Instead of cash I Cary silver bars. What if cash is useless?10. blankets
i have a spread that i bought at dollor genral year before last.it's %100 poyester.but warm as can be.pluse it folds up rather small and is very light whight.if it aint quiet warm enough at time.then the space banket might work with it.
9. clothes
always change them out of the time of year and weather.include a puncho or 2.never know when you might be stuck on foot in the rain.pluse it'll help you stay warm when needed
8. Battery Powered Radio
i have a eton am/fm/weather band radio.no power cord for it.but i can and do use the hand crank and solar panal to charge up the battries in it..it also has a usb port for chargeing cell phones and a flash light
7. Cash
keeping 1's 5's 10's and 20's on hand will be a big pluse if we get through what ever happens
6. Flashlight
i have 3 flash lights,and one head lamp.in which 2 use tripple a,and 1 uses d..i also recently got a solor pwered battry charger.so i'll be able to keep those battries charge with it if needed
5. Flint
flint fire starter matchs bic and a zippo kept in a water proof contaner
4. water
even if you dont have a gallon of water per day.it might prove usefull to have extra water containers on you.this way you can fill them when needed.especilly if looks like you'll go another 2 or 3 days before comeing across water again
3.food.
thinking packets of food.on acount thier flater then cans.and the packets are reuseable as well as cans are.
2.shelter
a 2 person tent should work if theres 1 or 2 of you.and like you suggested.tarps.pluse a hammok or 2.thier quieker n easyer to put up n take down.pluse some are inclosed,kinda like haveing a tent tied to 2 trees and off the ground
1. first aid kit.
the meds thats taken each day/week..oientments for scraps and posion ivy/oak band-aids.gauze pads tape.even plumbers tape might work on keeping gauze in place
i lil camping cooking kit of some kind.you not only can cook n heat food in it.but if you get the right set-up.you can boil water with the lil pot that comes with it..also maps of where you are and will be. and compass's knifes for hunting and cutting up meats.
Instead of cash I Cary silver bars. What if cash is useless?
Would suck to get killed by a bullet you traded to someone, eh?
Lord knows the govt gets enough of our money allready!I think the best thing for humanity would be to go back to a bartering economy
That is the point - x-pounds of bullets or food will quickly have more trading value than the same weight in gold or silver. Pretty quickly gold & silver will have zero value.only way i'd carry ammo for trade.is if ( I ) decide that i have more then what i need in ammo.and if i know that person wont use it to kill me in a shtf situation..
Only thing I don't see as a must have is a water filter, possibly even two. Yes you can boil, but a filter can help keep you going until you're situated better and can have the time to boil.In Australia - In the top ten would add the following to the top ten in BoB, based on rule of threes, "
In any extreme situation you cannot survive for more than:
3 minutes without air - 3 hours without shelter
3 days without water - 3 weeks without food.
Item I would prioritize:
- Stainless steel canteen that can boil water
- Letherman type multi tool or fixed blade knife
- Axe & saw blade
- Tarp
- Sleeping bag
- fly/mosquito net
- First aid (antibiotics & gasto stop)
- Food
- Crank radio & torch & USB charger, fire lighter combination
- 22LR rifle
Cordage - there is always wire - clothing, seat belts general mess lying around that can be used for cordage - not a big priority but in reality there are a myriad of small items light weight items that can be easily carried or integrated in your EDC, like a wrist watch that can be used as a compass etc..
OK I left out fire, if you have a vehicle can use cigarette lighter or two wires and short out the battery, can use reading glasses that I carry - a lighter can be part of EDC not needed in BoB, also I think some crank radios have fire starter as well - also need to learn to make fire without any modern tools.!!! http://www.amazon.com/SE-FL3139-6-In-1-Dynamo-Starter/dp/B008JRRBJY
I agree I keep two filters in my bagOnly thing I don't see as a must have is a water filter, possibly even two. Yes you can boil, but a filter can help keep you going until you're situated better and can have the time to boil.
I have the Ruger but I prefer my Springfield armoury M6 Scout.I've been looking at ruger 10/22,I would love the tactical but with a prizetag for almost 800 euros,well I keep dreaming , and propably take the semi-auto 10/22
Good idea ... I'm going to use that !I had to line the food saver bags with paper towels to keep the rice from poking holes in the plastic, and still sometimes it didn’t work; for small quantities of rice I had better luck putting it in empty 24oz. soda bottles with a small O2 absorber.
Water being, in my opinion, the most important consumable should make people want to learn all they can about water purification. Depending on how long you are in survival mode, filters might not last long enough.
Please share what you know about water purification!
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