Category Archives: Equipment

Prioritizing our Preparedness #9: First Aid

I can easily say, that out of all of our preps, first aid is the one area that I am least confident. It feels like we will never be at a satisfactory level of supplies OR knowledge….I have been building … Click HERE to read the entire post….

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A Closer Look at the Roma Food Strainer

This is a quick photo review of the Weston Roma Food Strainer and Sauce Maker. It includes some close-up  photos along with some of our thoughts. We had a chance to use one of these last summer. Mike graciously offered … Click HERE to read the entire post….

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Prioritizing our Preps #6: Back-Up Power and Heat

Our home runs day-to-day on public utilities. Our stove and water heater use natural gas and our main furnace is electric fan-forced natural gas heat. One of the most likely threats our household faces is an extended power outage.  In … Click HERE to read the entire post….

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Prioritizing our Preps #4: Water

This is Part Four of a series….the rest of this series can be found HERE *************************************************************** WATER: This is what we’ve done in the way of water preps and why… We have water provided by the city. The city stores … Click HERE to read the entire post….

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Remington 7600 Series Pump Action Rifles

If you follow the firearm forums you probably know by now that folks either love these rifles or despise them (these rifles are often confused with the semi automatic 7400 series). Most folks that dislike the 7600 will agree that … Click HERE to read the entire post….

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A Closer Look at the Rothco CCW Shoulder Bag

Rothco has finally come out with their version of the CCW everyday bag. The actual name is the Advanced Tactical Bag. These seem to be gaining in popularity around here now. When Maxpedition first came out with these bags I … Click HERE to read the entire post….

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Harbor Freight Solar Powered Security Light

Guest post from Bill S.in AL. Bill has generously agreed to document his journey to off-grid living and share it here at our blog. Below is a short introduction and an initial review of the Harbor Freight Solar-Powered Security Light. … Click HERE to read the entire post….

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Review: McNett Tactical Pro Water Filter

Here’s a pictorial review of the McNett Tactical Pro water filter along with some of our thoughts. It’s actual name is the McNett AquaMira Tactical Frontier Pro Water Filter (which is probably the longest name in history for a water … Click HERE to read the entire post….

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Gerber LHR Knife: A Closer Look

This knife’s been a little out of our budget since it first came out but prices are coming down. We found a great deal online and picked one up for review. According to the Gerber website: “Matt Larsen worked with … Click HERE to read the entire post….

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Piteba Oil Press: Pumpkin Seed Trial

I finally had the chance to try the Piteba oil expeller out on some pumpkin seeds. Using fresh, homegrown seeds proved to be a bit more involved than using store-bought bulk sunflower seeds. I learned quite a bit about raw/fresh … Click HERE to read the entire post….

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Review: Agri-Fab Pull Behind Lawn Sweeper

We’ve had a few months to give this sweeper a try and would like to post our review along with some photos. It may be an unusual piece of equipment to review on a preparedness blog but I’m sure there’s … Click HERE to read the entire post….

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Ham Radio: concerns, questions and comments

Here’s our thoughts on some of the common Amateur Radio questions and concerns seen on many of the prepper and survival sites.  Hopefully, you’ll get some good out of this information and it will remove any obstacles to obtaining a … Click HERE to read the entire post….

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