Survival guides and kit reviews

Survival info, tactical techniques, tips and tricks with detailed instructions, photos and videos to help teach you and your family how to survive in the wilderness and the possible tough times ahead, plus an on-line survival kit catalogue where you can find reviews and the best deal on all the kit you want for your "grab bag".

Imagine if you will, just you and nature.... in a world with no shops, no things to buy, no power grid and most importantly no food provisions or water distribution...  This may seem far fetched to many, but a very large and increasing amount of people on our planet live like that right now. If we have clean water, local shops full of food and the money to buy it, then we are one of a minority of people in the world... Our situation however can change to it's opposite very quickly, through choice, natural disasters, war, economic breakdown or worse still climate breakdown and the reality of this possibility happening has reached many of us.

So imagine, just us and the rest of nature and be comforted, because with a little attention to this thought, a read through the information shared on this website (and other places!) some practicing of your new survival skills and bushcraft and some careful preparation... we realize that when we are with nature, generally we could not be in safer hands.

We hope to provide information on bushcraft skills and survival kit to help you  make it through an emergency situation and to enjoy nature as much as possible.

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Readiness is everything... Resolution is indissolubly bound up with caution. If an individual is careful and keeps his wits about him, he need not become excited or alarmed....on his guard against what is not yet in sight and on the alert for what is not yet within hearing; we dwell in the midst of difficulties as though they did not exist... 
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Reviews -- Loadbearing Camelbak Talon Review. This has been a great bit of equipment, well built, tough and reliable, very comfortable in use, holding 3 litres of water with a total volume – 2730 cu in (44.7 l) and has a versatile pack system with  multiple storage [ ... ] more

Reviews -- Lighting Streamlight - Sidewinder Compact - LED Torch This Tactical Torch offers 20 functions providing four LED light colours, intensity levels and strobe, each with electronically regulated output illumination. Impervious to shock with a 50,000-hour lif [ ... ] more

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