Reddit reviews Energizer Weatheready 3-LED Carabineer Rechargeable Crank Light, Red

Crank powered flashlights are already available and cost much less.

I have one of those in my car, I used to have a normal flashlights, but the batteries were always run out by the time I needed it. A hand-cranked flashlight is great because you can forget about it until you need it.

Exactly! From the beginning of this I have said that it NEVER hurts to be ready for the worst. Where I live we get a lot of earth quakes and I am sure within my life we'll get a nasty one. Our building codes are VERY strict and I don't fear that my place will tip over, but the power grid in the US is VERY old and in need of repair badly.

We lost power out here two years ago over about 2 days and people were freaked out. What happens when something really bad happens and it's a week or two weeks with no power, no gas, the food starts dwindling and people are running around like crazy trying to get food to eat.

I'll have my MRE's not the best food in the world, but damn I won't starve to death. I think about prepping hardly ever and I need to get my self re situated and make sure I have everything back together again. I even made a list here for people who were new to prepping. My list is far from a complete list of things one would like to have, but it has the essentials.

My personal Kit:

Item| Cost | Unit
:--|:--|:--
Water | $1.00 | 1 Gallon / person / day
DYI Meals Ready to Eat | $3.50 | Per Unit
Life Straw | $19.99 | 1
50 FT of Utility Rope | $11.49 | 1
Multitool - Leatherman | $27.00 | 1
Flashlight - Crank LED | $9.99 | 1
Potable Water Treatment Tablets | $5.99 | 1
Magnesium Fire Starter | $4.33 | 1
Trash Bag | $0.50 | 2
Vitamins | $15.27 | 1
Total | $99.56 |
_ | |
Added for EVD | |
Latex Gloves | $9.34 | 1
Option A| |
Reperator | $28.90 | 1
Replacement Filter | $8.90 | 1
Option B| |
N95 Mask| $14.79 | 10
| |
Total A| $47.14 |
Total B| $24.13 |
| |
Grand Total A| $146.70 |
Grand Total B| $123.69 |

The fact of the matter is that the subreddit for the most part seems to be under the illusion that if you don't live in West Africa you are 100% safe, which is a dangerous thought to have.

As /u/snorgsniffer said yesterday

>When confronted with dire circumstances beyond their control, humans predictably engage in one of the following behaviors:

> Denial
> Delusion
> Distraction
> Dismissal
> * Drugs / Drink (altered state of consciousness)

>All of those things result in still another "D"... delay
It's clear that both the victims and potential responders are engaging in "D behaviors" at this time.

>My point? It is almost impossible to change someone's mind using logical argument when their conclusion is an irrational, emotional one. They just burrow deeper into their chosen coping behavior when forced to look even more closely at the thing which frightened them so badly in the first place.

>Though not directly news related, I think understanding the psychological underpinnings of the outbreak is important when interpreting the nuts & bolts side of it. This sub seems to me like a good place to see it discussed. There are some really bright people here.

A lot of people are giving voice to their coping mechanisms of denial to make themselves feel better. I don't think their attitude will change until the numbers reach upwards of 50,000 and the people start fleeing and spreading this crap all over the globe.

something everyone should have in their car: http://amzn.com/B002MFK7BS

I have another post asking about a self defense torch. I'm not confident I could gouge even with scalloped edges, but blinding definitely works!

Is this your stolen energizer? Maybe I stole it :P It is a waterproof, solar/handcrank light. It's pretty low lumen, though

People seem to forget that hand crank flash lights not only exist still but have been progressing with technology.

Energizer Weatheready 3-LED Carabineer Rechargeable Crank Light, Red

I'm going buying a flashlight radio combo later this year with a portable solar kit from goalzero.

Bear Motion (TM) Self-Powered Dynamo AM/FM Radio with Flashlight, Solar Power and Cell Phone Charger (Yellow)

You can do a LOT at your age, but it will be mostly research and learning skills. That's what a lot of us did at your age. Scout groups used to teach a lot more bushcraft and survival skills than they do now. Some really excellent books on wilderness and emergency survivial were written more than 50 years ago. The American Boys Handy Book (1882) is one you can download. Boy's Own Book 1834 is another. they will have information in them on how to snare animals, catch fish, build shelters, with only sticks, ropes and a pocket knife.

You can find a lot of how to videos on Youtube that will teach you outdoor craft and survival skills.

Do all the research for your family: Diagram your house and its exits, and map your neighborhood, try to get your family to agree on a meetup place outside your house in case of emergency if you get split up. ...say a relative or friends house. and then choose one outside your neighborhood, then one outside of your city so you all know where to meet.

Gather all the emergency information and contact numbers you can find. put em in a paper notebook and keep them current. Write in the Rain makes some very nice notebooks that are practically indestructible. Find out where your town's emergency shelter is.

Scan all your family's important documents, birth certificates, vaccinations, health records, insurance policies, and the med records for your pets! and put them on flash drives, keep one, put one on your parents key chain. Paper copies are also worth putting in more than one location.

