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If you’ve been following this website for any length of time, you’ve heard me say over and over again that there’s always more to do as a prepper. More skills to learn, more supplies to get, more gear that can help you cover a vulnerability. And I stand by that. Complacency is a killer. But as time has gone on, I have noticed that the return on some items just isn’t there over time. Whether it’s a failure point in our planning or just a critical oversight, continuing to buy certain things is only going to set you back. It’s time to take stock and change your ways if you keep buying, or are thinking about buying, the following items. Bottled Water Let’s go on and get my biggest blasphemy out of the way, and we will save the others for the end. How, after all this time, can I tell people to stop buying bottled water!? Water that is so crucially important to survival, no matter the situation? Okay, bear with me, and I thank you for putting down those pitchforks and torches for a moment… Yes, water is absolutely essential no matter the survival situation. It might be nothing more than a prolonged power outage in your town, and that could be enough to make the water in your tap undrinkable due to contamination. No arguments—you’ve got to have water. But I’m telling you specifically to stop buying bottled water, including multipacks or larger gallon jugs Here’s why: the containers themselves have gotten thinner and thinner and cheaper and cheaper over the years. They are highly prone to leaking even when they aren’t damaged. Ask me how I know… These past few years, I’ve had several stored cases of water and larger milk jug-type containers spontaneously leak. And different brands. They just don’t hold up, and aside from the obvious risk of flooding and damaging your storage location and other goods, once the container is compromised, you can’t trust the water. Instead of going with bottled water, invest in proper long-term storage containers. This will let you store and easily draw water just the same, but it’s going to save you a ton of money in the long run and dramatically reduce the likelihood of leaks. eight alkaline AA batteries and charger Alkaline Batteries Batteries are another item that all preppers have to have. Or I guess you’ve got to have them if you’ve got flashlights, lanterns, and a bunch of other electronic goodies on hand. I, like many other experts in the sector, constantly harp on my readers to check and rotate their batteries regularly. That’s because batteries, particularly alkaline ones, slowly lose their charge over time, even when not in use. Another trend I’ve noticed is that alkaline batteries have started going bad quicker than ever. Like everything else today, it’s probably because the economy has these companies cutting corners, and that means you are spending more for less run time. Considering that most of us won’t even use our battery-powered devices often enough to go through our old stock of batteries, that money is going straight into the trash. But there’s a solution: spend a little more upfront to buy lithium versions of the standard sizes you need to keep on hand. Lithium batteries experience less loss over time compared to alkalines, roughly only 10%. This means you don’t have to worry about rotating them nearly as often, and you won’t waste as many. That’s money in the bank! These fire starters work well as kindling for minutes on end. They won’t work well as tinder to actually start your fire, though… Pre-Made Tinder This one is just plain wasteful. There is no reason, and I mean none, to buy any expensive, overpriced pre-made tinder from the outdoor store. This stuff might work, it might be the best stuff going for fire starting, but it’s still wasteful. That’s because there are so many free or nearly free alternatives in your home right now. Dryer lint, Vaseline-soaked cotton balls, strips of rubber, and even corn chips will all burn furiously and are very easy to carry in a Ziploc bag or other waterproof container. If you really want to get fancy, you can make excellent fire starters from sawdust and candle wax. There are many more options besides, and all will save you a small fortune. The one exception to this rule is if you need fire starters for damp and wet conditions. Some of them, like Black Beard brand fire starters, are utterly waterproof and will even ignite floating in the water! Other than that, don’t bother. Body Armor This is another item that’s bound to piss off the tacti-bros. I know more than a few preppers who’ve spent a fortune on body armor, specifically big, bulky level IV getups that are proof against multiple rounds of rifle fire. Great capability, right? Who wouldn’t want that kind of protection? The problem arises in that people buying this stuff aren’t considering their tactical situation, or even their personal survival plans. Armor of this type is immensely heavy and impossible to conceal, to say nothing of it being very expensive. If you plan on wearing this kind of kit and hauling a bug-out bag, or even a modest backpack, you are going to tire out very quickly, especially if you are in rough or mountainous terrain. You can make a much better case for lighter body armor that will be proof against handgun rounds, the most common threat you are likely to face. But even then, I would prioritize many other things over body armor for general-purpose survival readiness. Waterproof Containers Specialized waterproof containers come in really handy for the most sensitive, delicate, or important items. I’ve found that they are most crucial for protecting a stash of electronics, currency, seeds, or documents from flooding. Even if they are in the basement of your home, these containers will float and keep whatever is inside safe. Used in this way, they are worth the investment. But preppers go overboard with them, buying them for everything that’s going into their bug-out bag, go-bag, and so on. Aside from being extremely costly, these bulky containers gobble up space