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January 1, 2018 :: By Offgrid Staff

What If A House Fire Breaks Out During an Ice Storm?

This installment of What If? marks a change in the formula. It's an alteration that many readers have requested, and we hope that everyone will…

January 1, 2018 :: By Offgrid Staff

Portable Utensils Buyers Guide – Have Spork, Will Travel

Sure, you can eat with your hands. But who wants to do that all the time?

December 12, 2017 :: By Patrick McCarthy

Six Lighters & Torches to Keep Your Fires Burning This Winter

Both lighters and torches can easily ignite a campfire, and many share the same butane fuel, but there are functional differences as well.

December 12, 2017 :: By Offgrid Staff

Crafting and Using a Survival Stick

Whatever the case, so long as there are branches, trees, timber, or bamboo-type grasses around, there will always be an effective weapon waiting to be…

December 12, 2017 :: By Offgrid Staff

Mykel Hawke Spotlight – Wake-up Call

We speak with Mykel Hawke on how to introduce kids to survival skills, thoughts on the recent Las Vegas shooting, and why one night a…

December 12, 2017 :: By Offgrid Staff

The Power of Survival Comes From Within

Nine-tenths of survival is psychological. If you don't have the willpower to persevere, all that great gear may as well be nonexistent.

December 12, 2017 :: By Offgrid Staff

Improvised Knife Sharpening Methods

For a knife to be effective it must cut and to make sure it does that, you need to know how to sharpen your knife,…

December 12, 2017 :: By Offgrid Staff

Rope Rescue 101

Basic knowledge of rope rescue allows us to defy gravity in whichever direction we choose. Build and maintain these skills and you’ll unlock a rescue…

December 12, 2017 :: By Offgrid Staff

How to Assemble Tools to Fish, Trap, and Hunt

The differentiator between frustrated and fed is preparing like a predator and casting aside socially acceptable methods of food procurement.

December 12, 2017 :: By Offgrid Staff

One-Piece Multi-Tools

They might not look like much, but One-Piece Multi-Tools are designed to shrink a handful of tools into an easy-to-carry package that keeps you running…

November 11, 2017 :: By Offgrid Staff

Physical Preparation with Limited Space

Even if your space and resources are limited, you must still keep yourself physically prepared for whatever may you encounter in the road ahead.

November 11, 2017 :: By Patrick Vuong

Issue 23 Gear Up

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November 11, 2017 :: By Offgrid Staff

The Myth of Subsisting on Nothing More than Wild Plants

While it may seem that plants offer enough nutrients to exist on, you may ultimately succumb to a slow starvation or inadvertently poison yourself.

November 11, 2017 :: By Offgrid Staff

IN-CASE Water Filtration System Review

This isn't your granddad's water filter. It is, however, one of the fastest and highest-capacity portable water filters this writer has ever seen.