Survival Gear
Product Review: Katadyn Hiker PRO Water Microfilter
If you have been watching news on TV lately, you must have noticed the floods in the continental USA. Just now, I’m reading a story on CNN about residents of a small town in Illinois struggling with water as they use sandbags to make barriers for protection. One thing I’ve noticed is, that the reporters are talking about drinking water shortage. What an irony, water allover but you can’t drink it. Or can you?
Fortunately, you can. But with a little help of the Katadyn Pocket Water Filter. Here’s the official description of this product: Tough enough to handle heavily silted water, the Katadyn Pocket Microfilter has a cleanable ceramic filter element that filters down to 0.2 microns, removing all known disease-causing bacteria and protozoa from your drinking water without the use of chemicals. Designed with few moving parts and an easy-maintenance design, it’s the water filter of choice for traveling professionals and those who can’t afford the Giardia diet plan deep in the backcountry. New features include a round pump handle for comfortable use and a bottle clip on the outlet hose.
That means you can go out, put this filter’s pump into any source of water, pump it and on the other side there comes out pure drinking water. Perfect for an emergency situation like these floods. Can be also used outdoors or when traveling. And you can pump up to 15.000 gallons of water before filter replacement. Yes, these babies are quality made Switzerland products you can rely on.
I have purchased one for myself and I will make another review when I get it.
Finding Food:
Although you might think, that food is essential when in an emergency situation, it’s one of the least important survival needs at the beginning. An average person can survive months without any real food at all. When water is not available in sufficient quantities, you have to resist the temptation to eat, because the hunt for food requires a lot of body’s water.
But if there is plentiful of water and if you’re hungry, here is a list of animals, vegetables and other things you can eat:
- INSECTS: yes, they are eatable and are easy to catch, but don’t forget to cook them first. Avoid fuzzy insects though, they might be poisonous.
- FROGS, SNAKES, LIZARDS. All these are very nutritious. Snakes and lizards are harder to catch than frogs though. Be sure to skin all the reptiles and cook them thoroughly.
- most FISH are good to eat, as there are all BIRD EGGS.
- RABBITS and DEER can be caught. Although quick, they lack of stamina.
- If you know how, try setting a trap to catch them.
- Avoid mushrooms, because many are toxic. Eat only those you really know that are not lethal.
- Avoid plants secreting milky sap, they might be poisonous
- Cattails are good to eat
- Most ROOTS and SEEDS are good to eat
- You can make TEA from many grasses, by extracting the nutrition of them
Well, here’s a quick list. If you’d like to go more into detail of which animals and plants are eatable, buy or borrow a book in your library. It may save your life.
Product Review: Black Ultimate Survival Knife 15″ W/ Compass And More!
This is the ultimate knife to own, designed for utility, and built for survival. The black stainless steel blade is razor sharp and dual-edged, one blade for cutting and the other a toothed blade for sawing. This knife is sold and has a great heavy weight to it. The rubberized handle provides superior grip, and houses matches, striking paper, fishing line, a sinker, and a fishing hook. The pommel screws out to reveal a compass. This excellent knife comes with a reinforced nylon sheath with a belt loop and button clasp to secure the knife with. The sheath will hold up well in bad weather, and houses a sharpening stone. This is the knife to own for outdoors enthusiasts. If you are ever in the wilderness this is a must-have!