Benchmade is well known for the Benchmade Bugout, one of their most popular EDC knives. While the Benchmade Bugout is a great knife and excellent for throwing in a bag, it is a good idea to consider the other EDC options that Benchmade has to offer. Benchmade Knives have established itself as a maker of quality American-made knives for everyday carry (EDC) and survival. This article explores some of...

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Many city dwellers are making the decision to leave due to civil unrest and riots. Some made the decision to bug out due to COVID-19 alone but the addition of civil unrest has led many to leave temporarily or for good. A bug out trailer ensures that you are ready to leave at a moment’s notice. Bugging out in a trailer is a choice that many have made. There...

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In this post, I’m going to give a checklist with over over 300 quality items to build the ultimate car emergency kit. It is very likely that your car would be your primary form of transportation if you have to flee from a dangerous situation. But your vehicle on its own isn’t enough. Your vehicle MUST be fully equipped so you can handle anything on your journey. Whether it’s...

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We would all love to stay in our home, hunker down, and tough out any SHTF situation. However, this isn’t going to be possible in every situation, especially if you live in an urban center. This is why so many preppers have been creating a bug out emergency plan, getting prepared to get out of Dodge if the going gets rough. But bugging out when disaster strikes is no...

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Many preppers agree that being in an urban area when society goes south is not ideal. For those who have the desire and resources to secure a bug out location, there are a lot of things to consider. After all, the reason to have a bug out location is to get away from the chaos and potential danger a SHTF situation can generate. With that in mind, what follows...

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If you have made plans to bug out should disaster strike or a society-changing event happen, then you are one step ahead of many preppers. Ideally, you have your bug out location chosen, stocked, and ready to go at a moment’s notice. At this point, there's only one question remaining. How are you gonna get there? In other words, do you have a bug out vehicle that is ready...

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The bug out bag might be one of the most talked-about bags in the prepper community, but the get home bag (a.k.a. EDC bag) just might be the bag you are most likely to use in a crisis situation. The get home bag is precisely what its name implies, a bag that is filled with the items you will need to get you from wherever you are when disaster...

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If you live in a big city and you’ve been reading about survival, you know by now that it will be harder to get out of the city center in an emergency than it would be if you lived in the suburbs or a small town. All you have to do is look at recent events in Europe to see this is true and that you need an evacuation...

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Perhaps you’ve heard that lovely little bit of poetry which says that “food, clothing, and shelter are the basic necessities for survival.” If you have, I hope you haven’t paid too much attention to it. While I’ll have to agree that all three of those are necessary for survival, if you base any survival strategy on that short list, you’ll die. Whoever came up with that actually left the...

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