This week I finally dragged out my gasoline stoves. And the reason I waited so long is because I just assumed that they worked (they did), and I assumed that most survival minded folks have seen a dual fuel Coleman stove (not so much). If you watch the video, I brought in a couple other Chinese stoves that may be a better buy than the Coleman stoves, and they are certainly more portable. But first I want to back up a bit and address the point that I made in the video about cooking in general, and cooking specifically with gasoline.
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Razor Wire Perimeter Security – Are We Going Mad Max? – Prepping 101
I have tried for a couple weeks now to broaden the picture of why we may need all of this junk that I cover, and this week we are on the topic of perimeter security. These days there is a stereotypical “Prepper” character in all of our minds that we got from movies and cable, and most of us think of that character as an “extremist.” If you think that the extent of your prepping only needs to cover a 3 day snow emergency or a 2 week hurricane outage, good luck to you. This column is about the end of our food and consumption infrastructure, and I believe that it may be imminent.
Light Saber Solar Firestarter $1.89 Each – Prepping 101
Lighting fires is never easy in a survival situation. So for those times when you have some sun, this is a great tool, and it’s cheap.
Prepping 101: Learn to Suture – Wound Closure Course & Supplies
The Apprentice Doctor Suture Kit/Course $69 The same kit on Ebay – $69 Suture Supplies Kit with Bonus Materials (note that sutures are sometimes listed as practice or veterinary do to the Ebay T&C but they are all the same thing) Demetech Sutures on Ebay Keebomed Sutures on Ebay Oasis Sutures on Ebay How to [...]
Prepping 101: How to Make Soap – The Video
This week I am returning to making soap for no other particular reason other than making a video. I know that many of my regular readers went on to actually make soap after my original article almost exactly two years ago. And since we pick up over 1,000 subscribers per day here, I’m sure lots of new dedicated readers/watchers didn’t even know it was there.
Prepping 101: Buying an Automatic Can Sealer from China
BetterPak YZT-180 Automatic Can Sealer – $1,480 AliExpress (Note that you can email directly kevinludy (a t) hotmail.com and he will sell direct for $1,250. The machine is now available in 110v and he has the measurements for the cans) Plain #10 Cans at House of Cans $2.13 each + Shipping Food should be the [...]
Prepping 101: Canning Boston Brown Bread – Fill Those Empty Ball Jars
I was thinking. Does it make any sense to keep a bunch of Ball canning jars full of nothing? That is an easy answer. No. They are insect and rodent proof, so it actually makes a lot of sense to pack them full of at least something, flour, beans, rice, pasta, dried milk powder, anything that will keep for a long time under any long term storage packaging. But what about cooked food? What about processing the jars now with edible food? Veggies don’t have much in the way of calories. Meat is cheaper to buy canned than it is to can it yourself. That was when I remembered Boston Brown Bread.
Prepping 101: How To Buy Gold and Silver Cheap (At Walmart)
I bet you didn’t know that you could buy silver at Walmart. Check out the video and I’ll show you my new discovery. This is an official heads up on a killer buy that was not there a short while ago, and that may be gone once they figure out that they are getting blasted by Preppers.
Prepping 101: $4 Firestarter Disk From China – Field Test
This week I’m just sharing a pretty cool find with you guys that I scored on a website called Banggood. It’s about the dumbest name for a retail website ever, but they do a good deal of advertising on Facebook and I’ve ordered from them before. A couple weeks ago this nifty little fire starting disk came up on my ads, and I just assumed I’d order it and it wouldn’t work.
Prepping 101: 4 Dollar Fire Starting Disk From China – Rocks!
Fire Starting Disk on Banggood – $3.09-$4.29 (The US Warehouse deal currently expires this Monday when our GunsAmerica Digest goes out) This week I’m just sharing a pretty cool find with you guys that I scored on a website called Banggood. It’s about the dumbest name for a retail website ever, but they do a [...]