Preparing for the Zombie Apocalypse
By Julian
Youtuber, shed dweller, solar charge controller aficionado
Good morning all…
Youtuber, shed dweller, solar charge controller aficionado
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I like the little cultural differences between England and the U.S., such as the way you guys call flashlights torches, you don't seem to cuss as much as we do, the way that we each have our expressions and colloquialisms for various things, and so on. As far as electronics with dead batteries, you should remove the batteries quickly so they don't corrode your devices. I wouldn't be so quick to toss the hand crank flashlight. I have one in my ruck in addition to two regular LED flashlights and two head lamps ( when it comes to bags, I always use surplus, as military gear, especially rucks and boots, is superior to even the most highly touted civilian gear ) and you have to turn it off and a minute of cranking gives you an hour of decently bright light, or 30 minutes of full power light ( I believe yours was turned on when you cranked it and you gave it several cranks, try at least a full minute with the light switched off, then see if it works ).
It sucks that you guys aren't allowed to own guns and high capacity mags there. Of course, you can own pump action, .12 gauge shotguns loaded with 10 pellet .00 buckshot, as well as hunting rifles, correct? Seeing as how there are tons of illegal pistols, AKs, etc……. on the streets of London and other cities in the U.K., if societal collapse happens, you can take what guns you are allowed, use stealth tactics, and shoot the guys that have the weapons you want ( it might sound cold hearted, but you gotta do what you gotta do ).
Fire, Water, knife missing.
Also, you have a heavy-duty "car starter" power bank… with heavy crank and strong flashlight. I'd just store it together with the rest of this.
Baofeng make tidy VHF/UHF radios also with FM radio all in one.
got to have a licence now to transmit on 70cm 435 mhz or near that freq
Julian Ilett I have these Baofeng handheld HAM transmitter/receiver in the vehicles that can transmit using up to 5 watts. I only use 1 watt on the GMRS radio channels though since I don't have a license yet. Even at 1 watt I get over a mile in urban environments. They are very reasonably priced and have tons of accessories for them. They now have a 7.5 watt version but I didn't want to spend that type of money on a brand I wasn't familiar with. They are def worth their space in the bag.
Additions.
A camera. Maybe a gopro or something. With a collapsible tripod.
A raspberryPi and Lan cable. To upload the video if the wifi is out.
I've had too many near misses with batteries leaking and now I try to avoid storing anything with batteries in them. Plus you also have to consider the leakage current that will be a constant drain. my main flashlights are the only things that i keep batteries in now and I regularly check them as I don't use Duracell ( mag–light warranties a free replacement if they can verify Duracell's ).
Put a piece of plastic between battery and contacts
You should grab an old used microwave or metal box to keep the bag inside, just in case of EMP being the catastrophe.
Love the idea, I have a rather nice little solar charger that I picked up used a couple of years ago that is designed to mount on a backpack. I don't know exactly what type of cells it has, but they work wonderfully, in fact they charge my wifes tablet faster then the AC plug does, as we found out when camping without power 7 miles north of the Mecixan border with Arizona. We were there for a week and that little charger kept both our phones active, as well as my wife's Aarchos 8 inch tablet that she uses for entertainment at night.
Not really a BOB. More a comms BOB. But good video none the less. BOB should have food, water,shelter, fire starting ability and medical kit amongst others.
What do you mean WHEN society falls apart ?? We have Trump running for president Davy boy hiding cash off shore and in denial and im watching you talk about the Zombie apocalypse. We may not have hit the bottom yet but we're free falling
Julian of the dead.
If we were going for tech-geek bug out, how about a small windows tablet or netbook and one of those DVB RTL-SDR devices so you can scan the radio waves looking for signs of humanity.