The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

YoungBlueEyes

I saw a full sized pair of those driftwood horses the other weekend in Norwich. They were crazy money! 😲

YoungBlueEyes

I’ve finally finished reading this whole thread, it’s bl00dy brilliant! 

A question though if I may? I can’t remember who mentioned it (it was quite a lot of pages ago) but someone mentioned they had a multi fuel back boiler swallows-everything-but-glass set up. Can anyone post a link of where’d I’d get one please? Or even just the correct name of the thing ha haa! 

[Deleted User]

I am keen to purchase a very basic solar set up that would charge a phone and a head torch. As a total dummy on all things solar related (it’s one of those things that simply doesn’t click in my brain, I just regard it as witchcraft 🤔😎), does anyone have any recommendations on what would be useful to purchase?

we get power cuts fairly often anyway due to extreme rural location (approx once per week), and need to be prepared for more this winter I think x

Si_Clist

Deleted_User said:

I am keen to purchase a very basic solar set up ...

So were we, and in the end we settled on an Anker PowerPort Solar 21W 2-Port USB Charger with which we're pleased (the more so since we got one for £70 delivered).  Having said that though, we only use it for keeping a 10,000mAh power bank fully charged, from which we charge the phones as required.  I have no idea if you can charge a head torch from it, unless of course yours charges from a USB socket ...

[Deleted User]

Thanks very much for that - yes the head torch does charge from a USB. I will purchase one of these, thank you x

JinJinBlue

Si_Clist said:

Deleted_User said:

I am keen to purchase a very basic solar set up ...

So were we, and in the end we settled on an Anker PowerPort Solar 21W 2-Port USB Charger with which we're pleased (the more so since we got one for £70 delivered).  Having said that though, we only use it for keeping a 10,000mAh power bank fully charged, from which we charge the phones as required.  I have no idea if you can charge a head torch from it, unless of course yours charges from a USB socket ...

Will definitely look into that. Thank you. I have a wind up radio that also works on batteries and some wind up lanterns. If there is a black out they will come in handy. Forgot about charging my phone! What a noodle brain am I. 

daz378

There are also the larger batteries    large ones about the size of a compact toolbox...that you charge up    and can support more devices    they are around 250 pound    forgot what they are called..thinking about getting one as back up

daz378

Portable power  stations    around 250 pound    the power of Google 

pineapple

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we get power cuts fairly often anyway due to extreme rural location (approx once per week), and need to be prepared for more this winter I think x

I'm in that situation too and I'm all electric apart from a mutifuelstove. Can't help with the solar thing but I recently got a camping gaz stove (outside use obviously). I do cook on the multifuel but don't want to have to fire it up in hot weather. 

pineapple

JinJinBlue said:

Si_Clist said:

Deleted_User said:

I am keen to purchase a very basic solar set up ...

So were we, and in the end we settled on an Anker PowerPort Solar 21W 2-Port USB Charger with which we're pleased (the more so since we got one for £70 delivered).  Having said that though, we only use it for keeping a 10,000mAh power bank fully charged, from which we charge the phones as required.  I have no idea if you can charge a head torch from it, unless of course yours charges from a USB socket ...

Forgot about charging my phone! What a noodle brain am I. 

We recently had a scheduled power cut. Thought I was all prepared and had charged up the laptop. Forgot about needing the router doh...