One thing I see alot of people forget to mention in the bug out bag is Extra socks and foot powder. If you're bugging out on foot you want to keep your feet as dry as possible.
The basic gear is better than not having anything at all. Some water 💦 some matches 🔥 Some batteries🔋🔋 Some soup cans 🍲 A flashlight 🔦 Tarp or shower curtain 🚿 A First aid kit⛑️ Some TP 🚽 Even a bucket 🪣 to carry it all in is better than fighting the masses at the last moment. Being prepared is always worth a peace of mind. 😊
I have that sewing tin. That same company makes a manicure kit and a eyeglass repair kit in the same size tins. The sewing kit is almost full but the other two have a lot of empty space. The glasses kit also has a magnifying glass.
Those altoids are good for minor burns. Crush them up and add a tiny bit of water to make a paste and apply little by little to the burned area and there you have it. It won't take the pain away completely but will bring it down a bit and make it a little less irritating
That was a solid dollar store bug out haul! The dollar store is a good spot to satisfy that random prepper urge but when you’re not trying to wreck your bank account!
Melting the candle down and dipping the cotton into it might work and i know those birthday candles are dirt cheap most times, also lighting the candle and dripping a bit onto cotton or tinder would work well I'd bet.
Those cheap birthday candles are surprisingly overlooked but good little survival kit items: I think that's a good idea to use them with the cotton for tinder! And, the little candles fit right into those altoid/sucrets tins to use for a little short-term light or for fire tinder/kindling... the wax from a larger candle can be melted down to waterproof some of those kitchen matches... use the wax to water-seal a tin against the elements... you might be able to use the wax to wax up your survival saw blades for easier work... wax up some of that twine cordage to waterproof it, or wax up some thread from your dollar store sewing kit for waxed thread.... They used to sell novelty birthday candles that will stay lit when you try to blow them out... I haven't seen these in a while, but surely those might prove useful if you need a little reliable light in drafty conditions! You can definitely get some better candles than birthday candles out there, and I doubt they'll stand up for very long to being stored in a car boot/trunk in a hot climate, but a few small birthday candles do not take up much room or weight in an emergency pack, so why not toss a couple in? (If you worry about those little birthday candles melting in your pack, there might be some tricks to storing them: I bet you can seal some in trimmed-down drinking straws so that when they melt, they still hold up in a contained cylinder shape at least....) Speaking of better candles for survival kits, some of those "tea candles" might serve OK in temperate climates as dirt-cheap survival kit items as upgrades or alternatives to birthday candles: I often spot tea candles in bulk for a few cents a piece in dollar stores, S-Marts, and the like! Again, like birthday candles, tea candles are light and don't take up much space, great qualities for bugout-bag items!
Decent start. Proof it can be done. YES, certainly any item on there can be improved upon. Improvements made, once you figure out what you like, what works for you, and even what options to look for.
I kind of love/hate those travel sewing kits, and fishing kits (like the one from your Walmart video): they're a bit too much for a proper survival-kit-on-the-cheap, and the contents are usually pretty sorry. But, you can do worse than getting a cheap, quick, dirty, compact, and light source of sewing needles, thread, and safety pins for your survival kit on one hand, and on the other a convenient source of fishing line, fish hooks, weights, lures, and so on! I bought a couple cheap sewing kits and a couple survival fishing kits from an online source and broke them up into pill-bottle survival kits to toss into a bag: a typical leftover prescription medicine bottle is often big enough to hold a single-edge razor blade, a couple pre-threaded sewing needles, a few safety pins, a couple small fishing hooks, swivels, sinker weights, a small fishing bobber/floater, and a couple small artificial "grub" baits/lures, a couple small twist-ties and small zip-ties, a few "picture frame" style small tacks/nails leftover from a build-it-yourself bookshelf kit project, a couple small rubber bands, a dozen or so feet of sewing thread and fishing line (or one of those little sample thumbnail-size boxes of waxed dental floss that dentists hand out in goody bags after your regular cleaning - I always spare these little floss kits for this sort of thing!), and a few other such odds-and-ends - maybe even a little snare wire. The pill bottle doesn't take up much weight or space in your bag, and keeps those little sharp or otherwise messy items organized, safe, and out of the way until needed. I repurposed the tiny pair of sewing kit scissors and a single-edge razor blade (the sort with a thicker metal spine, usually found in dollar-store paint-scraper tool packages) into a pocket first-aid kit that had no cutting tools: they are (barely) useful for cutting gauze, medical tape, or