Reddit reviews Primacare HB-10 Emergency Foil Mylar Thermal Blanket (Pack of 10), 52" Length x 84" Width, Silver

If you're looking at outfitting a 72 hour kit first before building out, there are some low cost ways to get that done relatively quickly.

• Food: Go to Walmart. They have Mainstay 2400 bars for about $5 each. Each bar weighs about a pound, requires no water to prepare, lasts for up to 5 years, and is good in temperatures ranging from -40 degrees F to 300 degrees F. Throw each one in a gallon sized ziploc baggie as they are not individually wrapped. That's a day's worth of calories per bar, or two if you eat under your calorie requirements. Get three of them in the bag along with a few multivitamins and call food covered.
  
  
• Water: Pick up 2 flats of bottled water. That's like $3-$5 each. Drink from one of them, when that one empties, replace it and drink from the next oldest one. Your water will always be relatively new then, and a flat of water is more than you're going to carry on your back anyway. If you need to grab and go, you can do it easily. You'll also have excess water if you need to throw it in the car. Longer term, get yourself a Sawyer Water Filter. Stay away from Life Straws. The Sawyer allows you to refill bottles from contaminated sources and then filter them out into other bottles. This is critical for cooking and allowing movement away from water sources. The Life Straw does not do this. These are also available at Walmart for around $20.
  
  
• Self Defense: Get yourself a camping knife of some sort. I like Ka-Bar's a lot, but they're a bit expensive. Kukri's are also nice, but of wildly varying quality and not great for fine or point work. A good knife is a multipurpose tool, and you can get one fairly inexpensively when you're just getting started. Just make sure it has a good edge on it.
  
  
• Shelter: There are better options, but for staying cheap when getting started, grab some Mylar Blankets and maybe a Mylar Sleeping Bag. Both can be acquired inexpensively and give some options you might not have otherwise. The Mylar Blankets you should probably always keep around. Add some duct tape to the bag and they can make an easily constructable temporary shelter given a little resourcefulness.
  
  There. For less than $100, and maybe less than $50 depending on what you get or already have, your 72 hour kit will be at a base level, ready to get you out of the door. Of course first aid stuff is a smart call, and you can get as finely detailed and over packed as you like with a BOB, but as a base this will get you out and moving for a few days.
  
  As a recommendation for getting started after that pack, grab a 100 lbs of white rice. Get it divided across 3 clean, food safe, 5 gallon buckets with lids. It'll keep better wrapped in Mylar bags, but you can have oodles of calories that will still last for years for less than $50 without that. It's a smart way to start prepping a food supply.

Protip: If you are using a tent, put one of those mylar emergency blankets on top of your tent, it reflects the sun. I did this my third year, I slept in everyday. It was glorious. I just secured it to the top using clothes pins.

Pro Tips: Bring something to give out/help others out.

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I learned this from an old GF who was a Burner and thought it was a pretty cool thing to do.

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Bringing some really cheap stuff to give out can VASTLY improve someone's experience. I bring these things ... and if the temps dip as low as expected, these space blankets (they are super warm) will be appreciated.


Space Blanket:

Primacare HB-10 Emergency Foil Mylar Thermal Blanket (Pack of 10), 52" Length x 84" Width
by Amazon.com
Learn more: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DZ1NFSK/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_BflNDbXEQ8BTZ

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Hey bud i like your little starting set up v tidy. But, like the others have said cardboard is rather flammable .

Maybe a 35/50 gallon plastic container might suite as a better containment solution.

35 Gal. Container:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Sterilite-Latching-35-gal-Storage-Tote-in-Lapis-Blue-19451004/202097355

50 Gal. Container:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Sterilite-50-Gal-189-L-Tote-Box-Titanium/15940602

Also instead of tin foil you can go to the dollar store and pick up an emergency blanket which is made out of mylar it is a much more thermally efficient material and way more reflective while still cost effective.

Emergency blanket/Mylar sheets:
Primacare HB-10 Emergency Foil Mylar Thermal Blanket (Pack of 10), 52" Length x 84" Width https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DZ1NFSK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_s7UaBb7RNNG5W


When i did my first grow i used tinfoil too and i was told the emergency blanket (mylar) was the way to go. Also those reflectors for car windscreens work as well if you have one laying around. Pretty sure they’re made outta mylar too.

Good luck and happy growing 🤙🤙

I'd throw a pack of these in there.

Sew these to your masks

I haven’t tried it yet but I’m using some of these and some paracord to make some reflective curtains. Hopefully that will keep the canopy nice and cool

Emergency blankets are the best! Tape them to the outside of your tent and canopy to reflect sunlight and always good to have in case someone starts overheating! Im going weekend 1!

Regardless of whatever you settle on for active heating, you want to capture as much ambient heat as possible.
Mylar sheets in addition to the vapor barrier you mentioned will help. Each pack of the link I shared will cover ~315 sq ft. Of course it would be best to line ceilings and walls, if you only do one, ceiling is more important.

Shrink your living area. Shrink your sleeping area. Move to the highest comfortable spot in your house.

I actually have had some limited success (regardless of bad reviews) with the terra cotta pot style heaters you see from time to time. They're obviously more successful in smaller areas that don't bleed heat.

Most of the stoff comes from Amazon:
Shelves/wardrobe : https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07BGXD6DW
Lights : https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0761KKJGQ
Emergency blankets for lining : https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00DZ1NFSK
Space heater : https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B074MXC3PN

The rest is salvaged items

1 out of the 4 lights had the power connector not soldered. I fixed it myself but you should be able to return it if this happens to you