Weekend Camping Trip, and a Few New Pieces of Gear

by suburban | Jun 20, 2011 | EDC, Gear, Preparedness

This week­end was my first real week­end camp­ing trip of the sea­son.  It’s pri­mar­i­ly my go-to place for camp­ing in the sum­mer. It also may/could func­tion as a sec­ondary Bug Out loca­tion.  But more on that anoth­er time, and to my point, there was a... Read more

Saturday Videos

by suburban | May 14, 2011 | EDC, first aid, Gear, Preparedness

Indi­vid­ual First Aid Kit httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxnrT9OemqM NYC / Urban EDC Kit httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n70GY-iz2N0 Eco­nom­ics: Does Wealth Evap­o­rate Or Is It Trans­ferred? — Mike Mal­oney of WealthCycles.com... Read more

EDC Bag Reconfiguration

by Prepperjim | May 11, 2011 | But Out Bag, EDC, Gear, Personal, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Urban Survival

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... Read more

Urban Blender

by Prepperjim | Apr 27, 2011 | But Out Bag, EDC, Gardening, Guns & Weapons, Survival Gear

In any envi­ron­ment, blend­ing in can be an impor­tant sur­vival tac­tic. It is no dif­fer­ent in urban or sub­ur­ban sit­u­a­tions where fit­ting in keeps you under the radar and safe. Every­thing you do is either use­ful cam­ou­flage or dan­ger­ous attrac­tion,... Read more

Prepper Jim’s Pocket EDC

by suburban | Apr 4, 2011 | EDC, Gear, Preparedness

“You know you are a prep­per if it takes five min­utes to load your pock­ets each time you leave the house.” The sub­ject of gear seems to be of great inter­est to the prep­per com­mu­ni­ty so I will address my gear-relat­ed items from time-to-time. I have come to... Read more

Review of Bear Grylls Ultimate Knife & Parang Machete from Gerber by Field & Stream

by suburban | Nov 24, 2010 | Bear Grylls, EDC, Gear, Knives, Survival Gear

As a knife fan, I real­ly look for­ward see­ing and hear­ing reviews about knives and how they work in the field.  I hate to make a mis­take when buy­ing a knife.  Once you have bought and used it, you own it for life, unless you can unload it on some­one... Read more