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Modern uk landline phones no longer work in power cuts (who says new is better) and our mobiles dont have a signal and depend on our broadband for wifi calling .We invested in a ups for the router and fiber boxes theat lasts 8 hours plus we can use our leisure battery to extend that for a week .So long as the power cut ks local we have phones and broadband

I have that actual radio, bought for just such a situation! It’s actually a very good little radio with very decent sound for its size and excellent 50 hours plus battery life 👍

I had a power cut a few days back late at night while I was in the middle of cooking something on the gas hob, fortunately I had my phone with me and could use the torch feature to see what I was doing. I just remembered in my tool kit I have a rechargable LED strip light. It's very powerful and was rather inexpensive. I would prefer to buy a few different types of rechargable LED flashlights than having a ton of AA/AAA battery powered ones.

A log burner , heat and cook and a couple of torches , go to bed , wake up and it will be light again . Ummmmm entertainment is in bed 😂

All great points. What I'd also do which costs nothing / little and in the long term saves money: - pack your fridge / freezer so there's less air in it, the lowest cost way is bottles of water. They act to slow the warming and if you were to open it to get anything, less air circulates out and in. I don't suggest you pack it with expensive items like lots of meat as you'll be probably unable to cook and eat it all before it's gone bad. That water obviously is available to drink. If you're on a water meter the water becomes free if you use it to pour down the toilet and refill from the tap, just rotate oldest to front and refilled to the back. Place your most expensive food at the bottom and water at the top / back as cold descends. This makes your fridge/freezer more efficient, lowering your electricity bill so is a net cost saver. If you did a big shop and need the space back just move the water out and put it back later, so your fridge is always full. For the freezer, pack with lower cost foods at top which is usually bread (which you can eat first as it defrosts) and frozen veg (which you can drop into a pan with tinned food to bulk it out once it's approaching room temperature). - Own a clean bucket. When the outage begins fill a bucket and try to not use it. You can always use it to flush the loo at the end to not waste money. That's because a long outage can impact the water supply. You can always chuck dirty plates in it to soak and wash-up after outage ends. If you're entering a period where an outage is more likely, e.g. a severe weather warning, fill it in advance, and use the water after to flush loo. Depending on your age/strength a couple of smaller buckets may be better for you. - ideally you enjoy the odd camping trip so you don't need to buy a stove, but just stock-up with more fuel. The cheapest way is to buy larger canisters and a refilling adapter and refill your smaller canisters. I used to buy a 100g canister now I buy a 450g and refill the 100g, it roughly halves the fuel cost, 450g would last 72 hours easily. If you already own a barbeque type solution then same applies, keep the fuel stock levels up to cope with a few days or heavier use. But if you don't have cook system stove yet, what you suggested is the best idea, cheap practical and if you did use it the fuel is economical. - err on stockpiling tinned food as it's already wet so uses no water to heat up. You can always heat them in the tin (with a hole in top to let steam escape) so you don't need to wash up so much (and so preserve water). Dried food sounds wonderful but you need to add water which you should be preserving for drinking and boiling/simmering takes a lot more fuel than reheating tins. Tins usually are good for years and make sure you eat them and backfill so you're actually consuming the next weeks / months of food quicker in an outage. Tinned food you actually like and so will consume naturally so no waste. - ideally you already own a flask. Use it. As it's a faff to go to use the stove, your stove will be probably needed to operate outdoors, so out in the cold, so if you boiled a flask-full you can stay indoors warmer with less trips outdoors. - ideally you already own hot water bottles, they are cheap way to keep warm for hours, if you're bothering to get the stove out, use to fill the water bottle, and the flask and cook your meal before you pack it away. Empty it into the loo afterwards. - if not already, have party type disposable plates / bowls as washing-up may be a problem. Cutlery is a wipe-clean but plates / bowls you may not be able to rinse. The bucket is handy to place in if you did want to rinse plates. - depending on what you enjoy to drink, if involves milk, keep some long life or dried milk powder in. If you like the taste of longlife milk store some in the top/back of the fridge to help with the above, drink your fresh milk first then the long-life milk. We usually have 3 1L in and consume it just before BBD. It will begin to go off once opened but would easily last a day once opened in a fridge surrounded by water bottles which are slowing the fridge warming. - err on downloading media to listen / watch offline so if power is down, internet is down you've always got something to distract your mind so no panic. e.g. don't stream NetFlix or Iplayer, download and watch. - know your neighbours, chances are you have too much of something and so do they and collectively you can make better use of what you collectively have, e.g. if someone did have a lot of meat, you could all cook and eat it first and barter they use the tins you had more than they did so no waste. Possibly one of you have a camping stove or a grill to give some variety. Also a human being sat still emits the equivalent of 25W of heat, so simply being together in one room, perhaps a room which had heating not impacted by the outage, you make "free heat". Collective cooking and being together is a net benefit to everyone. - if you own a car, keep 1 gallon of fuel stored securely, they last about 6 months before beginning to go bad so every few months, say twice a year,when you next refill the car empty the stored fuel into the tank and refill the container then fill your vehicle. That costs only the fuel container. Then if your car is a source of heat and electricity to recharge powerbanks/flashlights knowing if it's just parked up you got some fuel. That also means you are NOT driving to get fuel in a panic when potentially the street lights and traffic lights and the petrol station pumps are down. Depending when and where you bought the fuel it works out cheaper e.g. if there's one usually cheaper place you pass infrequently, it would be where you refill the container, so it may be a net cost reducer. - I think your powerbank suggestion is too small but it would blow the 100 quid budget, I'd go with 2 20,000mAh powerbanks to keep phones etc going. Actually use them in rotation to prove to yourself they still work. - don't have ALL your lightbulbs the modern electronic type, try to have at least one old style bulb, they are tolerant of brownouts and will still work if power is lowering voltage but not off. - costs nothing but try to keep on top of all the dishes and laundry so you can easily cope for days without doing either in an unexpected outage. Err on avoiding buying cotton as it takes a lot of energy to clean, err on wool clothing as it last 4+ days before stinking. - this is expensive but in the long term pays for itself. If you can afford around the £500 level, a larger powerbank which can operate electrical items in the kitchen can pay for itself. If you have a timer switch change your tariff to recharge 1Kwh for 7.5p for 3 hours 3am-6am type then it powers your kitchen items the rest of the day avoiding paying 31p/KWH. That saves 24p/day so pays for itself in 6 years. Modern ones last 10 years, so is an investment. It does break your budget but in the long term pays for itself and you're better covered in an outage. You can recharge from solar or from your car. They do make your microwave then useful which is often easier than a stove, a 1Kwh would power the typical 3 mins of microwave time 400 times. They are useful on car camping trips e.g. can operate a single induction ring which is immune to wind, and you can cook safely indoors as no fumes, but note 1KWh doesn't last long at cooking, the gas stove is the better approach for 72h outage. Finally, this costs little too - do a dress rehearsal, do one in a hot day and one in a cold day, either turn power off or pretend it's off and try to not use electricity. It will remind you what you forgot and inform you what you did wrong and need to address, what you may wish to change in your home. If a family try to make it a fun event. What that does is also mean no panic in event of a real outage, you are doing simply what you recently reminded yourself of. Most people who came to harm in an outage were the ones who panicked and went out to solve a real/imaginary problem. Staying put is safe so have your home capable of such.

