If disaster were to strike today, would you and your family have safe drinking water tomorrow? For the lucky winners of this months Berkey Water Filter Give-Away, the problem of safe drinking water should be solved, at least for a little while.
If your interested in winning a Berkey water filter, visit this forum thread to find out how to enter, and win a Berkey Water Filter.
While on a recent hiking trip, my son and I decided to give the Aquamira frontier pro water filter a review.
Pro: Lightweight, no moving parts to break, easy to clean, small and compact.
Cons: Does not remove all forms of bacteria, does not kill viruses.
What the Aquamira Frontier Pro does, it does it well. And that is a lightweight, easy to pack water filter. One draw back, you have to get down really close to the water to take a drink. Or, you can fill up a water bottle and then use the filter to drink from the water bottle.
To drink from the filter was as easy as drinking from a straw. To clean the filter, just remove the bottom, remove the filter, wash, let dry, and then reassemble.
Post your comments in the Aquamira frontier pro review thread of the forums. If you are thinking of buying a Aquamira frontier pro water filter, take a look at readypro.org – they have a wide range of survival gear.
Lets say that your walking down a hiking trail, you do not see this big snake on the trail, step on it, and it bites you right on the leg. So what do you do?
Post your comments in the snake bite quiz thread of the forums.
Handcrank flashlights are an excellent choice for hiking, camping and disaster preparedness. With these things you do not have to worry about the batteries going bad. Because you just “crank” them a few times and recharge the battery.
In the hands on test, 1 minute of crank time equaled to about 10 – 15 minutes of light. Which is pretty good for a compact unit like this.
Post your comments in the Eco twistr review thread of the forum. The flashlight in the video is from EDC Depot.
When getting ready for a hiking or camping trip, some people are not sure what they should bring. This video discusses some of the items I carry in my food bag. It was filmed a couple of years ago while my kids and I were on an early spring camping trip.
Personally, I like to take a couple of Meals Ready to Eat (MRE) apart. Then mix and match so the food bag has the stuff I like in it.
Food that does not have to be kept cold are at the top of the list. Beef jerky, because of its high protein content is a good choice. But if your on a salt restricted diet, you might want to look at the salt content before you just grab and go.
For snacks, high protein energy bars and sun flower seeds are good to keep on hand.
Post your comments in this thread of the hiking and camping forum.
Its fairly easy to develop a relaxed attitude about disaster preparedness. The government has been talking about the bird flu for years, people evacuate for hurricanes and nothing bad ever happens, during the cold war generations of children were taught about a nuclear attack that never happened. But all it takes is one time of not taking a disaster seriously, and bad things can happen.
Lets just cut through all of the “fluff” and get right to the point. The Maxpedition Versipack offers outstanding quality and at a price that will not break the bank.
If you are tired of throwing your hard earned money away on cheaply made equipment, then it’s time to take a look at Maxpedition.
If there is any doubt, just consider the materials that were used to make the pack – YKK zippers, 1000-Denier, Triple polyurethane coated for water resistance and Paracord zipper pulls. What can you really say about a company that uses Paracord on its zipper pulls? To me, that says a lot.
While making this video, I was able to fit everything that I needed for a day hike into the pack. So dont let its size deceive you. Some of the equipment that was put into the pack included – GPS, cell phone, matches, swiss army fire starter, MRE main entree, snacks, rain poncho, camera, multi-tool, topo maps. And there was still a little room left over.
The next review will be taking the Maxpedition Proteus Versipack on a hiking trip. Because the real test of any equipment is how well it performs in the field.
Visit the Maxpedition website.
To save room inside the pack, I attached one of my US Army 2 quart canteens to the outside of the pack. The canteen did not come with the pack. It was one that I already had.
If you have a comment, visit the Maxpedition Proteus Versipack Review thread of the Survivalist Forum.
A few weeks ago my wife and I were at a local sporting goods store, when I found a Camelbak raider on sale for half price. Camelbak is supposed to be one of the top of the line packs on the market. So when I saw this pack on sale, I could not pass it up.
The plan is for this to be my new hot weather hiking and over night camping pack. The first time I will be able to try this pack out will either be in May or June.
