The Newsletter from SurvivalCache features great articles on survival and prepping from other survival sites that I follow. This week we have a survival skills quiz, a breakdown of an EveryDay Carry system, and a cool how-to on homemade MRE’s.
1. Last week the TEOTWAWKI Blog wrote a great article on his EDC, or EveryDay Carry system. The post is just a simple breakdown of the gear you should carry regularly, but what I really liked was the list of “Don’ts” that he included. It’s easy to get carried away with gear, read the list for some common sense limitations.
2. The Survival Mom posted a great survival skills list you need to know. I liked it because, much like my Survival Food Pyramid, it is multi-leveled. If you are truly new, you can start with the “Easy Skills Level” and progress from there. Again, intelligent and logical improvement is the idea.
Do You Have the Skills to Survive a Depression?
3. The Chief, over at Accept the Challenge, wrote a brilliant how-to article on homemade MRE’s, a concept I had never even considered before. All you need is a food saver and some basic dry foods to get started.
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This website is for hikers. They have recipes that you just add water, cooking stoves, back packs and most of the stuff a person would use in a bug out situation. Best of all, they test it regularly because they hike regularly. Check it out.
One very handy item that should be in any urban survival pack or better yet , on your person , is the Tool Logic survival card . Yes its very gimmicky and a bit cheesy but it is about the size of a credit card and has 4 features that are very useful . 1. a red LED light , 2. a fire making devise , 3. a small knife ( yes its a bit of a joke ) but large enough to cut cord, rope , etc. the backside of the knife is the spark striker for the fire making strip of the card , 4. its so small and light that it can be hidden almost anywhere on your person without notice . That alone makes it worth it . It also has cheesy flat tweezers like the swiss army knife but if your reduced to not much it might be useful .
Between the leatherman wave and leatherman crunch ( has vice grips instead of pliers and more screwdriver things .) you should be in good shape , light tool wise .
Have you ever seen the streamlight stylus (not the stylus pro)? I purchased one for use as a penlight for medical exams and now I've taken to carrying it everywhere I go. I can't say enough good things about it. Its the size of a regular pen, has a 60 hr run time per set of batteries, puts out a surprising amount of light (better than a mini-mag out to 40 yards or so), and a price under $15. To me it is the epitome of EDC b/c it has great features and still looks like a regular pen.
I have recently started dehydrating again (after my jerky phase years ago). Now I'm dehydrating burger, fruit, veggies, spaghetti sauce, chicken, eggs, etc. Im planning on purchasing an Excalibur 3900 soon, but for the time being I'm using the oven method. Its a bit slower but I put things dehydrating each night before bed. I'm amazed at the weight and space savings. Believe it or not, 12 cans of dehydrated vegetables will all fit in ONE 40oz peanut butter jar. Although these things aren't actually MRE's they are pretty quick. Rehydrating is a snap. Boil water, pour it in, wait 30-60 min and its ready t eat. There are 100's of youtube videos on dehydrating. Next week… making clarified butter!
my EDC is basically my key ring. It's attatched to about 5 ft. of paracord (knotted up), it's got a can opener on it, mini nail clippers, a knife, and a flint-fire starter. And I carry three knives and a multi-tool, a lighter, alcohol pads in my wallet with some bandaids, a bandana, and a little flashlight. I've used em all quite a bit. Seems enough for EDC (I work about 2 miles from my house and have relatives living close by too). I also drive everywhere and my GMC has a bunch of stuff in it too. So. I strongly believe in EDC gear.