wherever you are packing them because they tend to be oversized. On top of it all, for nearly any situation, a common dry bag or gallon-sized Ziploc freezer bag is more than adequate for protecting gear from water. Adequate, and also way cheaper! It’s easy to get addicted to the idea of waterproofing absolutely everything, but save the mega-duty containers for situations that really call for them. Pre-Made First-Aid Kits Yet another mainstay of prepping, and an item that I preach about constantly, that I am now telling people to stop buying. I can hear the screeching from my house! Once again, if you’ll hold off on burning me at the stake for just one second, I’ll explain myself. Yes, you absolutely have to have first aid kits. Yes, you’ve got to have the training necessary to make use of them. But buying most prepacked first-aid kits is just a waste. You’ll pay a lot more for items that you could purchase à la carte. And if you’ve got training, you should be packing your own first-aid kits based on your level of expertise and the needs of your family. Not for nothing, consider that many of these first-aid kits you’ll buy have a small handful of big-ticket, critical items inside, and then dozens of adhesive bandages, rolls of first-aid tape, alcohol swabs, bug bite sticks, and more. Those things cost pennies when purchased separately. As the saying goes, roll your own. grey backpack with stainless steel water bottle on side pocket Huge Backpacks Every prepper should have a pack fully loaded with supplies, gear, and any needed items to help them sustain during a crisis. Whether it is a get-home bag that will help you get back home when you are stranded out in the world, or a bonafide bug-out bag that you can throw in the car when getting your family out of dodge. This is considered a mainstay of prepping for a reason, and even if you’re bugging in, having your most critical items close at hand makes life easier when time is short. However, you can go too far. I know the natural tendency is to buy the biggest, beefiest backpack you can so you have more room for more gear. Especially if the worst happens and you’ve got to bug out on foot, you want to bring everything plus the kitchen sink with you. And that’s the rub: these packs encourage that type of mentality when you should be thinking of going as light, lean, and mobile as possible. Weight is a huge issue, and even if you are very fit, it is not something to overlook. If you aren’t fit, it will kill you. If your chosen backpack looks like it’s ready to tackle Mount Everest and rides on a frame, you are probably overdoing it. Freezers Freezing food is indeed one of the best ways to preserve it. Nearly anything can be frozen and maintain its quality. This makes freezers a wonderful part of a working household during normal times. Emphasis on normal times; in tough times, like the aftermath of a major disaster or a societal collapse, the power grid is going to be unreliable at best or completely offline more likely. That means you’ve got to supply the power to keep your freezer running, and freezers are among the most power-hungry appliances there are. Accordingly, investing in large freezers, or multiple freezers, is setting yourself up for a heinous logistical problem. When it turns out that you’re unable to keep them running, you’re going to lose a ton of food that you’re counting on, and you’ll have very little time to start eating it all before it spoils and goes to waste. Major bummer! And before you bring it up, yes, it’s possible to run multiple freezers on a rotation to keep them at a suitably safe temperature and reduce impact on your fuel supply, but this is also a ton of extra work and you might not have the manpower. Mastiff Browning Gerber and a few no-name EDC knives Boutique Survival Knives Every prepper needs a good knife. A trusty fixed-blade knife should be your constant companion on your travels. That’s because, from this most fundamental tool, you can get or make almost everything else you need to survive if you’ve got the skills. Survival knives have a sort of mythic quality to them that leads people to spend exorbitant amounts of money on supernaturally good steel or a design that is made by a highly regarded knife maker. If you love knives and have money to burn, be my guest, but dropping $400 or $500 on a bespoke knife when a $150 factory-produced version will do just as well seems like lunacy to me. By all means, get a knife that will hold up to abuse, stay sharp, and be easy to sharpen, but don’t overspend on prestige, even if you are a blade aficionado. Ammo The last and, to some, chiefest of my blasphemies. Folks, some of you are just spending way too much money on ammo. Here’s my case for it. Number one, if you are buying ammo to the exclusion of food, water, training, clothing, shelter supplies, tools, and other gear that you need to be a holistic and well-rounded prepper, you are wrong. You can’t eat bullets, as it turns out. Number two, ammo is incredibly heavy for its size on account of all the lead. Having a massive stash that will take up all of your room in a vehicle is foolish if you’re going to be leaving most of it behind. Furthermore, how much ammo can you yourself carry? Number three, ammo is very expensive and is going to stay that way. You’ve got to have it, but you have to prioritize it against financial necessities in other sectors. So how much ammo should you have on hand? I recommend you have a thousand rounds for each primary firearm you own and will depend on for survival purposes in an untouchable bad-times reserve. In addition to this, keep on hand enough ammo to sustain your usual practice with your firearm, including any training classes you have signed up for. If you can’t keep your skills sharp, it’s not going to do you much good anyway. Then, as you use your ammo for practice or training, replace it. That’s all you need unless the world well and truly comes to an end. The post Top 10 Prepping Items You Should Probably Stop Buying appeared first on Survival Sullivan.

