Do you have an emergency go bag?

[Bill]

A multifuel stove would be better.

[HD Adam]

I can't be arsed for all that so me and my "little friend" will be taking one of yours.

[Cotty]

red_slr said:

I think most preppers who plan to bug out will have a gas stove with several gas cans.

I don't think Jonny has said he is a prepper. He just suggested stuff in his vehicle could help in an emergency.

[Clivey]

BryanC said:

No good if you want to leave the country.
Had mine confiscated at the airport leaving the UK.
Those mini-scissors look potential hi-jack tools don't they ?

I usually use a different wallet when I fly abroad anyway. - I find it easier to take the 2 or 3 things I need from my "daily" wallet and put them in a travel one, which already has the other stuff I'll want abroad inside.

[LimaDelta]

NinjaPower said:

This statement, in one stroke, concisely rubbishes the whole 'prepper' thing in the UK.

If the st hits the fan in an average fashion (flood, power cut, rioting, etc) then being a serious prepper is pointless because there is nothing that won't be sorted out by your credit card, insurance company, a trip in the car, staying with friends etc. there's no need for a bag full of duck tape, tinned spam and paracord.

But, if the st really, really hit the fan, and I'm talking the stuff of Prepper dreams, total fall of society/government, nationwide electricity outage for months, rioting/looting/murdering on a national scale, then your 4x4 and carefully packed bag full of survival gear will be utterly pointless because someone like me, who has a gun cabinet full of shotguns, rifles and 1000 rounds of ammunition WILL take it off you if it's a case of my family surviving vs yours, with no laws to speak of.

If you are a Prepper AND heavily 'tooled up' then I salute you, but in the UK I suspect you are a very rare commodity.

You must have considered the possibility that you are not the only person who has access to firearms surely. However, most of us wouldn't mention on a public forum the fact that among their bottles of water they have thousands of rounds of ammunition.

So no. You won't be taking it. Not from me anyway. Or my wife.

[tinfoilhat]Come the apocalypse water and ammunition will be the only meaningful currency[/tinfoilhat]

[JonRB]

LimaDelta said:

[tinfoilhat]Come the apocalypse water and ammunition will be the only meaningful currency[/tinfoilhat]

Funnily enough, in the post-apocalyptic game "Metro: Last Light", pre-war military-grade ammunition is indeed currency. To avoid literally 'shooting money', you generally use inferior hand-loaded ammo for actual combat.

[Adenauer]

Are you lot for real?

[soad]

JonRB said:

LimaDelta said:

[tinfoilhat]Come the apocalypse water and ammunition will be the only meaningful currency[/tinfoilhat]

Funnily enough, in the post-apocalyptic game "Metro: Last Light", pre-war military-grade ammunition is indeed currency. To avoid literally 'shooting money', you generally use inferior hand-loaded ammo for actual combat.

In Metro 2033 too.

"...And now we use cartridges for currency, how morbid is that? If you think about it, one bullet is somebody's life. A hundred grams of tea cost five lives. A sausage... a mere trifle, fifteen lives. A nice leather jacket? It's your lucky day, it's on sale. Not three hundred, but just two hundred and fifty human lives."
- Market Station Guard

[Jonny_]

Cotty said:

red_slr said:

I think most preppers who plan to bug out will have a gas stove with several gas cans.

I don't think Jonny has said he is a prepper. He just suggested stuff in his vehicle could help in an emergency.

Spot on that man!

I don't expect zee Germans/Russians/North Koreans to invade any time soon, nor that the dead will rise and take over. Worst I expect is a few hours stuck in snow, in which case a car with a working engine and fuel is perfectly good for shelter and warmth.

Everything else is geared toward spending a night or two babysitting a remote substation should the control system fail completely. All our subs have a building with electric heating, running water, a backup diesel genny and a kettle, so not too bad a place to be stranded!

[RizzoTheRat]

Cotty said:

Preparing for Armageddon is probably a bit over the top but what about being prepared for something that could affect you in the UK like this?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/weather/8211784/Br...

You say you have pot noodles, anything to heat the water to go into them? A sleeping bag might be handy, snow shovel? Lots of people were trapped on a motorway a year or so ago. Its not outside the realms of possibility in the UK as we don't have the infrastructure to deal with heavy snowfall like Sweden etc

When commuting a reasonable distance in the winter I used to keep a sleeping bag and a couple of liters of water in the car. Worst case in the southern UK you're only ever going to get stuck for a few hours.