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Testing new weights

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Jeep JK advanced offroad recovery kit

A popular loadout for serious offroaders, particularly JK (2007-2018) Jeepers who have a bumper that can hold an integrated front winch.

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Altoid tin fire kit

For when you're just going camping and need a small fire kit that isn't too expensive.

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Discussions

Reply to: DIY air filter protects an entire room from COVID-19 Posted December 1, 2021

Ah okay thanks for clarifying because I interpreted your original post to be along the lines of “tired of masks? don’t wear them anymore!”

Reply to: DIY air filter protects an entire room from COVID-19 Posted November 30, 2021

While I agree multiple layers of protection are great and that filtration does help with covid… I don’t know that I’d be comfortable going maskless in my workplace. Are there any studies showing that is okay? Thanks for showing the kit and materials though Eric!

Reply to: Thought I’d post two articles I had published by FMG several years back. “Knives for the Field” and BMBG “Bare Minimum Go Bag” Posted July 19, 2021

It’d be much better if you wrote/pasted articles here instead of linking to an offsite PDF. Just a friendly tip. Thanks 🙂

Reply to: I bought one of those “lifelike” masks from Facebook and it’s total garbage Posted May 20, 2021

I actually did spook the spouse! But didn’t record it 🙁 That bank story is interesting, thanks for sharing.

I bought one of those “lifelike” masks from Facebook and it’s total garbage

Gear 2

Posted May 19, 2021

Reply to: News roundup for Tue, Mar 30, 2021 Posted March 31, 2021

With the recent positive news about trial results in children + most states opening up vaccines to people over 16-18 yrs old in the coming days, it seems like we’re on track for herd immunity! Not sure why officials present the numbers they way they do, though. But hopefully it’s moot in a few weeks.

Reply to: How many of you are disinfecting packages? Posted March 31, 2021

We also stopped disinfecting when the CDC seemed solid about packages (and delivery food) not being a meaningful transmission path.

Reply to: Do You Know How a Home Well Works? – Might Save Your Life To Know. Posted October 17, 2020

Just to add to this great post: here’s a recent thread on how to make your own well bucket https://theprepared.com/forum/thread/how-to-make-a-well-bucket-in-case-electricity-goes-down-and-youre-on-well-water/

Reply to: Making cycling a part of your prepping Posted July 20, 2020

What kind of ebike did you get and are you happy with it? Have you felt any limitations? (Other than the points @hikermor brings up)

Reply to: Making cycling a part of your prepping Posted July 19, 2020

Would be so awesome to see a kit with specific products that are “the essentials anyone should have to handle basic bike repair after SHTF”! Even if someone doesn’t have a bike now, it’d be a valid prep to have some of those basics around in anticipation of bikes being more prevalent after SHTF.

Reply to: Thinking about school in the fall Posted July 18, 2020

My heart goes out to teachers. Ya’ll already aren’t treated well, and now this is just insane. How likely do you think mass walkouts are? What would districts/admins do in response?

Reply to: Getting started in gardening Posted July 18, 2020

Thank you both. CP, I’ll check out that book. Xenogirl, if you didn’t love veggies when you started, how long did it take to develop that habit/craving?

Reply to: Making cycling a part of your prepping Posted July 18, 2020

Awesome contribution Kris! Thanks for taking the time to spell it out as so many people are getting into biking for the first time. I just bought a new one a few weeks ago after being out of biking for a decade. Took all day to find one in my size in stock, as most of the inventory is gone. Any tips on finding local bike co-ops?

Reply to: How do you filter air when the electricity is low or non-existent? Posted July 13, 2020

I mean more common / easier to get and use things like a portable solar panel. That seems easier to me than trying to store enough energy to then run through an inverter and be able to power a normal 110v wall-plug device.

Reply to: Getting started in gardening Posted July 13, 2020

Again, thanks so much, that’s all helpful. Your comments about the difficulty of it and things failing got me wondering… is there a “dummies plan” even more specific than your original post that maximizes the chance of success for a total newbie? In other words, some crop / mix of crops and a plan that is near fool proof?

Reply to: Urban preps for the concrete jungle: what are your hacks? Posted July 12, 2020

@Tom Rader so does that mean you’ve actually used one and it works? What would you guess the success rate is for a random commercial building? In other words, if you have a sillcock key, do you think you could get water from 20% of the buildings in a city?

Reply to: Non-respirator masks Posted July 12, 2020

“In non-healthcare settings, this combo may even be more protective than wearing an N95 FFR alone.” Interesting. Any sources you can point to? (I see you’re a doctor, just want to learn more)

Reply to: What the media didn’t understand about toilet paper hoarding Posted July 12, 2020

I once crossed the foot border between Hong Kong and “main” China, and even before COVID, there was a pattern of mainland chinese going to HK to buy western products, particularly home consumables. I was amazed at how many elderly people were lugging diapers, formula, and so on across the border.

Reply to: Contact-free grocery shopping and prepping Posted July 12, 2020

We used Instacart and similar things the last few months and haven’t experienced any item limitations. Even if they do implement that kind of tracking, it feels like you could get around it with little effort.

Reply to: Shelf-stable pantry meals for snobs Posted July 12, 2020

Love the topic, although I don’t have much to add. @HBIC are you making those tofu examples from scratch? Is tofu hard to make in a no-utilities situation?