Extreme Survival Gear: Assemble Your ‘Survive Anything’ Gear

If you think you can now survive almost anything with your preps, you should up your prepping level and aim to survive anything.

Most preppers get ready for any major disaster that might hit their area. They also have a plan in place in case SHTF. Some of the plans and provisions they have made include:

• Several months’ worth of food supplies and a garden
• Having water in storage plus a barrel for catching rainwater and various methods water purification. They also have a good knowledge of where they might be able to get water in times of emergency to replenish their supply.
• Fire starters, candles, lamps
• Cooking equipment
• A complete first aid kit plus various medications (including prescription meds and OTC meds)
• A good sized generator, fuel supply, utility lights, extension cords
• Extra clothing and footwear for all kinds of weather
• Different kinds of tools – used for repairing, building, cutting
• Flashlights and extra batteries and bulbs
• Self defense weapons – firearms and ammunition; knives, other objects that can be used for self defense
• Cash, foreign currency, gold, items that can be used for bartering
• Home defense systems and measures for bugging in

Also read: The Prepper’s Dilemma: Bug In or Bug out

But for extreme preppers, the above provisions are just the basics. These preppers have all these plans and provisions and more which makes them highly likely to survive even the worst disasters. Extreme preppers not only have one plan, but multiple ones and they have several tiers in their extreme survival gear.

An extreme survival gear has everything you need to survive all projected disaster scenarios plus backups to these provisions and plans. It also has four tiers:

1. Home provisions
2. Everyday carry
3. Survival bag kept in the car
4. Bug out bag

Home Provisions

Your home provisions obviously have all survival items and tools you might need if you are to bug in. These include means to protect your family and your supplies.

Everyday Carry

An everyday carry (EDC) is a small pouch, bag or body bag that contains the following:

• a good quality folding knife
• fire starters (lighter, fire steel, waterproof matches)
• cordage
• small compass
• whistle
• pinch light
• lock picks
• handcuff keys
• self defense weapon (i.e. small firearm, mace) – be sure to have the required license
• other necessary items that can fit in a reasonably sized EDC

Also read: What’s In Your Pocket EDC?

Vehicle Survival Bag

This bag should be kept in your vehicle and taken with you wherever you travel to.

• Heavy duty full tang knife
• Compass
• Water bottle
• Water purification kit that contains water filters, iodine tablets
• Fire starters (more than one kind and have at least 3 of each kind); small container filled with tinder
• Flashlight
• First aid kit
• Cordage – can never have enough of these
• Energy bars – must be nutrient dense and high in calorie content
• Signal mirror
• Whistle
• Shelter – tarp, bivy, poncho, anything light and foldable
• Cuff key and lock picks
• Multi-tool

Also read: What’s In Your Car Survival Kit? Essential Items Every Prepper Should Have in their Vehicles

Bug out bag (BOB)

This is a good-sized, durable backpack that contains items that can sustain you for at least 72-hours.

Checkout this Lifesaving BOB Checklist.

It might seem that putting together an extreme survival gear is intimidating but if you take a moment to assess your own needs and skill set and consider your environment, you will be able to figure out how to start.

The lists provided above are just examples. Come up with your own lists that are more suitable to your situation. The most important thing is to know what to have in order to be truly ready, be organized and be familiar with all the items and tools in your extreme survival kit. Start building a survival gear that is highly customized for you and your family.