help in starting

[ruralcowboy]

hi everybody i have just started prepping about 6 months ago i started with getting 8 water butts 210lt and a food vaccume sealer and food dehydrater and medical supplies what else should i start to get i would be very grateful for any help.

[nickdutch]

maybe £50 - £100 of tesco value tins so that you have a residual amount of food in case of unemployment?

[Toddie]

As it's been mentioned many a time on here you don't need to go mad.

For example, when i started out I was in a sort of mad rush to get some supplies together but then over time i just started putting an extra tin of beans in the trolley, or an extra bottle of bleach in there and gradually it builds up.

Oh, and try before you stockpile. For example if you look at the Asda's own beef curry and you think 'yeah i'll like that' be sure, you don't want to be eating something you're not keen on. Tinned foods are great as you can always make on the go stoves with the tins they come in just by popping a few holes in em, but don't forget your tin openers. Candles are an essential too even if the power goes out for a few hours. (and on that note batteries too)

Maybe start geocaching i.e burying a few supplies in the ground somewhere close to where you reside. Might sound like i'm spoon-feeding, but try and use natural features to remember where your stashes are. No point using buildings then for whatever reason they've been demolished and you don't know where to start digging!

Make sure you know how to use those medical supplies too. Get yourself on a course, if the courses seem too pricey Youtube has a wealth of info.

I could go on forever but i think that's enough to think about for now. If you do need any more ideas, give myself a private message, or ask on the forums you'll get a reply either way.

Good luck and have fun fella!

P.S Tissues/toilet paper too. That just came to mind.

[pseudonym]

Hello and welcome to the Forum.

[ruralcowboy]

thank you all for info my family and me get extra food every week one or two tins rice, oats but i was wondering should i be looking at communication i.e C.B.

[Arzosah]

Its not that you *should*, rural cowboy - its about whether you see the need - what you're prepping for, will independent comms like that help you? I mean, the answer is probably yes, to be fair, but the same goes for comms as goes for the rest - get some training. I'm signed up with my local radio club to go on their course, and lots of people on here have done it. I do understand about buying kit and not investigating and training yourself up on it straight away, but sooner or later it needs to be done. Honest!

[ruralcowboy]

i have just been mucking about trying different ideas on security if bugging out with tent how about a fishing bite detector and fishing line. put the line round your perimeter with the line going through the bite detector when someone move the line the detector will go off has anyone thought of this if so has anyone got any more ideas.

[soutie]

i have just been mucking about trying different ideas on security if bugging out with tent how about a fishing bite detector and fishing line. put the line round your perimeter with the line going through the bite detector when someone move the line the detector will go off has anyone thought of this if so has anyone got any more ideas.

good idea , especially if you have a bug out rural/ woodland location

[ruralcowboy]

hi peeps i have question what is the life span of water purification tablets as i have just bought some and they dont say could you please help this is a great site.

[badgersden]

hi peeps i have question what is the life span of water purification tablets as i have just bought some and they dont say could you please help this is a great site.

this is not going to help much sorry,but all the tablets i have bought from a number of different places have had date stamped on them,i would contact who you bought them off and send them back,they could be completey useless and could be difference between life and death