Tre_Asay
Enlightened
...Spare batteries and flashlights (mostly) excluded.
I am coming up with anything and everything gear related that will come in handy for emergencies, potential situations all the way up to long term bug outs. If you have any piece of gear to suggest I will edit it in.
There will be in 4 categories: food and water, shelter, fire, tools. there will also be sub categories.
I am going to do a color code for the different items
green is EDC-Able, blue goes into 72 hour kits, orange for car / trailer kits, red is for stay at home or bug out base preps.
I am not going to mention specific brands for generic items EG, "folding saw" instead of "this brand folding saw"
I also want to make sure I add info for each item (pros and cons, uses and how long it will last, nutritional info for food.
Please note - to be truly prepared you need to learn how to use everything in your kit and become familiar with how everything is organized in your bags.
Food And Water *1
Food storage:
Water Purification:
Shelter
Building Materials:
Tents:
Blankets, Tarps, and Sleeping bags:
Clothing and footwear:
Fire
Lighters:
Firestarters (Airplane "safe")
Extinguishers:
Tools
Cutting:
First Aid:
Multitools and multi-function:
Signaling and Orienteering:
Illumination
Batteries:
Non powered lights:
Cell Phones:
Ham Radios:
CB Radios:
Storm Radios:
Powering Them:
Personal Hygiene
*1 information provided by:
http://www.happypreppers.com/37-food-storage.html
http://nutritiondata.self.com/
I am coming up with anything and everything gear related that will come in handy for emergencies, potential situations all the way up to long term bug outs. If you have any piece of gear to suggest I will edit it in.
There will be in 4 categories: food and water, shelter, fire, tools. there will also be sub categories.
I am going to do a color code for the different items
green is EDC-Able, blue goes into 72 hour kits, orange for car / trailer kits, red is for stay at home or bug out base preps.
I am not going to mention specific brands for generic items EG, "folding saw" instead of "this brand folding saw"
I also want to make sure I add info for each item (pros and cons, uses and how long it will last, nutritional info for food.
Please note - to be truly prepared you need to learn how to use everything in your kit and become familiar with how everything is organized in your bags.
Food And Water *1
Food storage:
- MRE (get three per day per person and you will be good to go)72 hour, Car/trailer, Home base
- canned beans (Refried, kidney, black, white, lima, pinto, etc. High in protein)
- canned meat (chicken, tuna, even bacon are high in protein)
- nuts (peanuts, peanut butter, almonds, cashews, pistachios)
- flour
- oats and oatmeal
- rice
- cornmeal
- popcorn kernels
- potato flakes
- dried fruit (raisins, banana slices, fruit leather)
- canned fruit and vegetables (corn , peas, tomatoes, olives, pineapples, peaches, pears, applesauce, pumpkins, oranges)
- canned milk
- bouillon (chicken and beef flavoring goes great in soups and stews)
- powdered eggs
- powdered milk
- whey protein
- waxed hard cheeses
- protein bars
- tea
- oils (shortening, clarified butter "ghee", coconut oil
- honey
- salts (iodized salt, canning salt, pink salt, epsom salt)
- Sugars (powdered sugar, brown sugar, raw sugar, canned sugar?)
- Spices (pepper, cayenne pepper, basil, oregano, dill, cumin, rosemary, allspice, garlic)
- Condiments (mustard, ketchup, mayo, pickles, hot sauce, bbq sauce, worcestershire)
- Chocolate (coco powder, hot coco, chocolate chips)
- Apple cider vinegar
- Dry yeast
- Baking soda
- vodka
- bottled water 72 hour, Car/trailer, home base
- Stainless steel water bottle
- Glass jars
- stainless steel holding tanks (runoff catchment may not be legal in all places)
- plastic holding tanks
- bathtub water bags
- Lightweight stove (gas, wood, other fuel)
- Rocket stove
- Mess kit
- cooking utensil (pots, pans, spatulas, spoons)
- Cooking oils
Water Purification:
- Iodine tablets
- chlorine
- calcium hypochlorite
Shelter
Building Materials:
- Parachord
- wire
- Trash Bags
- Lumber
- Screws
- Nails
Tents:
Blankets, Tarps, and Sleeping bags:
- Bivy sack
- Emergency Blanket
- Mosquito net
Clothing and footwear:
- Bandana
- Cold resistant gloves
- Heat Resistant gloves
- Cut resistant gloves
- Poncho
- Change of clothes
- Wool socks
Fire
Lighters:
Firestarters (Airplane "safe")
- Fresnel lens
- Ferro rod
- Beeswax (stable, burns well, multiple uses)
- petroleum jelly
Extinguishers:
Tools
Cutting:
- Woodworking tools (chisels, carving knife)
- Hatchet
- Axe
- Fix blade knife
- Folding knife
- Saws (bow saw, hack saw, folding saw, snow saw, chainsaw)
- Chainsaw mill
- Knives (fixed blade, folding, cooking)
- Takedown carbine
- Game processing knife
- shovels (snow, spade, hand trowel, folding
- Hammers
- Air pump
- Tire repair kit
- Gloves
- Zip ties
- tape
- Jumper cables
- Locking pliers
- Wrench
- Pry bar
- Multi-bit screwdriver
First Aid:
- Bug spray
- Sunscreen'
- emergency medication
- antibiotics
- bandages
- clotting agents
Multitools and multi-function:
- Silcock key (for getting water)
- Multitools
Signaling and Orienteering:
Illumination
Batteries:
- Lithium Primary batteries are recommended for long term storage in survival kits
- Rechargeable batteries with some sort of off grid generator can be useful for long term situations
Non powered lights:
- Glowsticks: some say they are useless, others horde them, but in the end they give off light.
- Flares (good for signaling, just don't use in places that are prone to wildfires
- Long lasting low modes (there is a saying "it is better to have a little light for a long time than a lot of light for a little time")
- Durability and reliability
- ability to use multiple power sources (solar, crank, rechargeable)
Cell Phones:
Ham Radios:
CB Radios:
Storm Radios:
Powering Them:
Personal Hygiene
*1 information provided by:
http://www.happypreppers.com/37-food-storage.html
http://nutritiondata.self.com/
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