The crash through the ice was surprising. The chest constricting cold hit you immediately as the water flowed over your Gore-Tex soaking your insulating layers. With extreme perseverance and strength, you manage to pull yourself onto the bank of the stream, you lay on the bank for a moment as the water begins to freeze […]
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Disaster Preparedness: Top 10 Overlooked Must-haves
In this installment of “Real-World Prepping,” we will be covering a first here at The Loadout Room: a top-ten list, but with a twist. Our list will focus on things that most preppers tend to overlook or forget to add to their cache of supplies. Note: This list isn’t in order of importance; it’s just a list. In […]
Reducing your EDC by recognizing and employing soft skills
When I started out this whole EDC thing I watched an endless amount of YouTube videos and read a lot of articles attempting to wrap my arms around what gear to get and why. In order to determine what gear I needed, that required me to purchase several knives, lights and other items over a […]
Mothers Day Gift Idea: Everyday Carry Tools
Mothers Day is this weekend and finding a ‘practical’ gift can sometimes be a challenge, especially for us guys. Instead of buying flowers or a plant that will eventually die (they do in my house), why not put together some everyday carry tools or build her a go-bag. Now I’m not talking about some big […]
How to Prep Your Vehicle for Survival
If you drive a car daily and it’s your go-to mode of transportation in long-distance travels too, there are two things you need to have – excellent driving skills and a car that is in its prime shape. Now driving you can handle well in time, but it’s important to know that driving across the […]
Active Shooter inside the Airport | What can you do to increase your survivability?
Criminals and terrorists both tend to take advantage of a ‘soft target’ when possible. We saw this take place at the Ft. Lauderdale airport baggage claim area. This area of an airport can be considered to be a ‘soft target’ since everyone for the most part is going to be unarmed due to airport traveling […]
Building a Bolt Bag: Being Prepared to Go At Any Moment
Fresh off the heels of ITS Muster IV, I’ve taken some of what I learned on building a Bolt Bag and applied it to my home “Bolt Bag,” which generally speaking, I always have with me. A Bolt Bag contains mission essential equipment that you’d never want to be without, no matter what your “mission” […]
Hurricane Preparation | Shelter and Gear
I’m sitting high on the horse, watching Hardcore Henry, and eating pizza rolls. Right now, outside there are massive gusts of winds, rain is coming down in sheets and my family and I are safe, prepared, and ready to hit this storm head on. Am I a prepper or a survivalist? Sure you can call […]
Exotac nanoSPARK Review
Following a brief and successful Kickstarter campaign, Exotac is ready to release another quality product for the purposes of fire starting on the go. The nanoSPARK is a lightweight and portable tool that is guaranteed to be a must-have item in any EDC or outdoors kit. At only 0.6 ounces, the nanoSPARK uses a low […]
How much Ammo do you need to Stockpile?
Introduction You need to prepare yourself for SHTF as it can happen anytime so you should be well-prepared and good to go. When you have a firearm, it is important to consider the ammunition or bullets stock needed to fill your weapon in the long run. The usual question pondered upon is the timeline of […]