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Prepper behaviour vindicated
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2018 3:45 pm
by BugOut66
Like a lot of folk I got trapped out in my car by “the beast from the east” last week.
Was driving home, slowly, and ended up getting stuck for several hours on the motorway.
Things I had in my emergency pack which I used:
Water
Chocolate
Warm clothes
Battry pack for charging phones etc (used by a few people in other cars too)
If I was there any longer I’d have gotten use of my torches no doubt too.
However in that situation I realised I was missing some things that thankfully I didn’t need but might have, and have since ordered:
Shovel
Emergency blankets
Gas / fuel stove
Cookable food
It was an interesting experience and one that has helped me flesh out my car emergency pack.
Re: Prepper behaviour vindicated
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2018 4:33 pm
by xplosiv1
a small stove is always a great addition to a car pack, I keep one of these in the car all the time
Highlander MK2 fast boil , half the price of a jet boil and does pretty much the same job
Re: Prepper behaviour vindicated
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2018 4:39 pm
by BugOut66
Great shout. I’m going to look at these now.
Re: Prepper behaviour vindicated
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2018 4:42 pm
by ChefSimon
I always carry 2x 1L water bottles in the car. Not a lot but enough for an overnighter.
As for shovel, I use my old folding entrenching tool I got when in the forces. Good bit of kit and nice and small to carry.
I also have 2 American self heating MRE's in the car so I've always hot food available.
I've a jetboil too, xplosiv1. Good bit of kit and nice and compact to carry.
Re: Prepper behaviour vindicated
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2018 5:50 pm
by xplosiv1
BugOut66 wrote:Great shout. I’m going to look at these now.
if your going to have a stove also throw in a thermos flask, saves you having to reboil water for a brew.
Re: Prepper behaviour vindicated
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2018 7:01 pm
by unsure
http://www.hotcan.com/
no need for a cooker , but that said ,it won`t warm the car
Re: Prepper behaviour vindicated
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2018 9:45 pm
by featherstick
Anyone else keep a pee bottle in the car? After all those hot drinks on the jetboil, while you're heading into your 15th hour stuck in the snowdrift....
Re: Prepper behaviour vindicated
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2018 7:29 am
by Jamesey1981
featherstick wrote:Anyone else keep a pee bottle in the car? After all those hot drinks on the jetboil, while you're heading into your 15th hour stuck in the snowdrift....
I used to have a van that had previously been owned by a band that had used it for touring, there was a length of hose with a funnel siliconed into the end of it that led though a small hole in the floor.
Good idea, but I still put some rubber gloves on and ripped it out....
Re: Prepper behaviour vindicated
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2018 11:11 am
by korolev
featherstick wrote:Anyone else keep a pee bottle in the car? After all those hot drinks on the jetboil, while you're heading into your 15th hour stuck in the snowdrift....
I can't find one with a wide enough neck.....
Re: Prepper behaviour vindicated
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2018 12:50 pm
by jansman
korolev wrote:featherstick wrote:Anyone else keep a pee bottle in the car? After all those hot drinks on the jetboil, while you're heading into your 15th hour stuck in the snowdrift....
I can't find one with a wide enough neck.....
Glad its not just me.