We practiced living off the grid this weekend.

Good job.

Did you see shit tons of bean3rs in the nation parks?

It's a disgrace to go camping these days, glad you had the guts to step outdoors tho.

Keep in comms with us OP.

Poncho hung up on all 4 corners and bucket under head opening. Collapsible 5 gallon container filled. Also boiling water.

I will research this technique. Thank you very much for sharing this.

Berkey filters $100/pair and quantity 2 five gallon buckets work great. The Upper bucket will need some small wholes drilled in the bottom to let the stem of the filters through.

At least you did something, so kudos for that. In a real SHTF situation, eggs will better be hard boiled and pickled, flour for huntsman bread and meat, well, that's a luxury that will last a couple days only. And indeed, water is the main priority by far. I see people here and in some other places obsessed with guns, these are the ones that never done what you did. Find, purify and store water is #1. Much more important than guns, clothes and even shelter and food.

Of course your experience is extremely valuable, most people never try a REAL thing. I mean, with a whole trailer of stuff, cars and all the modern stuff, doens't count at all. For the thing to be really worth it, get only what you can carry. And I mean YOU can carry, not your truck.

Poncho hung up on all 4 corners and bucket under head opening. Collapsible 5 gallon container filled. Also boiling water.

... coffee ... pans ... pancakes ... hamburgers ... eggs ... stoves ... MRE ...

Bingo, but optimally you should filter and boil. Boiling doesn't get rid of say arsenic and filtering isn't effective against some microbes. And remember folks, you can't filter fallout contrary to public opinion. How do you filter a broken atom? Cleaner, sure. Clean enough that I mean gonna drink it? Not until last resort.

Thank you for this info. Looking them up now.

Shit 6-8 months. I can dig it lol that filter could almost be brick and I would hit up a rock and get another 2 months.

We didn’t go to a park We camped in our own woods. One thing that surprised me is how much more water we need to get ahold of, or at least we need a couple different forms of water purification tools. We went through 3 to 4 times more water than we had anticipated. Drinking water, cleaning water, we simply need more water than expected,

Berkley filters viruses and bacteria to 3 or 4 decimals places. 99.9999

I will research this technique. Thank you very much for sharing this.

Karma pinned for useful info. Many do not practice scenarios. My plan is to bug in shtf, but you must also be prepared if your domicile is hit in some way. Fire, flood, etc. you must have the capability of moving quickly to a secondary or third location. Also think about what you can load quickly in a vehicle , but also what you can load in packs if your vehicle/transportation is no longer viable. Learn land navigation using a topographical map and compass . Bring at least a handcrank SW radio( 20-30 bucks) so you have some sort of comm access that keeps you informed. You can go up from there on comms ( CB/ Ham) but at least have a way to hear info. Also, during a national emergency, you would not need a ham license to transmit, you don’t need any license just to listen.

Microbes move, they don't settle. There also other kinds of microbes.

All will be things of the past. You won't be able to get any of those things anymore. You should practice how to kill with your bare hands, and get used to eating things raw.

I would still boil the water when all was said and done.

Maybe for a single person, which is unlikely for a true shtf situation, but maybe. I mean our milspec filters were supposed to last years too. Less than 3 months in Iraq they were toast.

Had to buy water...... the system was down. Ive been looking at alternatives ever since that happened. Have not come up with a good solid plan yet. I have a river about 1/2 mile from the house; So that would dictate what I would implement.

Let me add to this, by the end of this month it’ll be illegal to buy certain ham radios online that function in certain frequencies. Get one while you can . A descent hand unit will run you about $50

Grabbed our bug out bags and set up camp in an out of the way place. We used no electricity, sorted out our individual jobs of who will do what if/when/as needed and it was a great learning experience. We made coffee a couple different ways with different pots/sources. We cooked an assortment of foods and discovered what pans work better for pancakes, which pans worked better for hamburgers, and other items. Not everything tasted great. Burned the first couple of eggs, then after a couple changes with our fire the eggs and other food greatly improved. We also used two different stoves besides the fire pit area. All in all we learned a lot.We took pleanty of notes. It definitely was worth it to get out of our comfy home and practice a little bit. The MRE “test” sure brought back a lot of memories.

I recommend everyone try to find a way to practice, master their survival skills before you need them. You never know what small item you’ll wish you had remembered to have with you when you can’t easily go grab it.

Boating dry bags to carry on poles.
Berkey or other brand.

Sure you did...