A Friend Has Lost Everything, Checked Into a Men’s Shelter…

by suburban | Sep 9, 2010 | Clothing, Economy, EDC, Fire, first aid, Food, Improvised Gear, Personal, Psychology, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Survivalism, Urban Survival, Water

This post is very close to my heart…  It pains me to write it, as it affects a friend of mine direct­ly, that refus­es help, as I will illus­trate. I have a friend I got a call from this week.  He has lost his job, his apart­ment, much of his cloth­ing,... Read more

My Altoids EDC Emergency Kit

by suburban | Aug 13, 2010 | DIY, EDC, Gear, Preparedness

I car­ry an Altoid EDC Emer­gency Kit just about every­where I go.  I have one that can get through air­line secu­ri­ty (no razor blade or knife, but it does have a fire steel and scraper in the kit that makes it through secu­ri­ty with no issues).  The one... Read more

Using the Right Water Bottle?

by suburban | Jul 29, 2010 | EDC, Gear, General, Health, suburban survival, Water

Here is my igno­rance show­ing.  I thought most water bot­tles I pur­chased in the camp or out­door stores were safe for water con­sump­tion.  I guess not.  Accord­ing to Green-Trust.org and Test Freaks that not all water bot­tles are made the... Read more

The iPad as a Modern Survival Device

by suburban | Jul 26, 2010 | EDC, Gear, iPad, Iphone/Smartphone, Preparedness, Survival Gear

Huh?  The iPad as a Mod­ern Sur­vival Device?  Real­ly?  Yup.  Let me explain a lit­tle.  First, I’m in the Inter­net busi­ness.  Not going to get into a lot of that now, but I want to give you some per­spec­tive on why I say that.... Read more

The Mora, by Survival Common Sense.

by suburban | Jul 11, 2010 | Bushcraft, EDC, Knives, Preparedness

I bought a Frosts Mora Knife sev­er­al months ago, and have car­ried it in my day pack since as part of my EDC and my Trav­el Car­ry.  I car­ry it when I go camp­ing (among oth­er blades), hik­ing, etc. Sur­vival Com­mon Sense had a good review of the Mora.... Read more

The Best Commuting Backpack I Have Owned.

by suburban | Jun 30, 2010 | Bug Out, EDC, Gear, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Liv­ing in the sub­urbs, and com­mut­ing into NYC, you would think is easy.  It is, but it can also be a cum­ber­some task when you are schlep­ping a note­book, lap­top, file fold­ers, and EDC every day.  I also trav­el nation­al­ly quite a bit on... Read more