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How To Use a Flashlight in a Tactical Situation
In today’s post we’re not talking about just any old flashlight. We’re talking about tactical flashlights. What makes a flashlight tactical? A tactical flashlight is simply a flashlight that’s been designed for tactical (i.e. military or police) use.
How to Keep your Cell Phone Working During a Power Outage
Unfortunately, without a backup charging system, portable phones and mobile devices can be useless just when we need them the most...
Coffee Can Hobo Stove
After several alcohol stoves, esbit stoves and my Jetboil with modifications, I decided it was time to make a wood burning hobo stove. I had a empty coffee can saved up just for this project and decided it was finally time...
Building A Faraday Cage
Build a simple Faraday cage from a small metal garbage can and lid...
Quick Reference – 5 Apps to Get You Through a Natural Disaster
An article on Fox news site regarding 5 Apps to Get You Through a Natural Disaster includes some potentially useful iPhone apps for emergency situations...
Should you include waterproof matches in your survival gear?
Every survival manual recommends carrying some form of fire ignition system. But I don’t recommend taking waterproof matches and here is why...
The Paracord Bracelet
One of the items that a well-dressed survivalist will always have handy is paracord. The easiest way to do this is to wear a simple paracord bracelet...
The Survival Whistle
In my opinion, the survival whistle is the one thing everyone—man, woman, child—should have on their night stand, in their “safe room/tornado shelter”, the car, the purse, bug out bag, when jogging, when hiking or camping, whenever…
The Well-Dressed Survivalist - Part One
It could be anything from a straw hat to a wool cap. The important thing to remember is that no well-dressed survivalist goes anywhere without some form of head covering for protection.
Making a Jetboil More Useful
At the time I ignored the review that said it was only good for boiling water. Which ended up being proven. Today I’m going to show you a cheap DIY fix to make it more useful.
Wilderness Survival Bag (AKA Woods Bag)
The Woods Bag, smaller and less obtrusive than a full back pack and is quite simply a kit that holds your standard wilderness survival gear. The woods bag is nothing more than a small bag dedicated for survival in the wilderness.
CRKT Eat’N Tool Review
For five bucks I know have an EDC bottle opener, Spork and Screwdriver/Pry Bar. Good enough for me. It was the best combination of the price/Functionality equation...
How to Make an Emergency Lamp from Common Household Items
I followed instructions given in the CD I recently reviewed, Lanterns, Lamps & Candles by Ron Brown, on how to make this vegetable oil lamp. What got me interested in trying this out was, all the materials are items most people have readily available at home.
Lightweight Backpacking Step 2: The Big Three
For this third installment I wanted to focus on the three pieces of gear that every backpacker must have and which collectively account for the majority of the weight you will be carrying – we call them “The Big Three” – your tent, backpack, and sleeping bag.
44 Really Cool Uses of Paracord for Survival
Enter paracord into your search engine and you will be treated to a ton of stuff – what is it, how is it use, where to buy it and more. It seems like everyone has a stake in the paracord love-fest...
Emergency Uses for Paracord
Here are some of the more common uses for paracord we could think of, but the uses are really only limited by your imagination...
The Disaster AM Radio
Reliable information during a disaster or escalating crisis is paramount to survival. People need to know the scope of the disaster. They need information...
BioLite CampStove Review
The BioLite Stove is a portable stove that allows you to cook with wood, and charge small electronic gadgets at the same time...
Bug Out Pack Review: The All-Purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment (A.L.I.C.E. Pack)
In my experience with discussing the ALICE pack with survivalists, campers, soldiers and outdoors men and women, there seems to be very strong feelings about this pack – either people love them or hate them...
Paracord: A must-have for every survival kit!
Paracord could become very important to have in almost any survival situation. Keep it handy in your emergency survival kit. All circumstances are different so Paracord could become very important to have in almost any survival situation.
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