What prep items did you get recently?

[Alphabrew]

I’m hearing that food prices are going to increase due to rising fuel costs, inflation, and also lack of fertilizer as a result of the Russian sanctions. Make sure to inventory your preps and fill in any holes!

 

[MaxVO2]

I’m hearing that food prices are going to increase due to rising fuel costs, inflation, and also lack of fertilizer as a result of the Russian sanctions. Make sure to inventory your preps and fill in any holes!

****Yea this. Food prices are gonna get really really ugly next year. No question people will notice the increase, especially anything imported.

Energy prices as well - which affect food prices and the price of pretty much everything else. Even stuff like dog food and cat food is supposed to increase in price a lot next year.

No mean tweets tho.

 

[ground chuck]

Anyone have a good mylar bag sealer. I bought big mylars and well i dont have a good way to seal. Will those small hand held ones work well enough or do i need a 16" one?

Exchange 3 20lb propane tanks and picked up 12 1 lbs tanks

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[Norton]

Anyone have a good mylar bag sealer. I bought big mylars and well i dont have a good way to seal. Will those small hand held ones work well enough or do i need a 16" one?

Exchange 3 20lb propane tanks and picked up 12 1 lbs tanks

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A laundry iron and then use a 1x4 to give you a good edge.

 

[Wissel]

*****Aren't you concerned you will become grotesquely fat from eating all of those carbs!

(I eat a lot of rice too...btw. Love the stuff.)

The key to a good diet is balance!

See pic of gentleman below..

That's why I include a bowflex as part of my prep supplies

 

[Occam]

Nerd item: got a small wifi router that can act backwards (as a bridge) so it can jump on a mobile phone’s hotspot and share it as a local wired Ethernet connection.

You don’t always want to (or can’t always) have everything jump wirelessly on your phone’s hotspot if your normal fiber/coax goes down. By using a proper little router, you can help shape which of your devices gets what share of the phone’s limited bandwidth, etc. You can also plug in a POE switch and keep your security cameras and whatnot working.

 

[[Kev308]]

Just got 2 Sawyer Mini Water Filtration Systems.

 

[ground chuck]

Just got 2 Sawyer Mini Water Filtration Systems.

I can not rave enough about how well this product works in the wilderness.

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[[Kev308]]

I can not rave enough about how well this product works in the wilderness.

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I like hearing that! Sounds like I made a good choice.

 

[Alea Jacta Est]

I can not rave enough about how well this product works in the wilderness.

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Concur. Though I strongly recommend the squeeze bag vs the gravity solution. They have both.

 

[ground chuck]

Concur. Though I strongly recommend the squeeze bag vs the gravity solution. They have both.

My sawyer has both options. Gravity takes too long

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[ground chuck]

A laundry iron and then use a 1x4 to give you a good edge.

Worked like a charm thanks

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[Norton]

Worked like a charm thanks

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Awesome. I have stuff I did using that method 10 years ago and the contents are fresh as if they were new.

 

[MaxVO2]

Just got 2 Sawyer Mini Water Filtration Systems.

*****I have these in my bugout bags, all of my cars, and in my hiking backpack. Really a good product. Squeeze works faster than gravity by a very wide margin.

 

[Crazytrain]

I recently finished my biggest prep ever...moving out of the row home and into a small ranch on a couple acres of land.

Finally, I have the room for a decent garden. Finally I'm no longer sharing walls with neighbors and have some privacy. The property has very little visibility from the street, with a steep driveway for access. I don't have any close neighbors. I have more space to store preps. I have the room for a decent workshop. Well water and septic, so less dependence on urban infrastructure.

A little too close to civilization for my preference, but a massive upgrade from where we were. A generator is on the 'must buy' list. Solar at some point. I cannot wait to get the garden going, although I'm not sure I'll be able to get to it in time for this years peak growing season. I'll at least get it started, though.

I feel like we are in a definitely improved position, assuming of course we have the time to get everything going as a mini-homestead before something untoward happens.

 

[teratos]

I recently finished my biggest prep ever...moving out of the row home and into a small ranch on a couple acres of land.

Finally, I have the room for a decent garden. Finally I'm no longer sharing walls with neighbors and have some privacy. The property has very little visibility from the street, with a steep driveway for access. I don't have any close neighbors. I have more space to store preps. I have the room for a decent workshop. Well water and septic, so less dependence on urban infrastructure.

A little too close to civilization for my preference, but a massive upgrade from where we were. A generator is on the 'must buy' list. Solar at some point. I cannot wait to get the garden going, although I'm not sure I'll be able to get to it in time for this years peak growing season. I'll at least get it started, though.

I feel like we are in a definitely improved position, assuming of course we have the time to get everything going as a mini-homestead before something untoward happens.

Congratulations! Sounds like a great place to call home.

 

[Alea Jacta Est]

Congrats. It is freeing to improve your tactical situation.

might I suggest a consideration of ingress/them and egress/you before too long. Obstacles and gating are your friends. Lighting can be too.

again, congrats on what’s truly a big step

 

[ground chuck]

I recently finished my biggest prep ever...moving out of the row home and into a small ranch on a couple acres of land.

Finally, I have the room for a decent garden. Finally I'm no longer sharing walls with neighbors and have some privacy. The property has very little visibility from the street, with a steep driveway for access. I don't have any close neighbors. I have more space to store preps. I have the room for a decent workshop. Well water and septic, so less dependence on urban infrastructure.

A little too close to civilization for my preference, but a massive upgrade from where we were. A generator is on the 'must buy' list. Solar at some point. I cannot wait to get the garden going, although I'm not sure I'll be able to get to it in time for this years peak growing season. I'll at least get it started, though.

I feel like we are in a definitely improved position, assuming of course we have the time to get everything going as a mini-homestead before something untoward happens.

congratulations

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[Squaregrouper]

Just got 2 Sawyer Mini Water Filtration Systems.

I can not rave enough about how well this product works in the wilderness.

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I like hearing that! Sounds like I made a good choice.

Concur. Though I strongly recommend the squeeze bag vs the gravity solution. They have both.

My sawyer has both options. Gravity takes too long

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That was one of the units I lab tested in my SHTF water thread. It took coliform counts from TNTC (too numerous to count) to undetectable levels.
I have no idea how long they last before clogging, but they do a hell of a good job at removing bacteria.

 

[ground chuck]

That was one of the units I lab tested in my SHTF water thread. It took coliform counts from TNTC (too numerous to count) to undetectable levels.
I have no idea how long they last before clogging, but they do a hell of a good job at removing bacteria.

I have filtered questionable water while hiking through dolly sods, WV. Still standing to talk about it.

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