Cash. No doubt about it.

Great video. People need to know this stuff and start to become self-sufficient. I am from South Africa, where we are no strangers to power cuts. Last month, our town experienced a 70-hour power cut due to a fire that burned down infrastructure. Fortunately, all the businesses are already well suited for this problem, and there it's business as usual. The problem is at home. 1. You need alternative charging for 72 hours of power cuts. Therefore, I recommend solar. You don't need to be rich. There are a lot of entry-level power generators on the market that can also charge via solar, like Bluetti, Ecoflow, Anker, and Jackery for under £200. If you don't invest in that, you are basically without 80% of your stuff in 24 hours because nothing can charge. Save money and invest in a solar power generator. 2. That gas stove in your video is a lifesaver and the first necessity, believe me.

can't beat a wood stove you've every angle covered resourceful use of your imagination and it's running costs are free. an absolute bonus in this day essentials electricity and gas diabolical costs.

I'm very glad to have come across your channel. Great stuff. Thanks.

Brilliant! Your video provides food for thought. Customize your bag and its contents to your specific needs. Thanks

Superb video. Well thought out and useful bit of kit.

Definitely covered the basics there I'd add bottled water, tinned stews, soups, curries, chilli, rice, pasta, porridge, powered or long life milk, and cereal. Food that's easily warmed up or cooked. Foldable solar powered panels to help recharge any batteries or portable devices. Unless you have a jackery or eco flow. They are expensive though. Solar lights for gardens. You can also get lightbulbs that store energy and still work if power goes out. Portable dvd player so you can watch a film/ tv show. Buddy heater, or calor gas fire, bbq if summer for cooking, extra fleece or wool blankets for chilly nights. Glow sticks to light stairways. I've recently just bought a water2go bottle, which filters water. I have a water butt for flushing the toilet if plumbing goes out. Solar camping shower, or a mud daddy that's used to wash dogs, but you can heat water up then use it to wash yourself with a shower apdater head. That's my back up anyway, not had to try it out as yet. I have a gas hob, electric oven, i chose that combination for this reason, before i was lucky enough to have a log burner installed.

i have neighbours in their 40s who always swallow the shit that pumps out through the BBC via the TV they think cash was one of the main reasons covid spread so quickly ,they live in mountains of debt and think its cool to pay for shit using a phone or watch app they hold no cash whats so ever .SAy FUCK ALL.and leave them to it.

It's interesting what is considered vehicle emergency tools in different countries. I grew up in Canada and emergency parka, gloves, hat, boots and sleeping bag were essential. Other essentials included flares, shovel, 30 inch hatchet, a few knives and a radio (2 way). First aid kit and fire extinguisher were secondary and we normally opened the windows when driving on a lake, but there were always plenty of things available to break a window with.

