8 Prepper Gadgets For Survival: Hot Or Not?

 

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Todd’s Note: I read a lot of articles on planning preparedness and skills.  These are both very necessary and should be priorities for preppers.  But at some point, you need some gear.  I don’t agree with this whole list.  So, which pieces of gear below do you deem necessary?

Survivalists may borderline as hoarders. Let’s face it, you need enough supplies to survive any conceivable disaster, and prepper gadgets in particular can quickly accumulate. These gadgets are ingenious and resourceful — some decidedly more useful and practical than others. Useful? Practical? Just cool to have? Or not worth a buck?

1. Swiss Army Knife

A Swiss army knife qualifies as a gadget? You know it, and in my opinion, it’s a must-have one too. Besides maybe the fork and spoon, no handier tool has ever been invented. These knives are cheap, well-crafted, durable, and designed with so much variety to satisfy any need. I personally carry an Explorer and use the magnifying glass and scissors all the time. Also, they’re infinitely modifiable. Look on the Internet, and you’ll find really cool mods — affordable enough to have one in your pocket, one in your BOB and one in your car. It might save your life one day, just ask MacGyver.

2. Faraday Cage

A Faraday cage (named for the genius inventor who thunk it up) is a structure built out of electrically conductive materials. It’s designed to protect electronics from an electromagnetic pulse, which could be encountered during an EMP attack or a solar storm. Now, while the threat from an EMP attack or a solar flare is real, it seems to be rather uncommon. And if that happens, there won’t be any power available anyway, so what’s the point? If you have your own power generation capability, go ahead and build one around your PC and Xbox. But the Faraday cage does fall into the not-really-necessary category.

3. Portable Solar Power Generator

Solar generators just keep getting smaller and smaller, and now you can buy one that weighs in at under a half pound. These can be used to charge anything that uses regular batteries. Although a little on the pricey side, these generators are useful beyond traditional thinking. Portable solar power generators? Yes, worth adding to your preps collection.

4. Solar Kettle and Cooker

Heat water anywhere the sun shines. A solar kettle claims to heat up water in about 30 minutes and keeps it hot for hours. Compact and portable, solar kettles are exceptionally designed from what I’ve seen. A solar cooker, or solar oven, uses sun rays to cook, heat or pasteurize food and liquids. This is an affordable device — you can get a quality one for around $50, and it uses no fuel and poses no danger of fire or extreme heat.

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