How To Be Prepared Without Breaking The Bank

A couple months’ back we featured an article where we talked about preppng on a budget. Since then we have received a number of really good suggestions from our readers on how to prep with little to no money.

Here’s Some of our Readers Best Tips for Prepping on a Budget.

Become a DIY Expert – Start doing more DIY things, instead of buying pre-made foods start making bread from scratch, learn how to make your own laundry soap, learn to sew or knit, rather than throwing broken things out, try to fix them.
GunLuvinChick

Look for Sales & Use Coupons – I only buy when it’s on sale, off season clearance or I have a coupon.
Penny Pincher

Barter – Don’t forget about bartering. I try to barter for just about everything. I’m a handyman so I can often trade my services for gear, food, or whatever it is that I might need.
Bob

Be Self Sufficient – A good way to prepare yourself, gain skills and save money is to find ways to be more self sufficient. You could plant a garden or look in to getting a couple multi-purpose farm animals, goats, chickens, rabbits, etc..

Simple goals like a little planter box garden, canning, practice making fresh homemade bread, learning to sew the holes in your socks rather than buying new ones right away.. Those are things a lot of people don’t know how to do
GunLuvinChick

Buy Generic – When buying food supplies, go to the stores that have a larger consumer base. The higher turnover rate of goods will get you fresher food than stores with a lower inventory turnover rate. Also, store brand foods are, in most cases, much cheaper than the national brand, and just as good. If you intend on buying a lot of something, test it out first though. But if you can’t taste a difference in one can of something over another, buy the cheaper one. Store brands are very often made by the national chains, and can be had for 2/3 or even 1/2 of what a name brand costs. The savings add up.
JayOfAllTrades

Prep With Knowledge -Those who prep with knowledge will be far better off than those who rely solely on their gear to survive.
OffGridSurvival

But Multi-purpose Items – When buying items, look for things that can serve more than one purpose. Multi-purpose items like duct tape, bandanas, cordage, rubbing alcohol, iodine, and tarps have a huge number of uses, and are relatively cheap.
JayOfAllTrades

Live a Healthier Lifestyle – Work on improving your health and getting off medications. You do not want to be in a position where you have to take 5-10 pills a day (or more!) just to sustain life.
Mike

Prep for the Most Likely Disasters First – Many beginner preppers spend a lot of time and money on non-essentials, or in other words gear that is only practical in a certain survival situation. The moneywise prepper will analyze the potential disasters or scenarios which are most likely for their location and build around that model first.

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