What do you keep your survival gear in? I'm not refering to your BOB, thats pretty self explaining..

At home, how do you store your gear and supplies? In reading all the information and looking at my supplies and gear, i think i'm going the rubber bin route with labels on them. DO you keep all of the supplies ina room? garage? or just spread out through the house?

Basically- with all that you keep, how do you organize it? I'm going through excel and making a list of needs/wants and going to add a tab with expiration dates of meds and food. Past that my head is spinning ontrying to figure this out.

A lot of it is in duffle bags, I pick up duffle bags at garage sales, usually for $3.00 or less. They allow me to compartmentalize my stuff and with handles on them it’s easy to grab & go quickly.

I keep stuff in the basement on shelves. A lot of the go stuff is in the duffle bags (a lot!!!) and more in tubs or just cardboard boxes.


It’s not computerized, it’s an ever changing & evolving thing and seems like more work then I want to put into it to have to update the computer all the time. I have a good idea what I have and don’t really think I need a computer to track it. I do mark food with a magic marker with the purchase date so I have an idea how long it’s been sitting there and to know what to rotate for stock.

I keep most of my gear like I've always kept my camping stuff, in labeled rubbermaid bins and a duffle bag or two. They're easy to stack, store, and move. As long as the storage space isn't too humid or moist you should be fine. Of course for food items, medication, electronics, and batteries, a dry and mild temperature (50-70F or so) environment is best. Its helpful to figure out what situation(s) you are most likely to face (hurricane, earthquake, etc) and how long you expect to be without basic services (1-2 weeks, 1 month?) and plan accordingly.

Mostly big rubbermaid bins, and also giant duffles. Spare water in the basement, minor supplies in each car.