Got information, but you can save even more money by shopping around at Home Bargains, B&M and pound land.

Being a camper and a bit of an EDC nerd I have all of this equipment apart from the radio. Great advice though. Cheers!

Great tips as always 👍I would add three days worth of bottled water, candles, matches, and perhaps some extra quilts or blankets. Very important - if you or one of your relatives is elderly, sick or disabled, phone up your energy provider in advance and get them on the Priority Care List.

Lidl has a good looking rechargeable lantern on offer this Thursday for £20. Its also a powerbank

good points

Couldn`t agree more with you 👏👏

Was that a pineapple plant?

Yup, cash all the way! Hwyl, T.N 🤘

One of those little gas fires? And some water to be on the safe side? Great video 👍 Hwyl, Taffy Nige 🤘 ✌️ 🐑

I find a wander round home bargains can get good savings, probably cheaper for all the lighting and batteries, sadly I'll always spend more because i keep spotting stuff i want. You'd really want another power bank because 72 hours is likely to drain the one bank even with one phone

I'm not exactly sure what transpired with Barclay's "outage", but a couple of weeks ago, the Capitol One Bank in the States had a shut down because of third party IT system crashing. Account holders couldn't get money. People who's payroll went through the bank weren't paid. And because of the current "climate" here now, I'm going to the bank today. I've also ordered another power bank/battery to at least keep my phones, two-ways, and flashlights powered. ATB mate !

I assume that water pressure is maintained in the UK by electric pumps. A power cut will mean nothing out of the tap. Most people will have 3 days of food about or will be able to scrounge it. Water is a different issue. Put back at least gallon of drinking water a day per person in the household. Just buy big bottles at the supermarket. Nice computer rig, spotted your Razer mouse! 😊

Always have a bit of cash even if it’s a jar of coins. Better to have coins and small denomination notes as businesses will run out of change quickly. Head for the corner shop, it’s more like to be open.

Pack of individually wrapped glow sticks great for the kids as night and low level lighting on the stairs for example Last power cut fried our electric meter still awaiting an engineer to come put .... can't have been a big surge as our consumer unit mounted surge protection is still showing the green indicator

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Im going to say anyone with any breathing issues or immune problems you need some sort of gas heater on this list. Cold weather will make breathing and lung issues worse. Just piling blankets or quits on your bed is not enough, because you will still be breathing in ice cold air. This may then bring on pneumonia. Check the gas heater is safe for indoor use, alot of the camping ones are not meant for indoors. There is a Mr buddy we can get on our amazon that is for indoor and camping. Do your research though.

Short and sweet, isn't technology wonderful... Until it fails

Always good video and tips. (Y)

Cash ! The best prep.

Think you've covered the basics mate. The only other thing I can think of is heating but that could open up a whole can of expensive worms. Good to see you back in the saddle. 👍

Church pillar candles as they can last over 90hrs. And matches, glow sticks.

Cheers Mate. Great content as always. I'd just add two items to the "kit". Both are also useful in case one needs to abandon the car, for whatever reason... 1) some means of a Audible Sound "alarm" in case an accident renders the electrical system inoperable... Lifeboat/Sports Whistle, or compressed air Air Horn, 2) Two Road Flares. Again in case the electrical system is inoperable. Also good for emergency Fire starting. As for location of the Fire Extinguisher, when I was with the police department (civilian & military) they were attached to the front seat floor immediately below the driver's knees (not to interfere with the seat movement or operating pedals (brake, gas, clutch). One way to "mount" a first aid kit is to attach a shoulder strap and hang it over the headrest of the passenger side front seat, facing the back seat. I retasked a British Army MTP gas mask haversack into a trauma kit and hang it as described. ATB !

Nice one, Allen . Cheers, mate. Hwyl, Taffy Nige (yeah, we lost!) 🤘✌️🐑

Hi DV. Yeah I have a good first aid kit and it is in the boot. Shall sort myself something near me at the front. Good ideas..... on it!

Personally, I keep my fire extinguisher, first aid kit, un-lubricated condom water carrying device and signalling mirror mounted underneath the brake pedal. No one’s stealing my stuff!

You should ad a Victorinox Ranger and a Victorinox sharpener that will give you a lot of extra tools and the possibility to sharpen your knife to.

What was the name of the water filter please

Hi Alan, an excellent practical common sense EDC. Mine is much used and almost identical to yours except for the addition of a Nite Glowring on my keyring next to the whistle, so that i can locate it in the dark if necessary. Thanks for the very good video.

Need a lorry for all that prefer the bug out small rucksack type bug out. Leave the kids behind. Wasters anyway.

What do you have against weddings ? K9 😂🤣

Nice setup 👌 👍 thanks for sharing 😊❤

Hi Alan great ideas for an EDC many thanks,also appreciate the DILLIGAF T-shirt 😂

Which model victorinox knife is that please?

We put our keys on an elasticated pistol lanyard attached to the belt.

Look at the legal definitions of "person" and the duties and obligations of accepting/using that word.

Those mockers won't be laughing or taking the piss when they are in need.