Ready for Anything"- the ultimate no B.S. survival manual- book review

[Lowdown3]

I love titles like this... Cause normally it indicates the book IS B.S. LOL

By "Abigail Adams" this 220 page book is chock full of lists, "worksheets" and various filler material. Along with that comes a multitude of quality info like in the "building a go bag" chapter on page 185-

"It's truly amazing how complex such a backpack can be with zippers, pockets, clips, rain protection, perfect balance, padding and fit issues, all of which are critical for long treks in the woods, but are not necessary for a go bag."

Next paragraph has more gems-
"Your go bag should have a place to hook a water bottle....."

Yes, nothing like crap FLOPPING AROUND ON THE OUTSIDE OF YOUR PACK, getting hung up on brush, making noise when it flops, etc.

She sums up this idiocy with the statement -

"I got mine at Walmart..."

OK, sums that up. Bet it's new and shiny too... LOL

Anyone with a little experience can read her book and realize very quickly she- LIKE MOST NEW PREPAREDNESS BOOK AUTHORS- has little actual experience with these things. This is confirmed on page 202 when she talks about what she started out to do "nearly two years ago..."

Really? You just got into this 2 years ago and you felt the need to write a BOOK? I'm sorry but that's almost criminal in my mind. Your food storage hasn't barely had time to accumulate dust on it, don't play expert and write a book, you WILL give people the wrong idea.

Overall, the book is a very low "C". MAY may be helpful to someone new but I'm not sure. There just is no depth on any certain subject.

Trying hard to think of something positive, I'd have to say that she's big on hiding stuff. Gets a little freaky actually considering she spends pretty much NO TIME on defensive preps but talks a lot about hiding things from the bad men who may ransack your house looking for food.

If you buy it, try to find it used or for under $10.

[Patriotic Sheepdog]

Lol, I bet she wants that backpack to be bright yellow or orange so when she takes it off at the refugee camp she won't lose it. You know that the China made backpacks at Wally World will hold up to at least an hour or two to get to the FEMA camp. Of course she probably thinks that you just need to grab the bag and throw it into the car, then drive to the FEMA camp.


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[justanothergunnut]

Of course sheepdog. She stated that all the complexities like pockets and rain protection simply aren't needed. I can see the disconnect between "city people" and those who have spent any serious amount of time in the outdoors. Most of the new breed of "preppers" have no clue about bugging out. They think they will hop in their car and drive to the paved campsite they visit memorial day weekend every year. Im serious there is such a huge disconnect between people like that and those who are serious about survival. I live in Southern Kalifornia so I am amongst these people ALL the time and I can tell you most of them just don't get it and they are supposedly the preparedness crowd. I know im preaching to the choir here but you should see the looks of horror and dismay among "preppers" when I suggest placing caches along escape routes and actually driving them or better yet getting out and walking parts of them. We, I mean people like those committed few here on this forum don't realize it because we are serious but we are EXTREME we don't think we are but to the hordes of "preppers" out here at least, Abigail Adams is a expert and her book will probably do well. As sad as that is

[protus]

theres a reason i wont read these....my head would explode.
i really do need to finish/start mt prepper vs survivalist book lol

[Triple-sod]

Anyone with a little experience can read her book and realize very quickly she- LIKE MOST NEW PREPAREDNESS BOOK AUTHORS- has little actual experience with these things. This is confirmed on page 202 when she talks about what she started out to do "nearly two years ago..."

Really? You just got into this 2 years ago and you felt the need to write a BOOK? I'm sorry but that's almost criminal in my mind. Your food storage hasn't barely had time to accumulate dust on it, don't play expert and write a book, you WILL give people the wrong idea.

Think it really is a 'sign of the times',

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