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Professional Gear Reviews
In an effort to provide our readers with disaster preparedness information as well as recommended gear for go bags and survival kits, it’s sometimes hard for people to justify having a dedicated go bag. 99% of those that commute for work and school already carry some type of bag or backpack. Why not take advantage […]
Attaching a lanyard to your favorite pocket knife can add some multi-functionality to an already valuable tool. 550 paracord seems to be the most popular material for lanyards, but you can’t really utilize that for much due to the limited amount you can store in the form of a lanyard. Why not take it to […]
After having arrived at 2nd Ranger Battalion I began the process of being issued gear. Not your standard uniforms, those were provided by the CIF facility. Instead the Ranger specific gear: fast-rope gloves, Oakley sunglasses (ballistic with four different lenses), CamelBak, soft armor, ceramic plates, ruck, combat gear (Rhodesian, etc), sleep systems, you get the […]
The Twinn Tarp by Gossamer Gear is one of the best ultralight tarps I’ve come across in a while. I’ve used a standard sil nylon tarp for a while, but wanted to push into the ultralight arena. The Twinn Tarp weighs a total of 8.5 ounces and packs down super small (smaller than a Nalgene […]
Fire starting in important. Without fire you could easily die in a survival situation. The company EXOTAC has made some innovative and simple to use tools that work well for a variety of applications. In the following video I expound upon their use and my overall impressions of them.
One of the key pieces of kit you need is an apparatus to carry your water. Without water, you become dehydrated. If you have no way to disinfect your water, you run the risk of becoming sick, which will in turn lead to dehydration. If you go long enough without water, you run the risk […]
First off let’s real quick cover the intent of the go-bag. The go-bag is meant to sustain you in the interim until you can either make it home, make it to your bug out location or evacuate to a secondary location due to a natural disaster. The contents of your go-bag will vary depending on […]
MRE’s are the pinnacle of “ready when you are” grub for the door kicker on the move. Â After decades of refinement, we’re finally at a place where the food in the brown bag rivals that of what you’d find in a chow hall (Maybe not an Air Force chow hall, but the rest of ’em […]
A closer look at my personal survival kit Not too long ago I wrote an article on what to include in your personal survival kit. I’ve tweaked things a bit since then and upgraded a few components of my kit. Check out the following video for a closer look. As I said in the video, […]
Matches have been in existence for a long time and are an extremely easy to use method for starting a fire. That is if your matches are in one piece and have not absorbed too much moisture. In my personal survival kit I always have the UCO Storm Proof Matches, typically inside the plastic case […]
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