The Many Uses of a Cheap Flashlight

A cheap flashlight can be used for it's light but also the parabolic lens can be used to start fires, the batteries can be used with steel wool to ignite fires or overheated by connecting the ends with wire to make hand warmers. The plastic case can be modified and stuffed with charcoal to make a survival straw for water purifying and the spring can be used as a fish hook.

Cattails Could Save Your Life

Cattails are one of the best survival resource you can find. All parts of a cattail are edible, raw or cooked. The roots are very starchy and taste like a potato on steroids. The fluff in the head of a cattail can be used as fire tinder, diaper fluff, or flour.

Honey Rocks!

Honey is a wonderful antiseptic. You can put it on cuts and even use it as face wash or gentle body wash. It also makes wonderful cough syrup. I was told this by a doctor and it works! A half a teaspoon seems to suppress coughing for about an hour and a half.

Survival Skills

When you really need survival skills it is probably too late to learn them.

The Perfect Survival Food

I've done some serious research and have found several sources that would back me up in saying that one of the best foods to carry with you wherever you go are ALMONDS. Granted they are not the most satisfying entree in the world but they have few rivals when you analyze the effect eating almonds has on your body. First, they have an almost perfect PH which means they can never give you canker sores or throw off your bodies PH no matter how many of them you eat. Second, they are said to be a mood picker-upper that helps your brain and makes you feel better. They are a source of protein that won't go bad like meat or eggs. You can soak them, sprout them or grind them into flour.

Items you can always rationalize buying

Here are some items that are always a good investment in your physical survival:

-Canned Food
-Propane (grilling gas)
-Ammunition
-Fishing Supplies
-Fuel (gasoline/diesel for your vehicle)

All of these are an indirect source of heat for your body and the #1 rule of survival is maintaining your bodies temp of 98.6!

Alternative Mosquito Repellant

Here are a few natural mosquito repellents that are suppose to be very useful. I have tried a couple with success.

#1 Citronella Oil
#2 Lemon Eucalyptus Oil
#3 Cinnamon Oil
#4 Castor Oil
#5 Rosemary Oil
#6 Lemongrass Oil
#7 Cedar Oil
#8 Sage
#9 Smoke
#10 Mud