duct tape with. You can take a few feet of duct tape off of is role and re-wrap it into pocket-size flat-rolls that package nicely into a pocket first-aid kit or repair/sewing kit, to go with those little scissors: duct tape can be improvised into clothing, tent, or sleeping bag patches, bandages, and other odd uses! (Some small first aid kits have enough room for the duct tape, others might need you to make some room; depending on your first aid kit, you can often afford to sacrifice bulky rolls of medical tape and spare band aids if you need to!) Alternatively, you can probably wrap a few feet of duct tape around your pill-bottle fishing/repair kit, and maybe a couple feet of black vinyl electrical repair tape around the pill-bottle lid. Your local dollar store or pharmacy might have a reading glasses or "eye care" section that includes inexpensive little eyeglass repair kits: these can be (almost) worth their weight and price even if you do not wear eyeglasses or sunglasses, in the event something happens and you need to make a field repair: they typically include a few small screws to replace those lost from eyeglasses, along with a couple small elastic bands (used to tighten the glasses hinges), a couple of nose pads for comfort where the glasses rest on your nose, and a (cheap) little screwdriver and maybe a little plastic magnifier and sometimes some (cheap) tweezers; the little screwdriver usually fits nicely into a pocket-survival-kit tin, and the magnifier and tweezers - if included - can often fit into the roomier pocket first-aid kits: nice for removing bee stingers, thorns, splinters, ticks.... After that, I usually merge most fishing kit leftovers and sewing kit leftovers like the seam-ripper and thimble, into my main fishing tackle box, as these are generally more trouble, weight, and bulk than they are generally worth for a ready-to-go bag: it's usually a little too much stuff for the purpose - extra weight and room that you'd probably get more mileage from if you used it to carry water or something instead!
Bonus dollar-store survival-kit tip: don't be afraid to check the toys and games section for a few inexpensive, light, and simple items, especially if you have kids, but also for adults, to keep up morale in conditions where boredom, fear, despair, panic, and depression might otherwise intrude and tempt your party into doing something dangerous when staying put and waiting for help or waiting out an emergency might be the better option than wandering off into the deep woods alone or climbing a dangerous cliff while tired or something! You can probably find an inexpensive deck of playing cards or dice somewhere in your dollar store: Dice take up almost no room or weight, and playing cards can be quickly and easily repurposed as fire kindling in an emergency! For younger kids, a simple, small dollar-store package of plastic green army men, cowboys-and-injuns, or dinosaurs can go a long, long way toward keeping kiddies occupied and nearby (and maybe even kinda quiet) so you can stress in relative peace about how to turn that shower curtain into a shelter, how to find some fresh water, or whatever! "Fidget-spinners" can also provide a little healthy nervous distraction for a while, as you think over your survival options and plan your next steps. Back in my day (the '70s and '80s), these sorts of inexpensive toys really helped keep up morale and keep us kids quiet in the back seat of a car on long trips, and I have a feeling they'll work just as well today! In my minor teens, I also lived through a severe snowstorm back in the '80s that left my family snowed into an isolated rural farmhouse with no electricity - no heat, light, TV, computers, video games - for a couple weeks... we spent those two weeks together in the one room of the house with a wood stove, which we cooked all our food on, boiled water for coffee and hot chocolate on, heated the room with, and heated bath water for quick wash-cloth-baths, and spent most of our time waiting out the blackout and ice storm by telling ghost stories and playing cards ("Go Fish!", "Hearts", "Oh Hell", "War!", and poker) by candle-light. It's actually a fond memory of mine: my family spent a lot of time together those two weeks talking and laughing more than we normally would, and the family game-time really kept up spirits and helped turn what could have been a lot of boredom, drama and misery, into a positive family adventure together! Speaking of hot cocoa, don't be afraid to check out the dollar store food items for some little things like that which you can toss into your pack as little morale-boosters: sure, you might be able to keep your family going on creek water, dandelions, and the occasional campfire-roasted squirrel meat for days, but nobody's going to enjoy it much after a while. Just a little something like a couple packets of coffee or hot cocoa mix hidden in the bottom of your pack for that rainy day when enough is enough can really brighten everyone's spirits! "Fruit roll-ups", meat jerky, trail mix, single-serving kool-ade mix packets, mint gum, and that sort of thing can provide a little extra energy and variety for your party, while boosting spirits and providing some variety, all for very little cost in terms of weight and space in that pack!
