It was 5 am when my wife’s gigantic snore woke me up.
I hissed at hear angrily and got out of bed.
“How happy can you make yourself Ferret?”, I told myself as I made my way down the stairs to the fridge.
Early winter morning light crept across the living room, gently falling on my hunting trophies.
“Is this all that is to life Ferret?”, depressive thoughts clouded my mind while I tried to find the Snickers bar I bought several weeks ago.
“It’s not in the fridge”…
“…where the hell is it…I know it’s here somewhere…”
I opened the freezer drawer just out of curiosity and, of course, the only dose of sugar I had was in there. Frozen.
Bonnie had done me again. I felt like Princess Elsa.
I put the Snickers bar in the microwave to defrost it and went to the sink to wash what was left of the dishes. I wasn’t going to go back to bed, I couldn’t stand the thought of getting awakened again.
The moment I opened the tap, water shot straight at the ceiling wreaking instant havoc in the kitchen.
Panicked, I rushed through the soaked floor to get my wrench and some buckets. I slipped.
While I was falling down in slow-motion, my whole life flashed through my eyes: The moment I met Bonnie at the 2nd International Ice Truckers Convention, the moment my daughter Judy came to this planet, the moment my mother-in-law finally shaved off her beard…
I opened my eyes to an erupting Steamboat Geyser in my kitchen. The microwave beeped annoyingly with a completely melted Snickers bar inside.
Upstairs, Bonnie’s snoring was getting louder and louder…
5 months later
My breakdown caused me to turn my life around. I couldn’t stand being conformed to the same old, same old.
I took my hunting to a whole new level, driving out to the wild on the weekends and even taking my family with me on week-long outdoor trips.
Getting out of my comfort zone also meant switching to a more active job. I became a salesman at a small-time outdoor store in Montana and life was never better.
Then, just when everything was fine and dandy, the 2007 financial crisis hit our household like a wildfire.
We struggled to get by and at one point Bonnie went off to a stripper school. Fortunately, she broke the pole on her first practice.
At that time, I started thinking about how good life is never guaranteed.
You need to make your own shelter. You need to make your own food. You need to be prepared.
I took what I knew from hunting and applied it to the bigger picture of survival. I visualized myself as Chuck Norris in the Forest Warrior and slowly but surely I was getting there.
It’s been years since that moment.
And I got there.
What I want do to for you
I made this website for two reasons:
- To upgrade your survival by helping you figure out which gear to buy, how to better use it and how to make the most out of your prepping budget.
- To make some money.
Whether you are experienced or a beginner prepper, you know that safety and survival depends on reliance.
Choosing the wrong product can mean the difference between life and death in survival scenarios, which is why you need to know which survival gear you can rely on.
My reviews will help you:
1. Stay alive
I do my best to thoroughly review survival gear to help you figure out which type of product is best for your situation. Whether it is a natural disaster, worldwide pandemic or an economic collapse, you need to take care of your security, water, food, shelter and power sources.
Even if it’s wifey issues, uncle Ferret’s got some tips for you.
2. Stay free
I’m spending around 60 hours a month researching all there is to know about different survival products, so you have more free time for stuff like fitness, martial arts, gun training and, of course, building your bunker.
3. Stay confident
In a SHTF scenario, you need to stay confident, because confidence breeds life. With survival gear, quality equals confidence.
I will help you learn which are the best gas masks, body armors, tents, water filtration systems and other survival support products.
Getting the best product means you will spend less time worrying about malfunctions and more time working on your survival skills.
If you are new to prepping, you will learn a bunch of stuff that will help you bridge the gap between a beginner and a seasoned pro.
I will help you learn how to set up your first bug out bag (which is one of the most interesting items for a rookie prepper) and teach you how to wisely spend your prepping dollar.
As my favorite quote says:
“Temper us in fire, and we grow stronger. When we suffer, we survive.”
Yours truly,
