Tips To Use In Selecting Survival Gear
"Gear" is one of those words under that you can lump a lot of different things. What is "gear" to one person will not be to another person. However, generally, people have a standard understanding of what "gear" is particularly in terms of survival gear. Survival items are basic in function and are designed to make your daily life (in a survival situation) just a little easier and just a little less stressful. Here are some tips in deciding what survival gear you need to get.
1. Select items that you will need, not items that you want to have. Here you will need to exercise just a little judgment and a little self-control. Do you really need a 8-person tent for just you and your wife?
2. Don't select an item that you already have unless that you have fails well or is broken and needs to be replaced. Another exception to this tip would be if the survival gear item has a feature that you need. Maybe you curently have a multi-tool but your multi-tool doesn't have an awl you know you will require and by investing in a different multi-tool which includes an awl, it is possible to fill that need.
3. Obtain at least 3 survival gear checklists, go through the lists, and do a couple of things. First, identify those items that are mentioned on each of the gear lists. This will help identify the survival gear items which you really need. Second, considering you and your family's own private needs, feel the lists and identify items which will help meet you and your family's personal needs. Again, not "wants" but "needs".
4. As a check, participate in one or more of the survival blog websites for a while and see what others are recommending regarding survival gear, the pluses, and the shortcomings.
5. Once you have identified and made a list of the survival gear that you'll require, take the time to read through customer reviews (e.g., I've found Amazon.com to be a fantastic source for customer product reviews) to see what someone other than the manufacturer must say about this particular product. How The Prepper Live performs used may be entirely different from how it reads on the net!
6. Quality is more important than price in selecting survival supplies! In the center of a tragedy or crisis, you will not be able to set you back the store to find a replacement for an item that breaks or doesn't work.
7. If you look at a particular piece absolutely "critical" to you as well as your family's survival, it might be wise to purchase at least two of them.