Zombie Squad

Water, and have some cash on hand. Power outage means no credit card systems... Hopefully he also has enough offline/unpowered activities to keep him occupied (games, books, etc.) for a few days if needed. If he's worried about no a/c, then maybe a battery powered fan. There are some on Amazon which...

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.

I've never watched one of these videos before. Are they all this well produced? This was more like an episode of some type of "critical incident" tv show. I just subscribed to the channel on YouTube. After watching it, I've got to give major kudos to the ride-out crew at that plant. It sounds like t...

You know, when I opened this thread to read it, I was really hoping for a story involving sasquatch...

Disney and Orlando area attractions are using TSA type scanning and metal detectors IIRC. So bring only that which the TSA would allow. Forgot to mention, Universal works pretty much like the airport - empty your pockets and put all bags through the scanner, then you go through a metal detector. My...

Just got back yesterday from a family trip there. I don't have kids, but my brother has two, so I tried to do some preps that might be useful for them and stuff that would just be useful in general. Things that I brought which ended up being useful: notebook/sharpie for character autographs (my brot...

Greetings from another Michigander, and welcome to the forum!

Check out the Expedition Portal forums for more builds than you'll ever have time to read! http://forum.expeditionportal.com/ There are people out there doing just about any kind of off-road builds that you can imagine. From cheap minimalist builds, right up to professional rigs that run well into t...

There was a 1994 Revcon Trailblazer for sale on eBay recently (sale ended yesterday), but it's quite pricey! Starting bid was $45,000 and it's a Class C, but it's a pretty amazing looking rig! It didn't receive any bids and the links on the page point to a listing that goes back almost 3 years, so i...

I've got a Wizard Pro v2 XM-L2 (Warm) that I've used quite a bit around the house. So far I've mainly used it for doing yard work at night, or working on my truck. I actually bought it to have someting to use in case our CERT gets called out for search and rescue, but (fortunately) it hasn't been ne...

I'm a CERT member, but I don't have any specialized training or skills within it. I have picked up the nickname "MacGyver" though, since I tend to be a bit better prepared than most! The big one for me is that I'm a Municipal Liaison (ML) for the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). If you're n...

"If true" are the most important words here. It all LOOKED very clean, not beat to death or worn out, but until we can get him fired up for the first time there is no guarantee I haven't just bought a $4500 planter box. So true! The Suburban I bought this summer turned out to have much more wrong w...

This is my EDC flashlight: http://www.zebralight.com/SC600-Mk-III-18650-XHP35-Flashlight-Cool-White_p_174.html It's a floody beam, but VERY bright! You would have to get some 18650 batteries and a charger though. I don't believe that CR123a batteries will work in it, since it has extremely tight tol...

I've broached the topic with a friend of mine who does welding ("hey, it would make a good project for one of your welding classes"), but she wasn't really interested. Earlier on we did talk a bit about me possibly helping fund some welding equipment for her in exchange for work on the truck, but th...