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Reply to: Long-term wilderness survival skills Posted October 25, 2022

That does seem to be true that when modern conveniences and systems fail we do need to rely on more primitive ways to live and survive like your friend experienced.

Reply to: Long-term wilderness survival skills Posted October 25, 2022

I can see there being value in wilderness survival skills if you were to be lost in the woods with nothing or if all of society collapsed, but for the modern average city prepper, there seems to be many other things to focus on first. You mention Eric, that chapters in that book you read include water, fire, shelter, winter, and more that could apply to a city apartment prepper, but do those chapters contain info that apply to a city apartment prepper?

Reply to: A comparison of four electric lanterns under $75 Posted October 25, 2022

Do you feel like that luminaid lantern would pop or wear out it’s ability to collapse overtime? That looks like a nice campsite lantern along with being able to use it indoors like you said, but not the most rugged for hiking with.

Reply to: Safe deposit box vs. other off-site document storage Posted October 25, 2022

That’s my advice too. If you do get a safe deposit box or store files with a family member, do it with someone outside of your city. A natural disaster that affects your home will probably affect the nearby bank. How much do you trust your family members? Unfortunately, some members of a family might get a little curious, be forgetful and toss your documents, or have strained relations with you and not give you your documents when you need them. Bank shouldn’t have any of those issues. But then a bank is only open during business hours and a family member can be bugged at all hours of the day.

Reply to: What is the best camp stove for an emergency power outage or camping? Posted June 23, 2022

I’m definitely not the expert as I’m the one who created this topic asking for advice on stoves in the first place, but I would like to pitch in my thoughts based off of what I’ve learned. The first question I would ask is if you need a two burner or one burner. So plan out some of your meals or look at your current cooking and see if you need the bigger two burner. And then, even with your trailer and roof carrier, you may not have the most room to carry a bunch of stuff. I would go with small and light. You can either do the butane only stove (first picture up above) and it’s small compact fuel canisters, or the dual fuel option (second picture) where you can run it off the little propane tanks as well.

Reply to: How to survive this nasty heat wave of 110+ degrees Posted June 19, 2022

What does that fabric feel like?

Reply to: What is the best camp stove for an emergency power outage or camping? Posted June 19, 2022

I like that concept and hope that it does well.

Reply to: What is the best camp stove for an emergency power outage or camping? Posted June 19, 2022

Now that is creative! One man’s trash is another man’s rocket stove. hehe Have you made one of these before and how well do they work?

Reply to: What is the best camp stove for an emergency power outage or camping? Posted June 7, 2022

Preps to the rescue! How did that fuel smell while it was burning? From a few YouTube videos I’ve watched on alcohol stoves the consensus on them is that denatured alcohol (methylated spirits made up of ethanol and methanol) or yellow HEET(methanol) are the best fuel sources. These two seem to be the cheapest per ounce, cleanest burning, and quickest to boil water. What I haven’t seen in any video though is how they smell and the fumes that are given off.

Reply to: What is the best camp stove for an emergency power outage or camping? Posted June 5, 2022

That is another good point… What kind of cookware will I use. For the normal power outage, I will probably be using my home cookset but when camping I might want to go with something lighter. Lots to think about. Thank you all again for the great ideas. It has driven me down many rabbit holes of research and I hope to share my findings with everyone here in the future.

Reply to: When and where to not carry concealed firearms Posted June 5, 2022

That is a very different attitude and set of rules than here in the USA. So in the UK, did they just make a new law making it illegal to carry a folding knife in a school or college? I wonder if that is just the larger ones or even a small 1 inch one on a keychain that could be used as a box cutter.

Reply to: What is the best camp stove for an emergency power outage or camping? Posted June 3, 2022

Thank you for your recommendations. I do have an endless supply of twigs around my yard unfortunately, so having a wood burning stove in the long term would be smart and is something I’ll have to get after a gas/liquid powered one. I wanted a gas powered stove that I can quickly light up during a power outage that usually will last less than 24 hours. It will be easy, fast, and clean to use compared to using wood. The alcohol burner you linked to is similar to the one Alicia linked to as well down below. There might be something to that if both of you like it.

Reply to: What is the best camp stove for an emergency power outage or camping? Posted June 3, 2022

I hadn’t considered liquid fuel stoves but do like how small and compact that is. Looking at some Amazon picture reviews for that one you linked to, you can get a real nice windbreak or even just use a can with some holes poked into it.

