My Survival and Outdoor iPhone Apps

by suburban | Jun 20, 2010 | Books, Bushcraft, Cooking, DIY, Energy, Fire, first aid, Fishing, Food, Gear, Health, Hunting, Hygiene, Improvised Gear, Iphone/Smartphone, Knots, Medicinal, Navigation, Physical Fitness, Plants, Politics, Preparedness, Psychology, Shelter, suburban survival, Water, Weather

When I bought my iPhone last year, I quick­ly real­ized it had the poten­tial to be a sur­vival tool  My search for iPhone apps under “camp­ing, hik­ing, and sur­vival” quick­ly returned many options for me.  I have tried a bunch of them, and am using the... Read more

DIY Ceramic Planter Heater

by suburban | Jun 16, 2010 | DIY, Gear

This was an inter­est­ing find yes­ter­day.  It is a Ceram­ic Planter Heater that uses a can­dle to heat the core which is a steel bolt, wash­ers, and nuts, which heats three lay­ers of ceram­ic planter.  The ceram­ic is dense and hard, holds, and... Read more

Building an Inexpensive Bug Out Bag System with Dave Canterbury of the Pathfinder School

by suburban | Jun 7, 2010 | Bug Out, Bushcraft, But Out Bag, Cooking, DIY, Gear, Preparedness, Survival Gear

So, today I want to pub­lish sev­er­al videos by Dave Can­ter­bury of the Pathfind­er School.  I have a ton of Respect for Dave.  His videos are infor­ma­tive, he is thor­ough, and a pro­fes­sion­al sur­vival­ist.  He has a new show on the Dis­cov­ery... Read more

My Urban Get Home Bag

by suburban | Jun 3, 2010 | Bug Out, Gear, Preparedness, Survival Gear

When I worked in NYC and live in NJ, Post 9/11 I had a GHB in my file cab­ined draw­er. 1. 1 Bot­tle Potas­si­um Iodide Tablets (inex­pen­sive and fig­ured it was good to have in the event of a dirty bomb) 2. 2 x Small Bot­tle of hand san­i­tiz­er (60% alco­hol / 40%... Read more

Car preparedness, Part 5, My Comfort Supplies

by suburban | May 27, 2010 | Gear, Improvised Gear, Preparedness, Psychology, Survival Gear, Survivalism

Okay, this is the final part in the Car Pre­pared­ness series.  To me com­fort sup­plies are those extras that will make me just a lit­tle more com­fort­able in the event there is an issue that I might have to con­tend with. Here is the list: Tent — I keep a four... Read more

Car Preparedness, Part 5, Hygiene, Navigation, and Fire

by suburban | May 23, 2010 | Fire, Gear, Health, Hygiene, Navigation

First, It has prob­a­bly been a week since my last post.  So much for a post a day.  I was trav­el­ing this past week on busi­ness, and it was a busy week. Today we are going to talk about hygiene, nav­i­ga­tion, and fire mak­ing prod­ucts to keep in your... Read more