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5 Best Portable Camping Toilets For Pooping In The Bush

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Find The Right Portable Camping Toilet For Your Next Trip

No matter where you are, or what you’re doing, eventually you’re going to need to use the bathroom.

It’s a simple fact of nature: people poop.

In our day to day life, that fact doesn’t tend to cause a whole lot of problems (although they aren’t unheard of).

But in survival, traveling or camping it can present a unique challenge.

Most often people dig a hole in the ground, do their business, and call it a day.

But that doesn’t have to be your only option. [Read more…]

6 Best MRE Meals For Emergency Preparedness and Survival

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MRE Meals For Long-Term Survival And Food Storage

After water and shelter, food is one of the most fundamental long-term survival necessities.

Food is fuel.

It keeps your body running like an engine.

It sustains you. It’s a survival necessity from the day you’re born until your final breath – no exceptions.

Sure, it’s true you can survive weeks without actually eating something.

But going even a single day without eating has a discernible effect your energy levels. [Read more…]

9 Best Neck Knives For Self Defense, Survival and Preparedness

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The Ultimate Guide To Finding The Best Neck Knife For You

Before sheaths and folding blades, our ancestors had to come up clever ways to carry a blade.

Back then carrying a sharp blade without getting stabbed was a real trick.

One clever and timeless solution to this ancient problem was the neck knife.

By tying some cord around their blade’s handle they could wear it around their necks.

A safe bladed weapon close at hand.

It’s both a simple and brilliant. [Read more…]

4 Best Suture Kits For Life Threatening Medcial Emergencies

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How To Find A Survival Suture Kit That’s Right For You

Your skin is the largest organ in your body and it holds you together like a sack.

It keeps your internal organs and fluids from spilling out.

It protects your insides from external forces, and it regulates your body temperature.

But sometimes – often – in survival situations, your skin gets sliced wide open.

Maybe you cut yourself with a can-opener or a knife. Or maybe you hit your head on a rock.

Or perhaps you caught a jagged branch in the chest, and now you’re laid wide open. [Read more…]

7 Best EDC Knives For Self Defense, Survival, and Preparedness

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A Guide To Help You Find The Best EDC Knife For You

When a specific tool’s been used for centuries and found across several continents, you know there’s something special going on.

Knives are the perfect example of such a special tool.

And it’s not like the basic knife design has evolved all that much over time either.

No, the idea of a blade (stone and later metal) has been with us since the dawn of man.

Knives have maintained their basic applicability, retained their form, and sustained their usefulness since their creation. [Read more…]

3 Best Portable Solar Chargers For Your Next Outdoor Adventure

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How To Find The Best Portable Solar Charger For Your Next Great Adventure

There’s been a recent boom in portable solar phone chargers.

And their increasing popularity has taken the survival world by storm.

Why? Because they’re so incredibly useful in wilderness and emergency situations.

Not to mention how convenient they are for camping and outdoor adventures.

These portable devices turn solar energy from the sun into usable electrical power.

Energy to power any device that relies on electricity to function all while on the go. [Read more…]

3 Best Cell Phone Signal Boosters On The Market Today

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The Ultimate Guide To Find The Best Cell Phone Booster For You

The Problem: Weak Cell Signal – The Solution: Cell Phone Signal Booster

Over the last decade, most of us have become dependent on cell phones.

We use them to make calls.

To send text messages and play games.

We even check our account balances and use them for navigation.

So it’s hardly a surprise that finding yourself with a weak (or no) cell signal has become a modern day crisis.

And it’s become such a common occurrence, it’s made its way into Hollywood lore. [Read more…]

4 Best Canvas Tents For Camping, Hunting, and Outdoor Excursions

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How To Find The Best Canvas Tent – One That Will Last A Lifetime

If you’ve been thinking about purchasing a canvas tent you’ve come to the right place.

First off, let me start out by saying – good for you.

Canvas tents are hidden gems that tend to be low on the popularity scale – which is a shame.

In our current throwaway society, we overvalue the cheap stuff.

While undervaluing the high quality – long lasting.

And canvas tents fit into that second category.

Because it’s difficult to be popular when the alternative seems so much more affordable. [Read more…]

12 Best Survival Knives For Those Who Take Survival Serious

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How To Find The Best Survival Knife For You

First off, I want to get one thing out of the way; there is no such thing as the “best survival knife.”

It doesn’t exist.

However, there’s quite possibly a “best survival knife for you.”

That difference may seem slight, but it’s of utmost importance.

Why? Because no two survivalists are alike.

We all have different goals and unique survival skills that make some survival knives better for you than others.

However, there are many great survival knives and some poor ones as well. [Read more…]

21 Camping Essentials: The Gear You Never Want To Forget

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Pack These Camping Essentials And You Can Rest Easy Knowing You’ll Have A Good Time

OK, I’ll admit it…

A few years ago, I forgot to pack the sleeping bags for our weekend camping trip.

We were 3 hours from home when my wife asked: “did you pack the sleeping bags?”

My initial reaction was a defensive “of course I did …..” but as I thought about it more I realized –

I HAD NOT!

We made due with a few random blankets but it less enjoyable and relaxing as it should have been. [Read more…]