I went out all day saturday to garage/moving sales and bought a bunch of gear.I got 3 kerosene lanterns for five bucks, 1 coleman pack-away lantern for a dollar, two sleeping bags (one coleman one moonstone ultra-lite) for a dollar a piece & 1 six gallon jerry can for 3 bucks.

Gotta love garage/yard sales. Ya done good!!!

Don't forget craigslist..you can get some pretty good deals there too.

Bravo... Ready and frugal. I higly reccomend bargin shopping to fill out a kit.

TRO

Repacked and refilled my truck BOB. Updated the meds, refilled the FAK (amazing how quick that stuff gets used. I work with kids at an afterschool program and have no qualms breaking it out for the run of the mill minor injuries.)Just ordered and received a new CPR faceshield, Waterjel for burns, and a couple packs of Life Boat Rations. Changed out the spare batteries and inspected the radio and flash light battery compartments for corrosion. Picked up some pouches from Sal Army to replace the Ziploc bags various gear was stored in. I'm still not sure that is the best thing for while the pouches are sturdy the contents is not available for quick viewing when trying to find a certain piece of gear. Moved the First Aid gear into a small seperate pack. Again time will tell if this is a good move or not.

A few friends and I finalized plans for a week long camping trip for late July during which we will be practicing primitive skills, survival skills, learning new skills and will be doing a "live" gear test as well.

I'll be taking my full BOB, small BOB and PSK to see how things work out under various conditions.

It should be fun, informative and interesting.

That sounds like fun.Wish i had friends that liked to do things like that.

Just had 5- extra 5 gallon jugs of water delivered for a total of 7. Maybe go paper goods shopping this afternoon.

Yesterday, I purchase (2) 55 gallon drums from Pepsi for $10 each. Rinsed them out last night. Will treat/store water in crawlspace. Hopefully never need to use.

Can you let us know how these work out for you? Its seems like a great solution to bulk water storage.

TRO