My approach to prepping has always been about harnessing resources. Even the most basic needs in our lives are about using the resources at our disposal. This could be the money you have available to put food away. My approach has always been to figure out calories per dollar, on anything you plan to acquire. [...]
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Diesel Pressure Lanterns – 500 Candlepower -Prepping 101
Throughout the years of Prepping 101 I have had the luxury of checking out luxury products. This is one of those times, and it is interesting that this particular product was where I ended off back in 2016 when I temporarily shelved Prepping 101, because you guys thought clot shot Trump was going to save [...]
Surviving Radiation When the NUKE PLANTS BLOW – Prepping 101 is Back!
Learn more about high level radiation meters, radiation, etc., at radmeters4u.com NukALERT keyfob dongle, Potassium Iodide, and package deals with meters and tested dosimeters at ki4u.com Ebay CDV-715 meters – $45 plus shipping Shane Connor’s calibration service: $112 plus return shipping For calibrated meters, they have some for $225. Call (830) 672-8734 during business hours [...]
Diesel Survival Stoves – Mop Wicks – Prepping 101 is Back!
Diesel/Kerosene Stoves at Star & Bullock Hardware – Available for immediate shipping! This may have been the coolest product I ever found over years of weekly Prepping 101 columns. I first discovered them back in 2016, and over the next few months explored everything from baking to canning with them. So for this reboot of [...]
Prepping 101: How to Can Butter
I never thought that I would find something of value on TikTok, but lo and behold, there it was. My wife had sent me a video on how to can butter. I had never thought of canning butter. The video was short and to the point, meant for people who already knew how to can, [...]
Prepping 101: 150 Mile Walkie Talkie Ham Radios Send Morse from Phone – $50
Resources: LXWQQFY.com User Manuals Assembled 49er w/Wifi $34.87 All 49er w/Wifi Radios (assembled & kit) S-Rockmite Kits & Assembled w/Wifi QRP Antenna 40 Meters $24.95 (see other listings if sold out) Long Wire Antenna QRP 9:1 Balun Impedance Transformer $7.85 40 Meter Dipole Crystal Packs/Pixie Switch Original Article on Pixie/Rockmite/49er All Prepping 101 Communications There [...]
Coronavirus Masks – Surgical – N95 – Explained- Prepping 101
There is an incredible amount of disinformation regarding masks when it comes to viral pandemics. It is so not what you have been told by the armchair internetards.
Prepping 101: Diesel in Kerosene Lamps (Livestream)
Some things in the prepping world are pretty obvious. You have to just go do them. If you want to not go to bed at 6pm every night in the winter, it might be a good idea to think about some lights. Food? Some people (idiots), think they can live off the land. Water? Eh, [...]
Prepping 101: Feminine Products Etc.
This week I didn’t have a lot of time to dig into a complex subject, like canning, which I almost did, so I elected to reprise probably the most “shock value” topic here on Prepping 101. Feminine products. Last time I covered these cups, I coupled them with baby diapers. That was for two reason. [...]
Prepping 101: Software Defined Radios
As the empire begins to collapse around us, and the more aware among us begin to question if the American prosperity bubble will remain, it is pretty easy to freak out about being cut off from knowing what’s going on. When I first started looking at communications options for after the grid goes down, like [...]