Dear readers: This can be part of the most important series of articles that I have ever written. It consists of the full documentation of yet another part of our painful SHTF event brought along by the very same gang disguised as a political party that is exporting criminals to the Western world. A person showed interest in knowing what our days look like from the time we get up till the time we go to bed, how it compares to “before,” what caused the differences, and how we have overcome the challenges. Morning I usually wake up within 6:30-7:30 AM. The morning light entering our dining room is pristine and makes me feel a kind of peace that I haven’t found anywhere else. Not when I was abroad, indeed. I grind my coffee if I have some whole coffee beans, or if I don’t, then put a couple of spoons of the powdered stuff in my little Greek, induction-capable coffee maker. Lucky shot when I bought this: I didn’t know back then that this could be used with induction stoves. It makes me remember happier days in Isla Margarita, a great holiday destination for many Venezuelans back then. Sometimes I check the news of a few selected places on my phone while the coffee is brewing, others I message my kid to see how he is getting ready for the day. Other times I instead prefer to read a few paragraphs of some books next to my easy chair, but as my close vision is not the same even with my reading glasses, other times I just sit in silence enjoying the peace and quiet of my house surroundings and praying for my kid to be safe and have a happy day. It’s practically the only time of the day I have for myself, and I use it mostly to give thanks in silence for all my blessings. My parents are alive and healthy, with a few issues here and there, but they’re still active and functional. My kid is promptly becoming a great little man, sharing his thoughts and asking how things were when I was younger. These days he has been at home with me, the rest of the school year he is with Grampa and Grandma because school is cheaper there. I usually take a couple of minutes to knead some dough for arepas or focaccia for breakfast. At this point, I have already planned my day: what I’m going to write about, and where, and some other building, sketching, or the needed house/car/bike/generator fixing chore or some CNC carving. I am planning the lunch, and dinner, too. Then I usually start writing, and when I get drained, I fool around on some social media or play a little. Kitchen timers are friendly devices I use all the time while cooking. Being in the kitchen at temps over 30°C or 85F quickly gets uncomfortable, so I´d rather be in my bedroom, where I have temporarily installed the AC until things get better, and after fixing the larger AC and the roof leaks in my home, “office.” The CNC equipment needs an environment as cool as possible. It has worked flawlessly even in 32-34°C but it’s not good. And the heat is not good for the indispensable workshop large vacuum, either. When I’m doing other chores away from the AC or out of the house, my kiddo plays or watches some videos. I’m well impressed with how the house floors stay clean and tidy when you adopt the healthy habit of leaving footwear on the door and using slippers. I’ve been sweeping daily and gradually getting less and less dust out of the home and the inter-daily mopping is much easier every time, also. I have taken my time to teach my kid about some not-so-usual activities. For instance, like replacing the spring coil in our generator manual starter device. As it didn’t start, we are going to the next step up: essential generator maintenance and tune-up until it starts with the slightest pull of the rope. The main changes we’re experiencing after the election Regarding the main changes, after the recent violent events where the situation has been increasingly tense, I try not to leave home a lot. Only to get the essentials and come back quickly. Things in the city seem peaceful, but I’m not taking any chances. In the subdivision group I am subscribed to, I’ve received warnings from some neighbors that there are agents (yep, even in a gated 200 families neighborhood there are snitches) watching and capturing screens of everything we chat about. Knowing the degree of organization the foreign invaders have (this is nothing new, they’ve been here since Hugo was alive) I stopped making any comments and posting only to sell old kiddo’s toys and some other things. Even sending private messages to others with information is risky. The worst is the effect of political uncertainty on the economy. If it weren’t for these articles and a very needed sponsoring that readers provide from time to time, we would be having it much harder. Every time I try to start with the CNC carving business, something major happens. I know this would be a good income in a normal country, and it’s frustrating to see how everything goes to H when I am barely starting up. My ways of dealing with all this incredibly mind-wearing stress and the necessities are mostly listening to relaxing music, getting the most out of our meager meals, and being creative. I have a lot of pictures I would like to carve for sale, so I process them and run the simulator to see how they would look. Other tasks I do to keep my mind busy include improving my home within my limited means, cleaning and keeping everything as tidy as possible, and planning what to do to make my habitat more livable and cozy. I try to limit my news consumption to a few reliable sources I have already identified through the years of following serious Venezuelan journalists in exile. I don’t view too much of this because it is too stressful. I try to keep a positive approach, posting funny pictures and reels. One of the changes with the most impact has been dinner. I try to eat enough at lunch and a good breakfast, to