Survival Gear

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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Swiss Army Knives. The Almost Forgotten Survival Tool, by Me….

March 8, 2013

I almost forgot about them. I did. I had a couple of them as a kid, that sadly were misplaced. I’m talking about the Swiss Army Knife. With multi-tools being so popular for various reasons I literally have not given the Swiss Army Knife a look in several years. I have two or three multi-tools. [...]

Tagged as: Business Travel, EDC, Gear, Knives, Leatherman, Multitool, Survival Knife, Swiss Army Knife, Travel Carry, TSA

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Review of “Without Rule of Law, Advanced Skills to Help You Survive: Hide, Evade, Scavenge, and Infiltrate”

February 20, 2013

This review is probably months overdue. I’ve had “Without Rule of Law: Advanced Skills to Help You Survive” for months. It also took me a couple months to get through because I picked it up just every now and then to read it when I had a spare moment. To be sure I did not [...]

Tagged as: civil unrest, Gear, Preparedness, prepping, SHTF, skills, suburban survival, Survivalism, Urban Survival, WROL

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A Flashlight Review, The HybridLight Company

February 2, 2012

I was recently contacted by The HybridLight Company. I traded emails with them for a day or two and asked them about a hybrid solar/battery powered flashlight they sell. Honestly, at first, I wasn’t that enthusiastic about reviewing a flashlight. Everyone has their preference of brands. To me they are a lot like a pocket [...]

Tagged as: EDC, flash light, Gear, Light, lighting, Reviews, solar flash light, The HybridLight Company

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Add One of These Budget Knives To Your Kit(s)

January 26, 2012

In a short sighted ambitious attempt to think about learning more skills, I wanted, and continue to want to learn how to make a knife out aof a blank piece of steel. It is something that I have wanted to do for a long time, as does a buddy of mine. While watching City Survivalist’s [...]

Tagged as: Budget, bug out bag, EDC, Gear, Knives

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The Interesting Road to Actually Bugging Out, Thoughts During a Mandatory Evacuation

September 3, 2011

Yesterday, I received an email, and text message from the local emergency system I was signed up for. The mayor of my town, and the county, I believe, instituted a mandatory evacuation of homes due to flooding from the Passaic River. As I got the text and email, I thought about it for a while. [...]

Tagged as: BoB, bug out bag, Bug Out System, Bugging Out, Flooding, Hurricane Irene

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Suburban’s Updated Travel EDC

August 25, 2011

As promised, this is my post about my expanded Travel EDC. It seems the more I travel, the more I think I need when on the road. I am finding there is a fine balance between having what you think you might need in an emergency, and just packing your whole Get Home Bag in [...]

Tagged as: Business Travel, EDC, Prepardness, Travel, Travel Carry

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Gerber Profile Knife Review

August 1, 2011

A couple years ago, I purchased a Gerber Profile Fixed Blade Knife Drop Point. I generally take it camping with me, but have never thought of reviewing it. In fact, I am not a knife afficiando. However, I’m going to give it a shot here. Like I said, I have had this knife for a couple [...]

Tagged as: Camp Knife, Gear, Gerber, Knife, Survival Knife

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It’s the Small Stuff

June 22, 2011

When thrust into a survival situation, it is often the small things that make the difference between success (survival) and failure (death). Often, having a sense of comfort makes all the difference in your mental attitude. With so many prepper words devoted to guns, knives and bags, I started to think of some small things [...]

Tagged as: Gear, Health, hygiene, Psychology, Urban Survival

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EDC Bag Reconfiguration

May 11, 2011

When I first began prepping, I put a tactical messenger bag on my Amazon Christmas list so that I could carry “stuff” around to be a “survivalist” if the “SHTF”. I am putting those words in quotation, because I had no idea at the time what stuff I needed to face a crisis situation. With [...]

Tagged as: bug out bag, EDC, Gear, suburban survival, Urban Survival

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