Ready Lifestyle May 11, 2018 · 5 min read SAS Tactical Survival Bow Review There are all types of bows in many different styles made of everything from wood to super polymers. But none of those are anything new, the technology has been around for as much as 70,000 years. But the SAS Tactical…

Samick Sage Takedown Recurve Bow Review Ready Lifestyle May 9, 2018 · 5 min read Samick Sage Takedown Recurve Bow Review There are few guarantees in life but it’s pretty much a guarantee that if you ask what bow to get for starting out in traditional archery, someone will recommend the Samick Sage…

Ready Lifestyle May 9, 2018 · 5 min read Toparchery Takedown Recurve Review Toparchery Takedown Recurve Bow — Sometimes the tool you need doesn’t have to be the best tool (sort of like that .22 rifle you keep in the canoe for the occasional squirrel). Sometimes it just has to be the tool to get the…

Ready Lifestyle May 15, 2018 · 2 min read Most of us know that a lot of the Silicon Valley elite have been prepping for decades. They see that writing on the wall, and it isn’t all that pretty. This article suggests that most of the motivation comes from a place of disdain for the common man. I’m…

Ready Lifestyle May 14, 2018 · 5 min read Urban Gardening Container Ideas — Growing a garden is a great way of supplementing food stores with something that can be sustainable year after year. Not only will you be providing healthy food options for your family but you will also be learning to pay…

Ready Lifestyle May 16, 2018 · 6 min read Top 10 Primitive Skills Most People Have Lost to Time — If you were to crack open the 1st edition of the Boy Scouts Handbook from 1911 and give it a quick perusal, you would discover that those kids were tougher and more capable than the vast majority of…

Garmin Foretrex 601 Review Ready Lifestyle May 16, 2018 · 5 min read The Garmin Foretrex 601 is a lightweight GPS that can be attached to your wrist to order to give you a hands-free GPS whenever you need it. It’s Garmin’s update to the much beloved Foretrex 401 that came out so many years ago. As…

Ready Lifestyle May 17, 2018 · 2 min read This is another article outlining the rich, famous and respectable people that are prepping for something coming in the future. Are they crazy too? (Well, some of them probably are but that’s not really the point.) With more and more people coming out and…

Ready Lifestyle May 22, 2018 · 3 min read Unity College in Maine is making the news lately after a series of classes and courses that are off the beaten path. The first headline came from a zombie apocalypse survival camp made for 11–17 year-olds. Hosted by Unity College, the focus of this camp is…

Primitive Camping Essentials — 10 Things to Take Into the Woods When You Don’t Want to Take Anything Ready Lifestyle May 18, 2018 · 6 min read Primitive Camping Essentials — Camping used to be America’s pastime and it has recently seen a resurgence with more of an inclination to really get away,…

Should You Use an AR-15 for Home Defense? Ready Lifestyle May 23, 2018 · 5 min read Should You Use an AR-15 for Home Defense ? — The short answer is yes! Why it Makes Sense to Use an AR-15 for Home Defense The 5.56 mm or .223 round actually penetrates about as much or less than common pistol…

Ready Lifestyle Jun 10, 2018 · 2 min read We always discuss what’s needed for our families, but we often overlook our pets. June is pet preparation month so now is as good a time as any to take a couple minutes to plan it out. The list given below should be considered the minimum needed to get your…

Ready Lifestyle Jun 10, 2018 · 2 min read Should You Use Sutures or Steri-Strips? How to use steri-strips is pretty straightforward, but when do you need to toss the steri-strips to the side and go for something more involved? Wound closure is done to minimize infection so the sooner the wound is…

Ready Lifestyle Jun 13, 2018 · 3 min read Facebook Collects All of Your Info. How Are They Using It? Everyone knows that Facebook collects all the information they can on their users. Your data = big bucks to advertisers and a whole host of other companies. Companies like Facebook mainly prey on the…

Ready Lifestyle Jun 13, 2018 · 2 min read Weaponized Drones as Terror Threat Weaponized drones have been a threat to our deployed troops for some time now. They’re easy to employ, relatively difficult to defend against and cheap when you consider other guided weapons platforms. Will we see drones…

Ready Lifestyle in Living the Ready Lifestyle Jun 10, 2018 · 3 min read Truth Survival has a great article about building your own bug out bag. I really like how they start by trying to cover the things that you should be looking for in a backpack. Photo courtesy of truthsurvival.com I’ve divided…

Ready Lifestyle Jun 10, 2018 · 2 min read Medicinal Herbs You Can Grow On Your Homestead Several months ago I was asked to put together a list of plants that have medicinal qualities and I just haven’t had time to get to it. Luckily, BeSurvival.com has put together a great list of medicinal herbs…

Ready Lifestyle Jun 9, 2018 · 3 min read The national debt is somewhere around $22 Trillion. Many people, including Congress, don’t seem to understand why this is so horrible. For many, $22 Trillion is just a made up number. It really is hard to imagine an amount of cash that large so it makes it…

Ready Lifestyle Jun 8, 2018 · 3 min read Many don’t understand just how much the destruction in Peurto Rico has impacted drug manufacturing. Peurto Rico produces more than 10% of the drugs used in the U.S. and even more of the I.V. solution used here. There are 49 pharmaceutical companies on the…

