5 Novels Every Prepper Should Read

by Cameron | Jan 21, 2019 | Electro Magnetic Pulse, EMP, Pandemic, Preparedness, Prepping, Reviews

This is a list of the five best novels I’ve come across (and Ive read many) for prepper fiction.. they are not in any particular order. The criteria I used to add a book to this short list is as follows: 1) a good story line; did the book have a story line capable of... Read more

Review of Smith’s Diamond Precision Knife Sharpening Kit

by suburban | Sep 4, 2012 | DIY, General, Knives, Preparedness

Those of you that real­ly know me, know I can­not sharp­en a knife worth a damn.  I’ll get it right on one side of the blade, and  on the oth­er side man­gle the angle so bad­ly you would assume the blade is worth­less after­wards, if you just give me a... Read more

The ASCELLA Emergency Light Bulb / Flashlight

by suburban | Aug 30, 2012 | General, Preparedness, Prepping, Reviews

UPDATE: 02/20/2014.  It looks like 1–800-Prepare is no longer car­ry­ing the Ascel­la Flash­light Light­bulb.  How­ev­er, I found it on Amazon.com for you here. Well, I’ve been talk­ing to one of the guys over at 1–800-Prepare about a new prod­uct they... Read more

Review of the Timber Wolf “Blazin” Bowie Knife

by suburban | May 21, 2012 | Knives

Last fall I wrote a post about three bud­get knives you might want in your pack because they were inex­pen­sive.  Last week­end, I had the chance to bring one of them camp­ing as we ope­nend up the camp­site for the sea­son.  Pri­or to going I gave the... 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