Reply to: What is the best camp stove for an emergency power outage or camping? Posted June 1, 2022

That windguard built into the Coleman is nice. If I go with another type stove, I’ll have to create a folding shield like that. Thank you for your suggestions and input.

Reply to: What is the best camp stove for an emergency power outage or camping? Posted June 1, 2022

I am leaning towards the dual fuel stove. Everyone seems to have a Coleman on here, but it is propane only. Butane seems to be the safer fuel to burn inside (like during a power outage in the winter, with the window cracked of course), and then propane when I can cook outdoors. I was looking around a bit more after posting this and saw that butane doesn’t like the cold at all. So that will be a no-go for cooking outdoors with during the winter.

Reply to: What is the best camp stove for an emergency power outage or camping? Posted June 1, 2022

I was looking at those and thought they were interesting. How does it smell and/or make your food taste? I’m a bit weary of cooking with the stuff that makes my car vroom.

What is the best camp stove for an emergency power outage or camping?

Gear 37

Posted May 31, 2022

Reply to: When and where to not carry concealed firearms Posted April 18, 2022

That is very good advice to go to the source and read the state laws. And also to leave when asked so you don’t get charged with trespassing. Thank you all for your wise advice

Reply to: What’s worth canning? Posted April 15, 2022

That’s a good question. I haven’t done any canning, so can’t give you much advice from personal experience, but will share what I’ve heard. *Freezing is easier. Stick it in a bag and in the freezer it goes. *Canning with high heat will take away some nutrients. *Freezing food can bring with it that freezer burn taste

Reply to: When and where to not carry concealed firearms Posted April 14, 2022

That blog post made me realize that I need to look into my state laws and figure out what the consequences would be. It said that in some states you would just be asked to leave, where in others it’s a felony. If I’m in one of those felony states, then I will be much wanting to avoid the gun-free zones because if you are caught then that is goodbye to all your firearms.

What is the best camp stove for an emergency power outage or camping?

Gear 37

Posted May 31, 2022

When and where to not carry concealed firearms

Advice 24

Posted April 13, 2022

Reply to: Long-term wilderness survival skills Posted October 25, 2022

That does seem to be true that when modern conveniences and systems fail we do need to rely on more primitive ways to live and survive like your friend experienced.

Reply to: Long-term wilderness survival skills Posted October 25, 2022

Reply to: A comparison of four electric lanterns under $75 Posted October 25, 2022

Reply to: Safe deposit box vs. other off-site document storage Posted October 25, 2022

Reply to: What is the best camp stove for an emergency power outage or camping? Posted June 23, 2022

Reply to: How to survive this nasty heat wave of 110+ degrees Posted June 19, 2022

What does that fabric feel like?

Reply to: What is the best camp stove for an emergency power outage or camping? Posted June 19, 2022

I like that concept and hope that it does well.

Reply to: What is the best camp stove for an emergency power outage or camping? Posted June 19, 2022

Now that is creative! One man’s trash is another man’s rocket stove. hehe Have you made one of these before and how well do they work?

Reply to: What is the best camp stove for an emergency power outage or camping? Posted June 7, 2022

Reply to: What is the best camp stove for an emergency power outage or camping? Posted June 5, 2022

Reply to: When and where to not carry concealed firearms Posted June 5, 2022

Reply to: What is the best camp stove for an emergency power outage or camping? Posted June 3, 2022

Reply to: What is the best camp stove for an emergency power outage or camping? Posted June 1, 2022

That windguard built into the Coleman is nice. If I go with another type stove, I’ll have to create a folding shield like that. Thank you for your suggestions and input.

Reply to: What is the best camp stove for an emergency power outage or camping? Posted June 1, 2022

I was looking at those and thought they were interesting. How does it smell and/or make your food taste? I’m a bit weary of cooking with the stuff that makes my car vroom.

Reply to: When and where to not carry concealed firearms Posted April 18, 2022

That is very good advice to go to the source and read the state laws. And also to leave when asked so you don’t get charged with trespassing. Thank you all for your wise advice

Reply to: What’s worth canning? Posted April 15, 2022

Reply to: When and where to not carry concealed firearms Posted April 14, 2022