Zombie Squad

I've become interested in the arc/plasma/flameless/Tesla lighters recently and purchased one of the KOBWA lighters to try it out (sort of an electric version of a windmill lighter). If you haven't seen these lighters before, they use electricity to create a very hot plasma arc between contacts, no f...

Oh yeah, BOVs.... Just got a Stanley Power Station/Jump Starter for the primary BOV (F-150 with a cap) the other day. Now the problem will be finding a place to store it, I dedicated the front 2 feet of the truck bed for tools, fuel, and BO supplies and it's already overflowing lol It gets some mix...

BTW, I can't speak to the Zebralight headlamps, but my EDC light is a Zebralight SC600 MkIII in neutral white which I absolutely love! Fairly compact (for an 18650 light) and very bright - around 1300 lumen. I'm seriously tempted by the SC600 Mk IV+ which puts out an even more impressive 2300 lumen,...

I have two 18650 headlamps, an Armytek Wizard Pro V2 Warm and an Olight H2R. Haven't actually used the Olight as a headlamp yet, but wow is it powerful! The Armytek is no slouch, but it's something like 800 lumens compared to 2300 in the Olight. I've had the Armytek for about four years and I've use...

Michigan's lower peninsula had a bit of a scare right in the middle of the polar vortex this week. Just at the point where the temperatures had bottomed out, one of the larger natural gas compression stations (used to compress gas to send via pipelines to houses/businesses for heating purposes) suff...

Drove my BOV (2004 Suburban Z71) to work today rather than my little Mazda 3 hatchback. Started up no problem in the morning, but it was less happy about starting after spending the day in the parking lot at work. Still started up, but made some horrible groaning and moaning noises from the steering...

Man, you can go into a serious rabbit hole when thinking about what-tools-do-I-need... I'd add a few hammers, since a claw hammer is just the starting point. Ball peen hammer Handheld sledge hammer (2.5 to 4 pound) Rubber mallet Dead blow hammer Wranglerstar did a series of videos last year about th...

I'll also chime in for Frog Toggs. I used mine tonight at a movie-in-the-cemetery event where our local CERT was assisting with parking. It kept me completely dry, which is what matters with rain gear!

How about those horrible 3-in-1, "survival" hatchets where one side is a hatchet, the other side is a hammer, the top is a pry bar, and the middle is a nail puller? Like this: http://a.co/d/5s9nLiT I have one in the garage somewhere that I received for Christmas years ago. Even as a kid I quickly de...

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What's that guys name on the right? I swear I was just watching him today. Thinking what a tool.

I think it's Tim Ralston, the guy from Doomsday Preppers who shot off part of his thumb. Here's the link to the Scavenger 6 website: http://scavenger6.com/

Try Googling "ultralight backpack radio" and then look through the results. I found a number of chat threads where people were asking very similar questions (although many of them are quite old). One interesting result is the discontinued CountyComm GP-4L radio. It's slightly larger than what you're...

I've got an Optimus 12.610 which is about the same size as this Kaito KA200 . No weather band, but it's pretty small and uses AAA batteries. Mine doesn't have a built-in antenna like the Kaito, but comes with a wire antenna which plugs into the headphone jack (if you have headphones it uses those as...

When I couldn't find the Anker panels in stock earlier this summer, I bought a RAVPower 24watt panel instead. I've purchased items from both companies and had very good luck with them - no failures of any kind to date. The panel seems to work just fine, although I haven't done anything more than at-...

Mil-spec ballistic eyewear with a strap ought to do it! Keeping them from fogging usually has to do with how closely they fit / airflow around them. I have some goggles for outdoor sports (motorcycle, shooting, etc) which have a foam liner to seal them. Unfortunately, that makes them fog up right aw...

At my company (IT sector) I'd guess that probably half the people there carry some type of knife, even if it's just a keychain Swiss Army Knife. No prohibition that I've found in our policies there (yes, I checked) and I've seen a number of people whip out some fairly nice knives to cut up food or o...

My friends/family and I will sometimes discuss movies after we've watched them, but I sort of keep it to a light touch on the topic, since none of them are really "preppers". I've had more luck with sort of "stealth prepping" them via gifts for birthdays and such. Flashlights, knives, waterproof bla...

Welcome, from a fellow Michigander!

Thought I'd resurrect this post, since it hasn't been active in a while. Several years ago I made emergency kits for some friends. They were around $80-90 each, and have a variety of items in them. Basic tools, first aid items, toiletries, flashlight, garbage bags, duct tape, state map, and lots oth...

If you look up DIY rock separator, rock grizzly, rotary screen separator, trommel screen, etc. you'll find all sorts of designs. Simple ones are just like a big colander which lets dirt through and screens out bigger stuff. If you want to separate them by sizes, then you have to think of it like a c...

If you're really interested in the Ranger or the Bronco, you might consider buying an interim vehicle just to last you until they're released and you can buy what you're actually interested in. To that end, it might make sense to look at used vehicles which hold their value well, like a Toyota or Su...

Question, did you read the Optics Planet article on choosing compact binoculars, because they do have one that is specific to that type. https://www.opticsplanet.com/howto/how-to-choose-buy-compact-binoculars.html There are some recommendations for binos in the article for three different categories...

A Buck Selkirk 0863BRS might fit your requirements as well. I can't really speak to it as far as durability and such - I bought one just because it was purty! :) It feels pretty solid and has a nice edge on it. It has a full tang with a cross-hatched pommel that can be used for hammering. It's sort ...

My parents are lucky enough to have quite a few wild blueberry bushes on their property here in Michigan. The y taste about the same as the farmed ones, but they're much smaller (pencil eraser sized), so it takes a long time to pick any appreciable amount. The nice thing about wild ones though, is t...

What model of vehicle? I seem to recall a thread from a few years back about a storage bin that fit into some Ford pickups in the space where a winch could go behind the front bumper.