watch out 4 dollar general, they over charge on every item. & they did a show on you tube saying the same thing. I ended walking out & leving the cart full of stuff
EJ from day one of your television career I've followed you not just because we are both Army vet's but because your a solid guy I truly respect that in a person . I can't afford one of your skull crusher blades but I get by with a 12" Ontario machete I believe bigger blades like this and a simple sak pocket knife will do most anything . Real happy to have you on utube thank you for your continued videos.
I don’t know where that DG is, but the ones are look like they are managed by a group of tornadoes, messy nothing on shelves cart with stock in the isles…..
One thing I see alot of people forget to mention in the bug out bag is Extra socks and foot powder. If you're bugging out on foot you want to keep your feet as dry as possible.
That's a GREAT ITEM thanks for the reminder !
The basic gear is better than not having anything at all.
Some water 💦 some matches 🔥
Some batteries🔋🔋
Some soup cans 🍲
A flashlight 🔦
Tarp or shower curtain 🚿
A First aid kit⛑️
Some TP 🚽
Even a bucket 🪣 to carry it all in is better than fighting the masses at the last moment.
Being prepared is always worth a peace of mind. 😊
I have that sewing tin. That same company makes a manicure kit and a eyeglass repair kit in the same size tins. The sewing kit is almost full but the other two have a lot of empty space. The glasses kit also has a magnifying glass.
That fleece blanket would substitute for a poncho liner.
Hi. Do you have a video where you actually try the survival kit you build from the DS and from Walmart?
Those altoids are good for minor burns. Crush them up and add a tiny bit of water to make a paste and apply little by little to the burned area and there you have it. It won't take the pain away completely but will bring it down a bit and make it a little less irritating
That was a solid dollar store bug out haul! The dollar store is a good spot to satisfy that random prepper urge but when you’re not trying to wreck your bank account!
Melting the candle down and dipping the cotton into it might work and i know those birthday candles are dirt cheap most times, also lighting the candle and dripping a bit onto cotton or tinder would work well I'd bet.
Those cheap birthday candles are surprisingly overlooked but good little survival kit items: I think that's a good idea to use them with the cotton for tinder! And, the little candles fit right into those altoid/sucrets tins to use for a little short-term light or for fire tinder/kindling... the wax from a larger candle can be melted down to waterproof some of those kitchen matches... use the wax to water-seal a tin against the elements... you might be able to use the wax to wax up your survival saw blades for easier work... wax up some of that twine cordage to waterproof it, or wax up some thread from your dollar store sewing kit for waxed thread....
They used to sell novelty birthday candles that will stay lit when you try to blow them out... I haven't seen these in a while, but surely those might prove useful if you need a little reliable light in drafty conditions!
You can definitely get some better candles than birthday candles out there, and I doubt they'll stand up for very long to being stored in a car boot/trunk in a hot climate, but a few small birthday candles do not take up much room or weight in an emergency pack, so why not toss a couple in? (If you worry about those little birthday candles melting in your pack, there might be some tricks to storing them: I bet you can seal some in trimmed-down drinking straws so that when they melt, they still hold up in a contained cylinder shape at least....)
Speaking of better candles for survival kits, some of those "tea candles" might serve OK in temperate climates as dirt-cheap survival kit items as upgrades or alternatives to birthday candles: I often spot tea candles in bulk for a few cents a piece in dollar stores, S-Marts, and the like! Again, like birthday candles, tea candles are light and don't take up much space, great qualities for bugout-bag items!
U dip the cotton balls in the vaseline.
