Prepping Equipment

Prepping Equipment 

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Below is information for essential equipment for preppers in the UK. This list could be adapted to suit your own survival needs and situation.

Some items of survival equipment may not be high up in your survival kit list, but there are many essential items that must be obtained first – this prepping equipment is a very good addition to making your prepping a lot easier.

The cost of your food isn’t going down –

You weekly or monthly food bill will, no doubt, take up a large part of your income and it’s hard enough to make ends meet sometimes. So the thought of building up a stock pile of additional food and suplies can be a daunting and somewhat overwhelming task for any new UK Prepper.

But you have to start somewhere, a little at a time and your stocks will soon grow from extra daily supplies, to weekly and then on to having survival supplies for months. By adapting a preppers state of mind you can even save money on your shopping bills.!

 The two best money saving tips for prepping equipment that will make your live substantially easier and far more efficient as you build up your survival supplies.

 These items are well worth the initial cost and will enable you to have a larger store of survival foods that cost you a fraction of the original shop bought items.

FOOD DEHYDRATOR:

This will save a lot of money in the future and is an excellent  source of good quality foods that are high in nutrients.

The advantage here is to buy your fruits and vegetable when there are in season and at their cheapest - even cheaper £00:00, is to go out and pick your own.

You will very soon have a survival storage of snacks and good quality foods that just require a little re-hydration to bring them back to being as near perfect as when you picked them.

As a general rule, dehydrated food will last 6 months to 1 year if stored properly based on ‘room temperature’, or 70 degrees F (21 C). *for every 10 deg cooler you can extend the life from 1 year to 2 years.

The Dehydrater shown is: Andrew James Food Dehydrator With Adjustable Temperature Control – 5 Levels – View Here

BOTTLING or CANNING EQUIPMENT:

Learn the art  [very easy] of Bottling or Canning your food. Almost anything can be preserved by using the bottling method.

An enormous amount of preppers use this way to stock up their survival supplies.

Again, the secret to making this a very cost effective means of large survival storage is to buy or pick the foods when they are in season and at their very cheapest.

You will get at least a 5 year shelf life if bottled and stored correctly – the weakest point is the bottle lid seal, that can dry and perish slightly – always check the bottles and rotate your stock.

The jar shown is: Glass Preserve Food Storage Kilner Jar – with Clip – Size – 2.0Ltr - View Here

 ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT

Food Saver Vacuum Sealer:

This is worth considering as it’s a very good space saving method to store most foods.

The additional shelf life gained from simply removing the oxygen from the jar can be quite substantial - years in fact, with certain foods. Vacuum sealing grains and rice will help stop the foods sticking together and extend shelf life.