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Articles, guides and tips on emergency kits, survival and self-reliance.
Bushcraft for beginners: making a good start
Choose your first activity, pack a useful set of essentials and understand what a cooking set or beginner kit can and cannot provide.
Putting together an emergency kit: step by step
Build a kit that fits your household. Plan water and meals, fill the gaps and agree how to stay in contact.
Water purification tablets: use and limitations
Check the correct Aquatabs label, understand why doses vary by tablet strength and know when you need a different water source.
Choosing a home water filter: start with the source
Choose a water filter for a defined purpose. Compare the water source, treatment, maintenance and evidence for specific contaminants.
Bug-out bag: what to take when you need to leave
Prepare a portable go-bag with personal essentials, water, food and contact information. Test its contents against your actual plan.
Choosing respiratory protection: fit and limitations
A respirator only works within its intended use. Understand filters, fit, maintenance and situations where it cannot protect you.
Baofeng UV-5R: when may you transmit?
A programmable handheld radio is not automatically licence-exempt. Check the equipment, frequencies and authorisation before transmitting.
Five series for fans of survival stories
From The Walking Dead to Colony: five fictional series about disruption, decisions and cooperation. Viewing ideas, not emergency instructions.
What should you do during a nuclear emergency?
Find official instructions, understand sheltering and learn why iodine tablets should only be taken on government advice.
A three-month food supply: building your shopping list
Build a larger food supply around meals you actually eat. Plan portions, drinking water, preparation and storage separately.
Doomsday preppers and everyday preparedness
Prepping need not be extreme. Start with useful supplies at home, household plans and practical skills you can practise.
Choosing an emergency radio: reception and power
Choose a radio you can receive and operate at home. Compare FM, DAB, batteries and charging before a power cut.
How long does canned food keep?
Understand best-before and use-by dates, check damaged cans and keep an emergency food supply useful without blanket shelf-life promises.
Sawyer water filters: seven common questions
What a Sawyer filter removes, what it cannot treat, how to maintain it and when you need another source of drinking water.
Comparing Tolle emergency radios: what matters?
Compare an emergency radio by reception, power and controls. Choose documented features rather than relying on an old top-three list.