I’m Different… An Observation(s) from the Field of Life

by suburban | Apr 1, 2012 | EDC, Gear, Personal, Preparedness

I’ve been on a long over­due vaca­tion this past week.  Sev­er­al years over­due, in fact.  But I learned some­thing quite by acci­dent that I would like to share.  While trav­el­ing with a group of friends out­side the Unit­ed States, one of which was... Read more

Pandemic Thoughts, and How’s Your NBC & Quarantine Gear?

by suburban | Mar 23, 2012 | Pandemic, Preparedness, Prepping, suburban survival, Urban Survival

As I spend time writ­ing this post, I am on a plane watch­ing the film Con­ti­gion. If you have not seen it, it’s a film about a pan­dem­ic that start­ed and begins to be wide­ly spread by those trav­el­ing. As the film pro­gress­es, it is found that the pan­dem­ic is... Read more

Survival Heater for Your Car, My Test

by suburban | Feb 13, 2012 | Fire, Gear, Improvised Gear, Preparedness, Prepping, Self Reliance, Weather

I know. Every­one has done a YouTube les­son on how to build one of these inex­pen­sive emer­gency heaters for your car. Hon­est­ly, I had to try it for myself to be sure that it “worked.” Many peo­ple use emp­ty steel cof­fee cans, some peo­ple impro­vise and use... Read more

I Forgot My EDC…

by suburban | Feb 12, 2012 | EDC, Gear

Well, I am in Flori­da on busi­ness. I’m here for a week. Maybe longer. I’m hap­py to be here, because it seems win­ter has final­ly met with the North­east. How­ev­er, I feel naked. I left my trav­el EDC kit in my my GHB acci­den­tal­ly, in the trunk of my car. All I... 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