The 5 Cs is what you mean. Then the 10 Cs . Cutting tool, calories, combustion, cover, container.
you can use the magnet from the earbuds to make a rudimentary compass
Decent start. Proof it can be done. YES, certainly any item on there can be improved upon. Improvements made, once you figure out what you like, what works for you, and even what options to look for.
🎉🎉Great video showing ingenuity.
Love to SEE A REVIEW OF YOUR NEW BOOK ON HOME PREPAREDNESS
Thank you for taking the time to prepare us; it's appreciated!
The flashlight in my bag I got at Walmart, was $11.00 with tax. I keep an emergency blanket in there I also got at Walmart, for less than $5.00.
Did the field test ever happen?
clearance sales dont exist at the dollar stores in my town .... I'm sad right now ....
Make a video on how you packed that in the bag.
Loved your video, now I know what I need to put in my bag I have.
Gotta see this field test....
Lead the Way, brother
You're the BEST, thank you!!
And thank you for your service. 🙏🏻
Well done! Makes perfect sense to shop for bargains to add to your kit.
Why the can of crushed tomatoes ? Other than eating it from the can ?
Love the hype. Gets me goin
I kind of love/hate those travel sewing kits, and fishing kits (like the one from your Walmart video): they're a bit too much for a proper survival-kit-on-the-cheap, and the contents are usually pretty sorry. But, you can do worse than getting a cheap, quick, dirty, compact, and light source of sewing needles, thread, and safety pins for your survival kit on one hand, and on the other a convenient source of fishing line, fish hooks, weights, lures, and so on!
I bought a couple cheap sewing kits and a couple survival fishing kits from an online source and broke them up into pill-bottle survival kits to toss into a bag: a typical leftover prescription medicine bottle is often big enough to hold a single-edge razor blade, a couple pre-threaded sewing needles, a few safety pins, a couple small fishing hooks, swivels, sinker weights, a small fishing bobber/floater, and a couple small artificial "grub" baits/lures, a couple small twist-ties and small zip-ties, a few "picture frame" style small tacks/nails leftover from a build-it-yourself bookshelf kit project, a couple small rubber bands, a dozen or so feet of sewing thread and fishing line (or one of those little sample thumbnail-size boxes of waxed dental floss that dentists hand out in goody bags after your regular cleaning - I always spare these little floss kits for this sort of thing!), and a few other such odds-and-ends - maybe even a little snare wire. The pill bottle doesn't take up much weight or space in your bag, and keeps those little sharp or otherwise messy items organized, safe, and out of the way until needed.
I repurposed the tiny pair of sewing kit scissors and a single-edge razor blade (the sort with a thicker metal spine, usually found in dollar-store paint-scraper tool packages) into a pocket first-aid kit that had no cutting tools: they are (barely) useful for cutting gauze, medical tape, or duct tape with.
You can take a few feet of duct tape off of is role and re-wrap it into pocket-size flat-rolls that package nicely into a pocket first-aid kit or repair/sewing kit, to go with those little scissors: duct tape can be improvised into clothing, tent, or sleeping bag patches, bandages, and other odd uses! (Some small first aid kits have enough room for the duct tape, others might need you to make some room; depending on your first aid kit, you can often afford to sacrifice bulky rolls of medical tape and spare band aids if you need to!)
Alternatively, you can probably wrap a few feet of duct tape around your pill-bottle fishing/repair kit, and maybe a couple feet of black vinyl electrical repair tape around the pill-bottle lid.
Your local dollar store or pharmacy might have a reading glasses or "eye care" section that includes inexpensive little eyeglass repair kits: these can be (almost) worth their weight and price even if you do not wear eyeglasses or sunglasses, in the event something happens and you need to make a field repair: they typically include a few small screws to replace those lost from eyeglasses, along with a couple small elastic bands (used to tighten the glasses hinges), a couple of nose pads for comfort where the glasses rest on your nose, and a (cheap) little screwdriver and maybe a little plastic magnifier and sometimes some (cheap) tweezers; the little screwdriver usually fits nicely into a pocket-survival-kit tin, and the magnifier and tweezers - if included - can often fit into the roomier pocket first-aid kits: nice for removing bee stingers, thorns, splinters, ticks....
