Water

So with water making up 70% of the world and almost the same in your body it goes without saying how important it is. Lack of water leads to thirst(no shirt Sherlock) dehydration and confusion to name a few off the top my head. The point is that without water you won't be able to function both mentally and psychically.



There are several points to cover we are dealing with water;
1. Collection
2. Storage
3. Filtration
4. Purification
5. Taste

 

Collection ;  So lets start with collection. Collection is how you attain the water itself. Now this may sound easy but just think of the amount of faith you put in buy water and water coming from your pipes at home.
Do you know how to source water from closed pipes like the ones at businesses like KFC or closed stand pipes. What if the water was coming from an area to small for whatever container you have? Questions like these often make us realize how much we rely on  modern conveniences and fail to think of all the angles.
My suggestions are a four way key, some clear tubing, a funnel and condoms.




Storage;  Storage goes into how you hold large amounts of water at your base or while traveling if need be. It would make little sense if you on had on metal canteen that you have to refill every time you get thirsty. Not only are wasting time and effort but you are also putting yourself in unnecessary danger depending on the situation. In a survival situation three days is not the amount of time you have to drink water. You are working and as such you are losing that water just as quickly in those situations one day might already bring your journey to and end.
My suggestions are collapsible buckets 5l+ and a hydration bladder and pack.



Filtration;  For filtration while it is relatively easy to accomplish, without the necessary stuff if could prove to be impossible. Filtration is basically removing all the foreign substances that I are not microbial.
My suggestions are a cotton bandana, plastic bottle, rubber bands and a small shovel.



Purification;  This is basically making the water safe to drink. Free of any bacteria and other things that can make you ill. Ideally boil the water.
My suggestions are metal canteen, fire kit and purification tablets.



Taste;  This is water makes disgusting water taste better. so any drink mix whether its juice or tea or  even energy drink mix.
My suggestions are Turbo or Koolaid (juice), Nescafe (coffee), powdered milk, strawberry Nessquick (tea) and Powerade/Gatorade (energy drink mix).



I always recommend making individual kits and then adding it to your main bag. With these tips you should be ready for any water related incidents not covering storing water storage at your home or BOL.

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Youtuber #2 - Urban Prepper

Sometimes the best way to learn is too see different point of views.

In keeping with this I will review a few of my favorite you tubers.

Urban Prepper

This man takes a methodological view to prepping and kit building.

He revises he previous kits based on what he found works and what doesn't.

My favorite aspect is the PDF document with the outline of his kits. It comes with a list of what it is, how much it cost, and how he went about deciding what to put and how an aspect should be covered.

I recommend his home prepping videos as it is very customization but already covers almost everything. 

I believe he demonstrates a good way to go about developing kits. Some of his gear is pricey but he actually saves up to get it so he more goal oriented. He does work slow due to this though but over the years he has become more consistent and his quality has improved.

Youtuber Page

https://www.youtube.com/user/TheUrbanPrepper/featured

Featured Video

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pz93oO-DkA

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Food Box

How to start a food box

Your food box is your short term plan for food. For any reason whether its no money this month or a natural disaster or surprise camping trip. The point is that you cant get to a store and you are low on food.

Important things to consider;

Likes  -  make sure you buy or acquire is food you like and not allergic to. For example, if you don’t like MRE’s don’t stalk up on it because you wont eat it and if you get to a situation where that is all you have you will be miserable. Try out your stuff first.

Time - be sure to have a time limit so that you can determine how much to get. Start small and add. My time limit is one week to two weeks. I will give my kit list.

Use - Try it out. Let’s be honest everything spoils so by using it you keep your stalk fresh and make sure that your taste haven’t changed. Try buying more long lasting foods. As well as knowing how to use and make the most of your supplies.

Storage - Store your supplies in the safe place. I use a simple cardboard shoe box and i keep it on top of my wardrobe. Unfortunately this has prove to be unsafe as my family has gotten into it. So that brings me to the next topic.

Safety - Make sure you keep it safe and that no one can take your supplies. It makes no sense you go through all that troubled only to have when you need it you find that someone has been taking your stuff and now you have none.

Calories - Watch the calories of your items and take into account that you need more calories if you are going to active. So look up how much calories you need and double it per day.

Withdrawal - If you know that you have and addiction you need to pack for it. You can not expect you body to cope with the stress and other factors that that type of situation AND deal with withdrawal symptoms. It could be as simple as put a few packs of cigarettes or packs of coffee. But don’t be fooled it is the same with prescription medicine and over the counter medecine. So pack your medic kit as well.

Remember you are after calories and nutrients.

