purification tablets, and the like. But this is more of an "urban convenience" tin. It's made up of things an urban dweller might find useful on a day to … [Read more...]
The Truth About Survival Gear
Today I want to share a video by Canadian Prepper. It's about all the new survival gear showing up in the market. The preparedness niche has grown massively ever since the Great Recession, and with all these new products to choose from, it's very tempting to become obsessed with buying the latest and greatest survival … [Read more...]
13 Essential Items For Your Get Home Bag
Let’s begin today’s article with a simple question: How much time do you spend at home compared to the time you spend at work, running errands, driving, in school, visiting friends, and so forth? Now let’s suppose something bad happens while you’re away from home, something like a random car accident that leaves you … [Read more...]
An Emergency Candle That Can’t Possibly Start a Fire
Recently I was contacted by Kevin's Kandles about a product called Safer Emergency Candles. Unlike regular candles, these can't possibly start a fire since they were designed for use in a glass of water. If you leave it unattended, eventually it will go out. And if you knock over the glass, the water will extinguish … [Read more...]
Grab-N-Go Medical Bag: 50+ Essential Items
The Urban Prepper is probably the most organized prepper on Youtube, as evidenced by his video on prepping circles. In this video, he talks about what items you should include in your grab-n-go medical bag and why. To make it easier for you, he created a PDF file that lists and explains every item and includes … [Read more...]
World’s Smallest Stove: Olicamp Ion Micro Titanium
I've often talked about the importance of keeping your bug out bag as light as possible. There are many ways to do this, but one of the best ways is to replace some of the items in your bag with lighter versions. For example, mini flashlights and radios as opposed to the standard size. Or tiny stoves, which is the … [Read more...]
Survival Gear I’m Ashamed to Own
Here's something different (and funny) for a change. Canadian Prepper is one of the most knowledgeable preppers on Youtube, but even he has made some questionable decisions, such as the decisions to purchase these ridiculous survival items. I myself have made some silly purchases before, so I can definitely … [Read more...]
33 Survival Items You Can Fit In Your Pocket
When most people think about disaster survival, they assume they'll need a big bag of heavy gear. When the disaster strikes, they frantically throw things into a bag only to realize they don't have nearly enough room and it already weighs over 50 pounds. It's easy to get carried away. Most of us are so accustomed to … [Read more...]
15 Different Key Chain Tools for Preppers
I like having a couple key chain tools as part of my everyday carry gear because they're very difficult to lose and impossible to forget if you want to go somewhere. In this video, Tim from Everyday Tactical Vids talks about 15 tools you should consider getting. For the full list of items and links to their pages … [Read more...]
13 Ways Paracord Could Actually Save Your Life
If you've ever browsed a survival site or read a book about survivalism, you've no doubt heard of paracord. There are countless articles about it, and it's considered a staple in any bug out bag. But if you've never used it yourself, you might be wondering what the big deal is. In a nutshell, paracord is the strongest, … [Read more...]