Monitor all the batteries, flash lights and detectors in your house. use maskng tape and markers and a notebook to keep track of how old the batteries are. usually people change the batteries when the clocks get changed.

Start your bug out backpack, start simply - compass, maps, flash light, Swiss Army pocket knife, sweater, glowsticks, rain poncho, first aid kit, hand warmer, candle, matches. Get an old cell phone that has no service and keep it charged. put IT and its power cord and and whatever cables you need to charge it. This phone will be able to dial 911 even without a service contract. Ask for an Eton Crank Radio/Flashlight Phone Charger for a present or buy one. I like to have a seperate crank flashlight besides the radio.

In case of emergency you will probably end up in a shelter with other people. Collect all the things that will be helpful in that situation....

Shelters will have bottled water, snacks, and maybe sandwiches. You should carry hard candy, power bars and flavor packets for the water. Keep them fresh. basically take them out and eat them and replace them with fresh ones every so often.

Shelters may not have anything cool to keep you and others from being too bored, bring small games, like ones with dice -Yahtzee, card games like UNO, a book of short stories or a classic novel that can be read outloud in pieces, like Tolkien. Basically stuff that everyone knows and takes up a small amount of space in your back pack. This is something everyone forgets but will make you very popular.

Do you have pets? Pets need their own prepping..Research sites like Pets and Disasters at American Veterinary Association etc... and gather the things you need for your pets evacuation bag. Make sure you can gather it all up quickly.

There is a lot more to emergency preparedness than stockpiling food. You are very wise.

You should get a flashlight. I'd say that's pretty important if the lights go out and you have to find stuff quickly.

You're really pretty, by the way. I'd just like a gift card if that's okay with you. Thanks!

buy a hand crank flashlight.

energizer hand crank flashlight

Haha, cool!

I was always fascinated by torches (flashlights in Ireland-speak), now that I'm all "grown-up" I've been able to by all manner of crazy eBay products. Unfortunately for me, I never have a chance to use them as we've not suffered a blackout here in maybe 15 years at least! I do have the down-stairs lights (ceiling mounted LEDs) rigged to a battery so that if the mains go then we have 12 hours of back-up lighting.

>with theoretically child safe lighters

There's no such thing! As you know, children are actually evil geniuses, I've a 3 year-old girl and sometimes I hold my head in my hands when I realise the years ahead of me! We have magnetic locks on the drawers with knives etc, but she figured out that if you stack fridge magnets and put them in the correct spot the lock will open. That's just kids being kids!

Anyways, there are other types of lights that don't depend on batteries, my favourite is wind-up flashlights, they're cheap enough to have several hanging in various parts of the house.

There are also induction flash lights which work by shaking, but I'm not a fan of them so won't link you to any. They're not as powerful and you look silly using them.

Anyways again, best wishes to your family, and I hope that blackout is a long time coming! :o)

One of the AquaPod Kit things for water. That will give them a good way to get a lot of water stored (assuming they know soon enough beforehand) without taking up a ton of space or needing to be rotated. The big benefit here is that not all of the planning, prepping, or space that would normally go into water storage comes into play. It's great if they want to get into that on their own, but if they aren't this is a good backup.

For short term food supply, these have a 5 year shelf life and provide a good amount of calories. It looks like they're on sale right now, so if you wanted food for 2 weeks that would still be good for a long while down the road these wouldn't be a horrible way to go. I'm actually buying some myself because of the sale.

I have one of these utility wrenches in my basement in case I need to shut off the gas or water in an emergency. If they own their own place or will soon it's something handy to have that most people won't think of.

If they don't have them already, smoke/carbon monoxide detectors and fire extinguishers are smart preps, if not exactly as fun as some other things you could get.

Flashlights are always useful in an emergency. Some small rechargeable ones like these with good reviews are great because they won't need to worry about alkaline batteries. Headlamps can be awesomely useful if you have to do some work in the dark as well. There is a battery concern there, so if you make that list of when stuff would need to be rotated toss the batteries for this on there.

Since it's for hurricane preparedness, some duct tape, plastic sheeting of some sort, and a decent weather radio would make sense.

Then some sanitation items as well. Emergency Essentials has a 'complete kit' to cover a lot of that, but some of it may not be quite right for them, so they also have the by-its-self bucket toilet as well. As a companion product, a large hand sanitizer bottle would be great for a lot of messy jobs. They do have expiration dates, but if this is accurate then they still hold their effectiveness for some time after. Both plastic gloves and some leather palmed work gloves would be good additions in this category as well.

Hope some of that helped.

Theres a particular crank-charging flashlight that supposedly puts out about 3.7v. A quick solder & dremel job and you may never need batteries again. This may be it : http://www.amazon.com/Energizer-Weatheready-3-LED-Carabineer-Rechargeable/dp/B002MFK7BS