Emergency Stove Review: Stove In A Can
So you have been prepping for a while and have a good supply of emergency food stored, but do you have a companion emergency stove stored with your food? Even if you have nothing but food that is already cooked and ready, you are going …
Read More →Emergency Radio Review – American Red Cross FRX3
Superstorm Sandy has proved to many the wisdom of having an emergency radio on hand that is powered by alternative means. Without power or a large supply of batteries, people in Sandy’s destructive wake had no way to find out about important news like where …
Read More →Survival Gear Review — Waka Waka Solar Lamp
We have all seen solar LED lamps before, they sell them in most big-box stores to light up walkways and accent gardens. It was only a matter of time before someone took the concept of the solar led to the next logical step and designed …
Read More →Survival Gear Review | SteriPEN UV Light Water Purifiers
There are many ways to treat and sterilize water. There are high tech ways, low tech ways, and lots of in-between ways. One isn’t necessarily better than the other but redundancy is important. Remember the old military saying: “Two is One and One is None”. …
Read More →Survival Gear Video — How to Make a Feather Stick
One of the most important survival skills is the ability to make a fire in less than ideal weather conditions…even if all of the wood that you find is wet. It doesn’t have to have rained for wood to be damp, even a heavy dew …
Read More →Daily Awareness | New Era of EMP Weapons
Boeing is working on a new Advanced Missile System called the Counter-electronics High-powered Microwave Advanced Missile Project (CHAMP) that uses high powered microwaves to emit a controlled, narrow beamed EMP pulse intended to take down enemy electronics. It is highly focused, so there is no collateral …
Read More →The Woodsman’s Pal — Indispensable Survival Tool
The Woodsman’s Pal is a great tool for clearing bush, campsites, and trails. It is a compact, well balanced tool that is part axe and part machete. I think of it as a wilderness multi-tool. History of the Woodsman’s Pal The history of the Woodsman’s …
Read More →Survival Gear Video — Using a FireSteel With Natural Tinder
FireSteels are wonderful survival tools: they are waterproof, inexpensive, small enough to carry on a key chain, and very reliable. They require a tinder though to start a fire. That’s why many survivalists carry either natural or man-made tinder with them in their EDC kits. …
Read More →Atax Hand Axe | The Swiss Army Knife of Axes
Not all survival gear is normal. Some takes a lot of imagination and innovation before it ever see’s production. That’s why I started a new category titled Survival Gadgets. The Atax Hand Axe by Tops Knives is a perfect example of a survival gadget and …
Read More →7 Thing You Can Do Right Now To Prepare For Frankenstorm
Last year it was the Halloween Nor’easter that crippled parts of New England. This year it is a potentially more devastating storm that many have termed ‘Frankenstorm’. The official name of the storm is Sandy but many weather forcasters have been calling it Frankenstorm because …
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