 | 5mmx50' Rope
Buy new: $2.49 Every emergency company offers it; every survival list includes it. All around useful item. Note: not for climbing!
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 | 550lb. Type III Paracord
Buy new: $2.25 - $10.59 Similar to the rope. This one's good for other random purposes; like making the handle of your machete or fixed-blade more comfortable.
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 | Canvas Sewing Kit
Buy new: $6.92 It's compact and really effing cool looking. Use to repair tarps, clothes, human flesh, etc.
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 | Coghlans Waterproof Matches, pk of 4 940BP
Buy new: $6.95 Always good to have a source of fire-making devices. This could be replaced with a...
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 | Zippo Satin Chrome Pocket Lighter
Buy new: $10.55 / Used from: $9.99 ... Zippo lighter. It's almost as wind / water proof...almost. Of course, Zippo's require replacement fuel when they are empty. Consider something that doesn't require fuel...
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 | Swedish Firesteel- Scout Model
Buy new: $8.99 - $19.95 ...like this or a magnesium block fire starter. Of course, for the purposes of being cheap, try to choose one method (matches, reusable striker or zippo).
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 | Potable Aqua Water Purification Tablets
Buy new: $5.73 I'm not recommending online food ration purchases (because this list is for cheapskates). Drinkable water is a definite necessity and this little bottle comes with approximately one billion little tablets for purification purposes.
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 | Barska Lucid 10x25 Monocular Binocular (Camouflage)
Buy new: Too low to display Good for surveying unfamiliar territory, if you choose to leave the house. This one is also a steal at under $10. For my money, it's just as good as a $75 pair of binoculars. Cover the lens with green celophane and pretend they are night vision...
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 | Cold Steel Kukri Machete
Buy new: $14.89 Comfortable grip; good for utility or combat. It's like a machete with intimidation factor.
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 | Coleman Camp Axe
Buy new: $11.02 More for utility; less for combat. Consider this a replacement for the kukri, if you want just chopping power. If it comes to combat, you're in for a very close encounter.
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 | Large Crowbar
Buy new: $12.00 This is A crowbar; not necessarily the one I would choose. Don't buy a crowbar online; shipping costs as much as the tool.
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 | Smith & Wesson SWHRT9B Black HRT Boot Knife
Buy new: $22.21 Utility, combat, impressin' the ladies; this knife does it all. Just kidding. The only significance to me is portability and the durability of a fixed-blade (not a folding) knife.
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 | Poor Man's James Bond by Kurt Saxton
Do like Mr. Saxon says: read the whole thing before you do something stupid and blow off a couple of fingers. Recipes for booby traps, improvised explosives, army and marine hand-to-hand combat techniques, and other useful tips for being a self-made man's man. Just read the WHOLE THING first.
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 | Lifeline 53 Piece First Aid Kit (Red)
Buy new: $15.09 / Used from: $10.56 Again, you don't have to pick this specific product, so long as you have a first aid kit. This is one of those items you probably don't want to cheap out on. Aside from the basic necessities you'll be one grateful mother when you can't find aspirin, anti-diarrhea tabs, antacids in your post-apocalyptic landscape.
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 | Canvas German Style Alpine Rucksack FULL SIZE - Military Spec - Unisex - Black
Buy new: $23.99 This bag looks so cool. Obviously, if you're being cheap, then grab the old book bag from elementary school and stuff your goods in there. Don't forget to attach inner tube sections to the outside to create loops to hang your tools, sleeping bag or bedroll. Improvise should be your new motto.
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 | Emergency Thermal Blankets (4 Pack)
Buy new: $6.95 Cheaper than a sleeping bag (which, I assume you have one laying around) and reusable. But what isn't reusable, after the apocalypse.
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 | BodyGuard Survivor 12 in 1 Emergency Companion
Buy new: $32.95 Similar to the red cross hand crank device. This has a motion sensor alarm, signaling light and one defeaning signal alarm / sound maker that scares the heck out of bears (I'll bet).
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