The Full Home Survival Kit Checklist A perfect survival kit doesn’t exist- what is right for you depends on your situation and risk tolerance. That said, we have as close to perfect of a starting point for you: our comprehensive checklist. Suggested Additions for Your Survival Kit We’ve covered the survival kit essentials, but as we said earlier: there isn’t a perfect survival kit. Your situation, specific resources, and possible threats vary from the next...

Everyday Carry Everyday carry encompasses all the items you carry on your person every day. It is less of a kit and more of a daily loadout. EDC (Everyday Carry) is popular far beyond prepping and survival- many people try to optimize what they carry with them for every single day of their lives. It can include pouches, multi-tools, and CCW or just be your keys and wallet. EDC also includes the clothes you choose to wear. Versatility, weight, size, and functionality are all important for EDC...

Car Survival Kit Car Survival Kits or Vehicle Kits are preparedness kits you keep in your vehicle. There should be items and tools to repair your vehicle if needed, and other considerations based on threats in your area. For instance, if it is a possibility you may become stranded in your car from severe winter weather, you may need to keep a blanket, water, and food in your car kit. Sometimes these kits are combined with a Get Home Bag, but kit duplication is never a bad idea....

Survival First Aid First Aid Kits are a cornerstone of preparedness. Keeping you and yours healthy and intact is a great start to responding to any situation when SHTF. First aid kits can be the basic store-bought variety or a comprehensive kit that you are fully trained on how to use. While training and practice are key to all kits, it is especially important with this kit because some of the more involved tools can be dangerous when used improperly. An untrained prepper with an involved...

Shelter-in-Place  A Shelter-in-Place kit is a kit that allows you to seal off a building, room, or vehicle to make it as airtight as possible. This kit can greatly increase your survivability against chemical, biological, and radiological exposure. The kit itself doesn’t have to be anything fancy and is very simple to put together. It is sometimes confused with designated disaster shelters and the kits that accompany those. Shelter-in-place is an emergency warning that authorities...

Bug Out Bag Our bag out bag list is one of our most shared resources and will help you gather all the needed items for short-term survival on the move. Creating your bug out bag is a personal process that varies based on where you live, your experience, and potential disasters. I’ve been building bug out bags for years and tuned my own to tackle a variety of threats both big and small. A bug out bag is designed for “bugging out”, but I also use mine for home-based...

Kids’ Bug Out Bag Guide The usefulness of a good bug out bag is not just limited to adults. Kids obviously can’t carry as much, and you don’t need to load them down with survival tools. A good kids’ bug out bag concentrates more on keeping the child comforted and involved. 90% of adults have had children by the age of 50. So, chances are that knowing how to construct a kid’s version of a bug out bag will be helpful to you and your family. In the off chance that...

  Get Home Bag  (GHB) are for one purpose- getting back home to where most of your supplies are. People, on average, spend 38% of their time away from home- whether that’s work, travel, or errands. Disasters and emergencies won’t wait for you to get home, and neither should your preparedness. This task-oriented kit usually has a change of clothes, some tools, and sustenance to get you home in a worst-case situation. Preppers usually carry this bag on trips further than...

What is an INCH Bag? INCH stands for “I’m never coming home”, so an INCH bag is a bug out bag variant that helps you do just that. When you are developing your emergency plan and want to be flexible with a target Bug Out Location (or not have one at all), that is where an INCH bag comes into play. An INCH Bag is designed to sustain you indefinitely using the contents of the bag/kit combined with natural resources. It is meant to help you live off of the...

Bug Out Vehicle Guide, Gear List, and Checklist A bug out vehicle, also known as a BOV or survival vehicle, is a vehicle that is designed to help its occupants quickly evacuate an area in the event of an emergency or disaster. BOVs typically have a number of features that make them well-suited for this purpose, such as large storage capacity, off-road capabilities, and durability. In this article we will take a closer look at some specific bug out vehicles, key features to consider when...

About Dog Bug Out Bags To support your pup in an emergency or when SHTF, you need to have plenty of canine resources on hand. You could add them to your pack, lessening the supplies you can carry for yourself or slowing you down. That is where a dog bug out bag can come in handy. A large dog is perfectly capable of carrying its own supplies- reducing your own bug out bag weight and making your pet more useful. If you get a bag the right size for your dog and get them used to it, they...