Gear

Quick Review of the Gerber Bear Grylls Knife Sharpener

April 1, 2013

I picked this up over the weekend because when I was out at the family home / Bug Out Location, I realized I forgot a knife sharpener. So, when I ran out to pick a couple items up for the family dinner, I also picked up the Bear Grylls Knife Sharpener. Not unlike the Bear [...]

Tagged as: Bear Grylls, Gear, Gear Review, Knife Sharpener

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New Jersey Preparedness and Alternative Energy Show – April 20th, in Woodbury, NJ

March 27, 2013

I just got off the phone with Steve Schanne over at Off Grid Warehouse, a NJ based provider of preparedness gear and supplies. Steve has been promoting a FREE, Yes FREE Alternative Energy and Preparedness Expo. The Expo is being held in Woodbury, NJ on April 20th, 2013 in a 20,000 foot facility. There will [...]

Tagged as: Food, Gear, NJ, NY, PA, Personal, Preparedness, Prepeardness/Survival Expo, suburban survival, Urban Survival

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My Business Travel Carry On – Altoid Kit Contents

January 24, 2013

One of my buddy’s asked what I bring with me when I travel on business. I made a small video for him from my iPhone, but I thought I would publish contents of the Altoid kit that gets on the plane with me every time I fly. It is TSA friendly, but lacks a blade [...]

Tagged as: Altoid Kit, Carry on, EDC, TSA

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Hurricane Sandy, Five Days Without Power, Three Weeks Later, and the Gear That Made My Life Easier

November 23, 2012

This is my (Suburban’s) slightly overdue postmortem of Hurricane Sandy. It’s Thanksgiving day as I write this, and I want to say thank you again to all of you, my readers, as well as a Happy Thanksgiving to you and your families. My thoughts this holiday weekend are with those who’s homes and lives have [...]

Tagged as: Bug In, Bugging In, Gear, Hurricane Sandy, Nor'easter, Weather

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Hurricane Sandy, a Review, by a Contributing Author from Long Island

November 13, 2012

A contributing writer to the Suburban Survival Blog, and lives on Long Island hit hard by Hurricane Sandy. I’ve asked him for his post mortem recount of the hurricane, what worked and what did not work for him during the storm, power outage, and overal disaster here in the Northeast. By the time this is [...]

Tagged as: Bugging In, Disaster Preparedness, Gear, Hurricane Sandy, MasterPo, Natural Disasters, Preparedness

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The Modular Survival Kit, Cache Valley Prepper

August 1, 2012

The Modular Survival Kit is a fairly simple concept. And one that I know that the military is familiar with, but not one that I’ve heard get much attention in the prepping community. Once I had built up my kit, as any aspiring survivalist would do, I did a few practice bug-outs in the form [...]

Tagged as: Bug Out, Bug Out Vehicle, Bugging In, Bugging Out, EDC, Gear, Guest Post, Modular, Modular Gear, Modular Kit, Modular Survival Kit, Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, survival, survival kit, Survivalism, Weather

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Surplus Rifles

July 20, 2012

As one of my previous articles shared, I love the Mosin -Nagant surplus rifles. The Mosin is not my only surplus rifle. I also have a good collection of Carl Gustavs Swedish Mausers in 6.5x55SE. I must confess theses are my favorite rifles. The 6.5x55SE is a fairly easy load that I or my wife [...]

Tagged as: Gear, Guns / Weapons, Hunting, Preparedness

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I’m Different… An Observation(s) from the Field of Life

April 1, 2012

I’ve been on a long overdue vacation this past week. Several years overdue, in fact. But I learned something quite by accident that I would like to share. While traveling with a group of friends outside the United States, one of which was getting married (I and two other friends were groomsmen), that of many [...]

Tagged as: EDC, Gear, Travel

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Survival Heater for Your Car, My Test

February 13, 2012

I know. Everyone has done a YouTube lesson on how to build one of these inexpensive emergency heaters for your car. Honestly, I had to try it for myself to be sure that it “worked.” Many people use empty steel coffee cans, some people improvise and use what they might have in the garage as [...]

Tagged as: DIY, Gear, Improvised Gear, Preparedness, prepping, Self Reliance, Weather

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I Forgot My EDC…

February 12, 2012

Well, I am in Florida on business. I’m here for a week. Maybe longer. I’m happy to be here, because it seems winter has finally met with the Northeast. However, I feel naked. I left my travel EDC kit in my my GHB accidentally, in the trunk of my car. All I have is a [...]

Tagged as: EDC, Gear, Get Home Bag

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