have only a light dinner. Before all this, our family dinner was a good one, including some broth, main dish, and dessert. Driving Regarding travel by car, yes, it is possible as long as you have fuel. Fuel price is 0.50$ per liter, almost 2$ a US gallon. That may not sound like much but when you contrast it with our meager incomes, it’s a great deal. Roadblocks are widespread, but mostly in the major cities. In the first weeks, they supposedly checked the cellphones, looking for “traitors” to the homeland” (meaning everyone who doesn’t want the bus driver as president anymore). We will have to make a road trip and I already arranged with a friend to take a ride (on a truck) instead of using public transport. It’s going to last like 13 hours instead of only 7, but it is what it is. There is gas, but it is scarce, and you see long lines…in a former oil-producing country. Go figure. But it’s all about societal control for them. Food supply has been steady, except for the first couple of weeks after July 28th (election day). How do you find others who share your views? A question that now is gaining specific weight under the current status quo: “How easy is it to spot like-minded souls? Can you tell by looking who is going to rat you out?” Finding like-minded souls is rare down here. South Americans (generally speaking) are not preventive. The vast majority act emotionally and in a reactive manner. Having a well-stocked pantry is something that is, for the most poor people, seen as an insult to them. Like “something that only the rich can do.” In the worst of the rationing, there were people selling out others, accusing them of “hoarding”. These hoarders, in truth, were only smugglers trying to make money, taking advantage of the situation. I know there were many uniformed guys doing the same. Thus, they had the “authority” to get rid of the competition in the smuggling arena. I have never found anyone sharing my same approach. It’s a lonely life sometimes. As I have been living here for more than 20 years, I can say that we all know the dangerous people. However, our interaction is mostly on social media. But we all know who the operators of the repression system are by now. As I mentioned in previous articles, there are black SUVs and pickup trucks roaming randomly on our streets, with pitch-black tinted windows and no license plates, part of the terrorist psyops they are inflicting. The world must be aware of this. Incredibly, sometimes while these vehicles are roaming the streets, there are aggressive and sadistic crime events like an elderly lady receiving cuts (25 stitches) with a blade from two guys on a motorcycle, for instance. Getting work Regarding current events, there is something like a tense climate everywhere. People try to relax, but the ones with a job or a business and money in their pockets seem to be the happiest and most careless about what will happen to the country. For them, life goes on. For us without fixed income, facing job loss, and seeing our meager savings disappear, desperation slowly builds up. And I am very sorry to inform you that I am included. I have applied even for jobs that are way below my skill and competence, like warehouse watchman, security staff, and taxi driver, but it seems nothing of this is destined to consolidate. I’ve been analyzing the possibility of renting two rooms I have empty, but I have my concerns about that, too. In the subdivision, many neighbors have started to sell groceries with door-to-door delivery: cheese and eggs directly from the producer, ice creams, sweets, burgers, hotdogs, fries, and others began to sell brand new clothes and shoes. With my freezer and generator, I will soon try to do my best: ice-cold beverages and mixtures for fruit smoothies, for example. I have the feeling that there will be another colossal power blackout, and this time I will be in the middle of it, in uncomfortable weather and very far from my family. Mind you, during the 2019 blackout, I was in Peru, but my son was with me, and my dad had some precautions already, like 12v fans and light bulbs. I can almost feel the tic-tock of that clock, and it is pretty hard to know that without money, it is very hard to prep against it. Even a used car battery is going to make an impact on your pocket if you are tight on the budget. One thing is for sure. I don’t believe I am fit to adventure abroad again in some other country in SA. But that is some material for the next article! Please leave your comments below, and let me know your thoughts! Your moral support has been so important that you wouldn’t believe it. Thank you very much for that. Stay safe, and keep tuned. J. About Jose Jose is an upper middle class professional. He is a former worker of the oil state company with a Bachelor’s degree from one of the best national Universities. He has an old but in good shape SUV, a good 150 square meters house in a nice neighborhood, in a small but (formerly) prosperous city with two middle size malls. Jose is a prepper and shares his eyewitness accounts and survival stories from the collapse of his beloved Venezuela. Jose and his younger kid are currently back in Venezuela, after the intention of setting up a new life in another country didn’t  go well. The SARSCOV2 re-shaped the labor market and South American economy so he decided to give it a try to homestead in the mountains, and make a living as best as possible. But this time in his own land, and surrounded by family, friends and acquaintances, with all the gear and equipment collected, as the initial plan was.  Follow Jose on YouTube and gain access to his exclusive content on Patreon. Donations: paypal.me/JoseM151 The post The Stress of Daily Life in Venezuela After a Stolen Election appeared first on The Organic Prepper.

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