Survival Gear

Best Home Fire Extinguishers (2022 Update) Buyer’s Guide

Home fire extinguishers are as important to the safety and security of a home as are smoke detectors and door locks. A home fire extinguisher enables you to respond quickly and prevent a small fire from growing into a life-threatening conflagration.

The average fire doubles in size every 60 seconds. If there are flammable liquids involved that time is reduced to 30 seconds. That is why having home fire extinguishers at the ready is so important.

There are hundreds of home fire extinguishers on the market today. Determining which ones are the best can be a time-consuming process. But don’t worry, we’ve done the homework for you and determined that the following are the best home fire extinguishers of 2021. (more…)

By Rich Chambers, ago

10 Best Tourniquets (Update 2022) Buyer’s Guide

Today the tourniquet is used for a variety of life-saving reasons and is a must piece of emergency equipment for rescue workers, forward deployed military, EMTs, climbers and yes, homeowners.

The basic idea of preventing blood flow in one part of the body to save either life or limb goes back to our prehistoric ancestors. During medieval times the idea of the tourniquet underwent a slight revision and became primarily a tool to constrict blood flow in order to facilitate amputations. During the 18th century a French surgeon named Jean Louis Petit invented a modified version of this ancient device and gave it the name ‘tourniquet’. The word is derived from the word ‘turnstile’ due to the turning motion of the windlass.(1)

Below are the 10 best tourniquets on the market today. (more…)

By Scott, ago

10 Best Survival Books (Update 2022) Buyer’s Guide

Survival books are essential fountains that you can tap into for a variety of useful outdoor knowledge. Some are more heavily focused on tips and tricks for building fire, making shelter, and finding food. Others cover everything you’ll need to know about wilderness medicine.

Luckily, many outdoor enthusiasts and survivalists have come before us and decided to compile their experiences and lessons into books that we can learn from. A great number of these books are fantastic resources to keep with you whenever you venture into the wilderness. (more…)

By Scott, ago