A Few of the Many Reasons I Love LifeHacker.com

by suburban | Aug 6, 2012 | General, Preparedness, Prepping

Do you know about LifeHacker.com?  It’s a very pop­u­lar web­site that is about “Tips, tricks, and down­loads for get­ting things done.”  It is sim­ply that.  I like it because every now and then they have cool DIY and Mac­Gyver tips that I think relate... Read more

The Modular Survival Kit, Cache Valley Prepper

by Mr-Jones | Aug 1, 2012 | Bug In, Bug Out, Bug Out Vehicle, But Out Bag, EDC, Gear, Improvised Gear, Preparedness, Prepping

The Mod­u­lar Sur­vival Kit is a fair­ly sim­ple con­cept.  And one that I know that the mil­i­tary is famil­iar with, but not one that I’ve heard get much atten­tion in the prep­ping com­mu­ni­ty.  Once I had built up my kit, as any aspir­ing sur­vival­ist... Read more

Examining the Requirement for Multiple Short Term Bug Out Locations

by suburban | Apr 15, 2012 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Preparedness

Recent­ly. I have been look­ing for a BOL prop­er­ty again. I have had sev­er­al con­ver­sa­tions with oth­er prep­pers about going in on prop­er­ty togeth­er, alone, etc. Then I exam­ine my geog­ra­phy and demo­graph­ic, and it hit me… I live in a high­ly... Read more

Mosin-Nagant for the survivalist

by shanethenurse | Feb 13, 2012 | Guns & Weapons, Preparedness

I am a big fan of the Mosin-Nagant rifles. What can I say the com­mies knew how to make a great rifle, though this rifle was designed and in use before Lenin and com­pa­ny came to pow­er. There are a few vari­ants of the com­mon Mosin-Nagant rifle that most peo­ple... Read more

A Flashlight Review, The HybridLight Company

by suburban | Feb 2, 2012 | Preparedness, Survival Gear

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... Read more