What is the best survival gear? It’s one of the top questions we get. While our answer usually includes some variation of the knowledge is king mantra, we also understand that having the right gear can make not only make survival a lot easier, but in some cases it can mean the difference between life and death.
Here at OFFGRID Survival we take our gear recommendations seriously. We’re not just another faceless website trying to sell you a bunch of crap. We do use affiliate links when linking to some of the products we talk about on the site – hey we have to pay the bills (trust me, it barely pays for our hosting servers) – but we never recommend anything that we don’t use, pack in our own survival/bugout bags, or carry as an EDC.
Big list of Survival Gear & Emergency Supplies
The following is a list of the top gear we’ve collected over the years of running OFFGRID Survival and personally carry or use on a daily basis!
SURVIVAL KNIVES & TOOLS
FIXED-BLADE SURVIVAL KNIVES
Picking the Best Survival Knife: Reviews of our Top Fixed Blade Survival Knives
Our Favorite Multitools
Budget-Friendly options that we like
TOP BUDGET-FRIENDLY SURVIVAL KNIVES
TOP BUDGET-FRIENDLY MULTITOOLS
MISC. SURVIVALIST CUTTING TOOLS
EMERGENCY WATER SUPPLIES
FILTRATION AND PURIFICATION
Emergency Storage
On-the-go Bug Out Water Carry Gear
EMERGENCY SHELTER OFFGRID POWER
Emergency Power
Shelter Supplies
TENTS
HAMMOCKS & TARPS
Lighting & Fire
Lighting – Flashlights
Lighting – Lanterns & Candles
WAYFINDING – RESCUE – COMS
Survival Kits
Signaling & Wayfinding
UST JetScream Floating WhistleRadio & Communications
OFFGRID Survival Budget Bug Out Bag Recommended Gear
KNOWLEDGE
THE MOST IMPORTANT GEAR YOU CAN BUY
Survival Books
The Ultimate Situational Survival Guide: Self-Reliance Strategies for a Dangerous World
Survival expert Robert Richardson, founder of offgridsurvival.com, gives you real world advice on how to survive the very real dangers present in today’s society. From surviving natural disasters and man-made disasters to essential tactics and step-by-step instructions for surviving urban disasters, crime, violence and tsocial unrest, readers will learn the self-reliance strategies they need to survive in just about any situation.
Prepper Radio: The No-BS Ham Radio Technician Exam Prep Guide
From the team at OFFGRIDSurvival.com and HamRadioPrepper.com, this book is your ticket to passing the Amateur Radio Technician Class Test with flying colors. This book is the ultimate resource for those who want to master the art of ham radio and emergency communication.
OUR FULL LIST OF THE BEST SURVIVAL BOOKS: Top Prepper Reads to Master Survival