Carbohydrates and sugar = energy

My plan for the future

Food box-  1. 7 ramen                                                                                  

     2. 7 box mac and cheese                                                           

     3. 2 Powdered milk                                                                     

     4. Salt and sugar                                                                         

     5. Pepper sauce                                                                          

     6. Oats                                                                                         

     7. Tea ( tea bags since they store better than leaves, Powdered chocolate)                

     8. 7 + snack or chocolate bars                                                      

     9. 7 sardines                                                                                

     10. 7 can sausage                                                                       

     11. 7 corn beef                                                                              

     12. 7 crix                                                                                       

     13. powdered juice
14. 2 packet lentils
15. bag of rice

If you want to maximize space try repackaging into ziploc bags

The remains of my last food box before it was consumed by the third party.

             

   big shoe box

From the right;

Red label rose tea (teabags)

Machen ramen noodle soup chicken flavour

Turbo plus grapefruit and passion fruit flavour (powdered juice)

Blue pacific sardines in spicy tomato sauce

People’s choice evaporated milk

Instant miso soup

Nescafe cafe mokaccino

Three star safty matches

MRE condiments package (napkin, spoon, sugar, coffee, milk, salt)

Spork

Metal wire

MRE meals (garlic mashed potato, pork sausage party)

MRE powdered jiuce (lemon lime, orange)

MRE heater

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Kit Rundown

Today we will be talking about different kits that are out there. Why? Because it up to you to decide what you need so that you will build the most effective kit or kits to full fill your needs. At the end of this I will leave like to different YouTube videos so you can better understand these kits.

Bug Out Bag (B.O.B)

Firstly the most talked about bag. The Bug Out Bag aka the B.O.B.  This is usually a 72 hour bag it should contain everything from food to gear you need to survive. We will be talking about the contents in another post. Just know that it is a bag meant for the worst case scenario. So you take the bag and go with nothing else. Basically a standalone kit ready for all your survival needs on your way.

Every Day Carry (E.D.C)

Next the most talked about stuff. Every Day Carry or EDC. This is all the things that you carry with you on a daily basis whether it’s for survival or whatever. Girls we know about the brush and the makeup and for guys the wallet with your drinking money. So your phone, wallet, your purse are all your EDC. In the context of this block maybe a switch knife, a pocket multi tool, etc. so in the case of this blog its your take everywhere survival kit.

E.D.C Bag

For those of you who carry a bag with you, this is for you. So everything you carry in your bag on a daily basis. Personally I carry my medical kit/clean kit, a pack of ramen, water bottle, carabina, waterproof bag and my school books. Oh and my laptop. So your everyday carry that goes in your bag. Please note do not full your Jan sport to the brim you want to leave space for anything you might accumulate for the day. So once again in this case your take everywhere survival kit.

E.D.C Vehicle

This is your Every Day Carry that you carry in your vehicle. It will be relatively larger and more diverse than the other EDC due to the fact that you are not the one carrying it and there is more space for you to store gear.  so in lamest terms a survival kit just  case stuff goes wrong and you have access to your vehicle.

The basis I have with all EDC gear is that it’s only useful if you carry it. Like going to buy KFC without having money on you. Yea you could be rich but you won’t get the four piece meal with air as payment.

Get Home Bag

Get Home Bag is the bag you carry if you are going quite a distance from your base camp or home. It’s a 24 hour bag with survival capabilities.

Survival Kit

This is exactly what it sounds like a relatively small kit in which you have everything you need to survive if you lose everything but that kit. Some people use an altoids tin some a butt bag and others a pocket organizer. The point is a small kit that you can carry with you anywhere and everywhere.

  

Basecamp Bag

This is a bag in which holds everything a person or group needs for shelter. I usually use this with my father when we go camping for more than a week. A perfect example is cadet summer camp which is two weeks. This kit focuses on shelter it’s not usually something you carry it is more for something that you put on a vehicle.

Camp Bag

Your camp bag is basically the bag you use when going on group camps. So Cadets, Boy Scouts, etc.  I think it will most likely be your biggest bag since we tend to carry supplies for comfort since our basic needs will be met.

Tactical kit

Tactical Kit is more for persons with military background. It follows the military line system. It’s the 2^nd line (yep we will go over the line system later). It’s your chest rig or webbing. You’re loading bearing equipment (LBE). For those of you with no military background, its somewhere between what you carry on your person and your backpack. For example a chest rig is basically a heavy duty vest you can attach pouches to carry gear.

  

Dog Pack

The “Dog pack” is completely optional and I want to make it clear that when a disaster strikes pets are usually not allowed in most emergency shelters unless it’s like you’re seeing eye dog or any animal that used for person with disabilities. Honestly pets are usually forgotten in an emergency so a dog pack is the bag that your dog carries with all its supplies. I think dogs are great in an emergency situation because they can carry a lot of weight and pull a lot of weight (although you do need to get them accustom to it after all no dog who has never carried a bag in their life will just let put a bag on it). Please note that for dogs the bags are usually vest like so don’t go thinking it’s a legit bag, dog have their special bags.

