Generally, the more survival or life hacks you know, the better you will be in a survival situation. You simply never know when someone’s experimenting with everyday items to make them into something else will come in handy. The same is true with batteries and how they work. Batteries play a role in an awful…
25 Hacks You Must Know in a Survival Situation
The key to most survival situations or SHTF moments is using common sense. Extraneous to that, is knowing the “tricks of the trade” or “hacks.” No matter what the survival situation, people who know these hacks are in a much better position than those who do not. Hacks are common sense advice and things you…
[VIDEO] 5 Amazing Hacks Using Lip Balm
I am one of those people who always has at least a few types of lip balm hanging around. Usually, that “few” includes a few open, a few in my desk, a few in my backpack, even a few that occasionally end up in the wash. You get the picture. What I did not realize…
(Video) A Clever Way on How to Insulate a Tent for Cold Weather
Even if you are camping, spending the night outdoors in cold weather can be difficult. Facing a survival situation in cold weather can be at best inconvenient and at worst deadly, unless you are highly prepared and know what you are doing. Keeping warm, however, except in extremely cold conditions is easier if you use…
[VIDEO] 5 SHTF Survival Hacks You Need To Know
When you get down to it, thriving in everyday life or a survival situation comes down to common sense, preparation and knowing the “tricks of the trade,” so to speak, that make life easier. In a survival situation, the easier you make things the better your state of mind and the greater your chances of…
[VIDEO] Awesome Paracord Uses You Didn’t Know About!
Dan’s Depot brings us this really entertaining and captivating video about paracord and its many uses. Actually, they give us one hundred and one applications for paracord! There are many uses for paracord you probably never even thought about! Craig is our host. He and his companions act out and show us a variety of…
[VIDEO] Check Out These 5 Helpful Hacks To Use On Every Day Tools
It’s always important to be able to use your tools for more than one thing. While you may not use a hammer to broil a brisket you can certainly use a comb to hold those tiny nails that you cannot handle well with thick fingers — while trying to drive them into wood! Confused? When you…
[VIDEO] Check Out This Effective Toilet Paper Storage Option
Almost all of us who believing in preparing for a crisis struggle with finding fail-safe ways of storing survival food, gear, materials – even toilet paper. Maybe even mostly toilet paper. In a survival situation that is long-term, next to necessities (food, water, etc.,) toilet paper could be come a very hot commodity. Storing it,…
[VIDEO] Epic Survival Uses For Vaseline
Oh, this is a good one! Any prepper, homesteader or survivalist will want to know all about the uses of Vaseline! As we have said over and over again, we love items that have practical and plenty of uses. Vaseline is one of these items! It doesn’t just make for a terrific moisturizer or cold…
[VIDEO] How To Tie A One-Handed Bowline Knot
A bowline knot is generally used to secure and tow things. Our military uses it on land and sea as a quick and reliable way to secure a line to equipment, materials, supplies, even in some cases personnel. It is used because it is a simple knot to tie, is very strong and just as…
[VIDEO] Learn How To Get A Mirror Polish On Your Knife Blade
Keeping your tools in a highly maintained conditions is critical if you are facing a survival situation. Whether you do it to keep them in “ship-shape” so they will be reliable when you use them or if you keep some of them in good shape for barter persons in a SHTF scenario, the more time…
[VIDEO] Learn How To Make A Fire Torch With A Can Of Tuna
You never know where you will find yourself when a survival situation hits. That means your ability to improvise and use the resources you find is as important as any survival preparation you invest time and money in. If, for instance, you are separated from your survival kit or bug-out bag, you will have to use…
Don’t Throw Out Those Bag Clips! You Can Use Them For More Than You Think
Must admit, while searching for items that can be used for more purposes than one, we never actually considered the unexciting but plentiful bread clip! No, we’re not talking about those wired ties but the actual plastic clips that come at the end of nearly every loaf of bread. Yet, along with everything else, we…
Paperclip Survival and Everyday Hacks you Need to Know
Once indispensable, before everything went digital, the paperclip has really lost a lot of respect. Time was, everyone had a least few paperclips hanging round and most businesses had boxes and boxes of them in their supply closets. Open up a desk from the 80’s and 90’s and you would find dozens of paperclips of…
Make This Simple Feeding Station For Animals In Nature
As a homesteader or prepper your garden and/or fields are important. They will keep you sustained during the toughest of situations. Unfortunately, the better the field the more likely animals will come by, wanting to take advantage of the great greenery you’ve grown. Meanwhile in the woods, Survivor Lilly finds scrap pieces of wood and…
[VIDEO] 44 EPIC Uses For Duct Tape
We all know that duct tape is one of the most useful and versatile inventions ever conceived; just about everyone has a story about how they used duct tape in an unconventional way and how it saved the day! Duct tape was invented during World War II to seal ammunition cases – from there it…
Do You Know These Survival Uses For Pine Resin?
Pine resin is one of those natural substances that can be found just about anywhere in North America and possesses multiple types of survival uses. In fact, in a survival situation, pine resin is not only a substance that can make your life much easier, it is a substance that could literally save your life…
[VIDEO] How To Make This Super Simple Water Filter In An Emergency
Just about all of us know that you can survive about three days in any situation without water; go any longer and you risk harming your body, losing control and eventually, dying. That time frame is reduced in a high stress survival situation or if you are in a very hot climate where you sweat…
[VIDEO] See How You Can Make Fire With A Mirror
Being able to create a fire in a survival situation is critical to giving yourself a major advantage to making it through unscathed. With fire, you can cook, warm yourself, provide light and even use it as self-defense. Without it, your situation may not become dire, but it will become far more uncomfortable. Spending a night in…
[VIDEO] Simple Paracord Storage With ‘No Tangle’ Release!
If you have a lot of paracord to store, you know that it can get tangled. And trying to untangle paracord (or any cord for that matter) is a real time waster and can hinder the project you need it for. Especially if you’re in a pinch for time. Many have tried to come up…