How to Build a Cheap yet Effective Survival Kit

Disaster can strike anywhere and at any time. Your survival will depend on how quickly you can respond to the danger and how prepared you are. You should keep a survival kit with you everywhere you go. While some companies market survival kits, they can be very costly. As a result, you may only purchase one and not have any access to it during an emergency. With the help of this guide, you should be able to make multiple cheap kits for the price of one expensive commercial kit that is just as effective. Since making your own survival kits are so cost-efficient, you can custom tailor them to fit things like the seasons or where it is you are traveling.

To start off, you need to understand the essentials of survival during an emergency situation. Fresh water, food, clean air and warmth top the list. This should be the foundation of your survival kit. You will obviously need some type of container to hold the items. A cardboard box will suffice as long as it is shielded away from the elements, like a car trunk or closet. An ice chest would be significantly lower the risk of damage to your items. You should purchase a couple of gallons of drinking water from your grocery store. The problem is that these normally don't last over the duration of a crisis. Therefore, you'll want to purchase some purification tablets also. These tablets can be placed into any water source and make it safe to drink. They aren't that costly, so it would be very wise to buy a couple of packets. Collect water from snow, rivers and streams, drainage ditches in the empty gallon containers and use the tablets to ensure that the water is clean.