After that, I usually merge most fishing kit leftovers and sewing kit leftovers like the seam-ripper and thimble, into my main fishing tackle box, as these are generally more trouble, weight, and bulk than they are generally worth for a ready-to-go bag: it's usually a little too much stuff for the purpose - extra weight and room that you'd probably get more mileage from if you used it to carry water or something instead!
Bonus dollar-store survival-kit tip: don't be afraid to check the toys and games section for a few inexpensive, light, and simple items, especially if you have kids, but also for adults, to keep up morale in conditions where boredom, fear, despair, panic, and depression might otherwise intrude and tempt your party into doing something dangerous when staying put and waiting for help or waiting out an emergency might be the better option than wandering off into the deep woods alone or climbing a dangerous cliff while tired or something!
You can probably find an inexpensive deck of playing cards or dice somewhere in your dollar store: Dice take up almost no room or weight, and playing cards can be quickly and easily repurposed as fire kindling in an emergency!
For younger kids, a simple, small dollar-store package of plastic green army men, cowboys-and-injuns, or dinosaurs can go a long, long way toward keeping kiddies occupied and nearby (and maybe even kinda quiet) so you can stress in relative peace about how to turn that shower curtain into a shelter, how to find some fresh water, or whatever!
"Fidget-spinners" can also provide a little healthy nervous distraction for a while, as you think over your survival options and plan your next steps.
Back in my day (the '70s and '80s), these sorts of inexpensive toys really helped keep up morale and keep us kids quiet in the back seat of a car on long trips, and I have a feeling they'll work just as well today! In my minor teens, I also lived through a severe snowstorm back in the '80s that left my family snowed into an isolated rural farmhouse with no electricity - no heat, light, TV, computers, video games - for a couple weeks... we spent those two weeks together in the one room of the house with a wood stove, which we cooked all our food on, boiled water for coffee and hot chocolate on, heated the room with, and heated bath water for quick wash-cloth-baths, and spent most of our time waiting out the blackout and ice storm by telling ghost stories and playing cards ("Go Fish!", "Hearts", "Oh Hell", "War!", and poker) by candle-light. It's actually a fond memory of mine: my family spent a lot of time together those two weeks talking and laughing more than we normally would, and the family game-time really kept up spirits and helped turn what could have been a lot of boredom, drama and misery, into a positive family adventure together!
Speaking of hot cocoa, don't be afraid to check out the dollar store food items for some little things like that which you can toss into your pack as little morale-boosters: sure, you might be able to keep your family going on creek water, dandelions, and the occasional campfire-roasted squirrel meat for days, but nobody's going to enjoy it much after a while. Just a little something like a couple packets of coffee or hot cocoa mix hidden in the bottom of your pack for that rainy day when enough is enough can really brighten everyone's spirits! "Fruit roll-ups", meat jerky, trail mix, single-serving kool-ade mix packets, mint gum, and that sort of thing can provide a little extra energy and variety for your party, while boosting spirits and providing some variety, all for very little cost in terms of weight and space in that pack!
Did I miss the video for this kit?
Great video! 💪🏽🔥
watch out 4 dollar general, they over charge on every item. & they did a show on you tube saying the same thing. I ended walking out & leving the cart full of stuff
Well done !
What a freedoom life. Can do what ever u want
EJ from day one of your television career I've followed you not just because we are both Army vet's but because your a solid guy I truly respect that in a person . I can't afford one of your skull crusher blades but I get by with a 12" Ontario machete I believe bigger blades like this and a simple sak pocket knife will do most anything . Real happy to have you on utube thank you for your continued videos.
Very funny 😄 very true😊enjoyable video
Great news, thank you
Ear buds wire is too weak for snaring even squirrels on a squirrel pole. Look for utility wire.
I don’t know where that DG is, but the ones are look like they are managed by a group of tornadoes, messy nothing on shelves cart with stock in the isles…..
Good video EJ. I would love to see you do a Dollar Tree video, where everything is $1.25.
good stuff!
Cool information!
Cool
only issue the dollar general is not a true dollar store. some stuff is expensive. just saying
Legal Sou sua fã 😅
where is that store?
Fayetteville, North Carolina
😀 amazing 🙂
Dollars tree is not a dollar anymore
Sou sua fã dos largados e pelados
Pink is your color lol