SAS Survival kit

Now we have the kit that has its own book the SAS survival kit. One of the best survival books that I have read in my short time on this earth was the “SAS Survival guide”. In this book the author highlights a how to build this kit. Note that this is a military style kit and you can modify the bag and contents as long as they do the job.

        

Disaster kits

These are kits that everyone should have whether it’s for a hurricane, tsunami, earthquake or any natural disaster that your area is prone to. What makes this different to a normal survival kit is that you are fully prepared for the world to go on as usual. Meaning you carry things like passport, important documents, money and anything else that will make life easier to rebuild if you lose everything as well essential survival items and food just in case you are trapped somewhere or need to travel to get to a safe zone. In this bag you should carry some tools like a pry bar or chain cutters you know just in case. You never know what could happen in a disaster. I will go over these kits in further detail later.

Chuck Box

By far my favorite thing in this world is food that is why having a Chuck Box is essential to camping. Yes camping people. This is not a kit that you want to carry when you are trying to survive in the bush. It’s a kit for car camping, camping and all around wherever you don’t have to carry it camping. It’s a box that contains everything you need or cooking. That would be a camping stove, emergency gas, pots and pans, eating utensils, etc. it’s basically a micro kitchen.

Bedroll

The ‘Bedroll’ is your personal shelter kit that you attach to the bottom of your bag so that it doesn’t take up room in the main pocket of your bag. A tarp is usually the outer layer so that is waterproof. For example it could contain the tarp, wool blanket and hammock and straps or cordage. You could switch the wool blanket with a sleeping bag or add it if you want. So you roll it together, tie it properly and attach it to your bag.

We will go in detail on how to build each of these kits and videos on each but for now here are some links to good YouTube videos to get you started.

B.O.B

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oskMGuVh4UE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKp6NvgIXUY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bEC6Ve1HOo

E.D.C

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW0xgOD_3Bc

E.D.C Bag

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om15Y8z8in0

E.D.C Vehicle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-ansf_-KSU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDsnaNcyucw

Get Home Bag

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQnCDHmdw0w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9JJ-5iTxgY

Survival Kit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDVWMLgAvdg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6KqAuMuOXE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af4omx-iU8E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKtGEe9TyZI

Basecamp Bag

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3lxU1ZeNg8

Tactical kit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjeAFBgc-8U

Dog pack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrWr5rNZL98

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBP70lORsE0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6qr2B_OYM0

Disaster kits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB8TLHCDSdA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmiGvOha7As

Chuck box

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vSM5N0aPC4

Bedroll

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UZkOy_KQ_A

I hope you noticed that these are all just different configurations of survival kits. the amount or type of gear and even who carries and where you take it to gives it a new name.

If there are any kits you want to go over leave it in the comments and I’ll write up on it.

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Rule #3 - C's

#3

 10 c’s of survival;

Cutting tool,

Cotton bandana,

Cordage,

Container,

Combustion,

Compass,

Cover,

Candle light,

Cargo tape,

Canvas needle.

#for female

Clean

Comfort

Let’s be honest we have all heard of this and in one way or another will hear or read on this again.

Basically each stands for something your kit should have. Call it the basic guidelines for making all your kits. Some are metaphoric for example, candle light simply meaning a light source such as a headlamp, flashlight and yes candle.

What I really want to talk about is clean and comfort.

I added those because, women, we all know what happens every month, some of us have it worse than others but we can all agree it sucks. Just imagine how much it would suck more if you are in a survival situation. Trust me men, you can stab yourself in the arm and still not touch the pain and discomfort women have to go through. Of course is not the end of the world (maybe). But it pays to be prepared and have methods for long term use just in case for example cotton rags you can wash and reuse. Men should also pack some of this stuff as they are great for first aid as well as helping a woman in need.

Now for comfort.

Personally I would and could carry 100 lbs of load if it meant I am completely covered comfort included. Like I always tell my cadets “if I could carry a bed I would, if it made sense to bring a sleeping bag I would but for now I settle on blanket on the floor so long as I am warm I am good.” I know I know what do I know about cold sleepless nights. Absolutely nothing. I could sleep on cold tiles during a hurricane and still be comfortable so long as my skin isn’t irritated. I usually wear a lot of clothes(not literally as in an extra layer). What I mean is that I am unique in that I can wear a winter jacket and walk up a hill without sweating. My body does a great job at regulating my body temperature so all I do is move my uniform use it as a blanket and night world. All of you who can’t sleep with clothes on can probably relate. The main point is comfort, whatever you need to comfortable bring it. Especially sleep. Because sleep is a beautiful thing indeed.

video from YouTube for further info
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsrRRKC29-k

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