There are so many things we take for granted. Little things like toilet paper, for instance, will be worth its weight in gold post-collapse.
Think about it logically. When SHTF stores are bought out, or everything will be looted, and trains, trucks, and planes that usually bring items into the states will be few and far between due to safety concerns.
Depending on the SHTF situation at hand, you and your family may need to hunker down in your shelter or bug out home for weeks or even months. If this is the case, you will need to rely on everything you have stockpiled for survival and comfort.
Eventually, when the coast is clear for the time being, neighbors and other preppers who are ill-prepared will show up and ask you if you have this and that. You may give them an item or two out of the goodness of your heart, but not for long.
If you want to be ahead of everyone else before SHTF then check out these 20 items that are currently inexpensive, but as soon as the grid goes down, you better believe these things and more will become priceless.
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coffee. whomever controls the Bean rules the post collapse economy. Better than oil, gasoline or women!
Everybody forgets salt
One gallon of chlorine will purify 30,000 gallons of water.
Not me.
Brenda Kalcic for you and Dan
I’m thinking antibiotics would be huge.
Traci
Alex Leemon
Allen Williams
Love it!
Hot Sauce! Cat and Rat and Dog taste much better with Sriracha or Cholula….
Condoms cause it will.be hard to keep babies healthy an alive
Toilet paper! Cause you gonna have the runs after eating all that nasty$#%&!@*
20 Inexpensive Items That’ll be Priceless After SHTF
1) Duct Tape has all sorts of uses. Buy several rolls because you’ll need more than you might
think.
2) Glow Sticks can serve as night lights, trail markers, or signals. They are very cheap,
but very useful. (Bonus tip: These are really cheap right after Halloween.)
3) Kleenex or some tissues. You’ll continue to get colds or have allergy problems after the SHTF,
and you don’t want snot everywhere or a raw nose.
4) Vitamins will help keep your immune system strong. Remember, most survival food isn’t very
high in vitamins, and your body desperately needs vitamins to stay healthy. Especially Vitamin C.
5) Aluminum Foil has dozens of uses. Buy lots so you can use it for gardening, cooking, cleaning,
etc.
6) Cigarettes may not be healthy, but after SHTF they are going to be in high demand.
A single pack could be worth a great deal of supplies, and they actually have some survival uses.
7) Cheap Wine is easy to come by and will store forever. After fighting all day, a nice glass of
wine will go a long way toward calming the nerves.
8) Bandages are only a few bucks for dozens of them. Buy lot so you can treat minor wounds without
being stingy.
9) Ammunition is fairly inexpensive right now for certain kinds, so buy it while you still can.
Folks who are looking for .22 will tell you the benefit of buying when it is plentiful and cheap.
10) Condiments like ketchup and mustard can sit on the shelves for a while and make an ordinary
meal taste a lot better.
11) Spices like oregano, garlic powder, and the like will turn that bland soup or stew into a
delicious meal.
12) Candy will be an excellent way to keep the kids happy and reward them for helping out during
hard times. It’s fun for adults, too.
13) Lotion can help prevent cracked and chafed skin, which can become a serious problem if left
untreated.
14) Chap Stick is more important than many people realize. When you are outside working in cold or
windy weather, your lips will become chapped and it can be very painful. Plus, there are many other
uses for chap stick.
15) Ziploc Bags will be helpful to store leftover breads and other treats you make, or for keeping socks,
tinder, small electronics, etc. dry.
16) OTC Medications like aspirin, ibuprofen, and acetaminophen do expire eventually, but the first few
years of a post-apocalyptic world will be a little easier if you have them.
17) Sunscreen is very important and needs to be used to prevent serious sunburns that can leave you
dehydrated or suffering from heat exhaustion.
18) Flour will make life a little easier. Making flat breads, thickening stews, and baking in general is
much better if you have plenty of flour.
19) Feminine Products will be in high demand as women get used to a new way of living without the
luxury of feminine hygiene products at the ready.
20) Sugar makes life better all the way around. You want to enjoy the food you eat; not just eat for
survival. I know some people will scoff at this, but morale is very important during a disaster.
How about salt? That us in my top 5.
Nice lighters
Green I roasted coffee. Shelf life is very long
Whisky,,Vodka,,
I wanna rig an off grid greenhouse to grow my own beans. I haven’t moved to roasting yet.
Tristan Mauger everyone’s gonna hoard that and be making their own. You gotta be pretty badly off to not be able to find anyone brewing vodka.
lip balm… think about it.
.22 is still nearly impossible to find
You’d be better to get powdered pool shock to make concentrate. Chlorine will break down over time. Powder lasts a lot longer and goes a lot further.
Cipro has a nice shelf life
Justin Headrick
Palmetto State Armory & SGammo
Omg. 11 pages of slow-loading ads. Nah. I’ll just die. Thanks for nothing.
You sir, are a saint among men.
Franks. I put that @!#* on everything!
Lot of garbage on that list. Condiments? Cheap wine? Sugar? If it gets THIS bad, the last thing I want to worry about is spilling sugar and getting bugs all over my stuff.
Whatever form of chlorine you choose to use it cannot contain any additives.
Very good.thank you.
Some herb,and a nice stash of cannabis seeds,worth more then the cigarettes an coffee.
Why aren’t SEEDS on the LIST? should be one of the first things on the list
Thank you, at least someone gets it!
Hey man fact is fact brother!
Small, difficult to manufacture or harvest items is what it boils down to. Fish hooks, razor blades, mirrors, reading glasses, wire, tape, drugs, files and abrasives,
Also things are regional if it gets down to that. An ice auger is worth more than a net the further north you go.
Having survived in the wilderness for months at a time I can assure you that 85 percent of this list is complete bullshit. Smells like satire.
Thanks. I quit looking after page 3. Came to the comments to complain only to find this
Collapse is already here.
Load up your bunker.
40 cases beer
20cases Jerky
45 Packs Oreos
400 gallon water
30 cases freeze dried veggies
10 pounds of dried milk
10 packs Cheerios
10 packs raisin bran
20 packs frosted flakes
Step 1: Download a bunch of porn pics Step 2: Print them out and store
Step 3: Barter porn for supplies when shtf.
Step 4: Profit
Twinkies
Carrie Spencer
After Halloween . That when the election is and if Hillary wins it will already be to late if there is a vote at all
This is the worst list I have ever seen! It focuses on the trivial, and neglects the real, serious items you might need. Crap list if you ask me…
I been a prepper for years.
This twinkie thing aint over!
Alcohol, salt, knife?
You include wine, which is about the easiest thing to make yourself and completely unnecessary, yet you neglected to include SALT. Have fun starving to death with a terrible hangover.
Go to gun stores. Screw wally world and the big chains.