Meshtastic & LoRa: The Off-Grid Communication Lifeline Every Prepper Needs

by suburban | Apr 6, 2025 | Bug In, Bug Out, But Out Bag, Communications, Cyber Security, EDC, Iphone/Smartphone, Mutual Assistance Group, Preparedness, Prepping, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Urban Survival

Why Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Mat­ter in a Cri­sis Stay­ing Con­nect­ed When Every­thing Goes Dark When dis­as­ter strikes, the first thing you’ll notice is how quick­ly reg­u­lar com­mu­ni­ca­tion chan­nels col­lapse. Imag­ine a severe hur­ri­cane knock­ing out cell... Read more

Ready for an EMP: A Comprehensive Review of the 30 Liter Ready Hour Waterproof EMP Faraday Backpack

by suburban | Apr 21, 2023 | Bug In, Bug Out, But Out Bag, EDC, Electro Magnetic Pulse, EMP, Gear, Get Home Bag, Preparedness, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Urban Survival

Are you some­one who loves to be pre­pared for any sit­u­a­tion, no mat­ter how unpre­dictable? If so, you’re going to want to hear about the EMP Fara­day Back­pack.  The truth is, I’ve been eager to get my hands on some­thing like this for a long time. ... Read more

Travel EDC, Podcast Number 3

by suburban | May 11, 2015 | EDC, Gear, Podcast, suburban survival, Travel, Urban Survival

[pow­er­press] This week Cam and I talk about Trav­el EDC.  It’s a con­cept that is close to me because I do a lot of trav­el­ing for work.  For instance, while I’m not a fan of trav­el­ing for work, I’m trav­el­ing for three weeks out of four in the month... Read more

Maintenance of Everyday Items

by Cameron | Apr 3, 2015 | EDC, Gear, Guns & Weapons, Knives, suburban survival, Urban Survival

One of the con­stants of the uni­verse is Mur­phys Law… if some­thing can go wrong, it will.  And along those lines, if some­thing isn’t main­tained prop­er­ly it will fail at the worst time.  Every­one remem­bers main­te­nance on their cars, on their house,... Read more

Everyday Carry Items To Be Used For Personal Protection

by suburban | Aug 2, 2013 | EDC, Personal, Personal Security, Preparedness

This arti­cle is by Cameron Green, of Green Acad­e­my of Per­son­al Pro­tec­tion (GAPP). The key to every­day car­ry (or EDC) is not bur­den­ing your­self with too much non­sense but still hav­ing the nec­es­sary tools to take care of your­self whether they be... Read more

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

by suburban | Mar 8, 2013 | EDC, Knives, Survival Gear, Travel

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... Read more