I've seen battery caddies but I don't use them. I'm too lazy I guess. I leave some in original packages and rotate through them.
Now, most of our AA and AAA are the Eneloop rechargeable. We have a charging station with a box on the left for depleted batteries and on the right for recharged; this process gets good cooperation from the kids.
I bought a few of the lithium AAA and AA for long term storage, especially in the 72 hr car kit, and they are still in the package.
So . . . pancakes and maple syrup at dusty88's house . . . when?
If you are not pulling a tank full of sap with a tractor, you are just making it for the "fun" of it. You might want to look at using a gravity fed tube system. Your woods will look like a cross between a CSI crime scene and a bunch of marked trails but you can collect more using less containers.
As a lover of all things stainless, I suggest you find a couple 4 gallon dairy buckets.
All of my reserve stash is still packaged until they come out and go into rotation.
I buy the bulk packs at Sams Club and keep enough on hand for any situation.
You come over with a big kettle, build a fire outdoors, cook down all the sap this weekend and I'll make all the pancakes you can eat.
Try the us coast guard approved water packets. They store really well in bags. I have a few I can give you to try out. Gonna be seeing indyJohn this week anyways.Took a minute to pull out the GHB and was amazed at the age of the food items in it. Did a quick rotation to pull out the old and replace with new. Sad to think I had let it go that long without refreshing.
What I did realize: I need to be looking for an alternative to the standard bottled water, something BPH free? I need to have spare mags and didn't see any in there today. I'll get that fixed asap. Have some other notes on stuff to work on but all in all was pretty disappointed in myself on this one.
Try the us coast guard approved water packets. They store really well in bags. I have a few I can give you to try out. Gonna be seeing indyJohn this week anyways.
i use them in all my caches too.
Ammo. Always ammo. Problem is, what is the fine line of prepping and hoarding?
Most of the water packets I have used and or seen were a Mylar/aluminumy (my own word)type material kinda like MRE retort pouches!Thanks for the tip. I'll have to research that one! I think he looked at me sideways when I started fussing about the plastic the water is in. I'll have to check on how they package their water. There is another vendor who I had seen that has small pouches (about 4oz each if I remember correctly) and I'm trying to decide what will be the smartest move given the likelihood of having kiddos with me if/when there is a need for the GHB.
Ammo. Always ammo. Problem is, what is the fine line of prepping and hoarding?
Ammo. Always ammo. Problem is, what is the fine line of prepping and hoarding?
There is no such thing as too much ammo.
Ammo. Always ammo. Problem is, what is the fine line of prepping and hoarding?