Backpack Body Armor — Everything You Need to Know Ready Lifestyle Jun 7, 2018 · 7 min read Backpack Body Armor Backpack body armor has been marketed to the public for quite a few years now. Before that, there were people just buying soft or hard armor and putting them in their backpacks. Purchasing…

Ready Lifestyle May 29, 2018 · 4 min read What Is Pemmican? Pemmican is one of the original survival foods that consists of meat and fat. It is really just a technique for preserving meat for long periods of time without the need to refrigerate it and often contains dried fruit and nuts along with…

Ready Lifestyle May 29, 2018 · 2 min read Open carry should be a choice that all of us have available to us, as should concealed carry. The real question is should you open carry? As this recent incident in Belgium shows us, open carrying can make you a target of an otherwise unarmed criminal. (At…

Ready Lifestyle May 26, 2018 · 4 min read Hurricane Survival Guide : Flood Dangers, Generator Safety and Maintenance — The hurricane season starts up for the southeast U.S. in June. These quick tips can help keep you and your family safe during a hurricane. Flood Watch A flood watch means that…

Ready Lifestyle May 25, 2018 · 6 min read Making Traps and Snares — Trapping has existed for at least 6000 years but the modern day leghold style traps weren’t invented until about 400 years ago (and were first designed to catch poachers, not animals). Before that, it was only those who learned the…

Ready Lifestyle Jun 15, 2018 · 2 min read This year’s flu outbreak is putting the spotlight on U.S. hospitals and America’s healthcare preparedness, and what we’re seeing isn’t good. I’m sure this won’t come as any surprise to most of you, but American hospitals are woefully unprepared to deal with…

Ready Lifestyle Jun 15, 2018 · 2 min read What We Can Learn From the Economic Collapse in Venezuela The Venezuelan Prepper has started a series in which he shares his experiences during the economic collapse that has struck Venezuela. It’s a story that every prepper should read and take to heart.…

Ready Lifestyle Jun 15, 2018 · 2 min read Keeping Chickens in the City How to Raise Chickens in the City — Keeping chickens is now becoming more and more popular among individuals and families looking to become more self-sufficient. In fact, they’re becoming so popular that it’s now common to have…

Ready Lifestyle Jun 15, 2018 · 3 min read We’ve all seen those people that make suggestions that couldn’t possibly be farther from the truth. They’re easy to find all over the internet, from blogs to youtube you don’t have to look all that long before you find one. Survival myths are still around…

Ready Lifestyle Jun 15, 2018 · 2 min read Earth’s magnetic poles have historically flipped every 200,000 to 300,000 years. Right now it’s been about 780,000 years since they have flipped. Scientists aren’t sure if a magnetic pole reversal is imminent, but NASA has observed molten iron and nickel…

Ready Lifestyle Jun 15, 2018 · 3 min read Here at Ready Lifestyle we fully support everyone’s right to free speech, just like we support everyone’s right to own firearms. These high school students should be encouraged to voice their opinions, it’s their right. The sad thing is that they don’t care…

Ready Lifestyle Jun 15, 2018 · 3 min read Forgotten Diseases Are Reappearing in Venezuela Venezuela as a whole is suffering. As much as we wish that the people of Venezuela didn’t have to suffer, it doesn’t mean that it has to be in vain. There are countries across the world that we can learn from…

Ready Lifestyle Jun 13, 2018 · 2 min read Live Near One of These 2,500 Chemical Sites? Watch Out for Flooding! Photo courtesy of nytimes.com Do you live near any of these chemical plants? These plants are a holdover from the past when a close proximity to water was needed for transportation and…

Ready Lifestyle Jun 13, 2018 · 6 min read What Size Generator Do I Need? What Size Generator Do I Need ? — One of the first things to go during many disasters is the electricity. The obvious way to fix this problem is to buy a generator to power your essentials, but what size generator do you need…

Ready Lifestyle Jun 13, 2018 · 3 min read The Emotional Effects of a Collapse Trying to prepare soldiers to handle the stress of combat is something that militaries through the ages have tried to master, but it isn’t something that can be done easily. The emotional effects of a collapse are just as…

Ready Lifestyle Jun 13, 2018 · 2 min read Make Sure You Have a Dental Kit in Your Bug Out Bag Having a dental kit in your bug out bag is something a lot of us don’t consider when we put together a first aid kit or bug out bag . The dental kit that they put together over at theorganicprepper.com is…

Ready Lifestyle Jun 13, 2018 · 2 min read This post is from several years ago but it still does two things. First, it looks at a simple and inexpensive way to build a chicken coop. Second, it gets us thinking about how we can go about prepping in a sustainable way. One of the things that a lot of us…

Ready Lifestyle Jun 13, 2018 · 5 min read Survival Hygiene in Your B.O.B. I have one question about your bug out bag . Will it keep you clean? It may be packed with the latest tactical gear, plenty of ammo, ultralight tents, Datrax bars and everything else they sell on the right column of websites.…

Ready Lifestyle Jun 13, 2018 · 2 min read Tornado season is right around the corner so it makes sense to review what causes a tornado and what makes it so deadly. Instability — An unstable airmass is one where there are warm temperatures at the surface and colder temperatures aloft. The warmer the…