It’s hard not to love hacks, especially ones that pertain to survival and general everyday how-tos. The hacks on the video you’ll watch on the next page happen to have multiple purposes, and they all come from a soda can! That’s right, a soda can! There’s such a feeling of satisfaction when you can utilize…

There are a million and one life hacks that can make your day to day much easier if you were to adopt just a few of them. Of course, it goes without saying that with all of those life hacks, quite a few of them are going to be survival hacks. Things like how to…

It’s that time of year again! Time for the mosquitos to drag themselves up out of the fiery pits of Hell where they belong and start to torment humanity again, transferring diseases, parasites, and contributing to some of the most miserable camping experiences imaginable. With this year’s latest disease scare, the Zika virus, the mosquito…

Steel Wool is an incredibly remarkable too for your survival needs. You can use it o start a fire using a battery. You can use it in your bug out to keep out mice and other critters in your pipes and walls. You can sharpen your scissors by using them to cut the wool, you…

When SHTF, an important thing to consider is how you are going to communicate with others in your group or with emergency services, should something go wrong. One option for this is a HAM radio, but that requires a license and is a very complicated system to learn–not a great option to rely on if…

Nothing ruins a good picnic like a steady stream of wasps getting into the food. The same can be said of a perfectly good bug out cabin. A wasp nest will often become a threat to not only you, but also to your family and even your pets. If anyone in your family is allergic…

One problem that many preppers face with their preps is the problem of space. Planning on storing months and months of food takes up a lot of room, which can be a problem if you don’t have all that much room to spare. For those preppers who have large families and a small home, and…

Protecting your goods and property is important to you, so you employ a lot of locks and check up on your storage frequently. You may think that padlocks are extremely secure, but what you may not know is that just about anybody can circumvent these rugged locks with something as simple as a soda can.…

Occasionally your longterm survival plans are going to call for you to move some heavy objects out of the way. They could be blocking an optimal shelter area, you may want to use them for the funneling game down a particular trail, or you may want to clean out an area on your homestead for…

Camping season has begun and already it’s starting to get warm outside. During the long and hot summer ahead, you’ll be wishing you had some way to keep your tent warm. In fact, one of the biggest drawbacks of camping during the high season is that tents get hot in the summer sun. An easy…

You have hundreds of gallons of water stored up. You’ve got plenty of batteries and fuel. Your wall is stacked with thousands of cans of food of every possible kind. Then the inevitable happens and SHTF. You’ve been preparing for this moment for all of your adult life. Your heart does a little flutter as…

Plastic water bottles sometimes get a bad rap for being disposable. Some people prefer to use alternative containers for their water for environmental reasons like pollution, or health reasons like the presence of BPA in lower level plastics. While these are all fair points, one fact remains: plastic water bottles can be extremely convenient. They’re…

WD-40. It’s something useful that most people have in their home but they may not be utilizing it as much as they could be on a daily basis. If WD-40 is something that you don’t own, then you might want to stock up because it turns out WD-40 has more than a thousand uses. With WD-40…

In a survival situation, it pays to be creative. You may have to be able to look at everyday items you have on you, or materials that are in your immediate surroundings – sticks, tree bark, grass, etc. – and see the huge potential. With some outside the box thinking, a piece of foil and…